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On Run-in's and on your kickers, would rock salt help keep your speed up and make the whole set up faster? Someone told me this but I am question to but the 50 pound bag or not
Dec 27 2005 12:26PM
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00000000
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I use the little box of salt, and yes it does work
Dec 27 2005 12:33PM
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JayB
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I thought this was going to be about people who cut you off on your run in...
Dec 27 2005 12:34PM
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Lineskier-101
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Why does salt help? I asked my dad if salt would somehow keep snow from melting, because I see lots of people using it. And he said that it was impossible.
Dec 27 2005 12:44PM
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dicktator
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the snow melts when u put salt on it --> water, then freezes again --> ice --> faster inrun
Dec 27 2005 12:47PM
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What a clever equation!
Dec 27 2005 12:53PM
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skifiend
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exactly
Dec 27 2005 12:56PM
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Lineskier-101
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But i'ce seen people put it on their summer setups, then it's not cold enough to freeze.
Dec 27 2005 12:59PM
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timmi
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did they also make barking noises while tapping there chest? because that isnt a good idea
Dec 27 2005 1:23PM
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Elife
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it works in a very nice way
Dec 27 2005 1:31PM
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freezed
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The snow is still cold enough, even if the air temperature isnt.
Dec 27 2005 1:35PM
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freeskibum82
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salt landing that are icy too, this helps soften it.. good old NaCl
Dec 27 2005 2:36PM
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ECshredder
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yea u salt the lip and then jump, it melts the snow and then it freezes hard, steel it from the town place near where u live usually they have big barns full
Dec 27 2005 4:46PM
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SmoKinSkier
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Hmm i wonder how hard it would be to jack local salt?
Dec 27 2005 4:49PM
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$tezzyStu
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the salt actually lowers the freezing temperature, causeing it to form water which will then freeze again becoming ice, which is much faster. yes salt works wonders
Dec 27 2005 5:31PM
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mathers
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salt used on alot of snow, like a ski hill, will melt the surrounding snow and to water, then with all the snow below it it will freeze to ice and be faster, but when you put it on a bit of snow it will just melt it, like on a sidewalk
Dec 27 2005 6:12PM
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