[VPFreerider]

For my birthday this year, I wanted something different than I had ever received from my wife...not clothes, not bike parts, not tools...

I wanted a Birthday Jump I worked alone on this so it took me working on it for at least 2-3 hours every night last week to finish. Please come along for the journey of the construction of my very first Birthday Jump

I have to give Tim (opjones) MAJOR props for all of his tips and for the original design for the jump. Couldn't have done it without ya bro!

Dimensions: The lip is 4ft wide and 5ft tall with a 9ft radius. The landing (before I had to bury the posts) was 8ft wide and 5ft tall with 9 feet of ply to touch down on and is STEEEEEP

Lip is all framed up! (Note the bracing on the side was only temporary)

Now it's time to start the landing

The lander is all framed up...I'm standing behind it for size reference This friggin thing weighs a TON!!! 8)

Now for the finished product in its permanent home because its too heavy to move haha :twisted: It ended up being a stepdown (had to bury lander posts 6-8" because of the slope of the hill its on). I can move the lip further away but was having too much fun hitting it to stop I can also get going MUCH faster than in the vids but didn't to move lip as stated above. I love how steep the lander is..feels way more like a DJ than a box jump.

Now for the good part...action shots!! I apologize that they are blury but the conditions weren't exactly agreeing with my digital camera. Here are a couple pics and videos from the evening

Here are the vids:
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/AnnArborDJer/Wooden Jump/?action=view&current=100_4200.flv
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/AnnArborDJer/Wooden Jump/?action=view&current=100_4199.flv
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/AnnArborDJer/Wooden Jump/?action=view&current=100_4198.flv

 

[v-digit]

nice! looks like u had a blast building/hitting it. happy bday!

seems that you need to make the gap a little bigger

 

[VPFreerider]

Thanks!

As I metioned in the post (it was huge so it's easy to miss haha) the reason they aren't further apart is I was having too much fun hitting it to stop and move it but I can easily move it another 2+ feet away from the lander with the amount of speed I can build since the run-in is a hill

 

[v-digit]

yea, the run in is pretty much perfect. you dont even need to pedal. i did read your post, i just wanted to give your words of encouragement - you can deff hit a gap twice the size you're ready

 

[VPFreerider]

yea, the run in is pretty much perfect. you dont even need to pedal. i did read your post, i just wanted to give your words of encouragement - you can deff hit a gap twice the size you're ready

right on I'll be sure to post more pictures and videos once I get some more experience on it and sac up and move the lip back a few more feet

 

[allsk8sno]

looks like you should tweak the transition from dirt to wood, seems like you get whipped pretty fast, might be slightly easier to hit if you made the begining radius alittle bigger

just a thought, i hope to build something similar soon, but with a mound of dirt for a lander...and i'll hve to pedal for speed! nice hill!

 

[aeffertz]

Awesome work! I thought it was going to launch you a lot higher than it did though.
Good work, though. And happy birthday.

 

[v-digit]

so, you've been hittin it?
lets see some latest vids. is the gap twice as big by now?

 

[jking09]

i was scrolling through the photos waiting for some areal shots of you hitting it and i wasn't disappointed.
that looks like serious fun, man.
i bet the wife wishes a big gust of wind would magically come along and blow that thing away sometimes, eh?
good job, and happy birthday!

 

[el_chupo_]

Put some signs up or something, go talk to the neighborhood parents, whatever. Some kid sees you on it and tries it, hurts themselves, parents are gonna sue you.


Looks very nice.

 

[v-digit]

even if its on his personal property?

 

[WhoRyder]

Werd.... if they get hurt on his property then the dude is not liable because the kids will be Trespassing....

 

[v-digit]

man, i'd love to hit that jump like RIGHT now.

 

[WhoRyder]

word, me too, that jumps look nothing like the SPINES @ the skate park.... lol

Looks like an actual jumps, i'd tap that!

 

[VPFreerider]

Thanks guys No recent pictures since we've been burried in snow since november (Michigan blows..)

Even if the kid tresspasses, I'd still be fubar'd because of the attractive nuisance law. Basically even if I had 10ft fences all the way around my yard with no tresspassing signs and a kid broke in and wrecked himself, I'd still be screwed. Isn't our judicial system great? That's part of the reason for the deck I added and the lip not being super far away. And its quite a bit more intimidating in person that it in pictures which helps.

And my wife actually thinks its great! and the neighbor's love watching me hit it as well. Never thought that would happen but I sure am glad it did

 

[v-digit]

i think the bigass landing is what makes the jump appear friendly and fun.