Building A Slappy Curb!!!

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  • @robertjr8474
    @robertjr8474 8 месяцев назад +279

    its really awesome that after Ben retired from this channel, Vancouver Carpenter was kind enough to keep it going

    • @116thProductions
      @116thProductions 8 месяцев назад +10

      Yeah they kinda look a like too! So crazy 😂

    • @Soferrytiresome
      @Soferrytiresome 8 месяцев назад +1

      Haha only just saw the connection today lol

  • @BeardedDante
    @BeardedDante 8 месяцев назад +56

    When the world needed him most, he returned..

  • @etnies
    @etnies 8 месяцев назад +74

    No better way to start the weekend... Yeah Ben!

  • @joe.nail1
    @joe.nail1 8 месяцев назад +42

    The idea of watering your slappy curb every day is hilarious!

    • @memorysometimers3067
      @memorysometimers3067 8 месяцев назад +5

      Freshly poured concrete needs it or it will crack fast. You can actually spray water on 10 year old concrete and if you sit and watch the concrete will slowly take some hydration.

    • @Zachariah33
      @Zachariah33 Месяц назад

      Right? Lol i started cracking up when he did that 😂

  • @mikethomson6546
    @mikethomson6546 8 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks for the video Ben.
    Love the step by step.
    I never knew why my 8" trucks felt so good on my 8.25" board. You hit it on the head.
    It feels like it flips easy like a smaller board. But the tiny bit bigger deck inspires confidence to land cleaner.
    I live in the Lower Mainland as well.
    Maybe I will run into at one of the local parks you've featured.

    • @zerodicjcorez9173
      @zerodicjcorez9173 7 месяцев назад

      im going to try the same, my 8inch board and trucks dont feel good anymore plus im a size 11 shoe :(

    • @mikethomson6546
      @mikethomson6546 7 месяцев назад

      @@zerodicjcorez9173
      You won't be disappointed.
      When I started skating again. I went from my classic 7.75 to 8. It felt huge. Now 8 feels small.
      8.25 - 8.50, truck size one size smaller is such a nice feeling. If you can get past the "magic carpet" look.
      You will kill it at flat ground and everything else. The board flips faster but you have way more to land on. Also not riding a pencil on trasition is nice.

  • @williamday1412
    @williamday1412 8 месяцев назад +7

    Loved watching this video. No wonder you focus on the carpenter channel. Very professionally put together and a great way you explain tips and technique. The voice over and video sequence is spot on

  • @Adrock204
    @Adrock204 Месяц назад

    I'm building a curb this weekend! Decided on a 5½“ top and a middle ground of your 2 at 12°🤘

  • @Bobby_Pyn
    @Bobby_Pyn 8 месяцев назад +6

    Superb DIY skate content. Reminds me of the days of building launch ramps and fun boxes with stolen scraps.

  • @MegaHellstrike
    @MegaHellstrike 8 месяцев назад +1

    I may not be interested in skateboarding much anymore but I do love to watch a craftsman create something I didn't know the process of!

  • @P1Brand
    @P1Brand 8 месяцев назад +3

    Ambitious build for a "Vancouver Carpenter" that's "not a concrete guy." Looks like it'd hold a feeble slappy just fine. Good job Ben!

  • @juliom6260
    @juliom6260 8 месяцев назад +27

    Oh, you made a video with The Vancouver Carpenter 😂
    Great job Ben. Really appreciate your effort on doing that.
    Cheers from France

  • @m.e.5313
    @m.e.5313 8 месяцев назад +44

    EDGING.. always the most satisfying part..😂

    • @galvanizedgnome
      @galvanizedgnome 8 месяцев назад +4

      What the hell is wrong with people.

    • @Cream-and-Chigurh
      @Cream-and-Chigurh 8 месяцев назад +4

      I CAME straight to the comments to see if anyone else caught that 😂

    • @345Taco
      @345Taco 8 месяцев назад +3

      The Beavis and Butthead laughs ensue

    • @itsnicetoseeyou
      @itsnicetoseeyou 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@galvanizedgnome😭😭😂 can't go anywhere these days

  • @middleagemikey6669
    @middleagemikey6669 8 месяцев назад +3

    Great video! I really enjoy the DIY format combined with some skating!

  • @jaded9087
    @jaded9087 8 месяцев назад +3

    Got to say, this is the best use of a backyard tennis court, jelouse.
    Ive got the space but a sloped block and we have to actully leave home to skate, like get in the car leave as the roads here are country roads and no good, really chunky blue metal .
    One day ill get a slap put in the machine shed $$$ so we can skate year round and ive already saved your half pip tutorial and this is going in the same ideas file.
    Thank Ben .
    Lol your yokel drall gave me a giggle.

  • @rhysmorgan9049
    @rhysmorgan9049 8 месяцев назад +5

    I will revisit this video when I’m 97 yrs old and can finally buy a house/nuclear bunker, thanks Ben!

  • @tysobol
    @tysobol 7 месяцев назад

    This is rad! Thanks for sharing this. I never would have thought to add rebar to a curb but it seems clutch 🙌

  • @puresikness77
    @puresikness77 4 месяца назад

    When I was 19 I worked for a construction company building the concrete forms for a massive parking garage. The foreman used diesel fuel as the form release agent and it worked very well.

  • @bige2867
    @bige2867 8 месяцев назад

    Really enjoyed watching this video, I'd love to see more DIY skate stuff if you build anything else! It was really good to hear your reasons for the choices you made during the build, and about what you'd have done differently, and about the difficulties with removing the formwork.

  • @mutatedgenome
    @mutatedgenome 8 месяцев назад +9

    Nice work. Looks fun. Here on the east coast I've never even seen an angled curb.

    • @rulehardgarage9740
      @rulehardgarage9740 8 месяцев назад +1

      Same thing here in the Midwest. It’s so hard to slappy these Midwest curbs. It’s like 100% commitment with a 50% chance of getting pitched.

    • @non_brewed_condiment
      @non_brewed_condiment 8 месяцев назад

      Really?? I see them all the time

    • @FloatDown
      @FloatDown 8 месяцев назад

      we got everything here in philly, where i recently moved...first time living in a city this skate-able. like 50 feet from my door there is a ledge that stays waxed and across the street a slappy little sidewalk curb. the only thing we don't have is skateable flat ground..great obstacles everywhere but the sidewalks and pavement are terrible

  • @johnm3946
    @johnm3946 8 месяцев назад +1

    The extra Portland is a must, there's nothing wrong with pulling the form board out. It's all about timing. Good job!

  • @dansours7157
    @dansours7157 8 месяцев назад

    Rad. This was fun to watch. I made a glorified parking block for the sidewalk in front of my house. One of my biggest mistakes was not mixing the concrete wet enough. I also made the edges way too sharp which tore up my board & trucks pretty quickly. I eventually got a rub brick & rounded the edges to about .75 radius which made it 1000% better

  • @fiore_adriano
    @fiore_adriano 8 месяцев назад +5

    Elegant entrance!

  • @FloatDown
    @FloatDown 8 месяцев назад

    I love that you modeled the design on the Santa Monica curbs which I have lusted after many many times in skate videos. That makes this like 3 times as cool, it's calling on skate spot history. About as cool as it gets for a video about making a curb. Worthy of a spot in the skateboarding archives

  • @06ogs
    @06ogs 8 месяцев назад +3

    Need an update on the concrete ledge you built at that skatepark a couple years ago!

  • @creativeexperience6388
    @creativeexperience6388 Месяц назад

    very very professional

  • @rubberfooty
    @rubberfooty 8 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Ben!
    Just wanted to let you know that it's always a pleasure to watch your videos.

  • @juanmartinrossi9532
    @juanmartinrossi9532 8 месяцев назад +1

    Hi ben!! In construction we use when ,we dont have the specific liquid for de molding, kerosene or diesel fuel it’s greasy enogh and armored concrete, I don’t know how you call it in canada or use in argentina is hormigon armado you always use rebars and the way is to put 3 in a triangle or four in case of real concrete and we use what we call estribos which is a square rebar every 15 or 20 cm tying the rebars together so that takes te cut effect on the structure but the sort thing is allways use rebars!!!! Great video!!! By the way I am an architect

  • @AmoebaGagless
    @AmoebaGagless 8 месяцев назад +1

    Glad to see your still uploading videos fellow Canadian. Take Care. 🇨🇦👍🏻

  • @thebigcheeseful
    @thebigcheeseful Месяц назад

    this was awesome

  • @Bsfeeblegrind
    @Bsfeeblegrind 8 месяцев назад +3

    This is perfect Ben TY! I havent watched yet but knowing you its gonna be a great instruction

  • @fabiotarantino5027
    @fabiotarantino5027 7 месяцев назад

    beautiful work. In my opinion, the curb always remains a fantastic element in a park, and makes it truly complete. for the next carb I will definitely use hairspray, thanks for the advice🔥. small question.. which deck do you use in the video?
    🍻

  • @SabrinaMorris
    @SabrinaMorris 8 месяцев назад

    I will probably never build my own curb, but I really enjoyed watching this. It made me want to run out and measure the Santa Monica curbs.

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад

      This was over a year before I went there. When I say modelled after I mean I looked at them in videos and just guessed. I wasn’t far off though.

    • @SabrinaMorris
      @SabrinaMorris 8 месяцев назад

      @@bendegros If you hadn't put rebar in, I might have abandoned you altogether. (Not really.)

  • @DGoon132
    @DGoon132 8 месяцев назад

    THIS!! This is some awesome content!! A perfect marriage of Vancouver Carpenter and your skateboarding analytics.

  • @claysoggyfries
    @claysoggyfries 7 месяцев назад +1

    Can you do a review on the Nike Vertebrae? They look really cool and the price isn't too bad for a Nike shoe. If they're durable, I might actually buy them

  • @grampsskateboarding4814
    @grampsskateboarding4814 8 месяцев назад +3

    Glad he's back , surefire content

  • @matroxman11
    @matroxman11 8 месяцев назад

    I finally got front slappys on lock and now I really wanna build one of these beautiful freestanding curbs. Thanks ben 😁

  • @Sproutt
    @Sproutt 8 месяцев назад

    Im sure you yes makita for the win!! I love my impulse driver. Its sneaky at snapping screws ha. And quiet at the same time

  • @PaulNirvana
    @PaulNirvana 8 месяцев назад

    This was so satisfying... thank you vancouver carpenter!

  • @maga_skater4207
    @maga_skater4207 8 месяцев назад +1

    Was looking forward to this after watching the first half on the carpenter channel.. you kill it bro and it makes me want to get my hands dirty and do some diy things myself..

  • @jeffli480
    @jeffli480 8 месяцев назад +2

    Who knew you had to water your curb for thirty days before you can skate it? Awesome video!

  • @shalabazertheboltstruck8645
    @shalabazertheboltstruck8645 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for this one Ben. Gonna build one first chance

  • @williambrowne5104
    @williambrowne5104 8 месяцев назад

    This was real relaxing and satisfying to watch, great stuff!

  • @GreybeardSkates
    @GreybeardSkates 8 месяцев назад

    Great build. How many bags of cement did it take? Just curious on how long of one you could make with just one or two bags of quickcrete.

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад +1

      Just visualize stretching the bag into a curb. Not much for one or two bags.

  • @chriscas-ToolAficionado
    @chriscas-ToolAficionado 8 месяцев назад

    The curbs look great, but that ledge is lookin' scrumptious!
    Hrmm, i see the neighbor has been building as well.

  • @driftlessskater5475
    @driftlessskater5475 8 месяцев назад +1

    I can’t wait for that ledge video. I’ve been wanting to build something exactly like that for a while now.

  • @coverton
    @coverton 8 месяцев назад

    Awesome! I love that you're combining your content. This is great!

  • @Lou-if1th
    @Lou-if1th 8 месяцев назад

    Omg!!! I've been searching and searching for a video like this!!! Thank you so much can't wait to build my slappy curb!!

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад

      I hope it’s the best curb ever!!!!

  • @skateat4824
    @skateat4824 Месяц назад

    Anything special to do if pouring concrete sidewalk curb like the one at 22:45 with 15 degree angle over really smooth concrete slab? What is length and width of the sidewalk curb (not the double-side) as that's exactly what I am planning to add to my backyard park.

  • @derekmills2899
    @derekmills2899 8 месяцев назад

    something that worked really well in building curbs was adding a plasticizer to it. Stuff is kinda gnarly but was highly recommended by people who build a lot of curbs.

  • @vassilykoloskov8707
    @vassilykoloskov8707 8 месяцев назад

    25:41 appreciate the back foot positionning cancelling as much liftinig of the board as possible

  • @kylebreeden9143
    @kylebreeden9143 8 месяцев назад

    30 days! I admire your patience.

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад

      It was worth it

  • @jeffspalding5368
    @jeffspalding5368 8 месяцев назад

    I missed you Ben!! Haha just playin but I’m going to try get my brother to build one of these now. LoL

  • @hewie7338
    @hewie7338 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you Ben, very cool

  • @kuziluvit
    @kuziluvit 8 месяцев назад

    Like you said on the Nine club you have made friends with us. Glad to see ya back. I’ve even started watching your other channel. ✌🏻

  • @dutchmckracken9025
    @dutchmckracken9025 8 месяцев назад

    Ben what type cement did you use like N or S? Also do you think a coarse sand mix could retain strength without chipping or would weather destroy it? Great video man.

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад +1

      No idea how the coarse sand might change it. I would just use regular Navvy Jack. It works in the real world.

  • @bananaclipper7692
    @bananaclipper7692 8 месяцев назад +3

    7:17 Jeron calls that “pebble tech”

  • @FirelordRob76
    @FirelordRob76 8 месяцев назад +1

    i cant believe you had to water that thing for thirty days. that's dedication.

  • @smiththomas64
    @smiththomas64 8 месяцев назад

    Have you considered getting a net set up and banging the tennis ball around on the court?

  • @kalebl0ng
    @kalebl0ng 8 месяцев назад

    That ledge looks beautiful can’t wait to see that video

  • @gokartsRfun
    @gokartsRfun 8 месяцев назад +1

    Intro roll up was smooth as hell hahaha

  • @noahl7510
    @noahl7510 8 месяцев назад +1

    i think you should have titled this “most handsome and cool guy in the world builds a slappy curb” there, i like that better.

  • @alecaros9477
    @alecaros9477 8 месяцев назад

    We need the bench video this what skaters really need to know !

  • @shanebrowning6817
    @shanebrowning6817 8 месяцев назад

    Skate Forrest skate. Great to see the work involved.

  • @PaulHintz914
    @PaulHintz914 8 месяцев назад +1

    That’s all I gotta say about that 😂 Awesome set up

  • @skippyskater
    @skippyskater 8 месяцев назад +1

    Would you ever cover the tennis court? Much love man!

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад +1

      No

    • @skippyskater
      @skippyskater 8 месяцев назад

      Weather has been a nightmare for skating in Sydney lately its either too hot or too wet haha@@bendegros

  • @gianjose9776
    @gianjose9776 8 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Ben i really think that you forgot to sand it down before applying the lacker i think it would be much looking clean and a round nice edges

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад +2

      Pretty sure I sanded it to get the fluff from the burlap off. Just didn’t film it.

    • @gianjose9776
      @gianjose9776 8 месяцев назад

      @@bendegros Can we get more trick tips? Specially the basic slide tricks for ledge I gotta have it. Backside tails my dream trick

  • @charl12
    @charl12 8 месяцев назад

    If you made a horseshoe curb would the formwork be normal plywood like you would use on the mini ramp surface? Thanks Ben, liked the board slide to hurricane too, have you tried slappy hurricane?

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад +1

      Usually you have to kerf the plywood to get it to bend. There is a formula for how close together the kerfs are. The tighter the radius the more kerfs.

    • @charl12
      @charl12 8 месяцев назад

      @@bendegros ok so the cuts give the flexibility rather than the material, thanks Ben

  • @zachporr4315
    @zachporr4315 8 месяцев назад +2

    Me with absolutely nowhere to put a curb and will realistically never build one: hell yeah I’m gonna watch this whole thing

  • @tristanstreet3915
    @tristanstreet3915 8 месяцев назад

    so cool to watch you do that stuff, this is awesome

  • @BENNN1999
    @BENNN1999 7 месяцев назад

    This is really good it's obvious you know what you're doing and it's just a slappy curb but yes you really needed a mag

  • @simonf1657
    @simonf1657 8 месяцев назад

    Yeah. He's back. Lovely greetings from germany

  • @bbygoyard27
    @bbygoyard27 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is so satisfying to watch👍🏻Thanks Ben,invite GiftedHater to skate at your courtyard🔥

  • @daviddillon62
    @daviddillon62 8 месяцев назад

    Holy shit that was the coolest smoothest intro I love it.

  • @matthewmbober4426
    @matthewmbober4426 8 месяцев назад +1

    That old plug-in DeWalt is a dandy.

  • @nolliebags
    @nolliebags 8 месяцев назад

    “Stay together for the kids” lmao love the skate content!

  • @skatedadcanada
    @skatedadcanada 8 месяцев назад +2

    Hopefully all the kiddos watching this one stuck around until you lacquered it. I see so many teens out there just wasting wax, trying to get a curb skateable, so I've started keeping a can of spray lacquer in the trunk to quickly take care of any good/dry ledges that I come across 😅

  • @larrysgonefishing
    @larrysgonefishing 8 месяцев назад

    edging is the most satisfying part of any activity

  • @robertchase8504
    @robertchase8504 8 месяцев назад

    Nice job man👍
    (adding this to my project list)

  • @2old2sk8geek
    @2old2sk8geek 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you Forrest! 😂👍

  • @TheAK0390
    @TheAK0390 8 месяцев назад

    Will probably never use this information, but you're damn right I'm watching the full length of any uncle ben vid

  • @chrisroberts
    @chrisroberts 8 месяцев назад

    Bringing a lil bit of Santa Monica back to Vancouver! 👍

  • @cyguaj8859
    @cyguaj8859 7 месяцев назад +2

    where in vancouver is this skate spot?

  • @biga2
    @biga2 8 месяцев назад +1

    Yo, just take a diamond cup wheel on an angle grinder to the edge to adjust your radius. You can make it what ever you want from here and even smooth out any other imperfections you aren't happy with.

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад

      It’s good enough👍

  • @RoryHolland111
    @RoryHolland111 8 месяцев назад

    Ah yes, a little ASMR Ben Degros slappy curb build to start the day ☕️

  • @ChrisHampton-c5d
    @ChrisHampton-c5d 8 месяцев назад

    Massage guns work really well for tapping concrete forms

  • @smiththomas64
    @smiththomas64 7 месяцев назад

    I thought of this channel as I went by the Granite Street ledge yesterday. The one by the Pharmasave.

  • @CConky
    @CConky 8 месяцев назад

    Yes, curbs both need some good rebar and some good slappin!

  • @nero16ify
    @nero16ify 8 месяцев назад

    sick 🙌 but what size board is that? 😆

  • @matthiaskistler7421
    @matthiaskistler7421 8 месяцев назад

    Nice video Ben.
    When will you review the Independent 215s? :=)

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад +1

      When I want to skate them and also feel like doing a review.

  • @650jdb
    @650jdb 8 месяцев назад

    Skateboarding's premier tape measure enthusiast is back!

  • @evanderbyshire3193
    @evanderbyshire3193 8 месяцев назад

    That Forrest Gump line made the video for me

  • @345Taco
    @345Taco 8 месяцев назад

    Ben, your southern accent was spot on lmao

  • @fermented_funk
    @fermented_funk 8 месяцев назад

    What are your thoughts on painted vs unpainted curbs?

    • @bendegros
      @bendegros  8 месяцев назад +1

      Painted is prettier. But putting lacquer is the same as paint functionally.

  • @jiroevardome9858
    @jiroevardome9858 7 месяцев назад +1

    we got ben edging before gta 6

  • @Soferrytiresome
    @Soferrytiresome 8 месяцев назад

    Sick popovers and the rest!

  • @michaelgibis
    @michaelgibis 8 месяцев назад

    Good job 👏 that park looks so fun 🤩

  • @DanielConvalescence
    @DanielConvalescence 8 месяцев назад

    I'm glade your still making videos!!!

  • @johnwilliams1620
    @johnwilliams1620 8 месяцев назад

    Can we talk about how smooth that intro was

  • @natooo8312
    @natooo8312 8 месяцев назад

    Man that looks so fun!

  • @mr.thammisses6119
    @mr.thammisses6119 8 месяцев назад +5

    Daddy Ben will never leave us.