good tramp size range?

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Jul 22, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: good tramp size range?

I am thinking about buying a trampoline to get some dry land practice. What size is a good safe size to be using? I've seen a couple 12 and 13 footers. Are those big enough?

What is a good range to be in? Can it be too big?

Prizzy · Soul Rider Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 360 City: Milwaukee

i dont think it can be too big but get sides... i would have broken bones many times without my sides and its also easier to tie a handle down to the poles that support the sides then stretching the rope accross long distances to a tree.

JeffreyCH · Posted: Jul 22, 2009 11:45 am Post subject:

I like my tramps skinny, under 5'8" and usually blond....... Laughing

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jul 22, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject:

ACADEMY sells a 14' for $150.
i have it and love it.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I bought a 15' from Sams for $180. I wouldn't go much smaller. I think a 12 or 13 ft would be too small for safety.

brichter14 · Addict Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 705

ive got a 12 foot w/ encloser. i find it big enough except when i dont tuck my legs in on backflips.. being 6'4'' my feet catch the back sometimes...

Prizzy · Soul Rider Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 360 City: Milwaukee

ive jumped half out of the sides o a backflip once, one leg in and on leg out. lucky enough the sides brok down easy and there was no real injury to the neither region and i did have enough of a mind to lean into the tramoline on the way down to fall on the tramp and not the springs but get the sides... an extra however much it is is plenty if you dont want to screw up your season and knowing wisconsin seasons are not good ones to be wasted with a cast on an arm/fingers/broken collarbone.

shaggyboarder · Posted: Jul 23, 2009 9:52 am Post subject:

I wouldnt do anything smaller than 13ft. 14ft is good but the bigger the better.

brichter14 · Addict Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 705

yeah... was practicing tantrums on my tramp just now and.... yeah 12" is probably too small for me. for backflips i guess

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jul 23, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject:

STANG KILLA SS, link? some of the tramps i looked at were outrageous.. like 500.

Do you guys use nets too? seems like you wouldn't be able to use a rope if you did. but i sure would hate to be off with the rotation on a flip or something and not land on the trampoline.. Sad

kriggs · Posted: Jul 23, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject:

brichter14, i did the same thing the other day Evil or Very Mad

brichter14 · Addict Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 705

ya and the weird thing is that i have a net going around (i feed the rope through it, tied to a light post) but the net just held me in but my shin hit the outer metal pole. Hurt but im ok, just a scratch.

DeloBoarder · Outlaw Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 131 City: Knoxville

Yeah I think mine is a 12 or 13 ft, and I can do backflips consistently without needing much room. You just have to focus on throwing the flip once you are completely off the trampoline and not before. Yesterday I hucked one too early and knew it instantly. I ended up slamming my left knee and right quad on the metal frame. Luckily nothing's broken, but it was scary as hell! I would say go bigger if you can, even though you can get by with a 12 or 13 ft diameter.

brichter14 · Addict Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 705

ya ima try to find a good 15 foot. Anybody wanna buy a 12 foot w/ encloser? 100 bucks + shipping.

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jul 24, 2009 10:26 am Post subject:

Prizzy · Soul Rider Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 360 City: Milwaukee

im preety sure i have that exact trampoline and if you get that net you can tie your rope onto one of the net poles...

brichter14 · Addict Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 705

ok so today i bought a co-workers 14 foot trampoline and now in my backyard i have a 14foot with a 12 foot right next to it. its so money for practicing wake to wake tricks. Pics coming soon.

WilsonH · Posted: Jul 27, 2009 11:49 am Post subject:

brichter14 · Addict Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 705

pics!

kriggs · Posted: Jul 28, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject:

wow, I guess I didn't realize how biig a 14 ft. tramp is.. Shocked

WilsonH · Posted: Jul 28, 2009 11:16 pm Post subject:

brichter14, That's a cool setup. How much did both of those cost you?

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jul 29, 2009 5:48 am Post subject:

STANG KILLA SS, thanks a lot man, I'll definitely be snagging that at some point.

brichter14 · Addict Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 705

One on the left is a 12 foot i bought new at wal mart last october for 197. That one came with enclosure (notice the pole holding the rope) The one on the right i bought from a chick i work with for 75 bucks. The 14 foot is about 5 years older than the 12 foot and has about 3 times as much bounce... its nuts. The rope is connected to a street light that is in the parking lot next to my house. The setup works awesome!

Only thing i need now is a pad for the space between the two tramps...the 14 foot doesnt have anything over the springs so i would like some padding if i screw up a trick..

tcaseymcclure · Criminal Joined: 12 Jun 2009 Posts: 85

the 14 foot older one is spring loaded and the 12 foot newer one is strap loaded i am guessing... springs are so much better for bounce

brichter14 · Addict Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 705

the 12 foot has springs... but how it is attached to the mat is different then the 14 foot.

WilsonH · Posted: Jul 30, 2009 3:17 pm Post subject:

brichter14, I think bigger tramps just have better bounce. From my experience anyway