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Water ramp material?

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WIllW
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Does anyone know where to get water ramp ski carpet? any info would be appreciated
Mar 30 2003 10:00PM
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skiinjected
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carpet and soap, lots of soap




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Mar 30 2003 10:04PM
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MadTrixter
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just regular indoor/outdoor carpet

me and tan are making one this summer, we were JUST talkign about it like a minute ago


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Mar 30 2003 10:08PM
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Lateralis
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im making one too



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Mar 30 2003 10:40PM
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BrodyLeven
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well i guess it depends on what you want...

water ramps don't have carpet on them, but i've heard of people using it...


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Mar 30 2003 10:40PM
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MadTrixter
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me and tan are using indoor/outdoor carpet for the run in, and then probably plexiglass for the ramp


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Mar 30 2003 10:41PM
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.jw
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I built one last summer. Use that fake grass stuff. The stuff that is little plastic strings. They have it at Home Depot and it is really cheap. Any of the plastic, outdoor carpet works but buy the thickest carpet with the most strands per inch or what ever works best. To see if it worked I bought the really crappy, thin carpet and it worked but it didn't last very long.
Mar 31 2003 1:14AM
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SmoothBourquein
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I'm pretty sure im the only person thats successfully built a water ramp on NS. The indoor/outdoor carpet barely works, you have to soap the whole thing every two or three times anyone goes. It's expensive as hell but you HAVE to use ski turf, the plastic crap. You have to keep it watered down but all you need is one subpump and its way easier and probubly less expensive than hundereds of bottles of soap.


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Mar 31 2003 2:17AM
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BrodyLeven
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my trainer 'successfully' built one, but he's not on NS. so fuck you.


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Mar 31 2003 12:23PM
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SmoothBourquein
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haha no need to get pissy about it. I just happen to have a decent amount of experience on the subject.


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Mar 31 2003 1:35PM
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popopopop
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use snowflex
Mar 31 2003 3:15PM
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lineskier10
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where do you get snoflex
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Mar 31 2003 3:28PM
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Lateralis
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you get snow flex from tony little when hes dancing in the snow



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Mar 31 2003 3:31PM
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SkeeOrDye
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the boston hills ski area had some snowflex in the 80's but they closed down a year after. i wonder if its still there?
Mar 31 2003 3:32PM
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popopopop
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i'm not sure but it would be best material

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Mar 31 2003 3:35PM
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SeanB
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what kind of incline do you need for indoor/outdoor carpet to work? I'm building a rail setup in a totally flat yard so I need to know what kind of setup I need to make here.

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Mar 31 2003 3:35PM
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cork5
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on the rail question i was pondering that today...i think a greased down tarp would work well, and you could just staple it to the ramp...i'm thinkin the ramp will probly be 5 feet high and fairly steep
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Mar 31 2003 3:48PM
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SeanB
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yeah I've been thinking of shit like a tarp or a slip and slide or something as well. As for the 5 foot thang, that's pretty much what I chose too. I've built this big box thats like 5x5x5 and I think I'm going to set up the incline in such a way that I can switch it up between a couple different heights/inclines depending on how well whatever I'm using at the time works.

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Mar 31 2003 4:05PM
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GeneralDisorder
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Mar 31 2003 5:53PM
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SkeeOrDye
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if only i had a bunch of rollers and a pool
Mar 31 2003 6:07PM
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SeanB
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what's with the one on the far left, is there no jump at all or is it just so small we can't see it?

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Mar 31 2003 7:11PM
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line1260skier
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where is that?
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Mar 31 2003 7:30PM
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GeneralDisorder
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nah theres no jump its justa straight drop for you to get used to the way you move down the ramp.. hey make you do it a few times at first to make you feel comfortable
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Mar 31 2003 7:58PM
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wiglaf
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to the person that said tarp and slipn slide to rail, i did that last summer it worked, but u have to have plywood under it and nail the tarps down to it tight. use soap and water
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Mar 31 2003 11:29PM
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SmoothBourquein
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wouldnt that get all sliced up?


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Apr 1 2003 10:17AM
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