cone/course setups

**snozzboarder55** · 10-03-2009 05:28 PM

a while back i saw a few pics or "blueprints" for setting up various courses for ts, hs, and gs. there were different offsets and patterns and it showed the route to take through the cones. anyone know where to find these? i know i could just use my imagination but i wanted to get a better feel for setting up the cones and getting the spacing right.

**Terrorsathan** · 10-03-2009 05:50 PM

No crap, I have a bunch of cones but no real idea how to set them up, this would be nice.

**snozzboarder55** · 10-03-2009 05:58 PM

it sucks because i remember seeing them in a link that lead me to a page full of Chris Chaput's ideas and mock ups. there were all sorts of offsets and different ideas for courses. the drawings were just black dots representing cones and a line weaving through the dots (cones) representing the line you take. if this rings a bell to anyone help some brothers out

**Sherpa** · 10-03-2009 06:05 PM

ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association :: View topic - Various Course Diagrams For Public Consumption

**snozzboarder55** · 10-03-2009 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Sherpa

ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association :: View topic - Various Course Diagrams For Public Consumption

HUZZAH!!! thanks Sherpa!

any other links would be great too

**Lenny** · 10-03-2009 08:10 PM

I tried using those for something different one night. Remember that each hill is different and some courses may have to be adjusted accordingly.

One thing I did when first started out was to set a course backwards (by walking up the hill, laying down the last cone first). Also, I started off setting straight cones two normal steps apart and off-sets three steps.

**snozzboarder55** · 10-03-2009 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by Lenny

I tried using those for something different one night. Remember that each hill is different and some courses may have to be adjusted accordingly.

One thing I did when first started out was to set a course backwards (by walking up the hill, laying down the last cone first). Also, I started off setting straight cones two normal steps apart and off-sets three steps.

yup i read through that thread and say that each course was set up for a specific type of hill. i plan on setting up a straight course then adjusting them, just needed a solid template to follow.

**sniffleless** · 10-04-2009 05:16 PM

The best thing I have found is just set them up and play around with them. You start to get a feel for what spacing works and what doesn't and the same goes for offsets.
The best thing that helped me besides trial and error was going to races and running other people's courses. You get a feel for what you like and what you need to work on. Just making to one race will give you the basics for setting your own courses.
Check out photos and video of contests and other peoples courses. You are going to have to guess on spacing but it gives you a visual basis to go by for setting your own.

**Xgecko** · 10-04-2009 06:07 PM

I have set a number of courses over the last few years I usually spend a day working on a course i can make semi permanent by painting dots in the parking lot. Setting a course involves a lot of trial and error but once it's set and marked I usually get a lot of practice with is..my norm is a hybrid Slalom tight sections 6 heel/toe steps apart and offsets an extra step or so for ever step out from center though that is by no means a hard and fast rule. Experiment you want a course that you have to work at to get clean and fast not to mention a number of cones that might be easier/faster if you criddle them I have one course that is downright scary with a tailwind but extremely fun with a crosswind of no wind and undoable with a headwind conversely the second course we have on that same lot is doable in all wind conditions. if you are making semi permanant courses make sure you use dark spray paint