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How safe r the water ramps
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ok so i just got registered for the PC water ramps, How safe r they? ive heard some bad things
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dude I was just there last week. You would have to be a pretty bad skier in order to hurt yourself. the ramps themselvs are the most "dangerous" if you fall while you are going at the jump you could hurt yourself. but as for the ramps and the landing in water part, they are sweet! you can try anything!!
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how come you don't drown when your in the water? also, does it not fuck your boots and stuff up?
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haha, we wear floaties and a life jacket.
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if your boots get messed up by water, then snow may not be that swell either...
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everytime u go off it, your life span decrease 13 minutes
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just wear an old pair of boots, not your nice ones. if you don't have an expendable pair, buy one for like $50, id say the water ramps are worth it.
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Don't snowplow down the ramp.
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Also don'y try to turn, or butter for that matter, on the ramps... I have seen some kids grab an edge into the plastic and go straight into the side walls. If you aren't a moron and just go straight you will be fine, emphasis on the straight, some kids try to huck off the side and carve the lip, bad idea, you will just end up on the pool deck... A very rough landing...
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the pc ramps also have the bubbles!
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i hear at lake placid they got some new material on the little jump that you can turn on , so you can carve off the lip. im excited to try that out. but i hear its slower than the old stuff
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i was just there 3 days ago, the new material doesn't make you go really any slower, so long that you keep watering it. Plus the new material makes it easier to hit switch. But its still never a good idea to carve off the lip, in case you end up on the pool deck.
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the new material is nice but you cant carve.
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you can carve but its not a good idea and you wouldnt be able to carve well if you tried
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is it hard hitting the water ramps switch .. ive never tried switch, im always scared im going to try to turn
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Plenty safe, bring your helmet. As long as you don't sketch on the inrun you will be fine.
I was there last week, awesome times.
[img]http://www.ozskier.com/blog/uploaded_images/dave_mmp_ramp-773716.jpg[/img}
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even at a good one (lake placid) it will still hurt when you hit the water if you land sideways or something, the bubbles do help a lot but not that much. It is a lot better then laning on your face on snow though.
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yeah how is hitting it switch? can u do legit tricks or is it just kinda sketch
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^ You can do legit tricks. But the safety of the ramps is like... have you heard of those lines in the BC called, "you fall you die" lines? It's kinda of like that.
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there chill on skis... but deadly if you ahve people coaching you in camps and shit and htey dont know what to do or how to ski
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is it worth it to do it though? i ve been skiing 13 years and i can pretty much ski everything. i dont think i ll fall.
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skiierman speeks the truth, except it'll hurt like hell, but wont kill you, if u fall on the inrun that is, in the water, it wont hurt any worse then getting hit by a painball does.
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well. if you don't go straight you pretty much die. but well, most people can keep their skis relatively straight.
uh, just go in a straight line with enough water on the ramps (dont let them be dry) and you won't die.
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yeah ive seen a bunch of people come pretty close to hitting the pool deck
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severed my knee cap on em but its cus I was being a DUMBASS and didn't listen to the coach.
If you think u can do a cork 7 without being able to land a 3 or let alone a 5 YOU CANT. haha
Landed on my back and stomach, the worst that can happen really if your smart is having the wind knocked out of you.
Plus the coach (Richie, or any of the others) COULD NOT BE NICER people. Seriously they are the coolest people in the world, and if you go there wanting to learn something YOU WILL.
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Bahahahaha. It's true. I was there when the scientists did the experiment to determine that fact.
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there super safe, just make sure that you dry out your boots properly after every session or you will have rotten boots by the end of the week
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