Ramps and Park equipment constructed entirely of steel are relatively indestrucable. Steel fabricated ramps can be moved around a site with the exception of larger welded in place structures, such as vertramps and halfpipes.

Sound abatement is necessary and will change the noise of skaters from a dropped metal garbage pail to the roll of a timpani drum. Steel thickness for a ramp surface should be 11 gauge [1/8"] when no substrate is present. The use of thiner steel will cause the starting transition to curl at ground contact resulting in a skating hazard.

Surface preparations, primers and coatings durable enough to withstand exterior and skating punishment are available. The color and texture of applied surfaces will help control heat and grab. 

Steel ramp construction is great and will last through generations of skaters with a low maintenance requirment.