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Smallest jump for a double?

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BigDog
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I want to learn doubles this season really bad. What do you think the minimum hight for a jump that
someone can huck a double is?
Thanks.
Jun 5 2011 11:30AM
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I_Am_Mod
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a better way to ask this would be to ask for airtime and not height or length of the jump.....

the airtime will give you a much better idea, but i'm sorry i cant help you since i haven't thrown any dubs yet....
Jun 6 2011 4:02AM
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cwillygood
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thats pretty tiny
Jun 6 2011 8:26AM
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L@W
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exactly
Jun 6 2011 5:27PM
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ndye
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Nope the snowflex in virginia is definitely softer
Jun 6 2011 5:38PM
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BIGben*
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Well look at the last TC, someone, i think it was Niclas or LJ that did a doube backy on a tinny jump, check that.
Jun 6 2011 6:08PM
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array.
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so could I throw a dub front off a non kicky 40 footer?
Jun 6 2011 6:11PM
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L@W
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ideal jump for your first double is a 45 to 50 wedge with quite a bit of kick
Jun 6 2011 7:56PM
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brhisawsome
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Seen dub fronts, back, underflips and rodeo's off the 30 at snowflex...
Jun 6 2011 10:30PM
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PJS.
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DO IT
Jun 6 2011 10:59PM
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Just_Send_It
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how in the fuckkkkkkkkkkkkk?!?
Jun 6 2011 11:05PM
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Flik
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This is about 40ft. Ideally I'd chose a larger jump



But seriously be careful. I got lucky on this one. It's not something you want to screw up.




and another....

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com





Tough Break! Double Backflip Crash from Erik Boone on Vimeo.





Jun 7 2011 1:56AM
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Chuxa
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Woah Eric real respect there, so many attempts and so many gnarly crashes. I know from my own experience how frustrating/painful it is with dubs feck. Especially after a painful bail so hard to get past the mental block of "holy shit I am about to wreck myself some more" as you are going up the lip.K+++
Jun 7 2011 4:04AM
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I_Am_Mod
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omg, those are some brutal crashes, did you stick it one time?

a friend of mine started freeskiing last winter and at the end we were coming down a run in the powder where we had build a little kicker, he charges off and throws a hucked double back, bam, first try, into pow :D

lucky or really skilled, i dunno, he has talent for sure and backflips are his signature trick, but that just amazed me, his very first double in the backcountry, on a kicker we built ourselves, i was really stoked for him :)
Jun 7 2011 7:06AM
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poptarts4life
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I've seen some pretty crazy dub shit off small kickers at perfect north slopes. Saw a kid throw dubs on ski blades off this small ass rainbow rail lip, shit was wild.
Jun 7 2011 10:20AM
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_DUSTY_
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LJ's double back at 4:37


Jun 7 2011 10:29AM
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LittleFoot
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LJ did one in a parking lot in travelling circus. atleast i think it was LJ
Jun 7 2011 10:37AM
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smooter
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