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Wis_Skier_23
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I know this is a retarded question but... How do you guys know how big jumps are....do you guys like go to the ski hill's website and check, or do you like bring an actual tape measure to the hill
Feb 3 2007 10:46PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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guestimate....pretty much, not that hard
Feb 3 2007 10:47PM
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TimothyLord
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u can normaly tell from comparison with already known jump sizes
Feb 3 2007 10:50PM
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eheath
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Yeah its all about guessing, using your skis can work, a 170-180cm ski is about 6 roughly. (actually less but you can say 6 to be nice). Also with experience of hitting a certain size, you can tell.
Feb 3 2007 10:50PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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i just ask the park crew....seems to work best
Feb 3 2007 10:50PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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walk it off, i play golf so i'm pretty sure about walking off yardages, divide that by 3 and you have your standard foot measurements... either that, or if you really have to know, measure it out with a tape measure
Feb 4 2007 2:03AM
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mmmmm...Pie
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I go to the same hill most of the time, so I usually check what their park setup is before I head up there. Otherwise I just guesstimate.
Feb 4 2007 2:14AM
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eyes.a.fire
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i actually bring a tape measure and spend about half an hour to figure out my calculations. they close the jumps for me to do my measurements this way i can get a proper distance so i can figure out the correct speed and thrust needed to clear the feature
Feb 4 2007 2:46AM
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bobtheskier05
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just go off it once to see how big it is
Feb 4 2007 8:45AM
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StrattonParks
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We measure lip/take off, to the knuckle. If you build a jump with a sweet long ass steep landing you can still go 50ft on a 40ft table. Eitherway it's all relative. As long as the jump is built proportionally you can have a 20ft table and a 40ft table ski the same, just need more/less speed.

One side note would be that dif types of jumps measure dif ways. A step up could be measured in height and/or length. For a true table where the take off is actually the "front" of the feature you would measure the length of the deck. For a cheese wedge table, take off on top, you would measure from the lip to the knuckle. Some mountains measure to the landing to give the impression that the table is actually bigger.
Feb 4 2007 11:55AM
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Black-Bandanna
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Ask around, pace it off, of just compare it to jumps you've hit that you knew how long they were.
Feb 4 2007 11:56AM
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Tucks
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check it and strait air the first time then do tricks
Feb 4 2007 1:29PM
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DeSena
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bring a ruler to the mountain
Feb 4 2007 1:31PM
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Albino
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take actual measurement, add 40% gives you what most parks claim.
Feb 4 2007 1:33PM
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PCjea
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guesss
Feb 4 2007 1:33PM
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Drail
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lasers
Feb 4 2007 1:47PM
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Drail
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lasers
Feb 4 2007 1:47PM
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ECfreeski3
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whoever said ask the park crew...
park crews always have the worst claims at sizes of shit, they call 30 foot jumps 50 footers and shit al the time
Feb 4 2007 2:55PM
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freestyler540
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The smallest is usually 20 feet. Count 10feet extra Up to 30 feet. Then you count by 5 feet.

Feb 4 2007 3:01PM
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oiECSoi
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who cares just hit it
Feb 4 2007 4:03PM
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skier24
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haha definately how i do it
Feb 4 2007 4:11PM
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longbomb
Posts: 200 - Karma: 34

i measure how many of my skis it is , and convert that into feet. Very easy and fast.

Feb 4 2007 5:11PM
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hartig
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I usually don't know/care unless someone tells me, then I still don't know/care.
Feb 4 2007 5:17PM
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kozy
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use your ski size

Feb 4 2007 5:21PM
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futurespin
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global positioning system and satelites.
Feb 4 2007 5:30PM
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treesmann
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when im inspecting in my first run thru the park i usually measure them in ski lentghs. i have 169 cm skis, so i multiply sby 5 and by 6, and the lenbgth is then in the middle of those two numbers
Feb 4 2007 5:44PM
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chickenwang
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i loled
Feb 4 2007 5:53PM
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Abes2009
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ya i do some trig in my head after calculating the height, angle, and length of the ramp, the angle of the landing, the the hardness of the snow, the temperature of the air, and the friction of my gear.
Feb 4 2007 6:33PM
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lyndon
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ha! our hill has like a 5 footer, adn about a 15-20 footer.
Feb 4 2007 6:38PM
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doublexl
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just hit it and hope you guess right.
Feb 4 2007 6:54PM
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