Skateboarding Venues
- Street skateboarding: skating on streets, curbs, benches, handrails and other elements of urban and suburban landscapes. Also ramps, rails, boxes and other man-made obstacles especially in competition are now referred to as street because they simply emulate a perfect "street" environment, plus the man-made street ramps are mobile, making easy transport for competitions, local skaters and retailers alike.
- Bust: A street skateboarding spot where you are likely to be kicked out by security or police.
- Vert skateboarding: skating on ramps and other vertical structures like empty bowl-shaped swimming pools and occasionally storm drains and such.
- Half-pipe: a U-shaped ramp of any size, usually with a flat section between the opposing transitions.
- Vert ramp: a transition ramp, usually at least 8 feet tall, with steep sides that are perfectly vertical near the top.
- Mini ramp: usually a half pipe that is shorter than the rider; most mini ramps are not tall enough for the transition to reach vertical.
- Mega Ramp: a very big ramp, Usually for vert.
- Quarter pipe: a single ramp transitioning from horizontal to any obtuse angle up to vert.
- Bowl: Empty in-ground pools serve as good bowls. Concrete and wood bowls have been made for skating. As with a half pipe, a bowl is better with a flat bottom between the transitions.
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