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Building a ramp to build speed for rails in the summer?
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I'm interested in building a in-ramp to get a run at some rails that I can hit in the summer to practice.. what would i need to cover the in-ramp with so my skis will slide and where can i get it? I think it would be dope to do rails in the summer off season, just need something to cover the ramp in so I can build speed to hit them. Any ideas? Thanks guys
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put the rail at the bottom of a natural dirt hill. alot easier. a huge platform is cool and effective and to build it it takes time and money. buuuttt...make thick triangles out of wood as the frame. and cover with plywood.. that is a large triangle. to make a standing place, pretend your making a giant rbox really high up. that is square shaped. and reinforce the hell out of it.
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I get that part, but I'm wonder where I can buy a surface to slide on like that snowflex stuff they use overseas in the UK on their hills.. or if theres something else I can use other than that as an artificial snow surface. Remember, I'm trying to grind rails in the summer at home and I need a material slick enough to allow me to slide down it to gain speed to hit the rail.
~n~
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cheap ass astroturf from home depot. hose it down.
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do you have any hockey arenas within short driving distance of your house?
if so, just build a normal wood drop in, and pile a carload of snow that you can get from the rink on the bottom of the drop in, and make a jump out of the rest of the snow. so your drop in would be similar to the one that level 1 productions uses for urban sessions in high 5. that would be so pro.
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Yea i was interested in building a summer set-up too...i saw some kids in some video on here using green carpet shit that i'm guessing was astroturf.
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^^thats what i do, and it works really well
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astroturf. check some of my videos to get some ideas
sms sess 4
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look at the pics in my profile. build a big ramp, make it steep and put indoor/outdoor carpet on the top. then hose it down and put dish soap on if you need it
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I checked out those vid's.. looks pretty good. How much speed do you get off of that? Any pointers when building it like how much turf to buy? Thanks
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any body have any ides on how to get ice rink snow to last longer
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put it in a shaded cooler area.. under some trees or somthing.. or just dont get it untill sun set.. then session at night, should last a bit longer in the dark.
~n~
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Do you just go to an ice rink and ask them for snow or what?
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you gotta wait till they dump the ice shavings
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yea just get the astroturf wet. and you asked how much you should buy well just buy as much as you think you might use....
sms sess 4
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if you got some $$$ there is a new plastic in the lexan faimly that is just perfect it is kinda like reslyn
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just do another sport go roller blade or skateboard
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take crazy carpets and stable them 2 the plywood, u'll get a few hits b4 they get ri[[ed 2 shit and they're cheap sao u can just buy more
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and if that poor shit don't work then ur fucked
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lucky for me i have an ice arena across the street from my house
Jib That Shit
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Do you ask the ice arena fcr snow or do you just take it
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just go take it. sometimes they are nice enough to laod it in your truck for you
sms sess 4
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yeah, i was thinking about doing the astroturf thing, but i don't have a hill :(
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Take it from where? Do they put excess snow in some room or something?
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They usually either dump it outside or some rinks have a pit underneath where the zamboni is parked and they dump it in there.
~n~
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i might actually steal the zamboni when i get the ice
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put some rollerblade wheels on your skis
big whoop wanna fight about it?
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That green carpet stuff is indoor outdoor carpeting, very cheap. Get it as think as you can or it will wear down fast. Hose it down a bit with water, but not too much you dont want the carpet to suck the water up. Ramp out of wood works fine for me. Make it as steep as possible. And if possible get 1 or 2 dumps of snow from an arena.
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I also use the rink idea. There is a rink two houses away and i just load my pick up with all the snow every other day.
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get the green carpet and instead of using water spray it down with silicone. it is a hell of alot slicker than water and it lasts pretty long
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garden hose on top of some thick plastic
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