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Finally a lofty floater trick jump
the rest of the ones in this area are long fast racer boi with sniper landings
No illegals were harmed in the construction

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonkaplan/sets/72157622908550473/

Big. Fun. Action shots when events warrant.

finally convinced them huh.  anyone hit it? 

just sorta finished the lip today, landing needs a lot more, should be interesting on the dually
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonkaplan/sets/72157623040867102/

What kind of setup jump is there?  Looks like you might be able to transfer onto that other landing next to it.  They won't let you ride there on the revel?

place is a 20 minute pedal up the hill, those jumps are at out 500-1000ft elevation
The mountain tops out at about 2000ft
the whole place is very rough
almost every other feature there is rough, hard, small, stepdowny landings, drops to flat, or high speed
the approach is high speed 22 and 25 footers (that's 45-50 in pinkbike feet)
much better real djs places for true ht riding
basically its not a ht dj spot, you could drag a bike up there, but that doesnt mean its a good idea
this jump is bucking i'm soo fast, check out my whip/jammin salmon,  mindset, but u still need a white royal jersey with speed stripes, kyle straight knees, and full face and 48" wide bars to approach it :)
 
pacifica  boy scout youtube some videos if you need to seem more of the flavor

Looks sick, should be fun with those big jumps before it. The new one looks like a 25 footer easy ,75 pinkbike feet,..  that's funny about the 48" bar requirement.  I heard 120mm stems are coming back in next season ;D ;D

more
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonkaplan/sets/72157623065620948/

dig day 4
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonkaplan/sets/72157622951918419/

dig day 6
rolled solo
Dragged 3 10ft sections of rebar, wire mesh and other stuff along with bike uphill
Moved landing back a few feet (was 20 and the one b4 was about 23 and lower)
Made a frame and started covering
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonkaplan/sets/72157623009463427/
hopefully one more day with som bros and it will be hittable

love to the the the staten island building tech implemented in cali , the tree huggers are sure to love it. good stuff doooood

nice idea with the rebar and mesh albeit a lil fugly but seems to get the job done nice.  job being stacking dry ass dirt with no h2o.  will it be filled in w/ dirt?  rebar will be removed? 

I shoulda hammered in another bar in the middle as it's bowed now, too late, 3 should do it for next time
THose were 10ft sections, in a few feet deep, with a hand sledge... good thing theres not too many rocks there
Either gonna hammer in more, once built and settled or cut with hacksaw and I've used them and the fence to stack the logs, pulling them out seems like it cause more trouble
Will make sure the ends aren't sticking out

Gonna use the least amount of dirt as possible, theres already a tremendous amount there and they are not "pit, water catcher jumps" so it's even more work, still need lots of dirt w/out filling in

Right now, it's the rainy season out here, so place is a bit muddy, water supply is scare to non existent most of the year

Looks like you officially took over that spot.  Great idea using beefy construction parts for the foundation.  We can't get away with all that loud hammering here in the pit.  That seems to be the trend now using the least amount of dirt possible, but still having big smooth transitions.  Keep us posted on the new jump testing.

whiny biscuits have arrived, and these are my broskis

> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:35 PM,  wrote:
>>
>> Luckily I am hazmat trained. I'll bring coveralls and gas masks for the
>> response team.
>>
>> M
>>
>> On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Gideon wrote:
>>
>>> cool, c u there
>>> just using that to stack the dirt for now
>>> there not enough help to do it au natural, barely enuf to frame it
>>> Once it's built we can prolly take it out or cover it
>>>
>>> i poured a mercury/pcb/motoroil cocktail on the dirt to keep it from
>>> drying out :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:58 AM, M wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yup.
>>>>
>>>> Not here to trash on your efforts, cuz you deserve mad props for all the
>>>> hard work and keeping the momentum...just need to look around at the big
>>>> picture.
>>>> Dont like metal in the jumps.  This is not a freakin junk yard and it'll
>>>> end
>>>> up being that way if we use non bio-d supplies.  I'm all for building
>>>> cool
>>>> shit, but not for fucking up the natural vibes.  Wood will eventually
>>>> deteriorate but rebar and wire mesh, etc = no bueno in my book.  A nail
>>>> here
>>>> or there is one thing, but having to off-haul shit once things change is
>>>> not
>>>> what we're after.  No refridgerators, car tires, bath tubs or other shit.
>>>> dirt and wood.
>>>>
>>>> m

Wow,  on every trail in the world there is some winning t-bag complaining about something.  You should show him the pics of SI when there was a whole store front burried in the landing by tons of dirt.  Of corse the rebar looks crazy sticking out but after it's covered nobody will even know it's there.  I want to hang tree huggers like that up to dry when I hear all that disturbing natural vibes bs.  I'm sure cali has no shortage of nature goons,  if they're soo green then why are they riding a manufactured metal beast of a bike around.

I've been training an army here, some of them can almost work independently :)
- slapping up dirt
- shaping
- using clean dirt
- if it looks like it will fall apart, it will, make thick, supported and make it last

theres still some naiveness that I'm trying to shake out of their heads, it's tough, but I need their cooperation
- dont move the dirt around on the jumps/dont double handle/put it the right place the first time
- try not shoot the shit with passerbys, they like to distract and just slows you down, and we only have limited windows for digging
- dont transport dirt from far away, wheelbarrow nor not, waste of time and effort, just dig close, but not too close
- dont drag leaves or other stuff in the digging pits, someone will just have to clean out later
- JUST ADD MORE VOLUME
- JUST ADD MORE VOLUME
- JUST ADD MORE VOLUME
- JUST ADD MORE VOLUME
- JUST ADD MORE VOLUME

Dig day 7, rallied 5 dudes to go out there with lights at night
Natural Vibes got involved and *tried* to remove the rebar, then only were able to get on of them out
And they dragged some pallettes up there in place
It's pretty much done, bigger than gossamer, just needs some rain , whcih we should be getting in the next few days, its the wet season out there and maybe one more dig day and shaping

No pics

This jump will have a twitter account along with rss feeds

day 9 solo mission, its been raining for weeks, drying will take some time
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonkaplan/sets/72157623340458914/

Looking good,  I'm sure it looks alot bigger in person.  Do you have any plans for the next one after that jump?

yes, something that shares "career ender" landing, a big stepdown hip jump

more work today, i heard some ppl jumped it
still very wet there
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gideonkaplan/sets/72157623319285415/

not me, someone else broke her cherry :(
guess will have to settle flop sloppy seconds
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Some boost on that thing.  8)

We just got more snow. More wet snow. More useless, wet, NYC, slushy-ass, gray, dog poo littered snow.  :(

man you guys aint got nuttin on the pitt :P
   as you can tell I'm completely delirious from not riding in this nyc slush hell and woke up too late to go skiing because my tweaker girlfriend moved my phone again.  Yo that jump looks sick, I would have loved to pop it's cherry or settle for sloppy seconds.  enjoy the real dirt riding. what is it like riding on dirt again?

lookin good. too much snow here :(

still haven't hit it but getting updates from the rss server I setup nearbye
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Looks like riders approve.

Too bad you're out in Tahoe, it's been dumping here.  ;D

in town this weekend, trying to get out there this afternoon

some of my other buddies who helped sessioned yest

http://www.pacificafreeride.com/gallery/2010/20100320-Boy_Scout_Big_Jump/

some footy of the the whole run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyO7W7Tb28k

more http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qhsVTU-kQI

finally some footy of meself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r3OEm77KWo

Looking sweet, when u heading out east for some riding,,,,,  keep us posted

http://picasaweb.google.com/gideonkaplan/PacificaSesh02#

"Oh I see two pieces of log sticking out.  You better knock them down and build some xc berms so nobody get hurt." anoying xc weiner.

They look great, has anyone tried them on a hardtail yet.  I know you have to pedal to get out there but they look smooth enough for any bike at this point.

Ya the first couple of pics dude on yellow ht with one leg (he was also on pinkbike recently)
We rolled up one day and noticed someone took the garbage can lid and left it over some of the stick ends
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=310806

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we fixed up the one b4 it yest
http://picasaweb.google.com/gideonkaplan/Swamp#

more
http://picasaweb.google.com/gideonkaplan/PtownDigging?authkey=Gv1sRgCPnO9LieuZunNA#

elves have been busy
whole new line we started this winter
not done yet,
double palette lander on the last showtime one
hope the dist is right
weve only jumped the first 3
all slightly downhill
will link up the orig "swamp" line in this thread
https://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=764799803&aid=305518
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my turn
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