Tim Payne, Animal Chin Ramp – Circa 1986

Team Pain’s Founder & President, Tim Payne is renowned for his 35 + years of continuous contribution in the skate park industry. Many years of skateboarding and surfing experience, coupled with his unique design and construction capabilities has made him a leader in the skate park industry; personally, designing and building over 250 skate structures and skate parks worldwide. Tim is respectfully acknowledged for developing extremely challenging “first-ever” & world record structures that push the limits of skateboarding and bmx biking for professional riders, like the original Search for Animal Chin ramp, first wooden bowls including the Charleston Hangar, Matt Hoffman’s world record high air quarter pipe, the first loops for Tony Hawk, the Hawaii Y Ramp, first Mega Ramp for Swatch and Bob Burnquist’s personal ramps including the Grand Canyon rail, to name just a few.

He has provided numerous private training facilities for core industry companies and televised media events like the X-Games, MTV’s Jackass Productions, MTV Sports & Music Festivals, along with the motion picture industry. Tim helped to spearhead skate park guidelines in the 1990s to establish industry standards for custom, poured-in-place concrete skate parks. Following the successful path of other states, he led the efforts to establish Florida State Statute 316.0085, addressing the need for more public skate parks in Florida and reduce the liability on municipalities to promote free and unsupervised skate parks. Mr. Payne’s distinguished history and innovation in the skate park industry has presented him with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inductions into industry Hall of Fames and numerous prominent publications.

The Team

When forming Team Pain in 1997, Tim knew the only way to continue producing high quality, one of a kind custom skate parks was to ensure everyone in the company was an expert at riding. Most Team Pain members have a minimum of 10 years riding experience. This quality coupled with design knowledge and meticulous craftsmanship contributes to the overall core understanding of how the design and final product will be achieved to develop a true, optimal riding experience.

Throughout our history, Team Pain has continuously implemented and perfected our technique and method to meet the challenging requirements and evolving trends of action sports enthusiasts. This has allowed the company to produce innovative, cutting edge, poured in place concrete skate parks that are unrivaled in the industry. Being a company that is comprised of experienced riders, our passion for the sport have dedicated our team to providing a unique and highly specialized product. As the Skate Park Specialist, we are involved in the planning and design of the rideable features to the actual construction of these features, allowing the company to deliver high quality; custom skate parks, on-line quickly and within budget.

By taking into consideration all users, from top professional to novice, the approach is to create unique; one of kind skate park facilities that are not only innovative and challenging but is a direct reflection of its users; encouraging the personal advancement of any individual who experiences a Team Pain Skate Park.