Giant Snow Ramp

Step 5: Accessories

Who wants to just ski down a hill? Thats why you build a nice big 3 1/2 foot jump to do awesome tricks off of (like a backflip). The angle and height of the jump may vary for how high you want to go and how far. A lower jump angle will give you more distance than height, and a higher jump angle will give you more height. A good mix of both height and length is a jump with a 45 degree angle. I prefer a little higher degree jump, like say 60 degrees, so it will give more height but less distance. Most jumps at ski resorts are curved to give you a kick which give you lots of height. Also if you build a jump build a nice soft landing since it hurts landing from 5ft up in the air onto solid ice. A good way to find out where you'll end up landing is to pile lots of soft fluffy snow way more than you'll need and way less than you'll need just to play it safe. Then once you know where your going to land, create an elongated and wide jump, with about half as much slope to create a nice gradual soft landing.

Comments

[mberg]

pic 3 is awsome

[vomajeff]

Very cool ible!! when I was younger (a long time ago), I used to build sled runs off the side of the house. My kid and his friends would sled down it all day long. Have a great time enjoying your project!!

[The_DonuT]

hehe nice jumping style =P

[TOCO]

Cool, Have you ever been to spirit mountain? My cousins used to go their a lot. But now they cant because they are both in college so they dont have the time to go.

[Evan2010]

Yeah I have been there but its kind of small.

[TOCO]

I think the last time I was there was 6th grade (4 yrs ago). I just stayed on the starter (my cousin calls it the pancake hill) hill to help my little brother who must have been like 6 at the time. I had the hang of it right away. The ripstick helped me a lot. My little bro (a skateboarder) didnt get it so fast. My cousin took off and went to the bigger hills. It was fun to watch my brother fail and to be the nerd that was doing so much better that the popular kid.

[Mike44]

This is awesome! I wish I had a short roof like this. Problem is we don't get enough snow either. Maybe a little further north of us, but not in the city....aww well, great idea none the less!

[bighamms]

Unfortunately, i don't live in an area that gets this kind of snow otherwise I would definitely take advantage of this IBLE. What a great way to work tricks. The jumps at the small ski places I usually go are way too big and crowded to "try" tricks. You pretty much have to do them and get the heck out of the way or risk taking a board or ski pole to the head. Nice work.

[Jesster_King]

You might want to move the lights out of the way for safety reasons. Besides that great idea.