Post Your (or someone else's) Sketchiest Backyard Setup

ILLinoisance

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Title says it all.

Made that setup a few years ago in a little over an hour. 1 jagged concrete-filled rusty basketball pole, 1 tree stump as the front of the rail holder, 1 jackstand with the basketball pole only resting on it, some carpet pad with water on it, 1 pallet for the jump, some 2 by 4s, and some nails.

My skis took so many coreshots on this abortion of a setup. Gotta love that 8th grade Washington DC trip hoodie and pajama pants too. That only adds to the sketchiness.

Oct 21 2013 10:36PM

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joshua

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Set-up from four years ago, it's funny to look back at now.

Oct 21 2013 10:39PM

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joshua

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Oct 21 2013 10:40PM

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GANDALF

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Threads for awesome

Oct 21 2013 11:15PM

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Catbug

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I'm excited to see where this thread goes

Oct 21 2013 11:28PM

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SFB

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this was in my backyard and its literally a 12+ft drop off of an old falling apart deck to flat .

Oct 21 2013 11:32PM

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Austin.ski

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Oct 21 2013 11:33PM

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perryhunter

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That was a nice set up dude! Keep it up! : )

Oct 21 2013 11:46PM

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ILLinoisance

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I love how you made 0 effort to secure that PVC.

Oct 22 2013 12:04PM

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Mag

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My setup itself is actually pretty solid and incredibly adaptable and transportable -

Though my past half assed attempts at building rails haven't been ideal.

Also had a down rail that was secured using a large amount of bricks, wasn't too pleasant when I fell straight into the edge of one of them.

The one rail I built securely I ended up putting a ski straight through and splitting the PVC.

Oct 22 2013 12:11PM

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Blurst

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Oct 22 2013 12:28PM

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Slush

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This was my old setup

I spent all my hard earned money on making the perfect setup.

But too bad I forgot to leave some extra money for making a rail. This is what I came up with:

Oct 22 2013 4:07PM

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ny300z

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^^^haha that giant drop in for that little ass rail. classic.

drop in is on point though

Oct 22 2013 4:12PM

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Nate.Dog

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Lying bastard, I see those grass indents from the rail.

Oct 22 2013 4:35PM

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Craigskis

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In my youth I built this ramp for a 1/4 in my back yard. Took 2 years to build, invovled cutting trees down in the greenbelt across the road, and dragging them home by night, and borrowing scarp wood from construction sites, I only used the ramp & quarter pipe once due to thaw, my biggest regret about the whole thing was it wasn't better documented. This photo doesn't really do it justice

Oct 22 2013 4:46PM

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wynnyk

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haha busted!

Oct 22 2013 4:46PM

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BROLF

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doesn't look that sketchy...

Oct 22 2013 4:50PM

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Craigskis

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Such an old pic it wouldn't even load the first time!

Oct 22 2013 4:57PM

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ILLinoisance

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Oh, I forgot about this one circa 2009 when we got called off school for being too cold out.

We did a sketchy around the house snowmobile tow in, launched the jump straight up, and landed to flat on like 4" of hardpack. Many shinbang cases were had.

Oct 22 2013 5:01PM

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gapers4life

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I'm looking to do something similar with the steps off of my deck! how exactly did you do it? Just stack pallets and plywood on the stairs with some mSnow?

Oct 22 2013 5:33PM

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halfpipedream

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these pics are from the early days of the Castleton State College (VT) campus park, in the early fall semester 2007... pretty sketchy but no injuries, and by spring time it grew up to include a bigger more legit ramp, some different rails, an a-frame, a box, and the next year they built a wall ride.

Oct 22 2013 6:01PM

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j.engel

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in the works, but i think you get the idea

Oct 22 2013 6:46PM

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a_burger

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something like this

I just stole one of my dads pvc pipes and ran off into the woods with it, no drop in, lip, or anything securing the pipe.

Oct 22 2013 6:57PM

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NinetyFour

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**Steeze*Whiz**s attempt at some 'challenging' rail puzzles. The first one, you were supposed to ride the green tube, kink onto the lipped PVC, then transfer over to the end of the black DFD. The second one was an attempt to slide the tube and then 50/50 through the wheelbarrow handles. Sometimes things just don't go as planned.

Classic spring sunday from Leland Kirton on Vimeo.

The backyard setup itself is in no way sketchy.

Oct 22 2013 6:59PM

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lewist

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This ended poorly.

Oct 22 2013 8:15PM

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BROLF

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hahaha that actually looked fun

Oct 22 2013 9:39PM

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i cant believe it actually worked that well

Oct 22 2013 9:42PM

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John18_6

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lip is a life preserver

Oct 22 2013 10:24PM

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Downtofilm

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Using doors and shit

Oct 22 2013 10:36PM

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Film.

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sorry for annoying laugh

Oct 22 2013 11:29PM

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KingGeedorah

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two summers ago, I stood on a cooler and attempted to push my way through a rrail that´s like 2.5ft off the ground. I also built a rail with the scraps I had around the house, being a bent 2x4 on top of some flatter and fatter boards with 10 separate segments of pvc put next to each other with varying heights.

Oct 22 2013 11:46PM

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lewist

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Sore ass followed!

Oct 22 2013 11:50PM

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booniemon

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haha that ain't mSnow. Thats just plastic fencing I believe. A friend of mine went and bought a shitton of mSnow, and I think it's a waste, waay to expensive, and its a bitch to fall on

Oct 23 2013 12:00AM

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lewist

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That looks legit!

Oct 23 2013 12:14AM

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B.Aussie

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Fuck yeah Australia.

Oct 23 2013 12:24AM

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J8R

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5 years ago we stole a set of shipping rollers from Wal-mart (and got chased by their company van). We used them as a drop in. Thought it would be sketchy but we ski on them to this day...

http://vimeo.com/8285957

Oct 23 2013 2:11AM

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Montana_Hoodrat

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well don't waste it on the landing... shits expensive.

It actually is nice for a drop in and ramp though, because you can actually carve off it, so you can put the rail to the side and hit something urban style.

Our first one was actually pretty good, before I made a legit one with Msnow.

Here's my little bro hitting the first one. Simply entertaining:

Oct 23 2013 2:58AM

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