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so my hill (pebble creek) is opening this new jump tomorrow. they are known for making crappy jumps. i wanna hit this tomorrow. last year when they first built a kicker, quite a few people were breaking bones. they then reshaped it, which made it actually reasonable. how do you guys approach a feature that is sketchy/janky? drop in with a lot of speed? over shoot? im guessing on this one its a little better to over shoot. and help for hitting stuff youre not used too. k+ note. after asking around the locals im not the only one siked out to actually hit it
heres a pic of the jump too lol
the guy said its 64ft feet to the "Sweet spot"
not trying to rag on pc, just want some tips for hitting janky and new features
duder227its cool kinda looks like you could hit it both ways. or you could lay some plywood down in the middle and boom mini ramp. or you could die idk
i was night skiing tongight (until i blew up my binding) and we were joking about how we were gonna get a snowmobile and hit it going up the down ramp hahaha! good to know im not the only one freaked out by this jump.
hahaha so funny. thats what we were calling it too. me and .lincoln were joking in math classs today about how once we hit it we were gonna "feel like dynamite was packed into my boots" haha
Couple options here - (1) shoot it to the moon like a boss; (2) case it and do a trick off the second lip, such as the classic double E front flip; (3) encourage a not-so-good friend to hit it first. I tend to go with option (3) in this type of situation, but I'm known for being a bit of a pussy.
What you need is a tranny finder: dedicated member of the crew to hit jumps first (in order to find the tranny) to see if its ok. This is usually the youngest member of the crew, therefore the most impressionable, and heals the quickest. Ideally also has a high pain tolerance.
Don't hit it if it's sketchy. If it's built poorly or you just don't like it and it's bigger than small don't fuck with it.
I broke my favorite helmet for blasting tupac and gave myself a nice concussion at a big air on a sketchy jump. Thing came out of the hill from steep to a steep lip. Only a 3.5 foot tall jump going over a 35' step over. I should have walked away but had been riding jumps very well at the time. Broke my dome.
Also another mountain where the lips were so steep that to hit it and not be sketchy you were casing. If you actually clered it it was so risky to keep your feet under your head.
I fucking hate when jumps are built wrong or the parts just don't match up. The bigger the jump the more on point it needs to be.
At cutters camp we talked about how the jumps don't send you upside down but I disagreed that some do. I mean, people should scope out big jumps before hitting them anyway for safety, but people shouldn't build sketchy jumps.
On the plus the jump building these days is light years ahead of where it used to be. You're actually seeing consistent building across the board, even at lot's of smaller ski areas. There are still plenty of jenky jumps out there but compared to the 90s, early 2000's jumps are money.
Idk, just be careful man. If you think a jump is sketchy, even if it's just you, be careful. I understand wanting to hit a jump but if they're not right it's not worth it. Actually lost most of my jump tricks at one mountain I worked at because the jumps were never good and I just didn't want to get hurt anymore.
Good luck, be safe. If you hit them, ask other people how they feel, the speed etc, and try to adjust for everything.
phillybluntWhat you need is a tranny finder: dedicated member of the crew to hit jumps first (in order to find the tranny) to see if its ok. This is usually the youngest member of the crew, therefore the most impressionable, and heals the quickest. Ideally also has a high pain tolerance.
theabortionatorI fucking hate when jumps are built wrong or the parts just don't match up. The bigger the jump the more on point it needs to be.
Gonna throw it out there that the jumps you built at Turoa this year were super flush. The length and shaping were absolutely spot on. Good times had by all.
And that contraption in OP... yeah it's probably fine if you take it to the sweet spot but by jebus, that knuckle... some people are gonna fold themselves like a taco over that thing.
