For a professional track and dolly kit your looking to spend in the high hundreds of pounds.

So why not build your own?

This setup used:

8 Rollerblade wheels (With bearings)
2 X 8ft pvc pipe. (Each pipe cut into 2ft and 6ft peices)
6 x 1ft plank of MDF
8 1/4″ bolts at 3 1/2″ long.
8 1/4″ washers
16 1/4″ fender washers
16 1/4 nuts.

Check the video in HD Streaming.

You dont have to copy this design. It’s important you experiment and customise your track/dolly so that it works well with how you work.

The reasons for this track and dolly set up are:

Quick and cheap to make. Its very mobile and easy to transport from location to location.

The track is ideal to use on staggered ground levels like curbs or stairs. This is difficult or more traditional designs. Can place the track on walls, roofs, curbs etc at a range of different heights.

Music – Clint Mansell – Stay with me – Fountain soundtrack album.
For more information, visit editcrunch.co.uk.

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Alright so you want a better way to film lines and all around, make your filming smoother. The answer is a tripod mount handle. Your end result will look like this (image above).

Read the Tutorial on hdskate.com

Lil’ Tony’s Streetgrip Tutorial:

The StreetGrip: Every time you see a camera guy in skate videos, you see that they have really nice cameras (XL or GL whatevers). Well, I don’t, and don’t have the money to get one.

One of the biggest practical differences between their cams and my JVC generic is the handle on top. That would make filming all kinds of things SO much easier.

Read the Lil’ Tony’s tutorial

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Marshman is good at making practice boxes! This time he built a practice box with curved angle (about 9 days of work).

Check the pics of the making of

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Check this Custom Cuff Tutorial by Skater_punks ; all you need for a customised cuff. Link

You will need:

* scalpal / sharp craft knife
* sellotape
* transfer letter sheets
* a pen/pencil
* a printout of your wanted logo/design

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What you Need:

• Some kind of wax, preferably candles…maybe some crayons.
• Pot with water.
• Some kind of metal can, for good shape.
• Some Grind-o-Wax if you can cop some.
• Some kind of metal cutters..

Check the full instructions here. Thanks Sb3000

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Basic construction techniques and materials to assist you in building your own ramp.

Trasher Magazine posted their 12 first issues from 1981. The Issue 08 (August) might interest you, there is a guide (2 pages) to constructing your very own ramp (check page 12, low resolution preview here).

Direct Link to the Issue 08 | Check the other issues.

Related News :

• [DIY] Ramp Plans, Blueprints in the FAQ section of the Rollernews Forums.

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Sandy posted a tutorial on picture editing ; the software used is The Gimp, a free open-source photoshop clone. Check this topic to learn how to get freely and legaly this software.

If you are interested by picture editing, check this section featuring some techniques.

Sb3000 updated his photoshop coloring skates tutorial. He shows you how to color skates with a new trick in this topic.

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Alvaro “Papa” from Rosario, Argentina mailed me some pics of his homemade frames ! I would be curious to know how they ride, but i’m loving this (diy) idea of building your own hardware.

Related News :

• Homemade h-blocks and frames

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I’m sure you all see photoshopped skates one day, and some of you may asked how to do it. Here is a step by step posted in the forums by sb3000. Feel free to share your creations in the forums!

quoting sb3000 :

As most of you know i have been doing alot of photoshopped skates.

so i thought i would do a ‘how to’ for some of you beginners.

Read the Photoshopping Skates Tutorial. Thanks Sb3000.

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