Good Drop In Ramp Idea

[kyle_skis_stowe]

here

 

[ILoveOhio]

Very smart. You would just need a good transition at the bottom and turf after the drop in so you'd have some control.

 

[kyle_skis_stowe]

maybe this would work idk? im going to try it hope it works.

 

[[Toby]]

just put astro turf on the drop in and soap it, control would be really difficult on pvc.

 

[sirskizalot]

it would work im pretty sure but at the end u might want astroturf, but pvc for most of it

 

[PicketFence]

you probably wont want to have pvc the whole way to the rail because you wont be able to hold an edge at all

 

[dandougherty]

this is what i do except i dont have PVC's on a drop in i just put it down a hill. and i have turf on the transtion and jump because you have no control on PVC, it takes a little while to get used to it too.

 

[TerminatorX]

you will have to pay more money that way because you will need quite a few pvc pipes. i would just buy some astroturf you will have more control that way and it will be better in the winter.

 

[MadSteezin]

Thats actually a great idea. But platic lattice might be better.

 

[kyle_skis_stowe]

na i got some around and there really small so you will have control but terf would be good at the end.

 

[T-rose]

hahahaha reminds me of the dna roller sent up

 

[TerminatorX]

i guess if you already have some pipes, you might as well give it a try. it will probably be faster than a turf ramp, so you might not have to build it as high.

 

[mitchk]

that is a pretty sweet idea.

 

[stickerman]

woulden't it be really hard to do a 270 on or sumphin. nice idea.

 

[dandougherty]

thats what i did, i had a bunch of like 2ft peices laying around and i put like 6 t of turf in the transtion and on the jump

 

[Franny]

Does PVC for the rail catch you edges?

 

[rorybw]

this is what they do in the ski movies. you can see in the andreas et al urban night session that they use a metal foldable drop in, of which the actual ramp section is similar to a ladder. sounds like a good plan trying it with pvc pipe though. has anyone actually done it? pics?

 

[dandougherty]

no unless your edges are really sharp

 

[skithesprings]

alright so after reading this i got the idea, why not build a ladder out of 2x4's then wrap the rungs in turf. it would be much faster than just turf over plywood.

in fact i think im going to do this because i already have a 2x4 ladder that i used without the turf

ill get back on how it works

 

[kyle_skis_stowe]

here.https://newschoolers.com/web/content/news/news_id/2095/ there should be a vid in the link to. it look likes it worked well with metal, now just try pvc.

 

[fsscott]

Stolen Idea from the Meatheads Podcast...

 

[skithesprings]

those were rollers. not just metal pipes

 

[TerminatorX]

it would be a lot like this.

 

[cfreyskis]

i used this same design and it works real well the only bad thing about it though its you cant spin off it

 

[iridepc]

does soap make astro turf alot faster?

 

[ILoveOhio]

Yes. Use dishsoap and water.

 

[DaLiNeRiDEr21]

were do u get the astro turf

 

[ILoveOhio]

Home Depot or Lowes.

 

[DaLiNeRiDEr21]

for how much?

 

[-eat]

looks pretty sketch spinning on would suck

 

[T-rose]

its not sketch at all its sweet but we got our turf for like 25 ish i thing

 

[stickerman]

make sure you get the plasticy turf. it is called jamica astro turf or sumphin and you see it at driving ranges. same price and you don't need to use soap or anything just use some water

 

[Karcher]

hey man i was thinking that exact same thing. except i would definately put a little astroturf at the end for grip, for spins and such