{"id":2283,"date":"2025-09-30T19:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:55:16","slug":"red-bull-and-prada-turn-brazilian-skyscraper-into-worlds-largest-skate-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/30\/red-bull-and-prada-turn-brazilian-skyscraper-into-worlds-largest-skate-ramp\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull and Prada turn Brazilian skyscraper into world's largest skate ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Redbull<\/div>\n

Beverage company Red Bull<\/a> and fashion house Prada<\/a> covered the curved side of a building in Porto Alegre, Brazil<\/a>, with a huge, plywood<\/a> quarter pipe for a record-breaking descent by local skater Sandro Dias.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mega ramp was built for the Red Bull Building Drop event on 25 September, during which Dias dropped into the quarter pipe from multiple platforms along its 88.91-metre-tall Centro Administrativo Fernando Ferrari (CAFF) building, which contains government offices and is home to Porto Alegre’s local symphony orchestra.<\/p>\n

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Red Bull and Prada Linea Rossa have covered the side of a modernist government building in Brazil with a huge skateboard ramp. This photo and top photo by Fabio Piva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The establishment was converted into the world’s largest ramp for the occasion, enabling Dias to fully utilize the edifice’s natural curvature and achieve the highest speed ever recorded in this discipline,” said Prada.<\/p>\n

According to Red Bull, it took a month to construct the ramp, which reaches the full height of the building and extends out beyond its edge to create a long, elevated runway.<\/p>\n

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The concrete Centro Administrativo Fernando Ferrari building has long been eyed by the local skateboarding community, according to Red Bull. Photo by Joerg Mitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ramp was made of plywood panels typical of skate ramps and was attached to the building via a steel structure.<\/p>\n

“Crafted from plywood panels, the ramp overlays the structure’s weathered concrete, which had become too cracked and unsafe for riding,” said Red Bull.<\/p>\n

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Platforms were installed along its length for skateboarder Sandro Dias to drop in from. Photo by Marcelo Maragni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Completed in 1987, the building’s construction was part of a larger government initiative, with its design credited to “a team of five architects from the then State Department of Public Works”, according to the building’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reaching 22 storeys, it comprises two identical, mirrored volumes that are conjoined at the centre. The volumes are shaped similarly to a right triangle, although their exterior sides feature a long, dramatic slope.<\/p>\n

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The athlete rappelled down the building to reach the platforms. Photo by Marcelo Maragni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“This temporary addition not only preserves the building’s iconic exterior but also creates the perfect smooth surface for Dias to take on his jaw-dropping descent from top to bottom.”<\/p>\n

Blue wedge-shaped platforms were installed at 180 feet (55 metres), 196 feet (60 metres), and 213 feet (65 metres) along its length to serve as drop-in points for the skater, before he eventually worked his way to the highest platform at 229 feet (70 metres).<\/p>\n