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griffon
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At my mountain they have this jump that has a really steep landing, and i find it hard to find the right speed. I've overshooted it three times now, and now i am damn scared of it. when i tried to slow down i didnt get to the landing. anyone got any tips for finding the right speed?
Dec 23 2008 3:20PM
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ride-rider
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Its not all about speed. Watch how people are hitting it.  How much they pop, how they land etc.  Also pay attention to the snow, it can very alot in just a half hour. 
Dec 23 2008 3:35PM
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[~_~]
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It sounds like the trajectory doesn't match the angle of the landing. Tell your park crew to fix it up!
Dec 23 2008 5:25PM
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.Brink.
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word, the park crew should either flatten the landing some, or make the lip of the jump steeper
Dec 23 2008 5:27PM
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[~_~]
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nawwwww flat landings are dangeresque.
Dec 23 2008 5:33PM
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.Brink.
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I meant mellow it out some, not make it completely flat
Dec 23 2008 5:42PM
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Blandct
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seems like they should make the gap bigger
Dec 23 2008 5:44PM
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[~_~]
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nawww mellow landings are dangeresque.
Dec 23 2008 5:48PM
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OMGWTFBBQ
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i love flat landings. they like snap my back
Dec 23 2008 7:31PM
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griffon
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im going up there on friday, hope its better then. if not im gonna ask them to make a littlle less steep
Dec 23 2008 8:37PM
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Canuker
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yea man, i dont feel safe unless the landing is a good 70 degrees

Dec 23 2008 9:25PM
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orange.
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you overshooted it?
Dec 23 2008 9:31PM
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jibbits56
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haha yeah i caught that too, but yeah listen to these people, they all got good advice, personally i agree that the park crew should notice that and fix it by makin the jump a little steeper, but if they don't you just gotta find out the proper way to hit it like the first post mentions
Dec 23 2008 9:37PM
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-NY-STeeZE-
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i was just about to ask the same thing
Dec 23 2008 9:40PM
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pussymoneyweed
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ha-ha-hahahahahahahahhahaha wow i lol'd huge at that one
Dec 23 2008 11:49PM
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Pwn.Mode
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make the landing longer, problem solved. where is this sweet mt located. sounds like a bristol mt problem.
Dec 24 2008 2:03AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Speaking of landings, when i was at hunter mtn in NY, one of the landings for one of the jumps was moguls.
Dec 24 2008 10:51AM
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jibbits56
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damn, that sucks, the park crew there must be pretty oblivious to whats goin on
Dec 24 2008 12:21PM
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Ben.
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i know... our country scares me sometimes.
Dec 24 2008 12:24PM
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Where-am-I
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i went up to echo mountain yesterday and the landing on the box they sucked, it was steeper that the jump landings and icy. and there was no jump up to it, it was just set in the snow
Dec 24 2008 12:27PM
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jibbits56
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^ well a lot of places have just like one of those boxes that are just set in snow for the beginners to learn on, and I highly doubt that the landing was really all that steep, it may have been a little steeper, but usually that just from people eating away at it, whether it be board or skis, also the ice forms from multiple people hitting it and landing in the same area, theres not much they can do about that, unless they get a fresh coat of snow, man made or natural, almost constantly, because after the box has been there for a few days, that ice is formed, so theres not too much they can do about that, and those kind of features aren't really tended to too much, because the park crews lookin at the bigger better stuff to keep in great shape
Dec 24 2008 1:38PM
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MC_POUTINE
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man up, go watch balance. they land on dirt and chopped up remains all the time
Dec 24 2008 1:47PM
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psychkub
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Maybe you're not popping hard enough... steep landings have less to do with speed and more about popping.... well depending on the size of the jump, I guess.
Dec 24 2008 2:11PM
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fsscott
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dangeresque 1 or 2?
Dec 24 2008 2:14PM
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OneLove_skier
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throw down with the park crew
Dec 24 2008 2:24PM
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jstan4
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dangeresque 2: This time, its not dangeresque 1!!!!
Dec 24 2008 2:28PM
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Sean...M
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did you really..



Anyway, what the first guy said. If other people are able to land on it good, then ask them for a tip or two on how to pop, speed n shit. If no ones able to get it, either fuck it or talk to the park crew. nuff said
Dec 24 2008 3:09PM
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Coalescent
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talk to the groomer and have him/her push the jump back a little.. We have a 15 foot stepdown jump using a hill as a landing.  Its a good pitch but I tend to land low a lot.  Landing is probably 30-40ft long.  He moved the jump back another 10 feet.

Dec 24 2008 4:24PM
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GT
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grow some balls
Dec 24 2008 4:25PM
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Where-am-I
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pretty much sums up the science of rail/box landing decay. and the landing really was all that steep
Dec 25 2008 12:55AM
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i.ski.troll.
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i almost like flat landings now.im so used to it cause my park crew sucks at building jumps. got crazy lips to flat landings. FUN. i almost like them though.
Dec 25 2008 12:59AM
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Literature
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Use some sort of marker to determine where you think you need to start. Start there, and don't make any turns or use your poles to gain speed, and if you case, step up the hill a little, and if you are going too far, step down. Adjust where you are relative to the fixed point and eventually you will have the prefect speed and can hit the jump all you want and still land in about the same spot, with the only thing that changes being your pop off the lip.
Dec 25 2008 1:57AM
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1linemomentojib
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sounds like your mountain is sketchy as balls, just like mine
Dec 25 2008 2:07AM
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Pwn.Mode
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steep landings on rails is the shit
Dec 25 2008 3:01AM
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masta_LE3B
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hahaha, you need to come to birch
Dec 25 2008 4:59AM
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griffon
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haha sry for bad english. its not really your country cause im from norway, and my english sucks
Dec 25 2008 10:45AM
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Ben.
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ah ok. your excused then. but my country still frightens me
Dec 25 2008 1:12PM
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jibbits56
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haha yup
Dec 28 2008 8:19PM
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