bmx dirt jumping- what is the pit?

[darkslider802]

ok ive been looking up how to build jumps , but i cant get a idea of the pit , i cant find any pictures or anything , can anybody help

[ashbmx]

www.smokeriders.co.uk
theres a few pics of riders n trails n dirt jumps on there

[darkslider802]

thanks bro but what is the pit , can you show me a picture on that site of whats the pit.........

[ashbmx]

wat u mean by pit???

[kong]

are you talking about the middle of a double?
or the run up to the face of the jump?

[ashbmx]

yer like the gap in between the jump??

[darkslider802]

are you talking about the middle of a double?
or the run up to the face of the jump?


yer like the gap in between the jump??



the area where you land from one jump to the takeoff of the next jump

[360Boy]

this one isnt done but....

[darkslider802]

so what is a pit serve , do you need one?

[flyjumper13]

the pit serves as an area to get dirt from and you dont need one

[zacaroo]

we just dig next to our jumps in the field where we build em..

[nutsgeezer]

its a hole you dig before the take off to get dirt like the pic above

[Kshizzle]

the pit serves as an area to get dirt from Wrong. The "pit" helps you keep your speed through a rhythm section.

[ashbmx]

this one isnt done but....

are they your jumps???
got any more pics??

[flyjumper13]

Wrong. The "pit" helps you keep your speed through a rhythm section.

how are you going to get out of the pit

[ZachS]

are they your jumps???
got any more pics??
nah we decided not to build those so we stopped that day

[TrikeKid]

how are you going to get out of the pit

The next jump is at the end of the pit. They let you get dirt, and smooth the area between a landing and the next jump.

[darkslider802]

ok thanks ,

[Vex]

kool dirt is pretty gud

[NFC]

there are afew reasons to build a pit.
1. to get dirt from
2. makes trails abit more flowy
3. main reason (at least i think) is for instance, if u want a 6ft upramp but u dig a 2ft deep pit then u only hav to dig up 4ft of dirt

[Parker14]

yeh ive got them in my trails the only thing is when it rains they usually fill up with water

[darkslider802]

dang that sucks ^

[sentaafEQpovar]

it also makes the jump bigger in a sense by lowering the ground right before it

[MTXstarship]

yeh ive got them in my trails the only thing is when it rains they usually fill up with water
you can dig another pit going downhill thats perpindicular with the main pit so that the water will just drain into that pit insteadd of the one you ride in. if that makes any sense to you

[darkslider802]

yeah i was reading you have to make a drainage if you make a pit ,

[ZachS]

you can dig another pit going downhill thats perpindicular with the main pit so that the water will just drain into that pit insteadd of the one you ride in. if that makes any sense to you
or a little hole in the corner.

[MTXstarship]

or a little hole in the corner.
yea that also works