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Grinding wood?

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Krush
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my friends and i were looking at some wooden urban handrails, and i was wondering if with enough wax it could be slid rather safely
Oct 29 2007 9:48PM
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BigJew
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If you knock out the edges of your skis they can be done, but still not safely.
Oct 29 2007 9:49PM
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316
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idk, its a salad toss up, id do a trick besides slidding with ur edges perpindicular to the rail
Oct 29 2007 9:50PM
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Holte
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Don't lean forward. Seriously.
Oct 29 2007 9:53PM
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Krush
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in the very far bottom right you can see what im thinkin about.
its a dfd. im thinkin we'd only grind the fd part tho

http://www.dlund.20m.com/images/1aao2CutRiverBridge5.JPG
Oct 29 2007 9:56PM
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Snowcase
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Ice it as much as you can and also no edge helps a ton.
Oct 29 2007 9:59PM
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BFFset.
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ahahahahahahahahahahahha yeah do that.
Oct 29 2007 10:06PM
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landonn
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i did that before and it worked alright. go really slow up to it, like as slow as possible and it will work.

Oct 29 2007 11:58PM
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jergriff
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seems way sketch but good luck man
Oct 30 2007 3:49AM
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dave44
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I've seen it done before, but pretty sketchy. You gotta dull your edges, otherwise it catches pretty easily and you'll go flying
Oct 30 2007 3:56AM
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j.bird
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godam you post a lot. You've been here for a few months and have a shitload of posts. I see you in like every thread. stop.
Oct 30 2007 4:02AM
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.scott.
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he can post as much as he damn well pleases as long as it's pretty contributive, like that last one.  it wasn't the most epic post ever, but a nice little piece of advice.  just chill...let the power of peace dominate your heart and soul.
Oct 30 2007 4:54AM
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slimbruddah
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if it's cold out it's easy.
Oct 30 2007 7:53AM
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Krush
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bottom left i meant
Oct 30 2007 9:18AM
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mistaskia
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if u wax it up a shitload it can be done.  the first couple of times are sketchy trying to get the hang of it.  lineskiah11 has a wooden fd box about 14 or 5 feet and as long as we wax it we can do it easily. 
Oct 30 2007 9:41AM
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skiP.E.I.
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yeah you can do it, i grind logs and shit at home all the time, just make sure you ice it good and your edges are pretty dull
Oct 30 2007 9:52AM
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Klick_2_klaim
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step one.. dull ass edges.
step two... make sure there are no nails sticking out or any broken wood to hang up on.
step tres... a little wax goes a long way
step 4... shred gnarly and get hard, but no too hard.

oh and try to keep your front edge off the wood a little. so lean just a touch to the left to the left, dont hang up your ski just lean a touch to the left!
Oct 30 2007 11:40AM
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406
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aagreed
Oct 30 2007 12:33PM
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SkierX
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People do wooden rails all the time.
Oct 30 2007 12:46PM
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Liam.
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u'll be fine if its freezing outside...water will freeze in the wood and it will slide well. ive dont it before
Oct 30 2007 1:19PM
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BenJAMIN4aWhil3
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Stop hating on Dave... he never has anything bad to say about anyone. This community is Dependant on people contributing. He contributes a lot. Leave him be.
Oct 30 2007 3:16PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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weeeerhererrrd!!!
GO MOMENT RIGHT?
Oct 30 2007 3:31PM
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zackblain
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wax/ice it up and don't lean forward  
Oct 30 2007 5:28PM
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Edward.
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its possible. just wax it and youll be ok, and like someone before mentioned. the wood will most likely be soft so dont lean forward, but dont lean back too much when sliding it.

Oct 30 2007 5:34PM
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-Kieran-
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thanks homie
Oct 30 2007 6:53PM
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solitaryman
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smart.
Oct 30 2007 6:57PM
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Tinga
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is that at gooseberry falls?
Oct 30 2007 7:20PM
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philipc
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pour water on it
Oct 30 2007 7:26PM
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spliff.Life
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lean back, lots
Oct 30 2007 8:11PM
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Krush
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no, Cut River on us2 in the UP
Oct 30 2007 8:13PM
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Parker.
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there's a thin line between awesomeness and death on wood
Oct 30 2007 11:23PM
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Alex_G
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Complaining about post-whores is so pre-karma...
Oct 31 2007 12:32AM
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Karcher
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i think if you got it all iced up and waxed, you could do it just fine (like in the opening seg in realtime)
Oct 31 2007 12:33AM
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zylstra
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i think if someone super sick like marty zylstra tried it it'd work out.
Oct 31 2007 6:45AM
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shithawks
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search bar fucker
Oct 31 2007 12:22PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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check it... it took 34 posts to bring up the searchbar.

c'maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
Oct 31 2007 2:34PM
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SkierX
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I'm so glad you contributed so much useful information to this thread. I don't care if you're a donator or not. you are an ass-munch.


Back on topic...

There are wooden rails in all sorts of movies, even going back to Crighton's segment in Forward.
Oct 31 2007 2:45PM
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Krush
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go fuck yourself
Oct 31 2007 3:59PM
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Bodeau.
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Thats a sickk rail, looks sketchy but itll definitely work if its cold out and u grease it

Oct 31 2007 4:20PM
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oiECSoi
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it looks like if you dont stop before that railing at the bottom you have a long fall into a ice cold river. good luck
Oct 31 2007 6:06PM
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treesmann
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sliding wood works alright

that is a sick location for a rail

Oct 31 2007 6:14PM
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mohawkskier
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i'd stick to regular rails it doesnt seem worth it to slide a wooden rail
Oct 31 2007 6:27PM
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midwestfreeski3
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It looks like in the pic that you would fall down a cliff if you went off the right side of a rail... Doesn't really seem worth it to me, but it would indeed be sick
Oct 31 2007 6:38PM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
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o when i saw the pic i thought you were goin to grind the bridge suports or something.but yeah just get some crap skis and knock out the edges.it helps if you ice it to.
Oct 31 2007 7:31PM
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316
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i dont even slide metal rails wooden rails are so progressive all rails are becoming hybrids neways made of wood and iron
Oct 31 2007 7:36PM
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lochsucks
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what ? the sliding surface is some mixture of both? i dont understand...
Oct 31 2007 8:10PM
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joly.sp
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thats really all you need to know.
Oct 31 2007 11:12PM
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midwestfreeski3
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wtf ru talking about
Nov 1 2007 10:42PM
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FUUUCK
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pwned
Nov 1 2007 11:04PM
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Shorton
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dont worry, it works
Nov 2 2007 3:32AM
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oiECSoi
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did i not just say that ?
Nov 2 2007 12:46PM
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