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Backcountry Jumps

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InfernoHits
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I'm from the EC so I don't get to hit them much, but from my point of view, WHAT A WASTE OF TIME. You have to spend all day digging this mound and cutting out ice slabs. Then you have to shape it, and by the end its like a 5 hour ordeal. Then you ice the take of and shit if necassary. Then you hit it. But when you hit it you have to hike a mile back uphill through powder to hit it again. Myabe I am wrong, but I'll stick to park jumps for the time being.
Sep 19 2006 2:13PM
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leone
Posts: 2663 - Karma: 1,121
one word: snowmobile
Sep 19 2006 2:19PM
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=FLO=
Posts: 1969 - Karma: 39
Why did'nt you just title this thread "start the hate"
Sep 19 2006 2:22PM
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TheStamos
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Sleds re the only aanswer, you can mash down your inrun.. get back to the top quick for maximinm hits, you get to better areas with naural lips and shit its just a new world with a sled.. i can wait to use them for the first time this winter.
Sep 19 2006 2:45PM
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Concept53
Posts: 138 - Karma: 10
dude i live in uconn and we built this road gap up on this hill, it was kinda small, even though it took a long time to hike, it was still worth it.
Sep 19 2006 2:53PM
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ECfreeski3
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haha nice icon man^

oh and yeah building booters and hiking is hard work but its oh so worth it
Sep 19 2006 2:53PM
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Concept53
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unless your really lazy its worth it so yeah
Sep 19 2006 2:55PM
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leone
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wait this wasn't you right?

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Sep 19 2006 2:57PM
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leone
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sorry it's so small
Sep 19 2006 2:58PM
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Concept53
Posts: 138 - Karma: 10
yeah it is dude oh well, where did you find that i forgot that they were on the site
Sep 19 2006 3:00PM
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leone
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wait where'd the pic go?
Sep 19 2006 3:03PM
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leone
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wait, was that you jumping in the pic that is now lost
Sep 19 2006 3:04PM
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Concept53
Posts: 138 - Karma: 10
nah dude im not in it
that was a bad pic anyway but it still was small, were making bigger this year
Sep 19 2006 3:06PM
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jibberkid69
Posts: 1539 - Karma: 90
haha, people who dont own sleds always seem to think they're just a chairlift to the top, but 90% of the time sleds are just a way to get to the bottom of your hike
Sep 19 2006 3:20PM
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jibberkid69
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unless your just on some mellow kicker terrain, but as far as a real mountain goes your two feet are ussually the best
Sep 19 2006 3:21PM
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chapz
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wel, i have no comment because i live in the east as well. but they do look fun and if you have a snowmobile, its perfect
Sep 19 2006 4:29PM
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CZA
Posts: 1715 - Karma: 202
ya i live in the east coast.. but i dont think that hitting backcountry jumps is gay... its way better than park jumps with hard ass landings
Sep 19 2006 4:35PM
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eljefe
Posts: 915 - Karma: 467
sleds are super sick but it definately ain't no chairflift to the top...NOTHING comes free.
Sep 19 2006 4:36PM
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BELFRAGE
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ya im from the east coast too, but i think bc jumps are sick u can learn so many new tricks with very little hurt which is alot better than trying new things and breaking ur neck on a hard park jump
Sep 19 2006 4:45PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,816
powder is a forgiving landing. And you can build BC jumps in creative places that you could never find in a park. Very few resorts have 80+ foot jumps. Because of the locations and the ability to go bigger off BC jumps, they're a lot more fun to me.
Sep 19 2006 5:10PM
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-+Siver+-
Posts: 1902 - Karma: 12
what this kid said!
plus stop the hate
Sep 19 2006 5:14PM
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Jeff_Thomas
Posts: 3144 - Karma: 184
1. You lazy little man.
2. It is wonderful
3. a different challenge
4. I could list many many reasons.
Sep 19 2006 5:38PM
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Redstar
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Dude, have you ever hiked for more than 3 hours for one run? It's seriously, one of the most rewarding things EVER. You have no idea.
Sep 19 2006 5:41PM
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Jeff_Thomas
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agree
Sep 19 2006 5:51PM
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FUUUCK
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it depends on where you build the jump. sometimes it doesnt even take 10 minutes to set up a hit
Sep 19 2006 6:14PM
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billy092
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yeah, i live in the EC and you just gotta look for some nie poweder landings and you can build a jump, and it takes liike 40 min to set up and we made likea 40+ foot booter. its really not that hard.
Sep 19 2006 7:34PM
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railsldr1242
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yea, i definitely wouldn't be dissing BC jumps, i live on the east too and damn i wish we could make them out here, plus you have no idea what they're like, so its kind of stupid to be hating like that when you don't know what you're talking about
Sep 19 2006 7:47PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
I AGREE IT'D BE BETTER TO JUMP INTO POWDER. MY ARGUMENT WAS THAT IT IS TOO MUCH WORK. AND I AM TOO LAZY TO PUT THAT AMOUNT OF TIME IN
Sep 19 2006 8:18PM
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freeskier2590
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I'm from the EC as well, but I'm hoping to build some jumps this year. It's a lot of work, but fun too, and gratifying, and you get a sweet jump of any design you wish, and its in the middle of nowhere instead of surrounded by little kids jumping off the sides of the takeoffs. Need I go on?
Sep 19 2006 9:13PM
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Mt_P0wDerJuNkIe
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well its really not that hard if you have more than one person digging and you all have decent sized shovels. you can build a 60 foot booter in less than 2 hours if you do it right and have the men
Sep 19 2006 9:41PM
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dylansiggers
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ya a snowmobiel would be nice
Sep 19 2006 9:45PM
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dman1260
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what i dont get is why wouldn't you just spend all that time skiing the powder. I mean jumps are great and all, but you can do that any day in the park. You should take advantage of the powder when you have it and drop some cliffs and live it up in the powder.
Sep 19 2006 9:51PM
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DIPSEThaze
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yeah, BC doesn't even hurt. WRONG. the damage to your body when you tip over in the BC is infinitely worse than when you just wash out in the park. your limbs get ripped in different directions, and ligaments get torn in a second. until you have hit huge booters into powder you cannot understand this
Sep 19 2006 9:56PM
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fatskis11
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I enjoy th great smooth take off and landing that parks offer, but nothing beats a sweet powder landing in the back country. The hike is worth it!
Sep 19 2006 9:58PM
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Aenigma
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I kind of agree with the maker of the thread, but not really at all. I've gotten lazier lately, so now when I build a jump I just make it off a cliff so I can get a lot more air with a lot less work. Five minutes of stomping a lip and 20 foot inrun and I get 40 feet of air...not a bad deal! But I guess it's hard to realize how rewarding it is to hit something that you made yourself if you've never done it.
Sep 19 2006 10:07PM
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Mt_P0wDerJuNkIe
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i agree and disagree it really depends how you fall they can both be way painful but park isnt as forgiving as powder. but yeah it hurts like a mutha fucker when you hit and your body gets yanked around
Sep 19 2006 10:11PM
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wiener
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oh jeffy we all know you dont build anything you just sit there and film it ahahah
Sep 19 2006 10:12PM
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BELFRAGE
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are u fat or something because its not that hard to walk up a hill
Sep 20 2006 7:25AM
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jamesmccormick
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wtf you are a giant homo with no legs
Sep 20 2006 7:29AM
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CooksCorner
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Eh.

Missing your feet on an East Coast park jump = somethings broken.

Missing your feet in 2 feet of powder = ragdoll.

Unless you're talking about some seriously huge air (60, 70, 80...) then i just cant agree.
Sep 20 2006 9:48AM
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jack.whelan
Posts: 1504 - Karma: 122
walking is hard work but worth it, sleds are a shit middle ground... if you're gonna use transport, use a CHOPPER. thats what i do. bill ggates paid for it. i think.
Sep 20 2006 9:53AM
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Aenigma
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Not necessarily. In the best case scenario you will just ragdoll, but occasionally you will stick an arm into the snow or something and it just gets held there. Then you have problems. You may be able to break bones in the park, but you are infinitely more likely to blow out knees and shoulders in soft snow.
Sep 20 2006 10:02AM
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GotamaBCshredder
Posts: 5062 - Karma: 424
My friends and I can build a 75 foot booter in like an hour mebbe a bit longer, then the person that guinea pigs it boots it back up and VOILA you have a staircase. Then you are getting much bigger air then almost any parks allow so you can be crazy and progress much faster. And I like being in the outdoors in the mountains not around a buncha little wiggers.
Sep 20 2006 11:32AM
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nothanks
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If I lived in CO, UT, CA, or anywhere near Whister(espically CO), I would buy a sled, and sled and BC 75% of the time.
Sep 20 2006 12:13PM
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FigmentFilmski
Posts: 1639 - Karma: 266
i dont understand how your too lazy to hike up a hill yet not lazy enough to start a thread stating how lazy you are. kinda odd
Sep 20 2006 12:21PM
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hateraid
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any person who makes a thread like this should just quit skiing. fucking hiking in the BC is 10 times better than the shit that you do back east.
Sep 20 2006 1:48PM
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CooksCorner
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Good point. Some of those pow landings look so dreamy though....
Sep 20 2006 2:02PM
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BELFRAGE
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how do u build a 75 footer in an hour thats crazy do u use a snow cutter or something?
Sep 20 2006 2:37PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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naw there is just usually like 4 of use and we just dig hard and they go up quick. Sometimes it takes longer, it just depends on location really.
Sep 20 2006 3:11PM
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