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Building a Wooden Water Ramp

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mariob
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Im building a water ramp at my small local hill, it will be placed above a snowmaking pond thats 15-20 feet deep. It wont be used for skis, it will be used for roller blades. I would like some advice from anyone who has ever built one and i was also looking for the video of the kids who built the wooden water ramp into there pond in which they also used roller blades on? Plus karma to anyone who can help me out.
Thanks
Jul 21 2010 2:51PM
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Parrish
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Just reminded me of this video

Keepin It Urban from Andy Hahn on Vimeo.

Riders: David Daines, Cody Perin, Brock P., Aj Meldahl, Tim McChesney

Jul 21 2010 3:01PM
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theabortionator
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Not trying to be a dick but.... If you've never built a ramp, you def should be building something other people are going to be hitting. Angles speed, quality of the build are all really important.
Jul 21 2010 3:07PM
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TOK
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That was sooo sick, knew there was going to be a triple at the end. That one kid in the black shirt was killing it on those dubs
Jul 21 2010 3:09PM
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illadelphlife
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so sick
Jul 21 2010 3:10PM
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Masties
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holy shit that video was amazing
Jul 21 2010 3:10PM
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3ski6guy0
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that looks like so fun and a good way to practice
Jul 21 2010 3:14PM
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MadSteezin
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This is our water ramp that we built by my friend's house. We just stole a bunch of wood and made it! haha When we built it, it was super crooked, made for rollerblades, and the in-run was just sketchy. Since then, some kids straightened it up and now it's more bike friendly.

Click for larger image
Jul 21 2010 3:36PM
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mariob
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Yah, the one im building is only for me and some of my friends to hit. Wont be for the public, so we should be fine. i just wanted to see what other people have done and especially wanted to see the video posted above
Jul 21 2010 10:04PM
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No_Dub
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I've got some ideas Mario, I'm going to swing by the program tomorrow and share them.
Jul 21 2010 11:19PM
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mariob
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alright trav
Jul 21 2010 11:40PM
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Corwack10
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threads.
Jul 26 2010 1:46PM
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.AR6rider.
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http://www.diyskate.com/ramps.html
Jul 26 2010 2:02PM
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ECfreeski3
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threads to watch this video
Jul 26 2010 3:47PM
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C_Perin
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the ramp in the video above is my friends. There isn't a ton of structure to it. There is four posts at the bottom that is a main platform. We just connected the down part of the ramp to the flat platform and for the lip we built it like you would a quarter pipe just less angle and not as steep of a lip as one.

If you have any questions just pm me and ill try to let you know.

Glad you guys like the edit.
Jul 27 2010 2:19AM
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ButteredToast.
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It was sick. Also, a genius idea.

What was the second song?
Jul 27 2010 2:29AM
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C_Perin
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VAlley of Death instrumental? not positive on that. got it from comments on the video.
Jul 27 2010 2:35AM
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Parrish
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Such a sick edit and I was just looking for the Second Song.
Jul 27 2010 3:01AM
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