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witty
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hey yall.....i want to make a summer rail setup and i was wondering what i needed to get started.....ive seen a bunch of really shitty ones, so i want to make mine a little more professional......ive heard that astro turf is a good budget option for a sliding surface....also i have a few hill areas that would work, but would it be better just to build a drop ramp.....i dont want to spend a lot, but i dont mind throwin down some cash for some good materials....so hit me with some adivice!
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Jul 9 2004 3:23PM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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r u serious you can't find one that can help you cuz this subject is been talked about so many times






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Jul 9 2004 3:25PM
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jman
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Take astro turf and wet it down with soapy water, if it's on a hill and you get a small oush it will work really good, look in my videos for example

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Jul 9 2004 3:32PM
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mg.
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look at my video of my set up i just used ourdoor carpet wit water
Jul 9 2004 3:56PM
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ThisAngelicRage
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I got a bunch of astro turf which does work really well and put it on a natural hill in my yard then made a ramp out of ply wood (covered in astro also) and used a fairly low rail and layed astro for the land. works really well when you put liquid dish detergent all over the astro turf and then leave the hose running on the top of the hill





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Jul 9 2004 4:04PM
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BrianGauthier
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just hit up the search category there are about 6,345,373 threads on this
Jul 9 2004 4:11PM
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alev
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how much of a slope do u need tho iv never understood


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Jul 9 2004 4:42PM
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witty
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exactly^......i dont know how steep it needs to be to get any speed..........also should i build a small kicker with 2x4's and plywood, or is there a better option?
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Jul 10 2004 1:34PM
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Frenchy88
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my friend and used linolium and soap and water and it worked pretty well, the only problem was the linolium had no grip so it was hard not to slide out, he hardley had any slope and it worked








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Jul 10 2004 5:27PM
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SkiUnit03
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ok what i do,(and it works really freaking awsome!!) is get some long planks and and then cover it with a kind of fence, its like kinda like metalwire thats been welded togather, and dude, ill post my set up, then youll understand, just click my username and then look under the pictures i have posted (only that one) and then see it, it works awsome too





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Jul 10 2004 11:13PM
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powfoka
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k use astro turf on a good mellow hill and make your rail solid but make it challenging and yull have a blast insted of just going with a straight rail i built a rainbow to c and a u rail and it is way more fun be creative
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Jul 11 2004 12:36AM
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linemaverick540
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^^ you havent posted any pics


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Jul 11 2004 12:38AM
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720skiguy
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look in my profile, use a factor x ramp
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Jul 11 2004 10:12AM
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alev
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ski unit i need to see some pics of that cuz i might have what ur talkin about

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Jul 11 2004 11:57AM
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ThisAngelicRage
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yeah, you can also get mini ramps in the ccs catalog, they work quite well. and the hill I use at my house is probably 77 degree slope





-Lauren


Lauren and Ella: together changing teenaged boys lives since 2001.

THE FIST OF FURY
Fistin' Mad Bitches!

This is one voice not to forget:
'Fight every fight like you can win;
An iron-fisted champion,
An iron-willed fuck up.'

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Jul 11 2004 5:04PM
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SkiUnit03
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shit, i have the pictures on my computer but their memory is too big, how could i like degrade the quality?





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Jul 11 2004 6:36PM
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720skiguy
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^photoshop
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Jul 11 2004 9:24PM
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SkiUnit03
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i don't have photoshop (i know i need to get it badly) how els could i do it?





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Jul 12 2004 10:09AM
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linemaverick540
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decrease the size and/or decrease the # of colors


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Jul 12 2004 10:31AM
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snogurl
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where can astro-turf be purchased?
Jul 12 2004 7:26PM
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ThisAngelicRage
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home depot





-Lauren


Lauren and Ella: together changing teenaged boys lives since 2001.

THE FIST OF FURY
Fistin' Mad Bitches!

This is one voice not to forget:
'Fight every fight like you can win;
An iron-fisted champion,
An iron-willed fuck up.'

Skiing's not a sport, it's a lifestyle.
Jul 12 2004 7:28PM
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SkiUnit03
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how do i decrease the site or do anything to make it take up less memory





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Jul 12 2004 9:19PM
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dg101
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open the image in microsoft photo editor and click save as. then click .jpg as the format. Click the more>> button beside it and set the quality from 100% to like 50% or whatever you want then just save
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