About RampLab

RampLab isn’t new.
It’s just finally got a name.

This comes from a lifetime in it — not around it. Over 40 years on a board. Slams, scars, late nights, early mornings, and that constant pull to build something better to ride.

It started back when I was 13 or 14. Different time. No polished parks, no endless options. If you wanted a ramp, you didn’t wait… you made noise. You chased it. You pushed for it.

A group of us did exactly that — pestering, asking, showing up — until what was then Moorabbin City Council finally came through and built a ramp at Bailey Reserve.

That place became everything.

Not just somewhere to skate — it was where you learnt the hard way. Where you figured out flow before you even knew what to call it. Where you earned tricks, paid in slams, and kept going anyway. No shortcuts. No soft landings. Just progression.

But before that ramp — and even after — it was backyard builds.

Dodgy homemade ramps.
Sheets that didn’t line up.
Transitions guessed, not designed.
Borrowed timber from local building sites.
Whatever wheels, ply, and screws we could get our hands on.

You’d build it, ride it, realise it was wrong… then try fix it.
Too steep. Too flat. No speed. No flow.
But you rode it anyway — because it was all you had.

That’s where you really learnt.

And that’s exactly the problem RampLab exists to solve.

Because no one should have to learn on something that holds them back.

Years rolled on — building, creating, working at a high level in construction and fabrication — but always with that same eye:
How does it ride?
Does it feel right?
Would you trust it at speed?

Because skaters know… you can spot a bad ramp instantly. Wrong transition. Dead flat. No flow. Built by someone who’s never actually ridden one.

RampLab exists to kill that.

Every ramp we put out is what those backyard builds were trying to be.
Dialled transitions.
True radius curves.
Solid structure that doesn’t flex, twist, or fall apart.
Clean surfaces that actually carry speed.

No guesswork. No dodgy builds. No “that’ll do”.

Just proper ramps — designed by someone who’s spent a lifetime riding, building, and understanding what actually works.

This is the gear we wish we had back then.

Not just something to roll on… something that pushes you. Something that makes you go back for one more try. Something that holds up when you’re sending it, not babying it.

Because skateboarding’s never been about playing it safe.

It’s about progression.
It’s about pushing past where you were yesterday.
It’s about turning nothing into something — because you had to.

RampLab is built on that.

And it always has been.