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How do you make wood slideable?

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Skiing_Is_Fun
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About a week ago I was going through the trees and found this fallen tree and decided to grind it. It was sick so I ended up hiking it for a little. I go back to the same tree today and hit it but this time my skis immediately come to a halt and i go tumbling nearly impaling myself on a nearby branch. I came to the conclusion that the reason why I could grind it a week ago was because it was below 0 and the log was frozen with a thin layer of ice on top of it. Today, however with temps around the upper 30s, the wood on the tree was dry and soft making it impossible to slide all the way across.

So does anybody know what i can put on the tree to make it slide able in these warmer conditions? Like a certain type of wax or anything?
Dec 31 2008 12:04AM
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inactive
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Dec 31 2008 12:05AM
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[MEGAMO]
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put a rail on it
Dec 31 2008 12:39AM
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Slinger1x1
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uhhh, i would say smooth is out (so you dont catch any nasty stuff sticking out) and then maybe some wax or something? im sure you could find something on how to make natural terrain
Dec 31 2008 1:09AM
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HeartBeatFaster
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beat me to it
Dec 31 2008 1:16AM
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PBraunstein
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pull your edges out
Dec 31 2008 3:28AM
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Skiing_Is_Fun
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that kinda defeats the purpose
Dec 31 2008 3:33AM
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Skiing_Is_Fun
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you can't make natural terrain.

..and this tree had been pretty much stripped of  all nasty stuff sticking out (at least on the upward facing side) so no bark or branches just straight up natural tree wood.
Dec 31 2008 3:36AM
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Happy.
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My best guess is some kind of varnish that would kind of fill in the pores of the wood and make it all smooth and shiny...might be pretty expensive tho, that stuff isnt cheap
Dec 31 2008 4:09AM
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skithe49th
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scrape the bark off the top part where your gonna hit it then wax/wet that shit doown!!
Dec 31 2008 4:46AM
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AKburns
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ask your girlfriend
Dec 31 2008 5:26AM
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jayhood
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accept no substitute Lol
Dec 31 2008 7:45AM
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skodeo7
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Dec 31 2008 8:24AM
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Tucks
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1st it has to be hard..
Dec 31 2008 8:46AM
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JHDski47
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take a candle and cover that wood in wax then take a handful of snow and rub it all over the wood with a little force then it should be fine.
Dec 31 2008 11:30AM
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Edward.
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as long as if theres nothing sticking out of it wood slides fine as long as if its moist. of course youd have to lean back a little more on wood than on rails and boxes since it wont slide as easily though
Dec 31 2008 11:39AM
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Dustin.
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Varnish won't hold up outdoors, and if it's on a tree in the cold it would be like pouring glue on the tree.  It is pretty cheap as well....and the edges of the skis would take it off instead of go over it.  Sorry man but everything you said was back asswards and I couldn't let him do that to his jib.
Dec 31 2008 11:46AM
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Happy.
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Dec 31 2008 12:31PM
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doritos
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RONSEAL! MAKES SEALS AS STRONG AS RON!

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Dec 31 2008 12:49PM
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notomatoplz
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this thread title is quite ambiguous.
Dec 31 2008 1:12PM
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Dustin.
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Ya, I know.  Now try again and read.  That stuff is for a machined and sanded surface in temperatures pretty far above 30 degrees, not a TREE OUTSIDE.  I build furniture and am learning to build buildings and bridges, I know what I'm talking about.
Dec 31 2008 1:51PM
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Leeyum
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soap bars rubbed dry works well my friends and i hit a wooden rail the other night it worked out greatly
Dec 31 2008 2:22PM
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