MadSteezin
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Does anybody have some tips on building that perfect BC booter?
Building that Perfect BC Booter
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currentwestman
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we're not all geniuses! please simplify that
theres loads of threads already but anyway:
1] choosing spot- seems obvious but make sure in run gives enough speed to clear the gap/flat. also worth skiing slope parallel to landing to check stability as landings can slide
2] the more diggers the merrier. building the walls with blocks is essential and fill in the middle with whatever. pack it down in layers (walk on it) to make sure its fully compacted before hitting it.
to be honest the rest is common sense. enjoy
1] choosing spot- seems obvious but make sure in run gives enough speed to clear the gap/flat. also worth skiing slope parallel to landing to check stability as landings can slide
2] the more diggers the merrier. building the walls with blocks is essential and fill in the middle with whatever. pack it down in layers (walk on it) to make sure its fully compacted before hitting it.
to be honest the rest is common sense. enjoy
MadSteezin
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walk on it?
hollygrove
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with your skies on, yes. packs it down.
also, if its one of your first ones,you will need 10x's more snow that you'd think.
also, if its one of your first ones,you will need 10x's more snow that you'd think.
MadSteezin
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I thought he mean't literally walk on it. I've made plenty of jumps before, but I just wanna perfect them and make them as good as the pros have.
hollygrove
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Really, all the pro's do that's special is they make it look pretty.
They choose their shooting angle and back it so it doesn't look like they dug infront of the jump. They sculpt and smoothen the sides, their shit has to be pretty.
They choose their shooting angle and back it so it doesn't look like they dug infront of the jump. They sculpt and smoothen the sides, their shit has to be pretty.
SirFryanator
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how wide should the jump be in proportion to the height?
snocompton
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A 5ft high wedge should be around 8-10 feet in length and about 4 ft wide.
MadSteezin
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Matt, most jumps should be 4 - 6ft wide.
SirFryanator
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yeah I mean but is there like a formula...like twice as wide as it is tall?
MadSteezin
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Your making it sound like a science project.
SirFryanator
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well we do want to make this booter for the session perfect...so yeah it will be kind of like a project.
ktollefson_1080
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1. scope your spot.
2. get all ur buds and there boards skis ect.
3. stack all your boards and skis against the back up the jump near the lip. start cutting cubes of snow with ur shovels if you can and start stacking for the base of the jump.
4. if not enough shovels for everyone to start throwing snow get someone to start cutting the runway so you can get speed. and doing speed checks so the shovelers can see what it will look like.
5. decide if you want a BOOSTY jump or a mellow LONG jump. (this will depend on how far away your landing is.
6. look at differnet views to make sure the jump is in good dimensions from all certain angles. make the tranny of the jump smooth so it will not fuck up ur tricks so running the shovel across it, it should be like a park jump somewhat. get ur skis on and start packing it
7. after packing make the final critiques like the lip and what not, any more shaping.
8. by now speed should be figured out and the runway will be set.
9. hit that.
2. get all ur buds and there boards skis ect.
3. stack all your boards and skis against the back up the jump near the lip. start cutting cubes of snow with ur shovels if you can and start stacking for the base of the jump.
4. if not enough shovels for everyone to start throwing snow get someone to start cutting the runway so you can get speed. and doing speed checks so the shovelers can see what it will look like.
5. decide if you want a BOOSTY jump or a mellow LONG jump. (this will depend on how far away your landing is.
6. look at differnet views to make sure the jump is in good dimensions from all certain angles. make the tranny of the jump smooth so it will not fuck up ur tricks so running the shovel across it, it should be like a park jump somewhat. get ur skis on and start packing it
7. after packing make the final critiques like the lip and what not, any more shaping.
8. by now speed should be figured out and the runway will be set.
9. hit that.
Casey
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i think probly the worst thing you can do is build a jump that you can't get enough speed for. so watch out. otherwise, you're just building a wedge out of snow. but, make sure the transition from the inrun to the jump is consistent, i think the last thing to remember is that, if you're going to build a 25 foot jump don't bother, its pow, its soft, and you're most likely going to work on it for several hours, so don't waste your time making a small crappy jump, build it big.
ShadyHillGroup
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one more thing i might add is to be careful, the best landings can also be in very avalanche prone areas, but yeah, block out the frame, fill with snow, shape the lip, then have some fun, BC booter in a nut shell
Hctiws_iks
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location
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snow quality
jump angle
location
location
snow quality
jump angle
snowboardersrule
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make sure yo u stomp out the inrun well too. if its warm out, you may need to salt it all too.
footcrunk
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A jump doesnt have to be a certain height, it all depends on the location.
But you should always make the jupm as wide as possible even if its just a 2 foot jupm off a step down, wide jumps are just better all around because they allow for more variation in the tricks you do. height doesnt matter so much
But you should always make the jupm as wide as possible even if its just a 2 foot jupm off a step down, wide jumps are just better all around because they allow for more variation in the tricks you do. height doesnt matter so much
AlexMartini
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imagine a nice park jump, make it ten feet thinner and use the land to take up the bulk of the mass of the jump, use alot of blocks
TechnoPotamus
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i have never experienced one, i gotta get on that
skier_boy26
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Make sure the site is good: plenty of room for an inrun, sufficient space for a jump with plenty of space for a reasonable transition, and a good, STEEP landing (depending on the jump at least).
Have plenty of people, and even still, be prepared to spend a lot of fucking time building it for it to be "perfect." A lot of people skimp on this, getting impatient after like an hour or some lame shit, and as a result, their jumps are pretty mediocre. Those fresh booters you might see in movies take a good long while to build. Really keep that in mind.
Utilize the more compressed and solid layers deeper down for blocks and shit. You can use skis/boards to create a fence like thing as a frame for the jump. It kind of works, but if you want it to be large and stuff, it isn't very sufficient at times.
Make sure you analyze it well; far too often, the jump looks great up close while you're building it, but if you step back enough or something, the jump might resemble a wall or something. It should be pretty smooth, rather than downward inrun to upward kick.
Spend plenty of time on a good inrun if you want the jump to be worthy of a myriad of tricks and goodness.
Pack it down extremely well, because if it breaks, its a real big hassle to try to fix it.
Have fun with it
Have plenty of people, and even still, be prepared to spend a lot of fucking time building it for it to be "perfect." A lot of people skimp on this, getting impatient after like an hour or some lame shit, and as a result, their jumps are pretty mediocre. Those fresh booters you might see in movies take a good long while to build. Really keep that in mind.
Utilize the more compressed and solid layers deeper down for blocks and shit. You can use skis/boards to create a fence like thing as a frame for the jump. It kind of works, but if you want it to be large and stuff, it isn't very sufficient at times.
Make sure you analyze it well; far too often, the jump looks great up close while you're building it, but if you step back enough or something, the jump might resemble a wall or something. It should be pretty smooth, rather than downward inrun to upward kick.
Spend plenty of time on a good inrun if you want the jump to be worthy of a myriad of tricks and goodness.
Pack it down extremely well, because if it breaks, its a real big hassle to try to fix it.
Have fun with it
yeah, so all the good advice on jump building has been given but two very important points need to be stressed.
1) On a pow day, you must find hard snow to make the wall blocks. This either means digging down into the snowpack or searching around to find a patch that is wind blown or whatever. You can't build good walls outta powder- it doesn't stack vertically and it will collapse...
2) TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE AVALANCHE PRECAUTIONS!!! Many people don't think about avvies on a 50m kicker landing but often they are prime trigger point i.e. 35 degree slope on convexities(rollovers), cornices etc. You really can't ignore this danger- test the slope prior to hitting it and wear transceivers when you do hit it (and know how to use them. My friend Leo was buried for 45 mins when the landing slid on him (the kicker was 100m from the piste) and he wasn't wearing a beeper. We found him with probes and he was unconscious and hypothermic. If you don't believe it could happen to you, watch this vid- he wasn't wearing a beeper either... (1:50) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-2t0GlWosw
DON'T LET THAT BE YOU, K?
3) Have fun!
1) On a pow day, you must find hard snow to make the wall blocks. This either means digging down into the snowpack or searching around to find a patch that is wind blown or whatever. You can't build good walls outta powder- it doesn't stack vertically and it will collapse...
2) TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE AVALANCHE PRECAUTIONS!!! Many people don't think about avvies on a 50m kicker landing but often they are prime trigger point i.e. 35 degree slope on convexities(rollovers), cornices etc. You really can't ignore this danger- test the slope prior to hitting it and wear transceivers when you do hit it (and know how to use them. My friend Leo was buried for 45 mins when the landing slid on him (the kicker was 100m from the piste) and he wasn't wearing a beeper. We found him with probes and he was unconscious and hypothermic. If you don't believe it could happen to you, watch this vid- he wasn't wearing a beeper either... (1:50) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-2t0GlWosw
DON'T LET THAT BE YOU, K?
3) Have fun!