Making Jibs in the Woods

[WinterStick]

Anyone ever made a jib or turned a tree into a rail in the glades? Is it worth it or is it possible to hike up one day in the summer, find a decent sized sapling, and bend that shit over to make an awesome rainbow rail for next winter?

 

[a_burger]

Probably not worth the effort if it's a marked glade, it could get cleaned up. If you cut your own little chute though then yeah go for it.

 

[WinterStick]

Yea but fuck that, aint nobody got time for that!

I'm not willing to spend more than a weekend of my time planning that far ahead.

 

[HyphyHusky]

Here's a video I found.

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[stupendous-man]

A bunch of TSP kids did this, the intro and outro of Come Find Us show it. Looked like it worked well

 

[WinterStick]

Yea but they just brought rails into the woods. I want to actually use the trees to make the features.

Beaver Creek and Vail have a bunch too that the park crew set up, but how long do you think it would take to do it myself? Like a 20 foot long rainbow or C-rail.

 

[WinterStick]

Stuff like this, you think they bent this in a garage and brought it up or chopped that shit down in the woods and bent it over? How the hell do you find a tree that tall that's only that narrow?

 

[Bagina]

Well one time at breck I went into the woods and I found about 3 or 4 wood rails, something I wouldn't personally try but they looked well built.

 

[ilikedolphins]

i always thought this was so dope

 

[Saga.]

Go to beaver creek in co. They have the most amazing logs. On a snowboard they are a ton of fun. On skis I think things can get a little dicey, but still possible. Rainbow logs are probably a little safe since your edges are up off the wood most of the time due to the arc.

 

[Saga.]

I am fairly positive all the logs from beaver creek are found naturally and then moved and worked into a place they fit best.

 

[jrl]

saddleback has some and can be difficult if your a skier but still fun

 

[SnowMiser]

Inb4 call Ian Compton

 

[KillaSteeze]

hey i ski there! i actually heard about how these guys stole the rail from the lodge, set up it and seshed it then returned it back haha

 

[cheerio]

Mont saint anne in quebec has a glade park but its preety bad... well at least it was 2 years ago

 

[.squirrely.]

seems like every mountain has a "all natural" park now, and they all suck. fuck wood features only good for 5050s

 

[nonlocal]

ski resort in northern finland, called Ukkohalla:

http://www.ukkohalla.fi/app/gallery/view/-/id/225

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2699/4107092218_1d12729c92_z.jpg?zz=1

i have seen skiers hitting those features too(not only 50-50s)

 

[Parrish]

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[FreezerKid]

ian compton did this and seemed to work well, theres a park in morzine france, called the stash where its all wooden features