Ramp idea????` - Snowboarding Forum

slyder · 03-07-2010, 09:27 AM

Ok,
this is more for next year, but here it is. Any thoughts as to if this would work, bad idea, good training tool, etc???

We have a very nice sledding hill with many runs. I thought to bring my kids skateboard ramp to pack with snow and practice.

Good idea??? Bad idea???

-Slyder

SMDSkata · 03-07-2010, 09:49 AM

In my experiences, them being plastic makes you slide out a lot if you hop off even the slitest edge. Why not just build one that size out of snow?

slyder · 03-07-2010, 12:32 PM

I guess ease?

I was thinking of packing snow on this jump. Not sure if that would work or not

To practice straight airs, and maybe my 180's, but your still correct even with snow on it not sure I could dig an edge into it to try a 180. This was just a thought

-Slyder

ShredLife · 03-07-2010, 01:09 PM

i'm thinking leave it home - for the following:

a pile of snow that big takes about 2 minutes to push together - and you will be able to shape it better, that has too much kick/is too small

if you use that you have to break down the jump no matter what when you leave

it probably will push out easily when you hit it

in this fucked up world of litigation we live in today if you were in a public park and someone else's kid hits the jump and gets hurt, you could be held liable as the owner and dude who brought the jump to the park - just a thought.

easier to just carry a shovel

slyder · 03-07-2010, 01:26 PM

all good points!! and shovel is easier to carry in my car than a big ramp

-Slyder

04-03-2010, 02:30 PM

you could like screw some little wood strips that run across width of the ramp into the ramp that will hold the snow better. the ramp would not hold snow on it btw

freshy · 04-04-2010, 11:48 PM

Depends on how much snow there is. If there is a few inches bring the ramp, a few feet bring a shovel.
I used to ride on a skate ramp similar to that one on a hill with just enough snow to cover the ground, it was fun times.

03-07-2010, 09:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
slyder Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Milwaukee Suburbs Posts: 1,918	Ramp idea????` Ok, this is more for next year, but here it is. Any thoughts as to if this would work, bad idea, good training tool, etc??? We have a very nice sledding hill with many runs. I thought to bring my kids skateboard ramp to pack with snow and practice. Good idea??? Bad idea??? -Slyder

03-07-2010, 09:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
SMDSkata Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Mitten Posts: 301	In my experiences, them being plastic makes you slide out a lot if you hop off even the slitest edge. Why not just build one that size out of snow? __________________

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03-07-2010, 12:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
slyder Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Milwaukee Suburbs Posts: 1,918	I guess ease? I was thinking of packing snow on this jump. Not sure if that would work or not To practice straight airs, and maybe my 180's, but your still correct even with snow on it not sure I could dig an edge into it to try a 180. This was just a thought -Slyder

03-07-2010, 01:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
ShredLife The Rooster King Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,332	i'm thinking leave it home - for the following: a pile of snow that big takes about 2 minutes to push together - and you will be able to shape it better, that has too much kick/is too small if you use that you have to break down the jump no matter what when you leave it probably will push out easily when you hit it in this fucked up world of litigation we live in today if you were in a public park and someone else's kid hits the jump and gets hurt, you could be held liable as the owner and dude who brought the jump to the park - just a thought. easier to just carry a shovel

03-07-2010, 01:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
slyder Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Milwaukee Suburbs Posts: 1,918	all good points!! and shovel is easier to carry in my car than a big ramp -Slyder

04-03-2010, 02:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
captainpoopypan Guest Posts: n/a	you could like screw some little wood strips that run across width of the ramp into the ramp that will hold the snow better. the ramp would not hold snow on it btw

04-04-2010, 11:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
freshy Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 581	Depends on how much snow there is. If there is a few inches bring the ramp, a few feet bring a shovel. I used to ride on a skate ramp similar to that one on a hill with just enough snow to cover the ground, it was fun times.