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Worlds Best dry Slope?

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SKIDUBAIGUY
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I say yes for sure.
May 24 2008 4:23AM
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Shorton
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nouex les mines? Its crazy good..i heard they were building a huge dry ski slope texas...i might be wrong, but its supposed to be bigger and better than this one in france

May 24 2008 5:50AM
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grifter
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When will England build something this sick, the best we have in the SW is "Avon Ski & Action Centre." (I am yet to visit)
May 24 2008 6:12AM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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You realise its built by a British company called Briton right?
May 24 2008 6:18AM
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infedel_one
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rug burn anyone??? ahaha looks sik though
May 24 2008 7:50AM
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dom_uk
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Get north! at rossendale we have the biggest qp in the uk, fair decent kickers, flat down urban rail , box, and soon to be a wall ride , pvc pipe and flat down box. still miles from snow, and its still snow flex but it could be worse. Halifax and bearsden are pretty sick to (never been to bearsden though)
May 24 2008 7:54AM
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Craigskis
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Was that a mogul line to the left? Wow. What is that stuff like to land on? Rock solid or what

That is pretty cool though.
May 24 2008 8:46AM
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jedi.Jim
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Haha I saw another video of this place posted last year at about this time. That stuff looks pretty dope, but I guess it's really expensive. Did they say in the video how long it lasts? I was watching with the sound off.
May 24 2008 9:14AM
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grifter
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yea i do, and yea there are some sick setups up north, but the Southwest has a shitty snow sports scene, its pretty poor...
May 24 2008 9:54AM
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dom_uk
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another example of the north being the dominant hemisphere of england.
May 24 2008 10:01AM
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jack.whelan
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haha, woodsy always seems to appear in this type of video!
May 24 2008 10:13AM
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panojibber
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COP should make a dry slope so I don't have to go to COC if I want to ski in the summer haha. Besides, COP could totally do it, they have the funding and the space, and they have so many skiers and snowboarders who would go that it would be great business.

May 24 2008 10:52AM
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grifter
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ha ha ha, as far as skiing goes, yea.....
May 24 2008 12:30PM
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TheButterHashira
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I wonder if they close if it actually snows???
May 24 2008 12:34PM
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dom_uk
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no.. why the hell would we do that?haha
May 24 2008 1:34PM
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grifter
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duhh, because we're British, hence backwards !!!
May 24 2008 1:46PM
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dom_uk
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ah a fine point. ye me n grifter pretty much head inside for a brew ( a mug of tea to you lot ) every time the snow comes round.
May 24 2008 1:55PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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In Scotland they close the lifts when it starts to snow.
May 24 2008 2:05PM
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Literature
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That seems so far from what skiing is to me.

To each his own I guess.
May 24 2008 2:23PM
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jack.whelan
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Isle of Wight skiing reprezzzzzzzzzzzzzzent! the closest thing to me actually IS the alps!
May 24 2008 2:37PM
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Shorton
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haha, i've actaully skiied there, i have family who live in bristol..it wasn't the best time skiing i've had..
May 24 2008 2:43PM
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Bamski
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Thanks for sharing this vid man. I'd love to try doing that some time, I still remember when the stuff was neon plastic and people said it was similar to riding on ice with less control.
May 24 2008 2:50PM
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grifter
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ha ha, so true, (I have a brew next to me right now...)
May 24 2008 2:54PM
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TheButterHashira
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I don't know I just know there is a small snowflex place at texas A & T and if it actually snows they close down.
May 24 2008 3:08PM
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grifter
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yea, they're probably afraid of a law suit. That paranoid culture hasn't taken full effect in the UK yet
May 24 2008 3:12PM
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TheButterHashira
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Yeah because it's texas and people don't exactly ski much there.
May 24 2008 3:13PM
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pretzels
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that stuff is really cool i hope they make big places like that in maryland soon so i can ride the snowflex to
May 24 2008 4:18PM
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Pippin
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not at all, from my experience when my family went to Colorado for the march break, we met many families that had driven up from Texas to ski. A good 70% of the families at our hotel that we met were from Texas, and they seemed pretty stoked for the chance to ski some real mountains.So i would say there is a marker there for sure.
May 24 2008 4:19PM
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sirskizalot
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crashing on that stuff could be harsh

May 24 2008 4:25PM
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travispersaud
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i wish we had something like this in ontario during the off-season it would be so crazy and fun
May 24 2008 7:40PM
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icon1234
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any1 ever ridden on this stuff before, how much is it like snow, shit looks dope
May 24 2008 11:36PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Apparently its not too bad when you fall, just like falling onto on of those thin gym mats.

May 25 2008 2:12AM
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dom_uk
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you have to adjust your technique, it will not hold an edge aswell as snow etc. and is slower (but not to bad) its still fun to ride on, it also has few inches of foam under the flex, so when you fall its not like falling onto concrete with a brush on top, but it still hurts more than snow i'd say (not including ice!). it also gives you friction burns which are a pain in the arse (literaly)
May 25 2008 5:52AM
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TheQuailman
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can you really carve sharp on them or is it more of a slidding/skidding turn?
May 25 2008 2:33PM
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dom_uk
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With a lot of practise and adaption yes, its a lot harder to ski slalom etc. on dry slope, we're not better or anything its just our slopes are shitter, i used to race a bit on it. sharp edges help, which get blunted in seconds, and you have to kind of force your skis around, so ye you do skid more, but you can still carve
May 25 2008 2:45PM
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Rainbow*Stylin
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that looks pretty dope, i would like it for the summer, its tooo synthetic for me to love it though i think... there was actaully some pretty dope features though,
May 25 2008 3:26PM
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fsscott
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This would be the sickest thing in edmonton...though there probably wouldn't be enough funding for it.
May 25 2008 3:26PM
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Duncan*
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that is probaly the sickes things ever i wish i had one near my home
May 25 2008 4:27PM
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snowisholywater
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that looks sick

i really want to visit sheffield ski village though. It looks so sick

Nov 28 2009 10:56AM
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LSzrab
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Jun 6 2010 2:18PM
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WVskiing
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That stuff is death mesh
Jun 6 2010 2:24PM
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Isabelle
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Dry slopes suck.  they should build an indoor slope.

Jun 6 2010 2:42PM
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ike.
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i concur
Jun 6 2010 2:46PM
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Dan-Man
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I"d shred a dry slope!! i wish they had one near me.  or one of those indoor places. those look way sick
Jun 6 2010 3:24PM
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