{{short description|Type of ramp for skateboarding etc.}} {{refimprove|date=December 2025}} thumb|Annotated picture showing the different sections of a vert ramp A '''vert ramp''' is a form of half-pipe used in extreme sports such as vert skating, vert skateboarding, vert BMX and vert roller skating.
Vert ramps are so named because they transition from a horizontal plane (known as the flat-bottom) to a vertical section on top.<ref>{{cite web |last=Merrell |first=Chloe |date=2024-09-03 |title=What is vert skateboarding? A brief guide to the discipline popularised by Tony Hawk |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/what-is-vert-skateboarding-a-brief-guide-tony-hawk-arisa-trew}}</ref>
The typical height of a vert ramp is {{convert|11|ft|m|abbr=on}} to {{convert|14|ft|m|abbr=on}} with anywhere from {{convert|6|in|mm|abbr=on}} to {{convert|2|ft|m|abbr=on}} of vertical on top.
Vert skating ramps can be made with {{convert|6|in|mm|abbr=on}} to {{convert|1|ft|m|abbr=on}} of vertical while vert skateboarding ramps are typically made with 1ft to {{convert|2|ft|m|abbr=on}} of vertical in order for the skateboard to launch straight up into the air.
This vertical section makes it easier for the riders to take off and 'catch air' on a vert ramp rather than on a half-pipe. This is because the vert at the top causes the rider to naturally go straight up into the air instead of forward and off the ramp (as is the tendency on half-pipes that don't go vertically upwards). [[File:Riverside Skatepark vert ramp 2019 05 05.jpg|thumb|Vert ramps at Riverside Skatepark, NYC, May 2019]]
==See also== *Half pipe *Mega ramp *Quarter pipe *Vert skating *Skateboard *BMX
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://filiph.eu/PIX/ramp_dwg.htm Technical drawing of a vert ramp] (in Czech)
Category:Skateboarding equipment Category:Inline skating Category:Roller skating Category:Vert skating