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Building a Preseason Backcountry Booter
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How would I go about building a frame or something this summer where we usually build our booters so we don't have to really build the jump. When it snows the snow would just pile on top of it and we would pack it and shape it.
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maybe making a huge pile of dirt shaped as a kicker
or stack a lot of logs up like this, so the snow would cover it
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or just make a big kicker out of wood, but make a tonnn of strong supports so it wouldnt break
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yeah i think dirt would work best. just dig it up where you want to make it. i wouldnt make one out of wood. that would suck to haul it all the way up to where you want it.
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Yeh dirt wud b the way to go
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word you can use plywood and 2x4's or dirt.
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just use dirt, and you can use it for bikes too! killing 2 birds with one stone
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...where might you be building this preseason booter?
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yea i own a bunch a land and made a frame out of wood and filled it with dirt but i would he carefull if ur not building it on ur own property just dont spend alot of time building something if its just going to get rewined
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Copy what mountain bikers do.
Just, well, bigger.
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Crystal will shit all over you if you go digging up inside their ski area. It better be well hidden or somewhere more privately owned.
Also, I think that those ramps that downhill bikers use could make great ski takeoffs for drops and all... that would be kinda cool.
As for the jump, you're going to be working for days if you want to get soil in the PNW. Just pile some logs or branches to get a basic shape. Its not going to be much in all honesty, it would be better to just scout a already well defined spot and just keep it maintained all year.
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simple. find new locals, take your time, and build big. takes time to dial it all, but keep it up
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I was thinking logs, dirt a wooden frame and sticks. But it would be a bitch to get all the 2x4s up there!
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thats how the landing on chads gap and alot of other gaps are. they were just big piles of dirt from mining operations but shaping the dirt would probly work pretty good. see if you can rent a tractor or something
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yeah those are super sick. a tractor will make it sooo much easier
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problem is you can't lug a tractor up to crystal mtn...
dude don't build one during the summer we'll just build one this winter.
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yeah i ski plattekill and we hit all the mnt bike shit in the winter. it works
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it'd make it so much easier for us u queef!
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