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Season Two · you pick

Pick the next jump.

These are the jumps we dreamed up before Season One came down to three. Every one of them is still on the table. Vote for the one you want to see, or pitch your own. Every jump fixes one thing, so tell me the fix it should carry, too.

One vote each, and you can switch

Over something

  1. The Wash Ave Gap

    69-ft gap · 40 mph · nine stories up

    Roof to roof over Washington Avenue, the whole city in the street below. The one that needs two landlords and a permit nobody has ever signed.

     

  2. Jump the Zamboni

    29-ft gap · 26 mph · on ice

    A studded tire, an outdoor rink, and the ice machine parked right in the way.

     

  3. The Keg Line

    Starts at a 13-ft gap · grows every time

    Ramp to ramp over a row of kegs at a St. Louis brewery. Land it and one more keg goes in the line.

     

Flat out

  1. The Bend

    One mile · one bend · at night

    A night speed run across the old Route 66 bridge, a mile over the Mississippi, through the bend in the middle.

     

  2. The Spirit

    Closed runway · top speed

    A top-speed record attempt on a closed runway. How fast can one wheel go?

     

  3. 79 in One

    79 neighborhoods · one day

    Every one of the city's 79 neighborhoods in a single day, on one wheel, stopping to say hi in every one.

     

In front of everybody

  1. The Parade

    Soulard · Mardi Gras

    Mardi Gras in Soulard: a stunt in front of one of the biggest crowds of the city's year.

     

  2. Center Stage

    53-ft gap · 35 mph

    Game night by the ballpark: the ramp on a long runway, a crowd, and a first pitch thrown at full speed.

     
  3. Open

    Your jump.

    Got a better one? Pitch it, and name the fix it should carry.

    Pitch it

Pitch one

Your jump. Your fix.

Something in St. Louis you want to see jumped, sped across or pulled off in front of everybody, and the one thing it should fix. The best ones go on the board.

Kept private. Nothing goes on the board without asking you first. To take yours down, email btake71@gmail.com.

The open door

After that, the fix is yours to name.

Every jump fixes one thing. Season One's three are set. Name the next one, with one rule: bring a fix, not a fight. If it's the one, I find something bigger to jump for it.

  1. Next in line · my pickMake gaslighting illegal.

    The problemLying someone out of their own reality isn't against the law in Missouri.

    The fixPass the coercive-control bill lawmakers have filed three sessions in a row, and write gaslighting into it.

  2. OpenYour problem. Your fix.Name it below
  3. OpenYour problem. Your fix.Name it below
  • One problem.In one sentence.
  • One peaceful fix.Something St. Louis could actually do.
  • No names, no blame.Aim at the problem, not a person.

A problem with no fix doesn't make the board. Kept private: your fix, your name, your neighborhood and your email if you add it. Nothing here gets posted without asking you first. To take yours down, email btake71@gmail.com.