“Before I start, I have something to confess. In spite of my old age, I started riding curves “seriously” only one year ago.
It can sound a bit weird that, after more than 20 years of skateboarding, someone has never really rode any kind of curves.
But that’s the facts, when I was about two decades younger, I had multiple shoulder dislocations which pushed me to avoid as much as I could any kind of curves. Anyway, at the end of the summer of 2011, some good friends of mine finally convinced me to join them on the micro-ramp they had built in a small shed.
So, since these days, I did (and still do) my best to fight my inside demon and skate as often as I can this micro-ramp and my friend Baron’s mini-ramp.
I would say that this was the starting point of my DIY corner project.”
“The rest of the story continues with our recent move in a very nice house, located in a small and pretty village lost somewhere in the french part of Switzerland. There, I had the opportunity to build some skate stuff.
At first I just planned to build a small curb, but after a short reflection I had the idea to try to do a small corner (80 cm / 2.6ft high).
The place in front of the house was made with large dark pavement, so i thought that a nice curve made with the same kind of pavement could become a pretty nice spot.
Additionally, as we already had a micro and a mini-ramp (both made of wood), a small concrete and pavement corner would perfectly complete our usual spots list.
Then, helped by some great links found on Confusion’s website, a few videos, my Toyota Yaris (in which I carried – in one drive – 600 kg of concrete) and two friends, the corner took shape… day after day, weeks after weeks.”
Words + photos + construction by Daniel Bismor
That’s amazing! !! I recently added some concrete hips to my mini, but now want two corners. Do you know the transition radius of yours? It looks perfect. Great job!
Amazing work! Do you know the transition radius, and or the coping radi?