Curb Cover

You’re looking at a set of covers for curbs, ledges and parking blocks that are made out of 16 Gauge USA cold-rolled galvanized and powder coated steel. The idea from Curb Cover is to make unskateable elements skateable. Sure, you could, you know, just find a different curb to skate, but what if you don’t want to? If you’re worried about these things sliding out from under you, they have padding underneath that has been proven to work with ample video evidence. The most interesting product here is the parking block cover. It’s actually sturdy enough to skate without placing over a parking block, and can be used as a mold to pour your own parking blocks. The ledge covers offer a lot of functionality too, you can cover bricks or even skate stoppers. That’s actually genius. If you cover a ledge, the entire ant-skate argument of property damage is null and void.

Curb Covers are modular and can be connected to extend your length, but for some reason the same option ins not available for the ledges. The least interesting/useful product here might be the Curb Climber, which is essentially just a ramp to get up curbs. However, if you’re already carrying a pice of crappy wood for that purpose, you might as well have something durable and sturdy. These things are pretty spendy, but then again steel isn’t cheap. Get your crew to gather and pool your resources.

I have to admit that when I first saw these I was very skeptical, viewing them from my snarky Skate And Annoy editorial eyes, but now I’m thinking I’d like to have a set for the curb outside my home. It was the “Skate Parents” video that finally tipped the scales. I’m afraid to check that shipping cost though… UPDATE: part of the shipping cost seems to be built in. The three section 9 foot curb cover is only $10 to ship.