Rayleigh Skate Park
King Ramps. Rayleigh Draft1 (+ Hip?)
...So here it is.....(version with hip)
After meeting with a bunch of the Rayleigh Skaters, visiting the park & eventually getting the correct measurements Willis from King Ramps came up with this new design for Rayleigh Skate park.....
He has kindly submitted a report to accompany this design, have a read....
Here are the sketches for Rayleigh. There are 4 views of the same plan so that you can check it out from 4 different angles.
I spent a while working all the bits they wanted in one design, and the Pete and Rodney Clarke helped refine it.
When I went to site the other day, a few of the lads reckoned the hip was well used, and that Phil and few other lads were keen on that in the meeting. So I tried putting a hip on another version of the plan together with part of the bank exchanged with a hip and bowled corner (Rayleigh Draft1 + Hip). I’m not too sure it works, as it creates a few clashing lines. But I guess you can’t expect to skate the whole park at once.
If everyone is keen on a hip, I could start another design, and move everything around a bit. As it would be good to make sure you could come at the hip both ways easily.
The user group list was…
1.2 x 5ft mini ramps
1.16ft wide
2.6ft extensions
3.Like new Leigh on Sea
2.Marble ledge/manual/grind
3.4/5 stair with handrail + hubbas
4.Pole jam + euro gap
5.Clam shell
6.Raised area for stairs, hubba, flatbank, eurogap.
7.4ft Jump box with 4ft top
8.Quarterpipe with wallwide/sub-box
9.Nice flow with transfers and gaps
1. The two minis are set up like Leigh on Sea, back to back with a 3 or 4ft deck. One half of the one of the ramps 6ft high. They are both 20ft wide.
2. The ledge on the flat with the manny pad set into it will be marble. Maybe the hubbas?
3. Rail and hubbas are there
4. Euro is there. The pole jam is the only thing I haven’t put on, and was planning to ask the User Group if they just wanted it on the flat or not? Or where else they might want it?
I was thinking that the pole jam could be a sort of upside down V shape you can ride at from either side
5. There’s a curved extension on the top of the quarter next to the mini ramps which we hoped may satisfy the clam shell request. I was thinking this could have pool copin. You need a corner for a proper clam shell, so if that is really important, we’ll work that into a new design.
6. I've made the raised area pretty big, as they didn’t want the park to be too busy and tight (less is more etc etc), so this gives a good run up to the rail, hubbas, and block leading into the bank. Its 6m from the back of the raised area to the top of the stairs.
The most of the raised platform is 5ft high, but I carried the 6ft extension on the mini all the way to the back of the plot. This then gives a step up where we reckon you could fit a few mellow little blocks and bars going down towards the other corner as I've shown.
7. 4ft Launch Box with 4ft Platform. Check. I put a raised bit of quarter (7/8ft?) in line with it so that you can get the speed you need. We could make this with a bit of vert if you want. + Again, it may be cool to have pool copin on that bit too.
+ They wanted lots of transfers, so we have put that flat bank driveway in between the mini and the Launch Box, so you can transfer into it from from all angles, and over gaps if thats what you looking for!
8. Quarterpipe with sub box is in the corner opposite the rail and hubbas. I've carried it into the flat bank which works well at Hyde Park in Leeds.
Out of the quarter, onto the sub box, and back into the bank is great fun. + You get bank to wallride.
9. I’ve spent time thinking and imagining about how it would flow, and as its quite simple as requested, it should work okay even with a busy session.
Its quite linear, which is sort of necessary if you want to get alot out of a smallish space without lines clashing. But there are a fair amount of possible transfers and lines and gaps between the minis, the driveway and the launch box.
let me know what everyone reckons.
King Ramps. Rayleigh Draft1 (+ Hip?)
...So here it is.....(version with hip)
After meeting with a bunch of the Rayleigh Skaters, visiting the park & eventually getting the correct measurements Willis from King Ramps came up with this new design for Rayleigh Skate park.....
He has kindly submitted a report to accompany this design, have a read....
Here are the sketches for Rayleigh. There are 4 views of the same plan so that you can check it out from 4 different angles.
I spent a while working all the bits they wanted in one design, and the Pete and Rodney Clarke helped refine it.
When I went to site the other day, a few of the lads reckoned the hip was well used, and that Phil and few other lads were keen on that in the meeting. So I tried putting a hip on another version of the plan together with part of the bank exchanged with a hip and bowled corner (Rayleigh Draft1 + Hip). I’m not too sure it works, as it creates a few clashing lines. But I guess you can’t expect to skate the whole park at once.
If everyone is keen on a hip, I could start another design, and move everything around a bit. As it would be good to make sure you could come at the hip both ways easily.
The user group list was…
1.2 x 5ft mini ramps
1.16ft wide
2.6ft extensions
3.Like new Leigh on Sea
2.Marble ledge/manual/grind
3.4/5 stair with handrail + hubbas
4.Pole jam + euro gap
5.Clam shell
6.Raised area for stairs, hubba, flatbank, eurogap.
7.4ft Jump box with 4ft top
8.Quarterpipe with wallwide/sub-box
9.Nice flow with transfers and gaps
1. The two minis are set up like Leigh on Sea, back to back with a 3 or 4ft deck. One half of the one of the ramps 6ft high. They are both 20ft wide.
2. The ledge on the flat with the manny pad set into it will be marble. Maybe the hubbas?
3. Rail and hubbas are there
4. Euro is there. The pole jam is the only thing I haven’t put on, and was planning to ask the User Group if they just wanted it on the flat or not? Or where else they might want it?
I was thinking that the pole jam could be a sort of upside down V shape you can ride at from either side
5. There’s a curved extension on the top of the quarter next to the mini ramps which we hoped may satisfy the clam shell request. I was thinking this could have pool copin. You need a corner for a proper clam shell, so if that is really important, we’ll work that into a new design.
6. I've made the raised area pretty big, as they didn’t want the park to be too busy and tight (less is more etc etc), so this gives a good run up to the rail, hubbas, and block leading into the bank. Its 6m from the back of the raised area to the top of the stairs.
The most of the raised platform is 5ft high, but I carried the 6ft extension on the mini all the way to the back of the plot. This then gives a step up where we reckon you could fit a few mellow little blocks and bars going down towards the other corner as I've shown.
7. 4ft Launch Box with 4ft Platform. Check. I put a raised bit of quarter (7/8ft?) in line with it so that you can get the speed you need. We could make this with a bit of vert if you want. + Again, it may be cool to have pool copin on that bit too.
+ They wanted lots of transfers, so we have put that flat bank driveway in between the mini and the Launch Box, so you can transfer into it from from all angles, and over gaps if thats what you looking for!
8. Quarterpipe with sub box is in the corner opposite the rail and hubbas. I've carried it into the flat bank which works well at Hyde Park in Leeds.
Out of the quarter, onto the sub box, and back into the bank is great fun. + You get bank to wallride.
9. I’ve spent time thinking and imagining about how it would flow, and as its quite simple as requested, it should work okay even with a busy session.
Its quite linear, which is sort of necessary if you want to get alot out of a smallish space without lines clashing. But there are a fair amount of possible transfers and lines and gaps between the minis, the driveway and the launch box.
let me know what everyone reckons.