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snow kicker

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dez22
Posts: 2959 - Karma: 65
i need to know some pointers on how to make a kicker.. NOW!!! thx
Dec 15 2001 3:19PM
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WillBallin
Posts: 1683 - Karma: 68
i dont see how u could need assistance on how to make a kicker... its pretty self-explanatory

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Dec 15 2001 3:30PM
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skibum1080
Posts: 943 - Karma: 6
yah, you just take a shovel, and use it to pile up snow so it looks like a ramp. pretty simple/
later--->chris
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Dec 15 2001 4:08PM
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andrewbressette
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My main plan for making a kicker this year is to use something for a base so i don't need as much snow. I am using a round bale. That's pretty big. Also what kind of triks do you want to pull? For straight grabs or rotations you want a big flat jump, like a cheese wedge. If you want inverts and flip you want something like the positive side of a parabole, you know gradually getting stepper.
Dec 15 2001 10:45PM
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dez22
Posts: 2959 - Karma: 65
ya i know.. i tried it bc i was somewhere without my skis and it looks alright... i think it will b okay... just hope that the snow stays overnight...
Dec 15 2001 11:42PM
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Billups
Posts: 3960 - Karma: 329
cool, let us know how it turns out.
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Dec 16 2001 12:10PM
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sirjibsalot
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dont even bother if the snow is all grainy and doest pack worth shit our just wasting your time. get alot of snow in a pile and start shaping it you will need to pack it down lots so it doesnt give way when you go off of it. make your lip according to what kind of tricks you wanna try no lip for spin and lots of lip for flips. good luck
try to find an old jump and build on the it work the best.



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Dec 16 2001 9:42PM
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Ski_Instructor_Mike
Posts: 6146 - Karma: 72
dude get a garbage can. the bigger the better. Fill it with snow and step on the open top of it to pack it all down. Then you dump it out like a freakin sandcastle and Bam!! you've got a kicker.

They work best when you lay the blocks of snow on their side.

Keep On Rockin In A Phatt World!!!!
~~Phunkin' Phatt Phreerider~~
Dec 16 2001 9:50PM
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nipe
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no, you have a block of ic

-seth


It is unfortunate when everything seems to be going really good and the girl uses a word like 'dont', or 'stop'. If she learned to use these two words in unison, everyone would be much happier.
Dec 16 2001 10:15PM
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Ski_Instructor_Mike
Posts: 6146 - Karma: 72
you need many.... cylindrical blocks of packed snow.
stacked like so:

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Keep On Rockin In A Phatt World!!!!
~~Phunkin' Phatt Phreerider~~
Dec 16 2001 10:18PM
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dez22
Posts: 2959 - Karma: 65
well we made it... it was pretty danm small but oh well..... it was good that our take off and snow run to the jump was pretty shibby but the jump sucked... oh well.... i will try harder next time.. also my friend (who is a snowboarder >.
Dec 19 2001 12:33PM
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Turd.Ferguson
Posts: 1437 - Karma: 2,713
bringing back this thread so we can see how much our sport has progressed since the primal days of ns.
Jan 12 2014 4:54PM
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Willskiforfree
Posts: 929 - Karma: 3,159
I wonder if he ever found out how to make a good kicker.
Jan 12 2014 8:11PM
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Turd.Ferguson
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i wish a nigga would...
Jan 12 2014 8:21PM
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LoneWolfe
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2001, before the shift key existed.
Jan 12 2014 9:04PM
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