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So a little while back my sister sent me a Facebook message with photo of a skateboard swing with a note that read “You should build this for your girls. ”

I took one look at the photo and could immediately see how much more fun that could be than the swing we currently had hanging from an old oak tree in our yard.

So I took the trucks and wheels of my skateboard that had been sitting collecting dust in the garage. I used some rope from the garage and in about 3 hours I had built the first Sk8 Swing. I got the ladder out and hung it. As my kids watched I told them I had to try it out first and make sure it was safe.

I quickly realized the rope and old board were not safe. The rope was stretching and the bored was flexing pretty good. So much to my kids dismay I took it down.

The next day I went to my local skate shop and bought a board. I then researched ropes and learned quickly everything I never wanted to know about rope.

There were ratings for rope regarding how much weight it could hold. There was “rot” & “mildew” resistant rope and several other key things I had not thought about when I hung the first swing. So with this knowledge in hand I set out to my local hardware store only to be dissapointed that they did not have a good enough quality rope that I trusted my kids lives with.

I quickly ruled out using a chain as it just didnt seem right and potentially dangerous.

So I went shopping online and found a rope that was capable of holding an elephant that was also rot & mildew resistant.

Four days later the rope arrived and I eagerly built my 2nd Skateboard swing. This time around it only took me about an hour to build & hang.

Again I tested it as my kids looked on and it worked! I got the swing going really high and was more than comfortable that it would be safe for the kids. My kids jumped on and for the next several hours they fought for a turn. It was great!

But the more I looked over them and tried it personally -- I realized I had drilled the gaps to close with each other in width also it did not enable you to distribute your own hip and legs much sufficient to feel comfortable. You actually experienced away stability most of the period.

Therefore the next day I went and indexed an additional board which period thought long and hard about where to drill down the gaps that this rope would go via. And that i feel pleased to statement that this brand new placement of the gaps within the skateboard swing permitted you to definitely distribute feet on the board to some stage which you experienced completely comfortable. No more do you are feeling off-balance or even which you had been likely to decline.

Which weekend break there were a birthday celebration for our four year old. For your celebration there were a petting zoo & pony trips for the kids. And also the skateboard swing was The most well-known point in the celebration.

I believe there was clearly a brand of kids the complete celebration who also wanted to utilize the swing. We'd kids coming from scarcely two years old to practically 45 older people who also would like to give give it a shot.

Almost every father or mother mentioned “how cool” it was and several said easily can build them a swing. And that i do that and once more their particular close friends started out inquiring just where they first got it and you will picture how a relaxation should go.