Hello and Welcome everyone!
The sun's out, the wind's coming up - it's another beautiful day to be In the Outside.
Today the wind is blowing offshore, so towards the sea.
It should be fine to ride on the beach but if i was in the water I would probably end
up in Ireland.
The only thing with an offshore wind is that it can be a bit gusty, so your ride can be
a bit stop and start...
What on earth is that?
Oh yeah!
Well thanks to Neptune for washing this one up.
Let's put it together and see what it does.
Double ramp and bridge.
A multi-use ramp that offers endless shredding and fun for kids!
Well, as an elderly teenager this is going to suit me fine - although it does look a
bit narrow.
I might die, I'm not actually sure my board's going to fit over it...
Aaaah!
Well this could be interesting.
Watch out Kai Lenny, i'm after some four inch big airs!
Hey don't judge a man by the size of his ramp.
Let's get the wing pumped up and give it a go.
So the wings up, nearly ready to go, and i found a bit of a big little problem...
That really is not going to work!
My kid's toy is too small.
But...
I think if i put two of them together - it might work.
First thing we want to do is get these straps as tight as they'll go.
Let's get into it!
Commit!
Yeah...
That really didn't work.
Well that didn't work out quite as planned but there you go, there's proof that I actually
did ride up it - tire mark.
Yippie-doo!
We tried.
It doesn't work but we tried.
So the verdict - not very good.
I think that was a roaring... failure.
We'll try it again another day.
Wish I had a shed like that, I'd keep all my boards in it.
I'm not really one to give up.
We tried those little ramps last time and it was a bit disappointing wasn't it really,
and the wind was all wrong, the conditions weren't quite good enough, which is often
the way with this sort of thing - really dependent on the conditions.
Anyway, we're going to try the ramps again.
I would hate to throw them out right now and add to the plastic waste, so let's see what
we can do with them.
Because it's been warmer today it's been blowing the sand which is covering the bits of mud
and making them look quite nice and firm and flat and good for riding, but actually, when
you walk on them they're really quite slippery and they give way quite easily.
So i'm going to have to be careful.
To be on the safe side i'm heading to an area where i know the sandbar is pretty reliable,
so i just hope that it's not blown out with loads of soft sand and it's firm enough to
ride, at least a bit.
We've got to check these ramps out.
Okay, we've got the worst bit out of the way.
I have to say this sand's looking okay now.
I hope this is worth it, haha, it should be!
It is proper windy out here today.
So it's kind of heading cross onshore.
So I'm going to set the jumps up perpendicular on this little bit here and we'll see what
happens.
I hope this is worth it.
Wahoo!
Where's that ramp?
That was good, quite liked that one...
Let's do it again!
That was fun, I quite enjoyed that!
We'll try it again another day.
I know it's just jumping off a curb really, but it's good to challenge yourself.
If you want to get better on a board you just try something different.
You've got to try.
I'm still alive!
I found these useful - tent pegs.
Definitely made it work better.
Didn't move at all.
Fantastic.
I hope you enjoyed that.
Give us a thumbs up if you did, come on it was worth it wasn't it?
I know it wasn't high but i'm trying, i'm learning, and i'm enjoying myself!
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