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Backcountry jumps

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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
ive never jumped in the backcountry yet but this year ill probably get to. so anybody that has jumped in the backcountry, do you think you started learning more tricks cuz the softer landings make it a little less scary? i mean i know it still hurts but im pretty sure ill be way less scared once i get used to landing in powder.
Oct 11 2005 6:25PM
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soulblader
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Landing in the backcountry on blades takes a pro to do. Learn in the terrain park and bring it to the backcountry and then maybe you wont fall everytime. BCREW WHAT.
Oct 11 2005 6:27PM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
dammit. im serious here. fuckin snowlerbladers…
Oct 11 2005 6:29PM
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wilkesyachtingco
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yeah. its way less intimidating, and the fact that you can make your jump exactly to your liking gives you an added bit of confidence. its fun.
Oct 11 2005 6:36PM
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AKFREERIDE
Posts: 1718 - Karma: 11
good place to learn to be confident and stick your tricks. here in alaska, it really dosnt matter how fucked up you land that much, as long as your spine isnt like twisted. so much snow in the landing. super fun.
Oct 11 2005 6:38PM
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Mahre
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the pow stomp is the best feeling
Oct 11 2005 6:47PM
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*DrewT*
Posts: 7768 - Karma: 480
I wanna build a few BC booters this year. It'll be epic... at least for me.
Oct 11 2005 6:49PM
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w.dub.c
Posts: 228 - Karma: 10
its at times like these i wish i didnt live in boston
Oct 11 2005 7:03PM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
find some stirs to jump down. that would be a cool way to build a jump. like start on stairs going down build a lip on a flat part and then land on more stairs.haha
Oct 11 2005 7:17PM
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*karma*
Posts: 1072 - Karma: 328
i know i will be building one, it will be my first taste of actuall powder... goin to snowbird :) 15 - 20th dec. anyone care to ski with me up there? hopefully makig a booter somewhere there
Oct 11 2005 7:31PM
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pbandj
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word, me too
Oct 11 2005 7:33PM
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AKFREERIDE
Posts: 1718 - Karma: 11
come to alaska people! we get more snow than snowbird. valdez, anchorage, you name it.
Oct 11 2005 7:37PM
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Pman13a
Posts: 3800 - Karma: 451
in movies like booter crunk when they make the back country jumps how do they groom the in run
Oct 11 2005 7:45PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
walk up it with their skis on sideways, snowplow down then to pack the jump do a test and instead of hitting it slow down and slide onto the jump works great
Oct 11 2005 7:51PM
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casimiro
Posts: 1350 - Karma: 15
BC is the place to hucj for sure, just be sure you have a beacon, and some proper training on its use, and some avalanche safty courses under your belt, and who ever you are with should know there shit as well, be safe so you can huck unsafe things really big with confidence. enjoy man.
Oct 11 2005 7:58PM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
where can i take avanche courses and such?
Oct 11 2005 8:00PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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just take the time to build a really good jump thats all I can say, we usually build big jumps but they are so sketchy/uneven/fucked you cant even toss a three properly
Oct 11 2005 8:03PM
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C.J.
Posts: 5460 - Karma: 72
Some times they use snow cats with a small plow, use them to make the jumps to. But lots of jumps are built the back breaking way.
Oct 11 2005 8:08PM
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nychka
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 61
yeah take your time sculpting your jump to get it just how you like it
Oct 11 2005 8:14PM
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ski8990
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Is making booters in bounds non-kosher?
Oct 11 2005 8:26PM
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casimiro
Posts: 1350 - Karma: 15
If you are in Colorado try
http://www.alpenquest.com/avalanche_awareness.htm
http://www.cmc.org/education/education_adult.aspx
http://boc123.com/snow/avalanche.cfm

I think Colorado Mountain College use to offer course as well. I don't know if they still do, I would just look into it no matter what state you are in, Thanks this thread has reminded me that I need to get some refresher courses under my belt for the season. hope this helps.
Oct 11 2005 8:36PM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
thanks. i def wanted to take some courses i just didnt know wheere to find them. snow is fun but deadly. alot like girls.
Oct 11 2005 8:38PM
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casimiro
Posts: 1350 - Karma: 15
that is hilarious, girls are deadly...
Oct 11 2005 8:41PM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
they are man, specially if you get a dirty one. then its double-dirty
Oct 11 2005 8:44PM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
*double deadly
Oct 11 2005 8:45PM
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Ruski
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you would know
Oct 11 2005 8:47PM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
yeah and you would admit to it.
Oct 11 2005 8:50PM
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Freezeskier
Posts: 525 - Karma: 13
i like bc booters. remeber you gotta make large and incharge
Oct 11 2005 8:58PM
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bueyan
Posts: 1092 - Karma: 34
I hit them all the time... ya they are a good place to learn new stuff... but you gotta have a good jump that you feel good on... and you gotta be condifident that you are going to come close to landing it... and not on your head, best of luck
Oct 11 2005 9:29PM
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snowbird4life
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that kid was right, go to AK; snowbird sucks... but for realy be careful fucking around with that shit.... and the in-run is super important, nothing like just trying to survive the in-run before you even get to the lip of your jump.
Oct 11 2005 9:36PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 343
dude you have never even jumped and landed in pow. who are you to give advice?
Oct 11 2005 10:07PM
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DuncanK
Posts: 1040 - Karma: 2,634
Just start with a nice mellow location with a semi steep landing and plenty of fresh pow, make the jump and let it set overnight, this is key so you booter doesnt collapse...stomp out the runway really well, and do it on a sunny day
Oct 11 2005 10:11PM
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duhamelski
Posts: 3842 - Karma: 192
backcountry is way overrated if your not hitting a massive and perfectly built jump, or hitting a big cliff or scetchy line. it should be just as intiminting if not more because the jump will be so big, and you will be starting so high up. otherwise its gay
Oct 12 2005 12:34AM
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Schnoodle.
Posts: 747 - Karma: 10
its so much less intimidating with a steep powder landing than a flat icy terrain park landing. i did my first 3 in the backcountry
Oct 12 2005 1:26AM
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waynewong
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 23
lets settle something real quick..

BC is back country not "off trail"

that means far from home!

sled access, heli, hiking or a combo of the three

building a jump in the woods is cool but not necessarily "Bc"

a true BC booter takes days of prep and planning and many people...
Oct 12 2005 1:29AM
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Dan-Man
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swwettee
Oct 12 2005 10:19AM
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casimiro
Posts: 1350 - Karma: 15
are you serious? backcountry = no lift lines, peace and quiet, your own jumps, and most important nobody like you around to ruin the serenity. I guess you must not like the work it takes to get your runs. whatever stay out of the bc it will leave more for the rest of us.
Oct 12 2005 12:02PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
i'm going to kill u
Oct 12 2005 3:10PM
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Fr2Planker
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you deffffinitely learn more tricks.....with our jump we had two feet of powder so landing didnt hurt at all and the big thing was our inrun. it was super beat so you had to think about getting to the jump, not actually hitting the jump....so once you got to the jump you just threw the trick and didnt think about it at all
Oct 12 2005 3:29PM
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ineedarealname
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i have but one piece of advice, do a zero spin or any other switch landing trick first try
Oct 12 2005 4:58PM
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Tclif
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no man come to the san juans in colorado loaded with pow, which is actually building up as we speak
Oct 12 2005 6:23PM
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Toothlesstom
Posts: 143 - Karma: 18
In booter crunk it looks like they build their jumps with blocks of snow???anybody know if thats true???and how do they do it?
Oct 13 2005 12:56AM
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k2yeags
Posts: 2320 - Karma: 27
they just do it alot and are good
Oct 13 2005 1:03AM
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GotamaBCshredder
Posts: 5062 - Karma: 424
days of prep man? We build massive jumps in like 5 hours, yeah if the snow isn't sticky you have to like chop blocks out of the lays, and it kinda stays in your shovel in a block if its sticky anyway.
Oct 13 2005 1:23AM
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KeegLove
Posts: 10166 - Karma: 55
ya man they are fun and i would think its easier to learn but i cant reallly say for sure haha
Oct 13 2005 1:50AM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
switch in powder is the best feeling ever.
Oct 13 2005 1:52AM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
alot of people use blocks. just make a block. its kinda like a snowman only bigger and you cant have sex with jumps...i mean you cant do tricks off of snowmen.
Oct 13 2005 1:57AM
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