If the big air skate board ramp was covered with snow would it work for skiing?

[Matthew_Goepper]

I was watching it yesterday and thought it would be awesome if you could get enough speed.

 

[Miomo]

You wouldn't be able to get the speed. Wheels are faster than ice and ski bases. There's that flat portion before the jump, which would kill.

 

[theabortionator]

The specifics not so much, the concept yes.

Look up the air and style contests. They've been doing scaffolding big airs for a long time. The 1/4 pipe would be a pain in the balls though as snow doesn't want to just stick flat to a vertical surface.

 

[physicist]

it's not a very big jump, and you would not be able to get speed.

 

[physicist]

but i sure do miss a good quaterpipe comp.

 

[Matthew_Goepper]

what if they built a bigger ramp?

 

[theabortionator]

what if they built a bigger ramp?

yes. As I mentioned above they already hold contests on giant scaffold setups year round.

 

[casual]

Have you never seen any of the preseason big airs? King of Style, icer air, freestyle.ch, and a few more that have come and gone are all scaffolding built jumps that look almost identical to a megaramp, save the fact that the ski jumps have less flat and more of an abrupt transition, and there's no quarterpipe. However, back in the day, there were tons of quarterpipe comp features and/or film shoots on hips and quarterpipes.

 

[Matthew_Goepper]

hi

 

[Matthew_Goepper]

hi

 

[Milhouse]

hi

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