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building a jump?

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freeskier108
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any one have some good techniques on building one?

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May 29 2002 1:34PM
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AppSkier
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in powder or what?


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May 29 2002 1:41PM
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freeskier108
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either or, i just need to know, cause we found a big hill and were going to put jumps when i snows.
anything will help!
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May 29 2002 2:03PM
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FreeSkiorDie720
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Wet the snow so it sticks better
May 29 2002 2:54PM
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PocketRocket
Posts: 1251 - Karma: 10
use a form (wood if you have it, or just skis) to get the snow to shape better, that way you dont have to make a 15 foot wide base for the snow on top to stay there
May 29 2002 6:04PM
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Durtschi
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its all about the lip of the jump, too much and youl go straight up,too little youll fly farther.
for learining backflips alot of lip helps
May 30 2002 1:13AM
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CUBuffskier
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the hardest part is making a smooth tranny, the longer the better so you're making sure to take off the jump well balanced. LONG SMOOTH TRANNY.
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May 30 2002 1:35PM
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PocketRocket
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and a point of advice...kick magnifies with speed...so if you need lots of speed, you need a huge tranny...we built a step up at my friend's cabin, tried it, it kicked really hard, so we dug out the inrun a little, tried again..etc....we ended up with a 30 meter long trench, 1 meter wide and 10+ feet high so that we had a smoothe transition...it would have been easier to put the jump somewhere else
May 30 2002 2:42PM
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