Really this snowboarding video did not take place last night, but it did take place on a cool night in early March 2010. When you watch this video you will see an obstacle we like to build into our parks every chance we get. What is this obstacle you ask? It’s a wall ride. The wall ride is a feature you can add to your backyard park with ease, and one that can be utilized in many different ways.
The way we set the wall up came from a trip we took to Killington Mt. in Vermont. While riding Killington we found our way to The Stash. The Stash is one of many parks at Killington, and it is unique because it is set into the woods with natural features such as log grinds and natural hits. While riding through The Stash one of my favorite hits was a huge wall that you could hit from the side, which is exactly where I got the idea. This is one and only one of the many ways you can use a wall in your backyard park. So get out there, get creative, build yourself a wall ride, and enjoy the video of us shredding Last Night.
Over the past few years of my life I have developed a passion for building backyard snowboard parks. So what you will start to see throughout my blogs are, the different ways to set up a park, obstacles you can use in your park, methods to gain speed for the obstacles, and everything else I have learned from shoveling snow for hours upon hours.
In the two videos posted, our set up consists of a jump that runs into a 12 foot flat rail, and as you will see, we used the Banshee Bungee for acceleration. Because we had a shortage of snow, this is not our best set up. On the plus side, we were still able to feel the speed, float through the air, and grind some metal all in one run. Not to mention we didn’t have to pay for an expensive lift ticket!!
The first video is of myself, and the second is of my buddy Andrew. We rocked this day out until we couldn’t pull the bungee back anymore, so sit back and enjoy the footage!
