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Galin
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ya, of my new rail. 32 foot rollercoaster, it's sick. Not quite done yet i still gotta add some more supports but that should be done next weekend, i just gotta bring the wood to my friend's to get cut. Here's some pics:

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should be fun.
Sep 17 2006 7:17PM
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Galin
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oh ya and the rocks are just there to hold the plywood under the pvc in place til it dries cause we had to soak it in water for a day to get it to bend like that.
Sep 17 2006 7:20PM
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Dan-Man
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cool but it's gunna break
Sep 17 2006 7:21PM
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Galin
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no way man im gunna put so many supports on that, its gunna be bombproof.
Sep 17 2006 7:23PM
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hiphopopotamus
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did you bend the PVC like that?
Sep 17 2006 7:25PM
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Galin
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i just screwed it into the plywood.
Sep 17 2006 7:29PM
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LJF
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quality work man
Sep 17 2006 7:30PM
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IrideWI
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shit man, looks flimsy as hell rite now, but i bet with some good support it will be insane
Sep 17 2006 7:33PM
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Galin
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ya its definately flimsy right now, but it will be epic
Sep 17 2006 7:36PM
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4frntSkier
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sick
Sep 17 2006 7:52PM
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Black-Bandanna
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wow, very nice work my friend. keep us posted with this project. and i wanna see pics of it in use!
Sep 17 2006 7:53PM
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lyndon
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lots of supports running horizontally would help,, and a few upright. If you have the cash, make plywood sides, that would help too.
Sep 17 2006 7:55PM
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Galin
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i will and it wont be hit until theres snow cause there's no way i could build a set up right now for that, it'd be impossible to get enough speed. I'll keep you posted on the rest of my set up too. Right now i got a 12 ft flat rail and another one thats almost done i just need to put the topsheet on. If my friend gets the pvc cut i should have a 30ft shotgun style dfd and like another 20 ft flat rail all done, or atleast cut cause i gotta build them at my house cause if i built em at his house i wouldnt be able to move them. Im cutting out the brush above where that rail is so i can put all that in. Im also thinking about running some extension cords down there and setting up some lights for night sesh's. So it should be dope.
Sep 17 2006 7:57PM
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1440ski
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That will be sick to have at your house the rails i make dont come close to that.
Sep 17 2006 7:57PM
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Galin
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ya i dont think im gunna spring for the plywood cause it'd need like 6 sheets probly, maybe 7, and thats like at a minimum probly $72, so meh, the supports will do.
Sep 17 2006 7:58PM
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Galin
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actually this rail even beats the coaster at killington, their coaster it like 20 feet maaaybe, probly only 15.
im really whoring my own thread arent i, this is like my 7th reply in it.
Sep 17 2006 8:22PM
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Intergalactic
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Wow bro thats really sick, i wish i had one thats fo sho.
Sep 17 2006 8:48PM
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Holte
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i'm a little jealous.
Sep 17 2006 8:52PM
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GURT
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looks good we just need to but braces in now and finish the other rails

Sep 17 2006 8:56PM
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Galin
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yesssss, i knew it.
and garret, get on aim.
Sep 17 2006 9:16PM
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4ReeL_
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looks way to brittle
Sep 17 2006 9:19PM
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Galin
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well ya right now it is but like i said in probly like 2 other replies and in the 1st post; im going to get the supports for it cut next weekend at my friends house (gurt360), and then it should be bombproof
Sep 17 2006 9:22PM
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golf
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put horizontal supports too but the ply wood does look a little weak. Besides that its a sick rail
Sep 17 2006 9:27PM
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Mt_P0wDerJuNkIe
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wow sick rail
Sep 17 2006 9:28PM
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poofartpee
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pretty well done the way u did it
Sep 17 2006 9:46PM
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mark311
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thats cool, but i hope your edges are dull as hell, otherwise youre going to eat shit on the 'tail' every time.
Sep 18 2006 12:30AM
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Matty.
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That's what I want for my birthday! Can I have it?
Sep 18 2006 2:12AM
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SteveStepp
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cute ;)
Sep 18 2006 2:41AM
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TheStamos
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Double the supports.. dude let me draw it for you so you can fix it before it breaks, whats your email?
Sep 18 2006 2:54AM
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Galin
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xfreeskierx@gmail.com
but its not finished yet and ya im gunna add more supports. a lot more
Sep 18 2006 6:42AM
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Black-Bandanna
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that is so sick. that sounds alot like my home setup, just not as many rails. but we've got a snow gun and we're building 2 more this year!
Sep 18 2006 6:42PM
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Black-Bandanna
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i'll make a thread with some pics from last season.
Sep 18 2006 6:44PM
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Galin
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ya i might not do the lighting though cause its reaaaaally far, the rails are all the way down in my pasture, so that'd be A LOT of extension cords.
Sep 18 2006 7:13PM
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Black-Bandanna
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right, thats still sick though man. and how do you paste pics in a thread??? im not sure how (im kinda computer retarded)
Sep 18 2006 7:23PM
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Galin
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you gotta host em at a site like www.photobucket.com , or something, thats the one i use. Then after u've uploaded em you're gunna wanna look in ur album (should be where it takes u after its done uploading), and then copy and paste the code under the picture u want that starts with [IMG], or if u got it hosted somewhere else right click on ur picture and select "copy image location", then paste that inbetween [IMG] and [/IMG]. So like
Sep 18 2006 7:47PM
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Black-Bandanna
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oh ok. thanks bro.
Sep 18 2006 7:55PM
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SunapeeSkier09
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yo, did you just bend the plywood like hard core? and when you put the pvc to the rail did you just screw through the PVC? does that make lagit holes that are sketchy or is it nice and smooth?
Sep 18 2006 8:09PM
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396222687862
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thats soo crazy, i'll be able to hit that in about, 2 years haha
Sep 18 2006 8:10PM
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Snowcase
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Looks dangerous
Sep 18 2006 8:36PM
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Galin
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we screwed up through the bottom of the plywood, we used 1/4" plywood and put 2 on top of each other, and it was 3/4" pvc so we used 1 1/4" screws and just screwed up through the bottom of the plywood into the middle of the pipes. Seems to hold quite well, the pvc isnt going anywhere
Sep 18 2006 8:43PM
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canadianskier
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looks like its going to be pretty epic
Sep 18 2006 8:49PM
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thrasher*TB
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its impossabal WAY to steep it al never happen

no way look at the pix agen youll see what i mean theres no way
Sep 18 2006 8:53PM
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Redstar
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Your edge is gonna catch on the PVC and you WILL get owned.
Sep 18 2006 8:56PM
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aaron.ebner
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sick. looks like some fun!
Sep 18 2006 8:57PM
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Legit
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sick, and im jealous
Sep 18 2006 8:58PM
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ssk
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thats dope

how did u bend the plywood, just wetting it and shapping it?
Sep 18 2006 8:59PM
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Galin
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ya i just soaked the plywood in my pond for 24 hours, and then i just screwed it into the supports, then after i was done i put rocks on the base of the supports so it would stay in the shape. Worked good.

and to the other person, its really not that steep at all.



Sep 20 2006 7:46PM
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Pipe_Munky
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please post video of yourself eating shit when that thing falls apart!!


to view the correct way to build a coaster rail please watch SKI MOVIE 2: HIGH SOCIETY!!


Sep 20 2006 7:50PM
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steezy-joe
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put some cross segmnts on it, with just vertical suorts it gonna fall or colapes or break, trust me.
Sep 20 2006 8:02PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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thats super sick, post pics of you guys rockin it
Sep 20 2006 8:03PM
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Galin
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hahaha like honestly i dont get this, people need to read the entire thread before they post, but i'll say it again, im not done with the rail yet. This weekend im getting the cross supports cut. Im gunna make X supports on each section and probly some some supports coming down from the main verticle supports to their feet.
Sep 20 2006 8:19PM
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