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Ledges and Manual Pads
New Obstacle Designs!
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The Ledge. The ledge has a grindable edge on it. The ledge is basically the street skater's significant other. You can grind it. You can slide it. You can even do manuals on it if you get good enough at it. And ledges come in many shapes and sizes as you will see below. An extremely popular item in the skatepark.
Manual Pad. Another street skating gem, manual pads are probably the most common street obstacle next to the ledge. A skater ollies up to and does a 'manual' or 'wheelie' across and off. The idea is to not drag the nose or tail of the board across the pad. More advance skaters now can flip their board up, manual across, and flip off of the pad. You can really learn some balance on a manual pad, and since it is usually low to the ground, skaters are less intimidated by it. But we make them taller, too. *wink
Long Ledge. As its name implies it is a 'long ledge' made for the more advanced rider who is able to grind, manual, or slide longer than on your traditional ledge.
The Step-Ledge. This is a multiple level ledge that allows the skater to ollie up higher to ride than the lower step. As his or her skill increases, the skater is able to choose which ledge they will skate according to their level of skating.
HHere's a manual pad against a ledge next to a double kink ledge; a make-shift step ledge
Angled Ledge. The top of the ledge has a gradual rise in it to accomodate a skater when he or she wants to 'grind up' (or down). Places just a touch more skill level than in your ordinary flat-topped ledge.
Curved Ledge. Yet again just a little bit harder to ride than a regular ledge, the curved ledge propels the skater in an up-and-down grinding or sliding motion. As their skills get better, so must the challenges.
Double-Sided Step-Ledge. Similar to the Step-Ledge only rideable from either side. More than one skater can use this ledge at a time, and like most ledges, it can be placed on the ground, on a fun-box, or a loading dock.
Ledge combinations. Pictured are two maual pads separated by a gap and placed on the side of a long ledge. The skater can ollie 'the gap' between pads, or ollie up one maual pad, grind the long ledge, and land on or past the other pad. Whichever way you want to skate, combinations offer multiple options as to transferring from one obstacle to another.
Manual Pad with an Angled Ledge and a Kinked Ledge on either side
Kinked-Ledge. This ledge has a flat top that kinks and then slopes downward. Grinding across and down and keeping your balance is the challenge.
Kinked-Ledge. Same as the above, only this ledge is designed to fit on a fun-box or a loading dock. Skaters might call this a kinked 'Hubba' ledge, because it resembles a downward sloping ledge at a famous street spot called 'Hubba Hideout.'
Double-Kinked Ledge. This is a ledge specifically designed for funboxes; it kinks downward on both ends, which makes it skateable from either direction.
C.J. on break in Kalamazoo, Michigan
