How to Make Snowboard Flat Boxes

There are a variety of structures in board parks that make for hours of endless entertainment for snowboarders and brave skiers. One of the easier-to-ride structures is a flat box, which is sometimes called a fun box or jib box. Fun boxes are nothing more than a wooden frame with a slippery surface on top to facilitate sliding across the surface on a snowboard. The simplicity of these boxes makes them an ideal board park device to construct on your own.

Things You'll Need

  • 9 2-by-10s
  • 1/2-inch plywood
  • Tape measure
  • Pencil
  • Chop saw
  • Circular saw
  • High-density polyethylene, HDPE (1 foot by 10 feet)
  • Nails
  • Hammer
  • Drill
  • 1/16-inch drill bit
  • Countersink drill bit
  • Screwdriver bit
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Instructions

    • 1

      Measure out and cut one 2-by-10-foot board into 10 1-foot pieces with the chop saw. Cut two more 2-by-10s into 10 2-foot pieces.

    • 2

      Measure out and cut the plywood into sections 1 foot wide with the circular saw. Plywood typically comes in 4-by-8-foot pieces, so you will either need to waste some plywood or have some plywood that you can use already.

    • 3

      Lay five 2-foot sections on the ground 2 feet apart and parallel to each other. Lay two 2-by-10s across the 2-foot sections, one 2-by-10 on either end, flush to the ends of the 2-foot sections.

    • 4

      Nail the 2-by-10s to the 2-foot sections. Use two nails for each connection point.

    • 5

      Place another 2-by-10 along the top of one end of the 2-foot sections. Nail it on to the 2-foot sections. You should be nailing down into the tops of the 2-foot sections. This unit will make up one side of the fun box.

    • 6

      Repeat the steps to construct the other side of the fun box.

    • 7

      Stand up both sides of the fun box approximately 1 foot apart and parallel to each other. The end with the 2-by-10 running down the length should be the top.

    • 8

      At each 2-foot vertical section, nail a 1-foot section to each of the parallel 2-foot sections with two nails at each joint. Use one 1-foot section at the top, below the 2-by-10, and one 1-foot section at the bottom, just on top of the bottom 2-by-10. These 1-foot sections will join the two sides together and provide stability.

    • 9

      Nail the plywood down into the two parallel 2-by-10s.

    • 10

      Place the HDPE on top of the plywood and drill five holes down either side with the 1/16-inch bit. Use your countersink bit to create space in each hole for the head of the screw to sink into it.

    • 11

      Secure the HDPE to the plywood with a screw in each of the holes you drilled.