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Asphalt:
pros:
-Grippy in wet or dry
-Lots of bounce for jumps off of it
-no mud pots or slick spots after rain, meaning the course can be used
while relatively wet. It will dry faster

cons:
-not a good surface to fall onto
-expensive
-difficult to anchor obstacles
-can get soft and nasty in extreme heat, sometimes cracks
-the first point is worth repeating. Not good to fall onto.

Grass:
pros:
-Best of surfaces to fall onto
-easy to anchor obstacles
-nicer looking

cons:
-less bounce for high jumps
-stays wet longer
-slippery when wet
-grass blades can come off on tire, lessening traction
-quickly turns to dirt in heavily ridden spots

Dirt:
pros:
-good surface to fall onto, sometimes better than grass
-easily anchored to
-mud

cons:
-depending on what kind of dirt, it can really kill the power from
highjumps.
-gets really slippery in wet weather, making course virtually
unridable
-mud
-some soils have sharp pebbles embedded in them, makign them awful to
fall onto. By my house there's a large empty dirt path that has sharp
pebbles ranging n size from a golf ball to a fist. That stuff requires
gloves, leg, and arm armor, and of course a helmet. It sucks to fall
onto.

Anchoring obstacles is a big deal. On grass and dirt, you can just bury
a large part of an object and use the exposed part, or you can use
concrete embedments. On asphalt everything must be relatively mobile and
it's a lot more work mounting things permanently. I think the best
coursers are just large granite boulders strews or piled on a dirt or
grassy field.

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meh concrete isin't THAT bad to fall onto....as long as you know how to
fall....

I'd go with concrete cause yeah it dires fast so you won't be waiting
too long after the rain.

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the of highland mountain out of tokyo, grass wet? To profrom bunnyjump
skill. does this need of the city floor. Legalize of the blades and
water, for rest is of bad.

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Umm, Im no sure what thanh-uni was sayin....but, gerble was right on the
money especially about dirt and assfault, I ride dirt near every time
and yeah it realy robs you of the high jump. If you can ancor it right
Id go with the assfault, grass would be my very last choice.

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i'd vote dirt with lots of wooden obstacles. or concrete with pallets,
spools, skinnies, etc.

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Thanh-uni said:

* Legalize of the blades and water *

I'm with you...FREE THE WEED!

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