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I saw a video of Hood explaining how they use so many bags of salt all summer long. I was just wondering what the point is, I've always thought that you used salt to melt snow. Do they just sprinkle it over the top to make it more icy and reflect the heat, or something along those lines?
My old local hill are not allowed to use salt anymore. When the snow melted, the salt would mix up with the meltwater, and travel down to a lake. The saltwater would then mix up with the lake and cause lots of bad things to the fish and the animals close by. It is important to note consequences that may appear..
It really sucked tho, the season was really short.
I've used both salt and urea different places. Shit works miracles. When you're trying to build or maintain your park in the spring and can be hopeless. The jumps are made of mashed potatos and just fall away as soon as people hit them. You throw some salt in the mix work quick to make sure everything is perfect (or do that first) and then BOOM magical frozen takeoff.
Yeah it's a little weird to hit and doesn't have that nice packed powder grip but riding shit without giant ruts is epic. You can always throw a thin layer of snow on top of it to give something to grip. Def a wonder fix for rail takeoffs. Once you get used to it it's not too bad on the jumps.
I was told that the salt melts the slushy top layer off, leaving behind the colder, lower layers. But who can understand the gypsy magic of salting jumps.
KyroChiI was told that the salt melts the slushy top layer off, leaving behind the colder, lower layers. But who can understand the gypsy magic of salting jumps.
