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Ripstik DLX Rear Metal Skidplate DIY

Ripstik rear skidplate in metal, mounted on a DLX. Photo by Don Tai

Ripstik rear skidplate in metal, mounted on a DLX. Photo by Don Tai

Little Weed has been Ripstiking on a used Classic for 2 years now. I had just recently found a new Ripstik DLX on Kijiji here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so I bought it for him. Learning to wheelie, he had been grinding down the tail end of his DLX. I feared, correctly, that the plastic on the ass end of the board was wearing thin and would eventually grind through. We took the rear deck off, designed and fabricated a rear skidplate out of metal. Here is our design.