Stephencody
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My mountain is opening late as ever and at my elevation there is not much snow at all. I have the fever though and wanna try to make a kicker with little snow. Please help!!
Advice on making a good kicker!
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John18_6
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Wheelbarrow, shovel, lots of time and motivation. Trust me, I built this rail set up (picture 1) with small and sparse patches of snow with this depth (picture 2).
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RonJeremiah
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If you have an ice rink near you you can find snow there. Load it in the back of a pickup or however you wanna do it... As for the kicker build it up, and if you can find a scrap piece of plywood laying around. That'll help keep it's shape. After that layer snow over it you should be good.
*DUMBCAN*
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Just build a pile of snow and shape it into a jump. From there on you could learn from experience, or use some of the beautiful tips provided in Mr Hucks thread from a few weeks ago:
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/761725/
Almost everything on there applies to all types of jumps - bc booters obviously, but also kickers for rails etc.
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/761725/
Almost everything on there applies to all types of jumps - bc booters obviously, but also kickers for rails etc.
Stephencody
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Thanks for the help. How does that astroturf work? I would tthink itd be too much friction.
I don't want to be that guy but you really can't make a good kicker with no snow.
As posted above you can wheelbarrow snow from the yard into piles. If you're doing it near a driveway you can use snowbanks.
It'd be tough to get something without having a hill. Even if if you build a big drop in you're going to need snow for a take off and landing. I guess you could build a a takeoff and landing out of wood and then cover them with carpet and then snow, but I don't know if that would be worth it for you.
Thing people fail at the most on jump building is proper transition. The worst thing is cranking into a a booter and having it be a wall then sends you upside down.
Make damn sure you have enough speed for the jump before spending too much time building it.
As posted above you can wheelbarrow snow from the yard into piles. If you're doing it near a driveway you can use snowbanks.
It'd be tough to get something without having a hill. Even if if you build a big drop in you're going to need snow for a take off and landing. I guess you could build a a takeoff and landing out of wood and then cover them with carpet and then snow, but I don't know if that would be worth it for you.
Thing people fail at the most on jump building is proper transition. The worst thing is cranking into a a booter and having it be a wall then sends you upside down.
Make damn sure you have enough speed for the jump before spending too much time building it.