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[miniboy]

guys i know i might sound stupid but please dun laugh.. what is the different of ramp and halfpipe and what is a vert. thx

[Sidewalksurfer]

Well depends, usually a ramp is a kicker, like just a sloped ramp with a drop off the other side, useful for helping get more height.
Something like this-
http://www.easternskateboardsupply.com/p/2RRAMKICK200000.gif
A halfpipe is literally half a pipe, from the side on looks like a semi-circle...
Like this-
http://www.teamextreme.co.uk/images/Canada/Halfpipe.jpg
A vert is just a halfpipe, like halfpipe skating is usually referred to as vert skating because when your doing the tricks you're usually vertical.
Hope this helps.

[miniboy]

thanks for the information

[edward]

just to clear that up alittle more. its not because your usually vertical. they're called a vert ramp because the ramp actually get vertical at one point. a 12 ft vert ramp will usually have somewhere around 4 ft of actual vertical ramp. the ramp goes up and past the transition and then will actually be straight up, 90 degrees. i guess technically a vert ramp doesn't have to be a halfpipe, it could just be a single quarter pipe with vert on it (quarter pipe-half of a halfpipe, 1/4 of a full pipe, get it? just like one wall of the halfpipe shown above). there is also a such thing as an oververt ramp. meaning the ramp actually goes up past vertical and curves inward. theres a 12 footer at one of the local parks here and its pretty gnarly getting up on the oververt-scary too. there was one dude that was in town for a bowl comp and he did bs smith on the oververt- that shit was crazzzzzzy!!!

[Ramp]