Day 13: Workin on the Second Half

February 28, 2009
Well today it was obvious we weren’t going to get all the builders together in one place for putting up the runway. So the prep work I did the week before setting up the landing bank was put to good use. We had a new young builder Rhett Renburg coming to help out a friend of our filmer Dan Stolling.
After grabbing a few Monsters we got to work. Rhett assisted me in leveling out the new flat bottom piece and along with the launch ramp which was sinking to one side likely the work of all the rain we’ve had lately. Rhett displayed his hulk skills today lifting some massive pieces so I could get pieced of wood under to help level the ramp out. Seriously though leveling may seem small but it is one of the most serious things to do and therefore takes a longtime to make sure everything is fine.




Next on the agenda was to rebuild some of the supporting structure for the launch ramp itself since we stripped it of its main 4x4 supports. We sawed off the additional wood that was left over, took out the 2x4s that were next and replaced them with the 4x4s we used before. Made sure the tip of the ramp was leveled and screw our cross braces in. It was funny and a bit serious at the same time. Rhett was holding the wood in placed while I screwed in a few 3inch screws to the 4x4 and we forgot the 6ft long level on the ramp……It came down hit the camera lens and Rhett on top of the head! Luckily the camera was fine and Rhett had a little red line on top of his head along with a good sized bump. All in all everything was fine and we continued building.
Before we moved on to start plying up the landing bank myself and Rhett tried chugging a MIXX Monster drink, we both fell half a can short of it all in one breath. An Rhett feeling empowered by his hulk skills lifting the ramps tried smashing the can using his forehead…..It didn’t go so well. We ended up putting 2 sheets up on the bank when the cameras battery ran out and the days light was getting darker. We decided what the hell! Lets have some fun and plyed the bank up just enough so we could ride down it onto one of the large runway pieces.

It was a fun treat just being able to ride a section of it and we got some serious speed off the bank also…Soon after the filmer and Rhett had to leave and we made plans for the next build day…Hopeful to attack the runway again and get some of it finished. After they left I took a break and continued on the bank screwing 2 additional sheets in. Still needs a full sheet at the bottom and a partial at the end.

For more photos of DAY 13 visit www.flickr.com/minimegaramp

Prep Day an More

So I was back doing prep work and since I wasn't exactly counting on all the builders showing up for this coming day I figure I'd prep the landing bank incase. Removed the old 3/4inch ply stips that were being used as tension bars and with every support beam I added 2x4 cross braces. I also painted an ass load of wood. Big rain is expected and I didn't want anything else to be put under the weather until it was covered in the latex paint. I ended up painting....

x2 8'x8' runway pieces for the landing bank
x The rest of the landing bank itself

x2 Sheets of plywood

x1 Last runway piece for the launch ramp

I also continued past all that and cut the launch ramp down to size. It was at 8ft 6inches and was going to launch skaters off at too high an incline. Its has now been nocked down to 6ft 8inches which sets it up at the perfect angle to appraoch and land on the bank. An picked the bank off the ground to rest on some concrete blocks, then started leveling it out. It was alot of work to do by yourself in 8 hours.

Moving into Place

So sorry for the late updates friends...
So another build day went down the day but I was not going to allow it to go to waste. I had some of my family members over and took advantage of it. With 4 of us we picked up the landing bank and moved it into position. The landing back was settled into the right alignment but tettered on the un-even ground.
No worries though, that will be fixed in the days to come. Theres currently a 23ft gap to the sweet spot on the landing bank but once the the roll-out deck when its finished, there will be a 20ft deadmans gap between the two.
As for now though I will be preping the landing bank incase more delays for finishing the runway continue. Till next time..

Another Flake Day

Well weather man said it was suppose to rain on our build day, so i told everyone that we probably were not going to build, but just in case I would give them all a call today and let them know.
To my surprise it was nice cold damp and sunny out in the morning! Heck yes! We can have a build day and get the runway installed and finished! So we had some new builders planned to come and help with the ramp. This day was going to be a really difficult one cause we have to haul really heavy pieces up the runway and mount them in place. An if the ramp wasn't completely dry it would be to dangerous(it had rain a whole inch the last day!)
An no one answered there phones over the next few hours....I'm disappointed but I guess its my fault on this one. I told them we probably wouldn't build so they most likely crashed and slept too the afternoon...
As of right now I'm with Dan doing some editing for the next video update. It goes over the prep that I do personally to set up for the build days to make sure they move smoothly..Lot of good info in this one...so keep your eyes peeled for it. Till next time

Painting the Monster

So we've had some pretty good rains come in recently and the new structure for the project hasn't been protected yet. I was finally able to paint the ramp a week later when the wood dried out and spent a good 6hrs getting every inch covered in paint. I used a high latez based primer paint. You can usualy find it at Home Depot for about 60-$80 in the 5-gallon bucket....

News here says it should be raining in about 2 days for thursday to friday and hopefully we will build again on saturday...but we'll see how acurrate that news is..

Day 12: What the heck happened?

Febuary 1, 2009

DAY 12: If someone was to walk onto the filming today they might have thought we were released from the looney bin. Such a strange and playfull day at the project. We were expecting to install the rest of the cross bracing in today, for the rollin and last section.
No builders showed though. Greg was in San Fran cause he got an invite to the new Alien Workshop video premier and the others were home watching the Super Bowl cause their parents wanted them there for family... All understandable I guess but I was determined to keep on working if there were no builders.

It took us a while just to get started, it was such a nice day and I think we felt too relaxed and took our time. In between everything it was a goof off. From everything being in "3D", Builders Corner w/ Scoffman, Mr. Hand, camrea wars, and time watches.... I do believe I finshed just one section of cross braces out of the 20.

So yea we documented what we did and how we did it and what tools were used. So the main juice for that day was covered. Inbetween days I will be finishing the cross bracing by myself and hopefully get the ramp painted with waterproof primer to help it better cope with the weather. Next saturday if we don't get rained out will be the next build day and well finish plying up and installing the runway pieces. Can't wait to put out this video update! haha
-Scoffman

Rockwell Time Joins the Project

After a few months finding a date I met with the guys at Rockwell Time this weekend in San Fransisco at the Monster Supercross event. Found them out and had a chat with them about the Scoff Project, Scoff's mini mega ramp. We had talks and discussed business and everything came out well. So I'm glad to announce Rockwell as a presenting sponsor for the project. There going to help get the project out there and finish it up! You may have seen their solid watches, giant big rig with 12 flat screens, or found them on myspace

Overall Rockwell makes some fine watches, bold, sturdy, and solid. Perfect for if you in a fight in the back ally or shredding your nearest high school and don't wan't a watch that will break after a few falls.

They all wanted to something special for all of you and the people that have been following the the progress of the mini mega ramp. So when you feel up for getting a new watch enter in the promo code "TSP" short for The Scoff Project and it will automatically nock 10% off the price!! Pretty good deal in times like these, plus the sales of the watches using the "TSP" code will go towards to help fund the rest of the mini mega project

You can visit there web store HERE and learn more about them at their website www.rockwelltime.com

Again big thanks to Rockwell an don't forget to check them out! an use the promo code "TSP"