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Stewart consulted with his brother Mike, an architect, on how to build a ramp that resembled the Arizona pipes. With his brother's plans in hand, Tom built a wood frame half-pipe in the front yard of his house in Encinitas. In a few days, the press had gotten word about Tom's creation and contacted him directly.
This bank barn in Illinois has a ramp of dirt and stone. The design of some bank barns is called a "high-drive bank barn" [8] allowed wagons to enter directly into the hay loft, making unloading the hay easier. Sometimes the high-drive was accessed by an earthen or wood ramp, and sometimes the ramp was covered like a bridge to make it more durable.
A mega ramp, or megaramp, is a large vert ramp structure, often used in skateboarding and freestyle BMX. First built in the 1990s and 2000s, megaramps are twice or more the size of earlier vert ramps. MegaRamp (styled with title caps and without a space) is the name of a mega ramp event organization and promotion company.
Mathew Hoffman (born January 9, 1972) [1] is a professional American BMX rider who was considered one of the best vert ramp riders in the history of the sport. [2] He was nicknamed "The Condor" and ran the BMX Freestyle brand Hoffman BMX Bikes based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Annotated picture showing the different sections of a vert ramp. A vert ramp is a form of half-pipe used in extreme sports such as vert skating, vert skateboarding, vert BMX and vert roller skating. Vert ramps are so named because they transition from a horizontal plane (known as the flat-bottom) to a vertical section on top.
Bob Haro (born June 29, 1958, in Pasadena, California) is an American former (retired from active competition) professional freestyle BMX rider turned artist and business executive. He is the founder of Haro Bikes and was one of the most important early innovators of BMX freestyle .
Mini-interview BMX Action August 1985 Vol.10 No.8 pg.44 Gives play by play account of Pro Mains. "GT's Human Dragster" Super BMX & Freestyle September 1986 Vol.13 No.9 pg.62 "A New World Champion" Super BMX & Freestyle December 1986 Vol.13 No.12 pg.32 "Tommy Brackens: All In The Name Of Fun" BMX Action July 1986 Vol. No.7 pg.20
The FMX rider will jump from a ramp, practising one of the more dangerous or prototype tricks, and execute a safe landing into the safe foam regardless of the actual landing position. Ramps are usually made out of metal, as this keeps the 'lips' of the ramp consistent. The landing ramp is normally constructed from dirt.