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Message: [QUOTE="HajiWasAPunk, post: 1012550, member: 62723"] Make the jump face extend 1.75 to 2 times the height for novice jumps (so about 6 feet of face in the case of your 3 feet high jump). Otherwise what you're doing sounds fine. Depending on how much distance you have to take a run at it, 8 feet of length will probably not be enough, even with just a 3 foot face. I recently built a small track last summer, but we were fortunate enough to have a loader to help. The problem with using a shovel is that it's hard to get everything packed well, and the jumps wear out much quicker with loose dirt. And by packed I mean the kind of packing that occurs when you ride a 1 ton machine over it. [/QUOTE]