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Packing powder

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BoomSkier
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anyone got tips on how to pack powder snow into a nice hard jump. i'm not talking like a huge kicker just a medium sized one for my backyard.
Jun 3 2006 6:15PM
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wazzucrewskier
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i dont know if this would work, but for like courses and stuff they use salt to harden it up, you could try packing it a little, salting it, then packing more, and salting again. it could work, but i have no experience doing this sort of thing.
Jun 3 2006 6:24PM
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-_-Johnny-_-
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salting is good^. it'll make the snow hard
Jun 3 2006 8:33PM
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duhamelski
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well in tahoe the snow is nice and wet so we just throw a bunch of snow on a pile and suddenly a massive bc kicker appears. its magic
Jun 3 2006 10:02PM
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Edward.
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tahoe is where its at even though ive never been there, jea!
Jun 3 2006 10:22PM
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LJF
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you can build a jump with powder it just takes a lot mor work. the snow needs to be packed a lot so it takes longer and it is a good idea to let it sit for a couple hours after you build it. but if you are not building a huge jump you should have no problem.
Jun 3 2006 10:29PM
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Edward.
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thats the key
Jun 3 2006 10:39PM
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brennanmidwest
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well what kinda salt do they put on cuz i never know
Jun 3 2006 10:53PM
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Desjardins
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just compact it with a shovel of something, just smack it
Jun 3 2006 10:58PM
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cobra_commander
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build it in blocks of snow.
Jun 3 2006 11:15PM
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AptosFreeskier
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What you do is shovel off the powder till you get to the harder snow then you take the shovel and cut out a block of snow until the jump is big enough.
Jun 4 2006 12:17AM
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