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What size jump?

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AidanCski
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 I want to learn fives next year I have a 10 - 11 ft dropin and it is crazy steep  I havent tried it on snow but I think Ill get a ton of speed. And a couple weeks ago when I wet the turf a lot I got enough speed to get really good air off a 4 ft jump. So I was wondering what is the best height and length for learning 5's 
Jun 27 2012 10:31AM
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penguin_steeze
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learn them on snow. Summer set ups are for rails
Jun 28 2012 12:34AM
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AidanCski
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I am gonna learn them on snow!!!!!!! I am just gonna pile snow on my dropin and get a crapload of speed Im not a dumb ass why the hell would I try them on turf. But if u could tell me what size jump that would be great too.
Jun 28 2012 10:58AM
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Kebec
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haha calm down, make it about waist+ high, then you may learn 5's but without decent grabs, the trick is not height but length, after the jump, you should make the flat part about 5 foot MINIMUM, the bigger the better, and the kicker should be a lil more than 4 feet long, also the angle and smoothness of the kicker is pretty important... It's pretty hard to make a jump but good luck anyways, it's gotta be real rugged
Jun 28 2012 12:45PM
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AidanCski
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Thanks that really helped a lot and im propably gonna do what u said but instead of spending hours and hours building the jump entirely out of snow  Im  propably going to use ply wood and pile a ton of snow on it so i cant feel any wood at all its just easier that way. 
Jun 28 2012 1:44PM
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Kebec
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haha well good luck, it'd better have tons of support though and you're gonna need ALOT of wood =)
Jun 29 2012 9:15AM
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