“It started with a stack of 2x4s and a big idea. Now, it’s all coming together — and fast.”
Skate 66 is more than just a summer launch — it’s a full-blown DIY dream being built from the ground up, one cut, one weld, and one last-minute panic at a time.
To build the floor, I started with 4-foot sections of 2x4s, spacing them every 2 feet across the frame. That worked — but I realized it could be tighter. So I adjusted the spacing to 45 inches to make sure each sheet of plywood fit perfectly across the width.
Then came the upgrade: corner cross beams. Each corner got a new reinforced cross structure, designed to lock the frame in place and make room for custom-built stands — fabricated at my brother’s shop, Martell Mad Metals. The man’s a wizard with a torch, and those pieces made the structure feel solid in a way it hadn’t before.
But here’s the part that keeps me up at night…
The skate tiles — the very surface people will roll on — still haven’t arrived. Neither have the 40 rental skates. I’m relying on both to show up at least 10 days before August 1st to finish the floor, test it, and be ready to go.
That timeline? It’s tight. It’s terrifying. But it’s also real.
This is what building something from scratch looks like. It’s messy, scrappy, and scary — but it’s happening. And once those skates land, we’re rolling.
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