Skip Conversions
August 27th, 2008 by Kilwag
Yeah, it’s artsy-fartsy day here on SnA. Oliver Bishop-Young is a designer/artist in the UK. One of his projects is called Skip Conversions. For those of us in the states, a “skip” is the same thing as a dumpster. Oliver has turned them into a garden, pool and a miniramp, among other things. Now that’s one art opening I wouldn’t want to… sorry. Check out Oliver Bishop-Young, and click on the “Skip Conversions” link on the top left hand side. Cursed frames!
- Thanks to Nik at Concretins for the tip.
August 27th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Only a fool has a skip and keeps it full! The guy on the left is clearly a fool for keeping his skip full. Guy on the right, not a fool.
August 27th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
how much would one cost to make it a mobile ramp mini ramp??
August 27th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
http://www.freshpark.com $600 bucks for 2 QPs…weatherproof.
August 28th, 2008 at 10:35 am
or visit your local hardware store and lumber yard for $300 and learn something in the meantime!
August 28th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
and then you won’t have to worry about the karmic implications of buying shit from profiteers who don’t give a shit about skateboarding.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:17 am
Do you realy think ACE hardware gives a damn about skateboarding either? At least those ramp companies have some finacial stake in skateboarding. They are professionalls, I’ll let them decide what is best for me to skate on. They obviously know best; it is their job!
Besides, building a backyard ramp is SOOOOOOOO 1980s.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:00 am
no, i don’t think ACE hardware cares about skateboarding, but at least they don’t pretend to be either, do they?
that freshpark shit is garbage. i’d be surprised if any of it lasted a whole session.
its flimsy, but at least its overpriced.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:05 am
“Do you realy think ACE hardware gives a damn about skateboarding either?”
I wouldn’t know. But at least they carry both 10-32 mounting bolts and grade 8 kingpins!
August 29th, 2008 at 11:26 am
“grade 8 kingpins”
Can you really go into a hardware store these days and buy a kingpin for a major truck brand? I remember we used to do that, but then again we used to break a lot of kingpins too. I weigh a lot more now (as does my crew!) and I can’t remember the last tie one of us broke a kingpin. Indy has a proprietary kingpin, don’t they? Aren’t most manufacturers using hardened kingpins these days?
What is grade 8 anyway?
August 29th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I could be wrong, but grade 8 kingpins are more rigid. Stronger, yes. However, for people that weigh more grade 8 kingpins could be too brittle and more likely to break. I think that most use grade 5 because it absorbs shock better.
August 29th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
“Besides, building a backyard ramp is SOOOOOOOO 1980s.”
cool! 80’s is what I aim for! lol!