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Alibaba Artificial Turf?

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iced
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Anyone have experience buying this stuff off of Alibaba?
Any good experiences or recommendations? I'm trying to shoot for cheapest stuff for a garage-summer setup (yeah garage) since I've had knee issues this season and ill probably be in fucking form this summer.
Mar 19 2021 3:31PM 14 0
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theabortionator
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I don't know but if you make this work it would be the sickest shit. Like a ghetto woodward.

Please take pics from the process
Mar 19 2021 3:39PM 13 0
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dev8295
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theabortionatorI don't know but if you make this work it would be the sickest shit. Like a ghetto woodward.

Please take pics from the process


Certainly post pics! Very interested to see the process
Mar 19 2021 3:47PM 6 0
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katrina
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i bought all the parts to build an off-brand i3 prusia 3d printer for like $100 off of alibaba. surprisingly everything worked out great and printer functioned perfectly, so, pull the trigger?
Mar 19 2021 7:09PM 8 0
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little1337
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damn definitely post pics that sounds super sick. For my setup I bought an outdoor artificial grass rug from Home Depot for less than $1 per sqft. its cheaper than astro turf and with a little dish soap gives me almost too much speed.
Mar 19 2021 8:05PM 6 0
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Brayblade
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little1337damn definitely post pics that sounds super sick. For my setup I bought an outdoor artificial grass rug from Home Depot for less than $1 per sqft. its cheaper than astro turf and with a little dish soap gives me almost too much speed.


My roommates and I have talked about building a dry slope this summer, anyone have experience using lattice fencing for speed?
Mar 19 2021 10:56PM 6 0
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Young_patty
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To be safe try and order some samples if you can, Chinese manufacturers usually chill doin that- just find one with no minimums.
Mar 20 2021 11:14AM 5 0
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little1337
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BraybladeMy roommates and I have talked about building a dry slope this summer, anyone have experience using lattice fencing for speed?


For the drop in I used a plastic gardening fence that’s pretty much the same material as the lattice fencing and it works well when wet but you can’t set an edge in it really so I would only have that on the drop in part then artificial grass for the lip
Mar 20 2021 1:12PM 4 0
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iced
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Young_pattyTo be safe try and order some samples if you can, Chinese manufacturers usually chill doin that- just find one with no minimums.


Yeah I was gonna order a bunch of sq. meters to test during march expo

It seems like a kid could build a basic summer setup using exclusively samples for cheap so I'm wondering whats the catch
Mar 20 2021 2:43PM 4 0
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Obama_care
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little1337damn definitely post pics that sounds super sick. For my setup I bought an outdoor artificial grass rug from Home Depot for less than $1 per sqft. its cheaper than astro turf and with a little dish soap gives me almost too much speed.


I did the same thing found the more plasticy the better it works also latice
Mar 20 2021 3:46PM 3 0
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ajbski
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if you are looking for speed with out much maintenance, i would go with snow fence or the orange construction fence or the white lattice plastic. the white lattice being the fastest, i thinks its abs plastic.

+cheap as hell
+fast
+easy to install (on wood staples, on grass use camping stakes, never tried anchoring it on asphalt)
+no water or soap required, so no mold or wet smell either)
+easy to pack away
-not edgeable, cant scrub off too much speed or do carve in tricks
-ruins the bases of skis. the plastic melt and gets stuck to the base. you need a pair of junker skis for it.

i used to set up an airbag in the park behind my house and we used snow fence on the hill to get speed.


Feb 14 2022 9:04AM 9 0
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ajbski
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also this is really good too. i had this for my ramps so you can edge on it.

not great for landings because falling on it hurts real bad.

each tile is 0.5sqft and they sell 60 for $200

https://msnow.ski/msnow-kits/NEW-Backyard-Black-mSnow-MEDIUM-KIT-p136679570
Feb 14 2022 9:11AM 1 0
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mrk127
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Ik you said cheep but $100 for msnow seems pretty worth it to me
Feb 14 2022 10:03AM 2 0
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TRVP_ANGEL
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ajbski

Aww naww lord have mercy. motherfucking bootleg air bag
Feb 14 2022 10:47AM 10 0
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theabortionator
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Yeah sure bro
Feb 15 2022 8:16AM 0 0
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