Hello everyone! My name is Jokapaka. If you ended up in this blog, I suppose it is because you want to make fingerboard ramps. You are is the right place! With any material we can find, we will make rails, stairs, fun boxes halfpipes and much more! Feel free to comment what obstacles you would like me to teach you to make, or just comment any random stuff! Have fun!
-Jokapaka-

Monday, July 21, 2014

How to Make a Kicker (super easy)

So after I did the "How to Make a Halfpipe" tutorial, ( you can see it clicking halfpipe in the tags which are at the left) I was thinking what ramp to make next. The halfpipe took me a lot of time, so I wanted something fast. A kicker is a super simple obstacle which can be used to get some air or to do flip tricks. You can also use it to reach higher obstacles if your ollies are not too good.
Well, let's start the tutorial.
Materials:
To make:
-Cardboard
-Scissors
-Tape
-Pen or pencil
To decorate:
-Felt pens
-Blank paper
-Card

As you may have noticed if you read the halfpipe tutorial the materials are almost the same and the picture is the same one. Well, let's get started!
First you need to draw and cut two triangles out of the cardboard. I suggest drawing a rectangle and then dividing it diagonally, because this way you don't waste much cardboard.
So here it is drawn...













...and here it is cut out!













Now you need to cut out a rectangle as long as the bottom of the triangles and as wide as you want the kicker to be, and tape the triangles vertically.














Cut out a triangle the size of the back of the ramp and tape it like this:













We are only missing the top part where you fingerboard. Cut a rectangle the right size and tape it. Make sure there is no space between the cardboard at the topand the surface where you are using the ramp.













You are basicly done now. If the ramp slides while you are trying to use it, use tape it to the table, floor or whatever you ate using.
And of course, feel free to decorate it!
So this is how mine turned out. ( Sorry for bad pic). I decorated it in the same style as my halfpipe. 
If you want me to teach you how to make a certain obstacle say so in the comments, or ask for help if you can´t make it. I will reply to every comment.
Be sure to check out my other tutorial on how to make a halfpipe. The next tutorial will be how to make a grind rail, so stay tuned!
-Jokapaka-

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