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Does that orange plastic fence work for summer setups?
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they use it to surround construction sites
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first u need to let us know wat u wuld be using it for
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gettin speed to jumps on to a rail from atop a wood ramp
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yes it does. i recomed useing two kinds of the fence, the kind with the large holes and then on to of that layer the type with the small holes. be shure to set the layer up in a way so that no grass or waht ever else you are puting you setup on doesnt poke threw.
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yea it is, as long as you make shure that no grass or what ever is sticking out, cause if it is then that will slow you down lots
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haha it's pretty funny to see newb's get caught up in it when they are skiing and go off the trail.
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ok ive always wondered, does the bottom of carpets work for getting speed?
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u need turf or some shit so u can control/turn, ur just gonna slide right off
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I made pvc roller things and put them on top of turf to get speed do u think the orange shiz is faster?
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i found that the orange snow fence is faster, but there almost no control
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"almost no control" but you can still do little turns right?
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I have no comment on the fencing.
But, The coefficient of friction between snow and waxed skis is from 0.03-0.05 (kinetic). So you need to find a material that will give you less then about .10 between your skis and the material.
You can find a lot of info online about the coefficient of friction between objects. Not sure what the fencing is made from (polyurethane?) but I'm sure you can find the coefficient of friction if you knew the material. Teflon is the best i've found so far at about .04
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that kinda makes sense, or the idea of what your talking about, but im not gonna go that far to find out which goes faster
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where you guys buy snow fence? i went today to 4 shops and no one has it.
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just do it the right way. spend money and do turf and orange fence over it
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but I need like 100meters fence or turf,and turf is very expensive.
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My down ramp of the drop in has two layers of orange plastic fence (just over plywood), but the transition and jump are covered in turf. The fencing gives you speed, but the turf gives you control for takeoff.
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where did you bought fence?
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Wow thanks. I didn't know that. I'll get on trying to figure stuff out for my drop in ramp and set up.
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