Common Obstacles
- Quarter pipe – Literal quarter of a pipe. There is usually a narrow metal rod running the length of the top edge; this is called the coping. May have a flat connected to it at the top; this is called the deck.
- Half-pipe – Two Quarter Pipes facing each other (half of a pipe).
- Spine – Two quarter pipes back to back.
- Bank – These can vary in angle but are simply wedge ramps for traversing obstacles, i.e. elevated flats.
- Flat - A flat elevated platform, usually connected to banks, kickers, and/or rails as part of a funbox.
- Vert wall – A vertical wall above, and sometimes slightly behind, a quarter pipe.
- Hip – Essentially two quarter pipes forming an angle.
- Funbox – A combination of banks, flats, rails, kickers, etc. connected to each other to form mini gaps.
- Pyramid – Funbox-type ramp made from four banks put in a square pyramid shape, usually surrounding a flat.
- Launcher/Kicker – A curved bank a rider uses to launch into the air.
- Roll-ins – A long sloping ramp used to gain speed.
- Step-up/Eurobox – A funbox type ramp consisting of a bank with a flat at the top and a second, higher flat after it; in other words a bank-to-flat setup with a section removed from the bank part.
- Wall-box - In an indoor skatepark, this is a funbox built against the wall of the park; in an outdoor skatepark, it is a funbox with a wall splitting it down the middle.
- Bowl – A circular pool.
- Pool – Usually an actual swimming pool that has been drained out for skateboarding.
- Foam Pit – A pile of foam pads to land safely into while learning tricks, usually found after a launch ramp.
- Flat rail – A rail set level with ground.
- Sloped rail - A rail set at an angle.
- Kinked rail - A rail with two flat sections, one higher than the other, and a sloped section in the middle connecting them.
- Stair – A simple staircase.
- Hand rail – A rail going with a staircase, either extended from the staircase or off an adjacent wall
- Cradle – Spherical bowl turned on its side, typically connected with a bowl. Enables inverted and over-vert carving
- Jersey barrier – often used as center dividers of roads. Skaters can wallride up them and grind if coping is emplaced along the top. Sometimes DIY skaters will pour cement on the sides to create a smoother transition, or even turn the barrier into a low spine.
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