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ramps (metal to snow)

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jon123
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i plan on building a metal ramp with a friction surface on the take off to hold snow its going to be big like on of the freestyle moto x jumps anybody think this will not work and why

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8ft high

12ft long

with a gradual take off
Nov 23 2001 9:10PM
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headrider
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why would you be buliding this?
Nov 23 2001 9:18PM
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jon123
Posts: 377 - Karma: 31
just for a cool stunt i'm gonna put it in front of a table and try to clear a huge expance its also cool because you move it around to the best positions because its portable i did't think it was a bad idea but alot can go wrong

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Nov 23 2001 9:38PM
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Line1260
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looks pretty steep.....
Nov 23 2001 10:12PM
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SkierX
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Why don't you just build a snow jump? Much more cost effective bro! The metal thingy could cost heaps of dough.
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Nov 23 2001 11:55PM
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jon123
Posts: 377 - Karma: 31
man i'm going to try to build it in school to cut down the costs if ya think about its realy not that bad of an idea because you can move it around and you could proably go like 90 to 100 ft on it not that i would

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Nov 24 2001 12:56AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Yeah dude, you can just build a huge kicker out of snow if you want.

I say don't waste your time on a metal jump, and just build some BAD ASS rails.

those would be WAY more useful. \


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Nov 24 2001 12:57AM
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Big_Willy
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Shit, portable I think not. It took like 14 ppl to move a 5ft quarter pipe, but that was pretty heavy duty. Still we built a 2 foot launch to clear big gaps and that was kinda heavy, like 2 person heavy.
Nov 24 2001 1:54AM
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SkierX
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Yeah, totally bro. Spend the time making rails.
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Nov 24 2001 1:55AM
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Freestyla_01
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or just go to a mountain, and not have to build everything
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Nov 24 2001 3:31AM
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Dspin900
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yeah shit I could understand if maybe u weren't getting any snow and this was like for ure backyard
Nov 24 2001 12:00PM
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Reed.
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im with ya on that idea jon123, thatll be tight!! and you could prolly just fit it onto a trailor or something and tow it around wherever you want, i think something like carpet snow would stick to pretty good


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Nov 24 2001 12:23PM
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skibum1080
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yah that'd be cool. but you could just go to your hill and jump for free there. on the other hand you could go off your jump anytime you want like at night and stuff.

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Nov 24 2001 4:40PM
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gordo
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i was just thinking about doing this. me and my friend were going to build a ramp for our bikes. i doubt you could get something to where it would stick on something that steep. i was thinking that you could have metal metal pieces tha tyou could catch the snow wiht. like half an inch pieces across the ramp all the way up the ramp about 8 inches apart. does that make sense?
--/--/--/ the surface would look like that. then you would jsut have to let it settel and it would hold
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Nov 24 2001 5:24PM
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ECFS-Attitash
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one word...rails

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Nov 25 2001 7:39PM
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Billups
Posts: 3960 - Karma: 329
I was thinking of building a wood ramp that was 6-8 feet long and 3-4 feet tall. i was going to cover it with snow and place it on my hill. i was also going to build a rail on top of a box that goes from 2-3 feet high to 1 foot high. i dunno if i'm going to do it now or not cause there is no snow and it is almost december.
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Nov 25 2001 9:26PM
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Pugalope
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bump
Apr 7 2011 10:51PM
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gombo8
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maybe if it was for like some event or something in a city. my local mountain sometimes brings rails and boxes down to  the nearest town and hold little rail jams. but you could build a big ass kicker in the middle of the street over a street light or something for a jib. that would be sick
Apr 8 2011 1:45AM
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