Atypical SX Obstacles

swizcore
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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 12:21pm
The quad at ATL had me thinking about other SX track obstacles that may be cool to try.

Has there ever been a hipped 90º corner?
You know like a skateboard or bike ramp hip.
I think that would be great.
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mxr102
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2/25/2010 6:49pm
I honestly think there was a hipped 90 degree corner. I was there in person but I can't remember which event it was at. I've been to way to many SX races and had a couple Concussions since then.
calimxer91
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2/25/2010 6:51pm
Yeah ,I remember seeing something like that a long time ago.
motomike894
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2/25/2010 6:51pm
I have so many awesome SX track designs and jump designs its not even funny, I am convinced I am the worlds best track designer, and I am somewhat serious!

I have a desk job and since I was a little kid I would draw dirt bike tracks now I get all detailed when Im really bored at work and draw like to scale SX tracks.

Well now everyone knows I am way out there, lol!
rpk191
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2/25/2010 6:52pm
A jump over a pool of sharks.

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Outsider
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2/25/2010 6:54pm
I'd like to see a big, wide, WALL, right in the middle of a fast straight... like 10-12 ft tall, sorta like a big landing ramp, without the takeoff jump... with a fast sweeper leading into it... Evil
typ2vw159
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2/25/2010 6:55pm
And i was thinking this was about lappers.DOH!Laughing
Crush
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2/25/2010 6:59pm
A2 08 Had a hip over a left turn, and some of the tracks in the 90s had them too...

I'd really like to see the tracks go back to some of the stuff in the late 90s... Way more technical, and the ramps were set so the riders couldn't just jump everything... They were too steep, peaked out and short, so the riders had to engineer there speed with smooth lines and consistency...
JOHN CHOATE
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2/25/2010 7:01pm
I've designed some really cool tracks on excitibike(video game) back in the day!!
J.Saunders144
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2/25/2010 7:10pm
I've designed and built 4 so far, one downhill bmx. Wish I could do it as a job, equipments pricey!
-eagle-
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2/25/2010 7:20pm
A long, bombed out, sand sweeper would be nice.
MX45
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2/25/2010 7:24pm
Yup, A2, but they were using it as a step off.
And the honda practice track had one before that dragonback double. But those were kinda small. I think you are wanting something bigger.
Houston back in the 90s always had something massively massive.
Use of dragonback jumps (Pastrana's St Louis), the wall, over/under, off camber turns all had that new factor not too long ago.
Orlando had incline whoops the last 2 times?

What would be new today?
Loop de loops and fire hoops?
Mostly bring back stuff already done in the past. Split rhythm sections. Finish line rhythm combos. Old school water crossings (or just dont cover the track when i rains), slalom section, JMI style ramps, more use of bercy tunnels, vegas parking lots and pontiac stands, different surface types (daytona asphalt), build something that resembles Ezra's track in terrafirma2.
FIREfish148
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2/25/2010 7:27pm
They need obstacles like this in supercross
2/25/2010 7:31pm
rpk191 wrote:
A jump over a pool of sharks.
On a Triumph.......oh yeah, it's already been done.
Crush
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2/25/2010 7:58pm
Yeah the Orlando 05 track was AWESOME! Those guys on the 250 smokers were hammering it, and the track was soft so it was just WFO! awesome to watch...

A1 in 06 was a great track too! Technical, cool sections etc...

And of course St Louis last year was great... Anything that is different and the guys don't just get to flow the same, I think is awesome... Just means that the riders who can work things together have the speed, instead of everyone just doing the exact same stuff...

If I could, i'd almost eliminate the sand in sx... Too often it is put in a place where it means you can lose 5 seconds in a lap and is just one lined...

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