mini ramp coping

samm · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 241 City: Austin

i'm building a mini ramp in my backyard and i heard that you can use pvc pipe instead of metal pipe for the coping. any one heard of this? the pvc is only like $5 when metal pipes is like $30 each.

skimboarder · Posted: Sep 20, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject:

samm, i've never seen pvc pipe used as coping. i don't see it working too well

Le Jalapeno · Guest

skimboarder, I have, it works alright.

samm · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 241 City: Austin

i've heard its super slippery...

skimboarder · Posted: Sep 20, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject:

Le Jalapeno, really? i figured if you did anything on the trucks it wouldn't slide too well. i know if you try to boardslide pvc it's suppper slick.

samm · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 241 City: Austin

so should i use pvc or pay extra for metal pipe???

*Nate · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 1230 City: Nokomis

I have it on my quarter pipe and it works great. My friend had one on his halfpipe too.

samm · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 241 City: Austin

so trucks slide fine on it?

*Nate · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 1230 City: Nokomis

samm · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 241 City: Austin

ok, thanks man

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

you'll slide fine on pvc but metal feels better and when you lock in on a grind it sounds sick. just go steal some pipe from somewhere

Fryguy · Posted: Sep 22, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:

metal is much better pvc shatters

LakeLife · Posted: Sep 22, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject:

I'd get black steel pipe if you want something super fast (but it rusts over time). If your ripping, galvanized is fine, it's not like it slows you down by any means. Black steel pipe = maitenance.

samm · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 241 City: Austin

well, i finished the ramp and i used pvc and its been working great

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

samm, sweet!

thisolcowboy · Ollie Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 65 City: Pittsboro

man up. take the pvc down. do one side metal and the other pool block. nothing better than a frontside grind on pool copping. you will thank yourself 100 times later.
whenever you skate somewhere else you will be able to rip. pvc is for kids.

Evan71 · Posted: Sep 26, 2008 9:46 am Post subject:

samm, metal for sure, i had pvc once and it caves in on itself and get really crappy,

Jesse · Posted: Sep 26, 2008 10:37 am Post subject:

thisolcowboy, I figured you might chime in.... If you didn't I was gonna.

samm · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Posts: 241 City: Austin

thisolcowboy, when my pvc gets all messed up and caved in, i'll replace it with some metal, but right now i don't have the money to do that.

key · Posted: Oct 21, 2008 11:03 am Post subject:

how are you all fastening metal pipe? back in my days of skating,...we didnt bother with coping. now my son is into it so am thinking of building a small one similar to SAMM's half pipe. of coarse for the both of us. Laughing