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The Death Knuckle

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DBL
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The dreaded, and usually found on the east coast, Death Kuckle.
So today I died a little on a step up with the steepest of knuckles.
The death knuckle, if you did not know, is the beautiful triangle on the top of the landing that tries to kill you if you come up short.
Pics of said kuckles
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Video for reference of deadliness, broke my binding a little.

Feel free to share anything related to these deadly beasts.
inb4 thall on chads
Feb 15 2014 7:25PM
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DBL
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Eh the knuckle just needs to be rounded, that's all
Feb 17 2014 8:15AM
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kohlblaze603
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park crew is all snowboarders
Feb 17 2014 10:09AM
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Mr.Bishop
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I used to love building jumps with death knuckles. You either eat shit or get absolute landing perfection - no in-between.

Of course, people don't like these in parks usually.
Feb 17 2014 10:34AM
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Blurst
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Dude that jump looks fine, especially for an Ontario jump.

Landing is long, steep, yah there is a gnarly knuckle but that just makes the landing that much smoother when you do clear it properly.

Feb 17 2014 10:41AM
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HuckNorris44
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Surprised the video from Womens slope hasnt showed up in this thread.
Feb 17 2014 1:32PM
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icon1234
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Jump in theory would be fine if you could get speed... The transitions look fine. But you can't get speed, and thus the jump needs to be adjusted. Taking off a bit of pop on the take off should project you a farther by increasing your horizontally velocity, and then take off a bit of height of the landing to compensate for the loss of vertical velocity.
Feb 17 2014 2:08PM
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Bock
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speaking of death knuckles... has anyone ever died from undershooting?
Feb 17 2014 2:27PM
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theabortionator
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You're talking about them having way to little snow and an uneducated park operator. So yes is sounds like you don't know what you're talking about.
Feb 18 2014 8:06AM
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theabortionator
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Whether you like the jump or not they clearly know how to build stuff. Just because somebody hasn't taken a park specific course doesn't mean they can't build well. East coast jump lines are built mostly with man made snow. As long as it's cold nbd. Also those jumps are good sized, so I still don't understand the comment about no snow.

In your posts you said more than likely that they're park operator blows at building parks, and anyone who thinks that jump would be fun as hell is an idiot with no terrain park knowledge. Sweet

Feb 18 2014 4:09PM
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