It was a single 6.3m (21') tall vert quarter pipe ramp, with no roll-in ramp, from which Mat would launch and air after being towed into at speed by a motorcycle. The first such giant ramp structure was conceived and built by BMX freestyler Mathew "Mat" Hoffman in his Oklahoma home backyard between 19. The total length of these structures varies from approximately 60m (200') to 108m (360') in length. Other additions and modifications have been tried on mega ramps, such as the tall flatbox with a rainbow rail that was added to the Point X mega ramp. The quarter pipes can be 5.4m (18') or greater in height and serve as either a speed brake, or as another launch point from which the athlete sails directly vertical into the air off the top lip of the ramp, before falling back down and landing on the quarter pipe transition again. The third section is almost invariably a quarter pipe. The athletes clear the distance between the launch and landing sections of the gap jump by sailing through the air above the gap, and land on the landing section, which is sloped forward to decrease the landing impact.
Gap jumps range in distance from 7.5m (25') to 21m (70') between the launch and landing sections.
The second section can be a gap jump, or a quarter pipe, though the gap jump option has become the most popular setup.
#Backyard mini ramp bmx professional
A 60-foot tall megaramp is located at the home of professional skateboarder Bob Burnquist. The purpose of the roll-in is for the athletes to be able to gain the speed needed to tackle the other sections of the ramp. The roll-in section consists of a single or multiple roll-ins that drop from 12m (40') or higher up. Vert half-pipe mega ramps have been built in the past, but they are uncommon. The most common ramp setup, used as well by MegaRamp, is a sequence of three mega ramp sections a roll-in, a gap jump, and a vert quarter pipe. Edgard Pereira standing at the top of a mega ramp at X Games Austin 2015Ĭontemporary structures are generally constructed of metal scaffold with a wood surface topped with Skatelite, and consist of two or three sections.
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