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Is it me, or is this jump look TOO poppy ?

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ski0
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Is it me, or is this jump look TOO poppy ?
Here is the jump:

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Feb 9 2012 8:37PM
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k-fred
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looool the guy who made it should learn how to build a jump
Feb 9 2012 8:39PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Well, seeing how the landing is clearly visib-ohwait.
Feb 9 2012 8:39PM
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cheener12
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maybe the distance isn't that long, but it's just extremely poppy so they can do dubs.
Feb 9 2012 8:39PM
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rareison
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loooooooooool that looks horrible
Feb 9 2012 8:39PM
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Inline.
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I guess it kind of depends what trick you are doing. Double backflip? Perfect. Ballerina 1260? Not good
Feb 9 2012 8:40PM
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Ruffles
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What's wrong with it? Looks fun to me.
Feb 9 2012 8:42PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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does it even have a parabolic shape on the take off? or is it just a wedge?
Feb 9 2012 8:42PM
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HaydenWrong
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is that a quarter pipe?
Feb 9 2012 8:43PM
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Cahal
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id like to see someone take a zero spin to the face. or would they just switch front
Feb 9 2012 8:44PM
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rareison
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ahaha it's like a perfect triangle
Feb 9 2012 8:45PM
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ski0
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OH and this is the from the Dew Tour Snowbasin
Feb 9 2012 8:47PM
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rareison
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Feb 9 2012 8:49PM
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.boz
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Haha this looks like all of the jumps that Eldora puts out every year, they are fun for big laid out backflips, but you'll kill yourself trying anything else.
Feb 9 2012 8:51PM
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R.Fahey
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What's wrong with it? It looks like a normal jump to me.

Feb 9 2012 8:55PM
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DUKES
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shit i needed so much speed hitting the jumps at eldora the last time i was there i hit the knuckle so many times
Feb 9 2012 8:59PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Definitely not enough info. Jumps can be totally deceiving until you've actually hit them. If you want an opinion of pop, get a photo directly from the side so we can see the curve of the jump.

Of course, if the jump has a steep landing, then pop is totally fine. I actually totally prefer poppy jumps (well when I used to jump more) and by the end of my park building career I was doing mostly shorter deck, steeper landing but huge smooth kick jumps. They're a blast if you get the cut of the takeoff right.


Feb 9 2012 8:59PM
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TBarnes
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looks like a pretty normal jumps to me
Feb 9 2012 9:03PM
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chicken
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can never have no much kick. just go faster and hope you have a nice steep landing
Feb 9 2012 9:08PM
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freeskibum82
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the deck of the jump could be at a nice angle upwards and scale could be much larger so the "poppy" could be just because of the perceived small size of the takeoff.
Feb 9 2012 9:12PM
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Parks.
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Get a better picture
Feb 9 2012 9:13PM
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ski0
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sorry thats the only picture right now .. Russ henshaw commented that the landing was not steep enough ...
Feb 9 2012 9:18PM
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rozboon
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Pretty flat-light photo.

This big line at Lake Louise a coupla years ago had super poppy jumps that were quite short, maybe 30ft but you got soooo much airtime.
Feb 9 2012 9:26PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Well that says more than a photo if you ask me. As soon as someone says "that landing is too flat" it means that there is a problem with the kick of the jump. You can always have a nice landing if you take away kick. :)

Of course, you should have a nice steep landing and some solid kick to make a perfect jump... but the world is rarely perfect.

A properly built jump y ou should be able to land on your back and be totally fine. There should be very little impact.


Feb 9 2012 10:26PM
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ChocolateMilk.
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If the pythagorean theorem doesn't work it's not steep enough.
Feb 9 2012 10:43PM
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ski0
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a jump needs a really good balance of length AND pop tho, you dont want too much pop or too steep of a landing or you just end up with an aerials jump.
Feb 9 2012 10:48PM
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eheath
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If that's the last jump, it is poppy, which is okay, but the landing is flat as fuck.
Feb 9 2012 11:20PM
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VD.
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I just wouldn't touch that
Feb 10 2012 12:06AM
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ski0
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ya its the last one
Feb 10 2012 12:15AM
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eheath
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Yeah, tons of people were skipping it today. I saw mad people overshoot to death on it too.
Feb 10 2012 12:17AM
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Literature
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Winch cat that landing stat.
Feb 10 2012 12:19AM
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Casual.
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am i the only one that thought the title said poopy?
Feb 10 2012 1:07AM
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PartyHon
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that landing would solve a constipated man's problems

or end badly for the poor soul who has diarrhea
Feb 10 2012 1:17AM
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Christian[MN]
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video looks fine

Feb 10 2012 1:20AM
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eheath
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His comments about the last jump are a bold faced lie, that landing is so brutal.
Feb 10 2012 1:25AM
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Drail
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well, all I'm going to say is that those people complaining about the two rail options to 4 jump options in the x games got what they wanted. three rail options to two jump options... we may see a slightly different podium... well... other than 1st of course.
Feb 10 2012 1:38AM
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ThaLetterM.
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kind of a weak course
Feb 10 2012 1:40AM
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TWoods
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Haha, he's 17, he can handle it.

I feel like when he says transition he's talking about the wedge itself, not the landing though.
Feb 10 2012 4:01AM
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.ZT.
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lame course compared to breck or killy. I'm hoping dumont cup course will be sweet though.
Feb 10 2012 7:17AM
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Senor_Goat
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Yeah, I feel for the first guy that went off that.
Feb 10 2012 8:55AM
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270on420out
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looks like an aireal jump
Feb 10 2012 1:30PM
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eheath
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quoting for emphasis.
Feb 10 2012 1:32PM
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ski0
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man the course looks pretty weak. 3 boring rails and 1 small jump 1 fucked up jump
Feb 10 2012 1:34PM
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mlp
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looks like a straight up triangle but its the dew tour so who knows
Feb 10 2012 2:24PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Well... yeah I'd agree with you in theory, however now that we're looking at triples all over the place... an aerials might be exactly what we need. ;)


Feb 10 2012 2:26PM
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