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MAKE YOUR OWN ULTIMATE CURB SPOT

KEEN RAMPSShared by 2 skaters, 2024 to 2026
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95K views · 5 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Cory Keen and Dan Corrigan of Keen Ramps show how to turn a rough, random curb into a smooth skate spot. They cover fixing and waxing it, and show their Slappy curb.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in beginner threads when someone has no spot or a rough, unwaxed curb. It shows cheap ways to make an ordinary curb skateable.

“… show you how to turn any curb into a place to skate. …”

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u/YokaiGuitarist2026 · 2 points

Made my morning seeing you still putting that time in. You're doing it man. It's just gonna keep getting better. Next is taking it to a curb. The best way to get over the fear of going up or down a curb is to just learn to ride off of them at different speeds. All it takes is a little manual. Then going up a curb is so easy you just do a manual then lift your tail. You do those until you're super good at it. Then... You practice your ollies off and up the curb. This is also a great time to start working on your nose stalls.... Nose stalls turn into nose slides even on a curb with a little speed. Go to Walmart and buy a box of cheap Gulf Wax. It's in the canning or baking section usually. Wax every curb affordably until you go buying expensi name brand skate waxes for your personal stuff. here's what the box looks like [LINK] If you can afford it, a Brick Scrubber. They're 15-20 bucks. The keen ramps dudes just use the one from ace hardware and it's what I got too. here's the link. [LINK] You use that to scrub a curb anywhere. Then you spray can it or paint it with some sort of hard setting clear coat like an enamel. That makes it super slippery. Then you wax it to protect the ename…

u/Higais2024 · 1 points

You can do a bit more work too like they do here - [this video]

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