In my neck of the woods, there was a local newspaper building with a perfect little 3 stair that the locals skated every day for like 10 minutes until we got kicked out. On the weekends it was all clear. This was during the 90's. The paper went out of business in the early 2000's and the building was demolished in the mid 2000's. I saw the workers actually tearing up the stairs one morning on my way to work. I pulled back around, asked about the rail, and they were more than happy to give it to me. I took it to a friend that worked in a metal fabrication shop and asked him to bend the support bars straight and cut them down to 12" in exchange for a case of beer. The most time consuming part of this story was bringing a small sledgehammer and spiked masonry chisel to this shopping plaza down the street from my apartment late at night and slowly digging out holes in the pavement (at the bottom of the hole, I epoxied a big spoon to a long screwdriver to scoop out the last few inches) to set pieces of PVC tubing for the supports to slide into. Aside from saving the first handrail I ever did, I learned so many tricks on that rail during late-night sessions. A couple other dudes somehow stumbled across my late-night sesh a month or two later and became regulars, so when I moved to Denver in 2009 I gave the rail to one of those guys and I hope he's either using it or passed it on for the next crew of skaters to enjoy.
I had a kinda similar experience, my friends and I broke into an abandoned building and made our own (bad) skate park out of salvage wood from the building itself. 6 years later I'm hanging out at my city's new skatepark talking to some new people and I mention this diy park I made. They were shocked that I had made It and apparently it was used a lot by kids from around the neighbourhood. I had taken a break from skating so I was completely unaware of this and it made me feel really happy that I had made these kids lives more fun.
"This is a skateboard park, eh!" You don't know how happy hearing that made this Florida guy. BTW, I'll be telling my son to "stop being a blob" when he's playing too many video games, haha
"Does anybody even do anything REAL anymore?" -Ben Degros (circa 2018) XD So true. It's even worse now. Those motorized skateboards kill me. I saw one the other day and I'm just chuckling to myself like "This kid has no clue"
Cool shout out to the skaters building ramps in the 80's. I was 10yo when I started building quarter pipes, jump ramps and halfpipes at home in the late 80's. I gotta say it's an amazing feeling to see the amazing parks being built 30 years later. I wasn't sure if transition skating was dead forever there for a while. Absolutely thriving now and the new generation are absolutely ripping. I absolutely love watching the Vans park series and those style of parks. Tbh a bit emotional to see transition/ bowls thriving so well after not being sure if it ever would again. Caught one of your bowl videos and really enjoyed it.
This past summer my 36 year old neighbour got my 26 year old self back into skating after a 10 year hiatus. Skating better than ever, now. STOKED that I found your youtube channel, Ben. Beautiful ledge and nice skating brother! We have a gorgeous skatepark here in Port Colborne, Ontario if you are ever in this part of the country!
I haven't been able to go skate so last month I made with my little bro a quarter pipe a ledge and a rail to use on the backyard, it literally has been a blessing, especially because I suck at transition tricks this quarter pipe gives me the perfect height so whenever I go to the park I can use the big stuff with some fear but I can actually commit to the tricks. So literally guys if you can build your perfect obstacles because most of the times the skatepark doesn't provide for the ones starting to skate, and when you are certain age you can't just try to learn a trick by going kamikaze at those crazy high and sharp skatepark obstacles.
Nice video Ben thanks for sparking my imagination ! I used to work as a metal fabricator and built bars and grindboxes with stainless coping and brought them out in a truck at weekends it was great fun and we all improved so much. Now I need to build something like this that can go in the back of a Mazda 6 hmmm.
Geez Louize you and I have so much in common!! Age, work history, similar past and lots of solo ripping !! That’s an excellent mobile ledge. In the spring I am planning on using a jersey barrier as the backside/support for a 3 ft. Quarterpipe. Gonna do the traditional fill it with dirt, wood, rocks and other random materials then pour the crete!! Skateboarding Is Not a Crime !! ;-)
Wow that's dedication I don't think I could carry around a heavy piece of marble everywhere with me. Hopefully I'll get a sesh on some marble someday, all the nice spots near with marble are skate stopped.
I need to make my own, that looks amazing. Idk why there'd be a piece thinner than his, but if you could only get one less than a foot or so, you can just make a box and cut out however much plywood and 2 by 4 to where it fits flush. Can't believe he tried skating that thing as is at first and not attaching it to wood underneath for support. He's a hundred times more handy than myself and almost certainly has more common sense than me lol
i have some welding skill and have been thinking of bulding a rail to grind (lighter than granite) might do it next week out of stainless if the wallet permits
Love your channel. Keep it up. I loved the video of the concrete bench you made. Being a 38 year old skater I can relate to your content and enjoy that. Keep the videos coming.
I love your channel! I just got back into skating and I am addicted to your videos. Your personality is so entertaining and the Canadian accent makes me feel right at home. Keep up the good work!
Very nice ledge. Maybe attaching some folding wheels like the ones you get on those folding trolley's to each end of the ledge might make it easier to handle getting it in and out out the car?.
Dear Ben- I‘ve got a piece of solid granite that’s 1.25“ thick, about 6‘ long and about 12“ wide. I want to make it into a ledge and was thinking about just filling two 8x8x16 inch concrete blocks with concrete and then mortaring the top to set the granite on there. my question is- is 1.25“ thickness for the granite going to mess with my slides since the granite will overhang the concrete blocks by 2“ on each side? should I do what you did here and glue a 2x12 to the bottom of the granite so the wheels have something to slide against?
I bet your trucks barely get worn down when grinding that smooth granite! Do you think angle iron on plywood would work just as well? Or do you need the weight to make it stable?
Add wheels and a tow hook. Yes make it into a trailer for your car. Just tow your park around. At least add wheels so you don't need a cart. As soon as it's on blocks the wheels won't matter. A set of skateboard wheels and trucks would be good. Plus it would give you extras on hand if you snap a kingpin or a bearing while skating your portoleadge. I have a kitchen island I'm not exactly using at the moment...hmmmm..... My granite is only as thick as your top layer. Wonder if it will be thick enough not to break. Any thoughts? Looks fun. My favorite skate spot was always Copley Sq. Boston all marble. Now I can make my own. Thanks Homie.
Very cool but if you wanted to make it more portable (albeit not as fancy or nice overall as a granite ledge) could you construct it with a sheet of aluminum attached to the top and bent over the sides? Should still be grindable I would think and a whole lot less weight? I ask you, Ben, because you're the carpenter
I wanna skate that park hella bad! That bank looks like fun! Im gunna make one of those legdes!!! Fakie 5-0 180s out look so good .. especially front 180 out..
Adding some 2-3" locking casters and screwing in eyelets on one front edge to add a pull rope would make that much more manageable. But yeah, learned all my slides on a 15' OSB/Plywood scaffold my dad built for a project, then left at the house when my folks split up, and having a portable ledge/manual pad really helps, esp. if you live in the soggy PNW, or an area with trashy streets/sidewalks.
I had a session at a park a while back where some kids had a remote control car. Soooo annoying. Cool ledge. If ever come across some marble I might have to make one
Amazing video Ben, love it. All that effort for a slab to skate on ... 8:35 earned you a sub. 11:54 awesome I love it ... watch out for the back sprain!!
Hi Ben, what do you think about having different board sizes or setups? Does changing sizes or setups can hold you back like affecting your muscle memory? Thanks
I have been looking for a free piece of granite since first saw this thing, but I think in the end I am gonna end up buying plastic decking to make the top. I just need like a 6 foot ledge for garage skating. Though fakie inward heels there is some key I am missing. Also, thanks for all the vids to help me fix up my home. Happy holidays.
Hey ben one thing i notice is when you transport that awesome ledge is that you are doing it the wrong way never lean forward and lift something heavy like that straight away im affraid that you might hurt yourself while doing that it’s too dangerous. We should always takecare of our back in positioning it while lifting that kind of heavy. Bend your knee then squat down and keep your back straight then do the lifting that way your keeping you back safe while doing it. Am just a concern follower here, don’t want you to hurt yourself as we might not watch an awesome channel like yours anymore. Anyway you takecare, will tune in for another great episode of yours. Cheers!
In Spokane wa there's a couple counter top places that have free bins in the front of there places and they have some really decent sized granite leftovers. My buddy built a skatepark in a small town in Washington and he made a ledge of leftover granite. It's a 20 foot long cyrved concrete ledge with granite along the edge with about 7 inches of granite before you hit concrete. It grinds and slides beautifully.
that kid in the green, his face at 7:43 haha. that is a sick ledge and marble is the best but really heavy. ur skating was sick too, i would definitely get some flip tricks in to it for us to see bro.
It always seems a bit odd to me when a skateboarder tells someone else they shouldn't be doing something somewhere. "This is a skateboard park"... and the parking lot I used to get kicked out of was for cars... the perfect ledge next to a blockbuster that I used to get kicked out of was for sitting and regretting the weeklies you picked... that RC car sounded annoying - I wonder if the sound my skateboard made annoyed my neighbors in the 90s? maybe you've forgotten what it was like back then, Ben? :D
Ben I have a question about your ledge, as I am currently in the process of building a portable bench/ledge similar to yours, except 4' long instead of I think 7' like yours and instead of marble it's wood with steel L channels on the side for coping...Anyway, my question is: How do you secure the wooden supports to the bottom of the bench so that they don't move? It's obvious that you don't have them permanently fixed to it, since you were showing how you can orient them in different ways to have a different height ledge. Or is it just the sheer weight of a marble ledge that keeps the blocks in place? I am very curious about this, thanks in advance!
I run a small home Renovations company in Greensboro, NC. I always come across counter tops being ripped out. At 36 I can throw my back out by sneezing or twisting the wrong way, so this isn't for me....but I had to laugh because I get so much stuff off of jobs that I plan on using, but never do. I knew immediately that you scored yours off of a job. Haha... Oh, and I'm still a beast at 36 ;)
Can you screw in some handles on the side? Maybe have those Steele threaded collars sunk in the wood, so the screws won’t eat up the wood when they’re taken off and on for transport.
Hi Ben, I have a (maybe stupid) question : You say that the second layer is composed of wood with marble on the edges. Why didn't you do this for the top ? Becase, the most important is that the edges are "grindable". Sorry if my english is bad, peace from France ! ;)
I didnt actually build the countertop. You make a good point if someone was. However it's nice to have it as solid piece. People keep making all kinds of suggestions like adding g wheels and stuff but I don't want to. I want it to look as much like an actual ledge as possible. It already looks artificial enough just with the 2x12 underneath.
You should seriously find a permanent home for that thing. Like that would've been sweet on that concrete box you made. Thoughts on a backyard skate park?? Great video!
@Ben Degros Have you ever heard of the 8ft transformer rail? Flat bar on one side round rail on the other, turn it sideways and it's a ledge. Different heights, or one side higher one side lower than the other. 65 pounds. Check it out.
I do tile so I always tear out sills but they're too small to do this, I'm definitely gonna talk to the cabinet crew to lmk next time they demo one, had this idea for years but saw this now I gotta do it
Ben, why dont you keep a short piece of conduit or pipe in your van and a bar. lift the slab upp with your bar and slide the conduit under the slab so you can roll it out instead of shifting it back and forth. im an Ironworker and i know how to move heavy things lol
That stuff is so unbelievably heavy. Also, never carry at both ends. It will split immediately. Always support the middle! I have seen so many people destroy a beautiful piece of Granite/Marble because they had no idea. Just a delivery guy ya know. Edit: I wanna see the R/C car do a lip slide. Too funny. No scooters? Merry Christmas!!!
Never take anything for granite
Waynimations a ha!
Ayyyy R&M. What are we the rock people lol
Its like that one episode of rick and morty
Lol
In my neck of the woods, there was a local newspaper building with a perfect little 3 stair that the locals skated every day for like 10 minutes until we got kicked out. On the weekends it was all clear. This was during the 90's.
The paper went out of business in the early 2000's and the building was demolished in the mid 2000's. I saw the workers actually tearing up the stairs one morning on my way to work. I pulled back around, asked about the rail, and they were more than happy to give it to me. I took it to a friend that worked in a metal fabrication shop and asked him to bend the support bars straight and cut them down to 12" in exchange for a case of beer.
The most time consuming part of this story was bringing a small sledgehammer and spiked masonry chisel to this shopping plaza down the street from my apartment late at night and slowly digging out holes in the pavement (at the bottom of the hole, I epoxied a big spoon to a long screwdriver to scoop out the last few inches) to set pieces of PVC tubing for the supports to slide into.
Aside from saving the first handrail I ever did, I learned so many tricks on that rail during late-night sessions. A couple other dudes somehow stumbled across my late-night sesh a month or two later and became regulars, so when I moved to Denver in 2009 I gave the rail to one of those guys and I hope he's either using it or passed it on for the next crew of skaters to enjoy.
this filled my heard with joy
I had a kinda similar experience, my friends and I broke into an abandoned building and made our own (bad) skate park out of salvage wood from the building itself. 6 years later I'm hanging out at my city's new skatepark talking to some new people and I mention this diy park I made. They were shocked that I had made It and apparently it was used a lot by kids from around the neighbourhood. I had taken a break from skating so I was completely unaware of this and it made me feel really happy that I had made these kids lives more fun.
Your inner angry dad coming out! Haha.
Because he is a canadian, he's still polite to them😂
I know i'm probably never gonna build one of these, but it's still cool to watch and support
Switch front blunt?! Every video has some hidden amazing trick that never gets mentioned.
It was mean one too!
Yeah dude that back noseslide in the "building a ledge" video was so slick and i didn't know it was in his repertoire
"This is a skateboard park, eh!"
You don't know how happy hearing that made this Florida guy. BTW, I'll be telling my son to "stop being a blob" when he's playing too many video games, haha
Florida
This one time when I was at the skatepark these 2 kids were in the bowl playing and they were jumping on the ledges 😂
@7:55
"Does anybody even do anything REAL anymore?" -Ben Degros (circa 2018) XD So true. It's even worse now. Those motorized skateboards kill me. I saw one the other day and I'm just chuckling to myself like "This kid has no clue"
Cool shout out to the skaters building ramps in the 80's. I was 10yo when I started building quarter pipes, jump ramps and halfpipes at home in the late 80's. I gotta say it's an amazing feeling to see the amazing parks being built 30 years later. I wasn't sure if transition skating was dead forever there for a while. Absolutely thriving now and the new generation are absolutely ripping. I absolutely love watching the Vans park series and those style of parks. Tbh a bit emotional to see transition/ bowls thriving so well after not being sure if it ever would again. Caught one of your bowl videos and really enjoyed it.
I swear you have the most entertaining content your vids never get old!
This past summer my 36 year old neighbour got my 26 year old self back into skating after a 10 year hiatus. Skating better than ever, now. STOKED that I found your youtube channel, Ben. Beautiful ledge and nice skating brother! We have a gorgeous skatepark here in Port Colborne, Ontario if you are ever in this part of the country!
been wanting to build one of these forever...
nice to see someone do it. grinds can't feel any better
Angry Canadian is hilarious. "this is a skateboard Park aye" lol
I haven't been able to go skate so last month I made with my little bro a quarter pipe a ledge and a rail to use on the backyard, it literally has been a blessing, especially because I suck at transition tricks this quarter pipe gives me the perfect height so whenever I go to the park I can use the big stuff with some fear but I can actually commit to the tricks. So literally guys if you can build your perfect obstacles because most of the times the skatepark doesn't provide for the ones starting to skate, and when you are certain age you can't just try to learn a trick by going kamikaze at those crazy high and sharp skatepark obstacles.
Very true. It's taken me 25 years to learn that I have to build what I need.
I build a small manual-pad for my son...now he is much better than me 😩
😂
reality... my brother is 10 years younger than me, and i've been skating since i was a little kid... he kicks my ass at skating now.
Weather's super lame here in the U.K at the moment, I'd kill for an underground carpark as good as that one!
can agree.
Where do you live in the uk as I know just the spot
Yooo - I live in London any recommendations? :/@@catch2297
Nice video Ben thanks for sparking my imagination ! I used to work as a metal fabricator and built bars and grindboxes with stainless coping and brought them out in a truck at weekends it was great fun and we all improved so much. Now I need to build something like this that can go in the back of a Mazda 6 hmmm.
Geez Louize you and I have so much in common!! Age, work history, similar past and lots of solo ripping !! That’s an excellent mobile ledge. In the spring I am planning on using a jersey barrier as the backside/support for a 3 ft. Quarterpipe. Gonna do the traditional fill it with dirt, wood, rocks and other random materials then pour the crete!! Skateboarding Is Not a Crime !! ;-)
you think i can make a legit bowl like that ?
By far the best RUclips skater. videos are interesting and informative, thank you!
This is dope i'm gonna do this. i made a few marble fingerboard ledges recently so i might as well build one for my feet too.
Wow that's dedication I don't think I could carry around a heavy piece of marble everywhere with me. Hopefully I'll get a sesh on some marble someday, all the nice spots near with marble are skate stopped.
Loved the ending lmao totally need to slap a bench or box together now that I’m getting back at it and knocking the rust off my skate skills. Cheers!
I need to make my own, that looks amazing. Idk why there'd be a piece thinner than his, but if you could only get one less than a foot or so, you can just make a box and cut out however much plywood and 2 by 4 to where it fits flush. Can't believe he tried skating that thing as is at first and not attaching it to wood underneath for support. He's a hundred times more handy than myself and almost certainly has more common sense than me lol
How about using some hollow core doors with some really clever support system inside. Perhaps implementing a little foam and a very strong adhesive?
8:44 imagine your drugs falling out of your pocket
i have some welding skill and have been thinking of bulding a rail to grind (lighter than granite) might do it next week out of stainless if the wallet permits
Love your channel. Keep it up. I loved the video of the concrete bench you made. Being a 38 year old skater I can relate to your content and enjoy that. Keep the videos coming.
I love your channel! I just got back into skating and I am addicted to your videos. Your personality is so entertaining and the Canadian accent makes me feel right at home. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!!
I've thrown out few of these, never occurred to me to use them. Thanks for the suggestion man.
Very nice ledge. Maybe attaching some folding wheels like the ones you get on those folding trolley's to each end of the ledge might make it easier to handle getting it in and out out the car?.
Dear Ben-
I‘ve got a piece of solid granite that’s 1.25“ thick, about 6‘ long and about 12“ wide. I want to make it into a ledge and was thinking about just filling two 8x8x16 inch concrete blocks with concrete and then mortaring the top to set the granite on there. my question is- is 1.25“ thickness for the granite going to mess with my slides since the granite will overhang the concrete blocks by 2“ on each side? should I do what you did here and glue a 2x12 to the bottom of the granite so the wheels have something to slide against?
I bet your trucks barely get worn down when grinding that smooth granite! Do you think angle iron on plywood would work just as well? Or do you need the weight to make it stable?
The weight definitely keeps it stable and simple. I am going to make another ledge to give some more ideas.
Being outside playing with a toy is the opposite of sitting at home in VR. Great ledge tho
Add wheels and a tow hook. Yes make it into a trailer for your car. Just tow your park around. At least add wheels so you don't need a cart. As soon as it's on blocks the wheels won't matter. A set of skateboard wheels and trucks would be good. Plus it would give you extras on hand if you snap a kingpin or a bearing while skating your portoleadge. I have a kitchen island I'm not exactly using at the moment...hmmmm.....
My granite is only as thick as your top layer. Wonder if it will be thick enough not to break. Any thoughts?
Looks fun. My favorite skate spot was always Copley Sq. Boston all marble. Now I can make my own. Thanks Homie.
Very cool but if you wanted to make it more portable (albeit not as fancy or nice overall as a granite ledge) could you construct it with a sheet of aluminum attached to the top and bent over the sides? Should still be grindable I would think and a whole lot less weight? I ask you, Ben, because you're the carpenter
is this thing sturdy enough to nose slide or tail slide when just sitting on those blocks???
You're a carpenter , you speak wisely and a lot of people follow you...may you be Jesus.. 😇
😂HAHA! Nope. Just a dude who likes to do stuff. I don't think Jesus would have yelled at that kid and his dad.
I wanna skate that park hella bad! That bank looks like fun! Im gunna make one of those legdes!!!
Fakie 5-0 180s out look so good .. especially front 180 out..
I see you rocking some "New Balances" shoes...can't wait to see the review
Adding some 2-3" locking casters and screwing in eyelets on one front edge to add a pull rope would make that much more manageable.
But yeah, learned all my slides on a 15' OSB/Plywood scaffold my dad built for a project, then left at the house when my folks split up, and having a portable ledge/manual pad really helps, esp. if you live in the soggy PNW, or an area with trashy streets/sidewalks.
Your comment about people strapping on the VR helmets and turning to blobs got me laughing so hard.
That park is sick!
Skateboard is the most rulesfull and rulesless thing. And it´s so huge, so rich and wide as well.
I just made one using trexdeck. 11 inches tall ×15× 6ft. Its really fun. But I'm gonna try to make one this. Thanks for sharing.
I love the dry sense of humour, very pythonesque.
Hope you had a Merry Christmas Ben. Don't skate and destroy, skate and build
I had a session at a park a while back where some kids had a remote control car. Soooo annoying.
Cool ledge. If ever come across some marble I might have to make one
Amazing video Ben, love it. All that effort for a slab to skate on ... 8:35 earned you a sub. 11:54 awesome I love it ... watch out for the back sprain!!
Hi Ben, what do you think about having different board sizes or setups? Does changing sizes or setups can hold you back like affecting your muscle memory? Thanks
I have gotten used to switching it up but I am probably slowing my progression a little by not just sticking to one thing that works for me.
I have been looking for a free piece of granite since first saw this thing, but I think in the end I am gonna end up buying plastic decking to make the top. I just need like a 6 foot ledge for garage skating. Though fakie inward heels there is some key I am missing. Also, thanks for all the vids to help me fix up my home. Happy holidays.
Hey ben one thing i notice is when you transport that awesome ledge is that you are doing it the wrong way never lean forward and lift something heavy like that straight away im affraid that you might hurt yourself while doing that it’s too dangerous. We should always takecare of our back in positioning it while lifting that kind of heavy. Bend your knee then squat down and keep your back straight then do the lifting that way your keeping you back safe while doing it. Am just a concern follower here, don’t want you to hurt yourself as we might not watch an awesome channel like yours anymore. Anyway you takecare, will tune in for another great episode of yours. Cheers!
Thats such a sick ledge to bank behind you were is it!!!!????
What's the best "lightweight" box that you can haul around to different spots?
I got a 150 lb box and it sits under my carport because I got tired of hauling it around by myself
In Spokane wa there's a couple counter top places that have free bins in the front of there places and they have some really decent sized granite leftovers. My buddy built a skatepark in a small town in Washington and he made a ledge of leftover granite. It's a 20 foot long cyrved concrete ledge with granite along the edge with about 7 inches of granite before you hit concrete. It grinds and slides beautifully.
What a wise demolition :')
I got some marble.
But it won’t grind any ideas why?
Crk.
that kid in the green, his face at 7:43 haha. that is a sick ledge and marble is the best but really heavy. ur skating was sick too, i would definitely get some flip tricks in to it for us to see bro.
It always seems a bit odd to me when a skateboarder tells someone else they shouldn't be doing something somewhere. "This is a skateboard park"... and the parking lot I used to get kicked out of was for cars... the perfect ledge next to a blockbuster that I used to get kicked out of was for sitting and regretting the weeklies you picked... that RC car sounded annoying - I wonder if the sound my skateboard made annoyed my neighbors in the 90s? maybe you've forgotten what it was like back then, Ben? :D
Ben I have a question about your ledge, as I am currently in the process of building a portable bench/ledge similar to yours, except 4' long instead of I think 7' like yours and instead of marble it's wood with steel L channels on the side for coping...Anyway, my question is: How do you secure the wooden supports to the bottom of the bench so that they don't move? It's obvious that you don't have them permanently fixed to it, since you were showing how you can orient them in different ways to have a different height ledge. Or is it just the sheer weight of a marble ledge that keeps the blocks in place? I am very curious about this, thanks in advance!
Looks great for flipping into grinds
If I could only do some :I
Canadian's are so nice!
Yells at kid with remote control car on Christmas Eve.
Ummm. Nevermind.
Just kidding.
definitely need more How to videos on construction
Neat ledge man! hahaha I really know the struggle with those kids being in the way
Nice ledge.
Great skateboarding
I run a small home Renovations company in Greensboro, NC. I always come across counter tops being ripped out. At 36 I can throw my back out by sneezing or twisting the wrong way, so this isn't for me....but I had to laugh because I get so much stuff off of jobs that I plan on using, but never do. I knew immediately that you scored yours off of a job. Haha... Oh, and I'm still a beast at 36 ;)
:)
Can you screw in some handles on the side? Maybe have those Steele threaded collars sunk in the wood, so the screws won’t eat up the wood when they’re taken off and on for transport.
Hi Ben, I have a (maybe stupid) question :
You say that the second layer is composed of wood with marble on the edges. Why didn't you do this for the top ? Becase, the most important is that the edges are "grindable". Sorry if my english is bad, peace from France ! ;)
I didnt actually build the countertop. You make a good point if someone was. However it's nice to have it as solid piece. People keep making all kinds of suggestions like adding g wheels and stuff but I don't want to. I want it to look as much like an actual ledge as possible. It already looks artificial enough just with the 2x12 underneath.
what park is this? thats awesome!
will you possibly do a Kickflip crook. crooked?
thank you for using an FA board hope you do a review on it soon can't wait to see more content I love your videos
That switch back crook. 👌
You’re my favorite youtuber btw. 👌
You should seriously find a permanent home for that thing. Like that would've been sweet on that concrete box you made. Thoughts on a backyard skate park?? Great video!
I has no backyard:(
@@bendegros Bummer
That's great! I would just keep it in the garage or backyard, though. I'm not lugging that thing around, haha.
Really cool!
Can wait to build that ledge
@Ben Degros Have you ever heard of the 8ft transformer rail? Flat bar on one side round rail on the other, turn it sideways and it's a ledge. Different heights, or one side higher one side lower than the other. 65 pounds. Check it out.
Lol, loved it on many levels!!
That thing is awsome!!
How stable is it on the supports? Does it slide around?
occasionally. I might put some griptape on the blocks. I'ts pretty heavy though so it only slides a tiny bit
I do tile so I always tear out sills but they're too small to do this, I'm definitely gonna talk to the cabinet crew to lmk next time they demo one, had this idea for years but saw this now I gotta do it
Coolest kid on the block now
Always great videos. Keep them going!
would love to see you skate that thing at it's curb height :)
Can you kick flip backside 5-0 on that?
Yess Ben, you did it. Thanks for that!
You can just tell (and hear) that ledge slides like butter! (y)
What wheels were you using in this vid?
i've thought about stealing a bench but this looks more fun.
would a 5 foot one be a better size.
5 foot is really short. Even 8 feet can feel short sometimes.
shucks.
you have some cool ideas man
7:43 that kid probably has the dream of becoming a skateboarder now.
Ben, why dont you keep a short piece of conduit or pipe in your van and a bar. lift the slab upp with your bar and slide the conduit under the slab so you can roll it out instead of shifting it back and forth. im an Ironworker and i know how to move heavy things lol
Idk but that thing in back looks dope to skate also
america really has those soft floor parking lots. i wish we had those in the uk. well at least not in my area
Do you have any suggestions for a similar material that is a bit lighter than marble?
Next video. Or soon at least. Nothing solid and grindy though.
Great video btw
Made one out of a corian counter top, super fun but almost to slick, I have almost died a few times. Also a lot lighter than granite.
That stuff is so unbelievably heavy. Also, never carry at both ends. It will split immediately. Always support the middle! I have seen so many people destroy a beautiful piece of Granite/Marble because they had no idea. Just a delivery guy ya know. Edit: I wanna see the R/C car do a lip slide. Too funny. No scooters? Merry Christmas!!!
How's that FA board treating ya? maybe you could get a review in ;-) I've skated my fair share of FA boards and they're so good
Carpenter or Drywaller? There seems to be a fine line between the two.
Carpenter.
You're lucky you don't have 4 feet of snow like here in Northern Quebec hahaha. BC really looks like the canadian mecca of skate