My new summer set up

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so i finally built it, after a couple threads and many questions. it came out really good so im posting some pics, because they might answer somebody elses questions.

first day, just figuring things out

its starting to take shape

put some supports up

this is how we connected the box to the in run

looking at the transition

looking down from the top

looking at the in run

the start of the transition

how we made the ramp

how we did some transition angles

the first transition angle

we basically decked the transition. we used decking planks then did the astroturf in 3 sections, down, flat, and ramp, to help it not bunch up

on the underside

the final product!

it was 7 feet tall, 2 feet wide. feel free to ask any questions on specs or how we built it

i will be posting an edit on youtube soon of us hitting it, so ill put that here, too.

Jun 3 2012 12:34PM

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ibeski

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looks sketchy as fuck!

Jun 3 2012 12:45PM

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.ZT.

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Sick! But 7 ft tall seems a little big, your gonna get a fuck ton of speed.

Jun 3 2012 12:47PM

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penguin_steeze

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2 feet wide seems sketchy as fuck

Jun 3 2012 12:48PM

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roddy116

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i wanna get on top of it and wobble left to right

Jun 3 2012 12:51PM

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Flying~Squirrel

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how do you get to the top with skis, poles, and boots without falling off?

Jun 3 2012 12:51PM

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Its scary the first few times but you get used to it. We climb up a ladder and step on, then somebody else hands us our skis and poles. It really doesnt wobble bad

Jun 3 2012 1:12PM

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I have a setup similar to this, and i think your may be a little skinny and it seems like your transitions are a little sketchy since the angles are so direct, i used some thin plywood on mine to help curve out the transition and make it more gradual, also 7 ft is not too tall, thats a pretty good height if you wanna be able to get a good amount of speed comparable to real snow

Jun 3 2012 1:20PM

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That's sick! How much did all of that cost? I'm interested on making something similar

Jun 3 2012 1:23PM

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ibeski

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same with mine! i use a pool ladder and its mad wobbley

Jun 3 2012 1:26PM

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cwphoto

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Haha nice. We have plenty of leftover wood so were going to build a ladder on the back and rails on the sides

Jun 3 2012 1:42PM

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KillaSteeze

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how tall is yours?

Jun 3 2012 1:46PM

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.batman.

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nah man, mines 8 ft tall and just put water on it not water and soap and it works great

Jun 3 2012 1:50PM

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cwphoto

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It costed around 350. We havent had problems with the transition yet. Were building a 10' pvc cannon rail this week, and using it with the box, so we can 18' of slidey goodness

Jun 3 2012 2:08PM

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wow i hope a tree doesnt fall on it or some shit

Jun 3 2012 3:07PM

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cwphoto

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Haha that would suck. Its pretty far away from anything though. A neat thing about it is that the top structure can detatch from the inrun so we can store it. I think were going to dig out the grass it sits on so its safer

Jun 3 2012 3:38PM

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it's actually perfect, the only problem is that it's not large enough

check mine, it's 3 meters high so almost 10ft high but it's large enough, the down of the drop in is 3ft wide and the flat part is 4ft wide so it's less sketchy

Jun 3 2012 8:10PM

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I wouldn't know because I don't own one but most videos have set ups less than a foot higher than the skier. Also there was that how to build a summer set up thread in which i think they say it should be like a bit less than 2 meters or a bit more than five feet. I don't really remember though haha.

Jun 3 2012 8:13PM

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cwphoto

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7 feet seems perfect so far. Right now were jumping almost half of our box, which is 8 feet

Jun 3 2012 8:20PM

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k-fred

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kk check my vids haha with my setup I can shred over 45ft of rails, with a 2meters setup you'll shred a nice n sweet 10ft rail lol and I dont need any construction fence or pvc in my drop in, just some turf which is a lot better(less sketchy)

Jun 3 2012 8:28PM

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Not really sure how "tall" my drop in is, but I can drop in switch to a 35 foot rail. sketch factor = 0 My friends drop is around 8 feet tall and we hit a 21 foot rail with plenty of speed left over

Jun 3 2012 9:29PM

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.ZT.

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I wish I had a hill near my house =(

Jun 3 2012 9:41PM

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NWPA

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you have the most ballin ass yard for a setup i wish my yard wasnt a pain in the ass

Jun 3 2012 10:13PM

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asfdfads

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looks good to me, im looking to build one this summer. will use this for a reference.

Jun 3 2012 10:47PM

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cwphoto

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Thanks man. Hope it goes well! I used the guide in build a jib cult a lot too, so i would use that too if i were you

Jun 3 2012 10:57PM

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joelski

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You r lucky ou have a yard at all mine is a concrete square bout 12 by12 feet

Jun 4 2012 2:02AM

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chrisarndt

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nice set up. mine is wayyy more legit though. here are some pics....

Jun 4 2012 3:03AM

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DesertSkiBum

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fail. i dont see anything

Jun 4 2012 12:10PM

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Abu_Hajaar

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I like the way the transition matches up with the rest of it.

Jun 4 2012 1:58PM

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A.rollins

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350 holy shit! thats expensive as hell, mine didn't cost nearly that much

Jun 4 2012 2:38PM

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cwphoto

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Yea its a lot. All the materials are top quality and its built to last a long time

Jun 4 2012 3:28PM

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jtfent

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Sick Setup! Working on mine right now, hoping to get it as nice as yours.

Here's a pic of what I've got so far.

Jun 4 2012 3:30PM

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bitches

Jun 4 2012 3:32PM

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TACO-DOG.exe

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i would have a summer set up but my dad is a lawn-nazi and thinks it will kill the grass

Jun 4 2012 3:43PM

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.squirrely.

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le new and improved setup

Jun 4 2012 4:14PM

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C_Thomps-12

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it killed a lot of my grass

Jun 4 2012 4:39PM

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yeahno

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make one in the woods

Jun 4 2012 4:56PM

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Frazelli

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made mine a couple summers ago.

Jun 4 2012 5:00PM

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cwphoto

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Those are some sick set ups. I want to build a really long pvc rail soon since i can get plenty of speed

Jun 4 2012 5:57PM

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Mattsaff

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mine is 12 feet high, and its fine

Jun 4 2012 6:08PM

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.ZT.

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I realize that 7 is normal now haha. read down and you will see, also as I said earlier in this thread I do not own a ste up and was basing this off of other people's threads on them and most being 5ft or 6ft high. :)

Jun 4 2012 6:21PM

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chrisarndt

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https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/688609/

Jun 4 2012 8:03PM

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