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Is any one building, or alredy have a summer big jump and landing setup?

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nuboss@whitetail
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I'm curious to see if anyone has any experience with this.
May 19 2008 12:00PM
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rorybw
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i've been wandering this for a while too. maybe not a BIG jump and landing but one that could accommodate some whippy 3s and 5s. i think anything big would just be getting a little dangerous. plus you have to build a real strong landing to take those impacts.

May 19 2008 1:09PM
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dandougherty
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i dont really think its worth building a jump in the summer cause everything gonna hurt and it wont be possible to make a jump big enough to do very many tricks and i think it would get boring kind of fast
May 19 2008 2:18PM
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HangThePope
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I'm building one this summer. Its gonna be a 15-20 foot jump. Im using a 15 foot dropin on top of a 5 foot ledge with a super steep ramp and good tranny. I dont know what Im using for the inrun. probally astroturf. but i found this hard black plastic with like little bumps in it that might work and its like $5 for a 4x60 foot sheet. I'll try it first and if it doesnt work i'll use the astro turf. to make the landing softer im using astro turf with this foam I found under it. then im gonna put a plastic thing in between them to keep the foam dry. the foam is like 2 inches thick but I dont know what thats called either. I'm gonna finish it this weekend  or next probally so I'll post pics and maybe a vid.

Heh.. that was a mouthful.
May 19 2008 10:39PM
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dubT-jib-1
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Im almost through with a 16ft drop in off 10ft high scafulling. I plan to set up my own back yard water ramp into a stock tank. At first I thought I would make a dirt landing and put astro turf over the dirt but at this point I think it would be to dangerous and not big enough to do 5s. I will post pics of the drop in after its done this weekend.
May 20 2008 8:47AM
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nuboss@whitetail
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Those sound like some cool projects.  It will be nice to see the finished projects.  It would also be nice to ride it myself.
May 20 2008 9:18AM
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dandougherty
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damn dude,  thats some good thinking
May 20 2008 2:09PM
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HangThePope
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Heres some pics fro sketchup of what I'm buiding. From the lip to the knuckle is 15'.
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May 20 2008 10:24PM
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sirskizalot
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^thats pretty cool
it could get gnarly if you crash

May 20 2008 11:50PM
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gab_mori7
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friends and me are planning to build a jump but we are gonna dig a huge hole and make a foam pit for the landing, we have a good terrain and it's gonna be a fucking hard work but I'm sure it will worth it!
May 21 2008 12:48PM
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dandougherty
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man thats cool but it seems like you ccould get some crazy turf burns
May 21 2008 4:15PM
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Mooose...
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I really want to see pictures of that when you are done...
May 23 2008 12:39AM
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dubT-jib-1
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friends and me are planning to build a jump but we are gonna dig a huge hole and make a foam pit for the landing, we have a good terrain and it's gonna be a fucking hard work but I'm sure it will worth it!

^have you priced the foam yet? I got a quote from a gymnastics wholesaler and they wanted like $2000-$4000 for just the foam. I had the idea of making the pit out of livestock panels which are about $15 a piece. They are 16ft long and 5ft high which would be cheap but the foam is what is outrageous.
May 23 2008 8:50AM
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gab_mori7
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^we got something with a place that make matress, we are gonna get some cheap pieces
May 23 2008 11:49AM
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panojibber
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Bahaha, I posted almost this exact thing in ski gabber like... 2 weeks ago and everyone was like... NohOOHohOs u R teh IDioTszz!1!1!!111
Nice to see someone is thinking of trying it though. Anyways, keep us updated on your success!
May 24 2008 12:22AM
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860
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Crashing=Death

I still think this isn't going to work good
May 26 2008 8:54PM
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