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Pond jump

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beowulf
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my friend and i are making a pond jump and we have pretty much everything up and ready to go aside from the kicker. 

    i was wondering what kind of angle we should make it at, so thats theres a decent amount of pop but not enough to throw you backwards every time you hit it.  well be hitting it with loller blades and speed is not a problem. 
     so if anyone has made one of these before and has some specs or if any one just has some advice+++k
May 5 2009 12:25PM
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ja.
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Let me know if you have any  questions, we built this a couple years ago and its still holding up great.

Summer Ramp Edit from Andy Hahn on Vimeo.




May 5 2009 1:26PM
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dunkaroos
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thats pretty sweet, i wonder if i can build a jump into the lake? i dont think the waters deep enough though
May 5 2009 4:15PM
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m.brus
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You better check that out. The depth of water depends on how much the ramp is out of the water, the lip of ramp, speed. I think 8ft or deeper should be fine
May 5 2009 7:58PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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That was awesome!
May 5 2009 11:26PM
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TheTristanator
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hit that with your skis just use a life jacket and some heavy duty leashes(if its deep)
May 10 2009 1:32AM
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.SteezusChrist.
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i wish so badly i had a pond
May 10 2009 1:05PM
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yaaaie
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Wow! Looks like you had a damn fun time at this lake!
May 27 2009 10:07AM
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HeathR
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yeah swimming with skis doesn't work well. I had to swim out and help my brother cuz he couldn't make it back to shore and didnt want to kick off skis and maybe lose them.
May 27 2009 7:13PM
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TheTristanator
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^ lol just have a rope uot there so you can pull instead of swim
May 30 2009 6:53PM
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currentwestman
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May 31 2009 12:05AM
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soulskier
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picture this: astro turf on a dock, skiier getting pulled towards lake by jet ski, awesome?
May 31 2009 7:03PM
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