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S.C
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hey guys, as the ski season unfortunately is coming to an end, I am starting to think about my summer rail/box set up, and i just had an interesting thought. As my parents aren't exactly down for a backyard set up and they make me clean up the yard after a sesh, there a probably better places for me to set it up. Our house has a fairly large basement and I was thinking that i could just put my set up in there. I've got a rail and jump, and am going to build a box, but i need a new drop in ramp. This is the tricky part. My basement ceiling is only about 8' 6" tall so I would need a drop in ramp 3' tall at the max. This being said, i need a lot of speed for my jump and rail. I have found turf to be slow and i dont have a hose in my basement and dont want my basement do be drenched with water and laundry detergent. I was thinking of some sort of pvc roller/conveyer type thing, kinda like those rollers before the x ray in the airport. (hopefully u understand) I want your guys' general opinions on my idea of the basement set-up and also any further ideas (especially for the drop in ramp would be appriciated. thanks!

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Mar 29 2010 7:51PM
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Hansel.
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knock out the above floor, and make a jibyard in your house
Mar 29 2010 7:52PM
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I.Love.Beezy
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you will probably hit your head on the ceiling. bad idea
Mar 29 2010 7:52PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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Mar 29 2010 7:55PM
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SKIU4EA
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make your drop in ramp the stairs leading down to the basement.  just careful dropping in switch... lol

Mar 29 2010 7:57PM
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S.C
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yea that's the main problem i need to work around. i need a low drop in ramp that packs a lot of punch. maybe i can have like ski poles coming out of the top of the ramp to push my self off of if that makes sense haha
Mar 29 2010 7:57PM
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S.C
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+K for good idea. that doesnt really work with my basement though :(
Mar 29 2010 7:58PM
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I.Love.Beezy
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dig lower into your basement? no. just suck it up and get an outside one
Mar 29 2010 7:58PM
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joshua
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If your parents won't let you build one outside, I doubt they will let you inside.
Mar 29 2010 8:00PM
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S.C
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yea thats what i had last year im just trying to get some good ideas for this years cuz my parents dont like the outside one and it is pretty slow.
Mar 29 2010 8:00PM
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S.C
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actually they're fairly chill with it as our basement is like a rec area. skate ramps for me and putting greens for my dad haha
Mar 29 2010 8:01PM
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Mr_FreshShirt
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your going to have to make something that your going to have to duck down like 2 feet when your dropping in and then you can have a 5 ft drop in


and make sure the rail is really low

but your best bet is outside
Mar 29 2010 8:01PM
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S.C
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any opinions on snowflex-like stuff. idk how to get snowflex and it probs pretty expensive but i remember a while ago seeing a snowflex-like thing that actually was pretty cheap and you could buy it in small orders...
Mar 29 2010 8:06PM
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steeCETzzee159
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small drop in + that bungee tow rope thing
Mar 29 2010 8:13PM
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S.C
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good idea, i actually made a homemade bungee thing and it works pretty well outside and ive actually tried it in the basement and it doesnt work great. it also wouldn't really work to have to climb up a ramp with the bungee tight. if u've used one u'd understand +K anyways!
Mar 29 2010 8:16PM
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thelizards
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no, thats not gonna work.  just sack up and use an outside setup. some kids don't even have room for a backyard setup cough me cough.
Mar 29 2010 8:17PM
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j-phlak
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sounds really dope. but your ceiling is a bit too low. unless your like, 2 feet tall
Mar 29 2010 8:18PM
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Big_Spence
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please try this.
buy one of these:
http://www.backyardterrainpark.com/1D-btp-launch-system-video.html

and one of these:
http://www.backyardterrainpark.com/1a-backyard-terrain-park-kit-a.html

with some of this:
http://www.backyardterrainpark.com/3a-snowgel-fake-snow-glacier-blue.html

and then make the dopest fucking hyphy basement edit you can.
Mar 29 2010 8:20PM
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fratskier69
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tell your parents they are bitches, they should not be worried about what their bitch neighbors think of how pretty your backyard is, and let you ahve fun and enjoy you rlife


Mar 29 2010 8:23PM
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chicken
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I think your best bet would be stairs. If not a 10 foot bungee would probably work. TBH you are probably better off building a mini ramp.
Mar 29 2010 8:27PM
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S.C
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mini ramp definitely a possibility
Mar 29 2010 8:28PM
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.peter
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Yeah rent out an old warehouse build a sick setup charge admission (not too much though) = your very own jibyard.

realistically though try bungie cords (I assume you don't have a gynormous basement so a banshee bungie probably wouldn't work, but you also don't have to go that fast for a rail and box, especially if you've figured out that it's easier if they're down rails.

And if it doesn't work out, I'd definitely suggest you find your most adept carpenter friend and look up Corey Wrightsman's "Mt. Doom" (that's the main snowboarder in the Knifeshow vids if you didn't know) it's one well made drop-in and rails all in one. It'd have to be outside, but if you make it well/ semi nice looking I'd assume your parents wouldn't mind it that much being in the yard/driveway.
Mar 29 2010 8:31PM
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whipple
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maybe build a portable drop in that latches to ur stairs ? so you could use that for a drop in but easy clean up
Mar 29 2010 8:37PM
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Newschool_Pope
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what about these elastic tow in ropes? tie that to something heavy and you dont even need slope
Mar 29 2010 8:39PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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No jump. It would be no fun wiht ounly 8'6" to jump. Try for a low rail with not much pop.
Mar 29 2010 8:45PM
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RunDMc
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i think you've got a much better bet at designing something that you can use in your backyard that you can set up/take down easily.

or

find a friend whose parent's don't care and just jib at his/her house
Mar 29 2010 8:51PM
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Zoro
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you can probly get away with using those rollers things you were talking about for the drop in and using turf for the jump so you can still grip it.  make the drop in ramp like 4 ft high and not too steep because you lose speed in a rough transition
Mar 29 2010 8:55PM
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S.C
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great ideas guys! +K for almost all of u! Sounds like my options are:

Build a easy to put up/ take down good looking set up

have a fairly tall roller set up to turf jump

have a low rail with no jump

work with the stairs for the set up


Still looking for more ideas if u got em!
Mar 29 2010 9:13PM
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steezenut
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you can put a hook in the wall across the room and put a bungee cord on the hook. have a small (height) but long ramp with rollers on it. have some kind of hand rail to hold on to at the top. and when ur gonna go, just get someone to stretch the bungee cord and you should have enough speed to get going. also, make the boxes and rails low to the ground cause when u hit the take off to get on to the box/rail, you might hit your head on the ceiling.
Mar 29 2010 11:38PM
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Legion
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hahaha you should get a banshee bungee. you would fucking launch.
Mar 30 2010 12:39AM
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steezyjibber
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yeah........
Mar 30 2010 12:49AM
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steezyjibber
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but i say it's a sick idea, but cleaning up after every backyard sesh may be the better way to go.
Mar 30 2010 12:50AM
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.SimonB.
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too lazy to read if someone has already said this, but i would make some sort of really low friction rollers like they use at the jib yard. I would make them more long than steep, so that you can fit some pole pushes in. i would look into metal and pvc to make your rollers. The rollers would just need to be like a ladder style drop in, with tubes on the rungs of the ladder, so that they can spin.

Good luck!
Mar 30 2010 1:18AM
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yojimbo
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use a bungie cord for speed. or just build one outside.
Mar 30 2010 1:58AM
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