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Virginia Snowflex= Super Legit

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J*money
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I finally made the trip to snowflex in lynchburg, va and it was super dope and I highly recommend it to anyone within drivin distance when no snow on the ground because:

1. Helps you progress very fast
2. 2 straight jumps that can be launched as far as possible.
3. several striahgt rail setups
4. easy to pick up and get used to carpet skiing
5. great quarter pipe
6. great view
7. hot girls
Nov 23 2009 12:27AM
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griffin.paisley
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number 7 makes it alot more legit than it needs to be
Nov 23 2009 12:35AM
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flexpattern
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snowflex sure is the shit! i ski on it every wednesday evening when they bring the rails and boxes out at our local slope - it can't be much longer than 100m but it is sooooo dope - you can just shred one kicker/box for like hours without having to stop - just get back on the rope tow and you re good to go!

It almost feels like real snow - and it have squidgy stuff underneath the main carpet so it doesn't hurt we you fall!

only ish that it is really expensive

but you progress soo quick and i have so many new moves in my box of tricks - love it - im glad that the rest of the world is starting to experience the joys of snow flex!

gotta luv the plastic!
Nov 23 2009 5:03PM
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dylansiggers
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Hmmm too bad BC hasn't caught on to this...
Nov 23 2009 5:43PM
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1337
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neither has new england, but they should
Nov 23 2009 5:51PM
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Download-My-Apps
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thats ok, we have skiing from nov-july at whistler and a water ramp for the other months
Nov 23 2009 5:58PM
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jamodeo
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i cant wait til im super rich to build one of these...
Nov 23 2009 6:21PM
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EastCoast315
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I wish they would sell you a hundred square feet or so for like $1000, so you could have personal parks and such
Nov 23 2009 6:38PM
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.SimonB.
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i would buy that
Nov 23 2009 7:07PM
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n8myton
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haha, 100sq feet would get you all of nowhere.
unless all you want is 1 rail.
Nov 23 2009 7:12PM
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yourthemannowdog
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it was in traveling circus episode 2 which makes it legit
Nov 23 2009 7:50PM
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skiEER
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too bad its so exspensive
Nov 23 2009 8:21PM
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WVskiing
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my house was in TC2 . VA represent
Nov 23 2009 8:24PM
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EastCoast315
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well, if it was movable snoflex, you could swtich it up to different setups. Small kickers, long rails, qp's, whatever
and THAT would totally be worth $1000
Nov 23 2009 8:25PM
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-=koLLac=-
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I've been waiting to get super rich too. Hasn't happened yet tho.

where's the damn sno?!

Nov 23 2009 8:30PM
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WVskiing
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there used to be a ski hill in VA with little plastic pellets people skied on. here is the link

www.dcski.com/lostareas/viewlostprofile.php?id=33

                               The hill’s claim to fame was that it was not dependent upon the weather. It used plastic snow. In what would today be considered an environmental nightmare, they coated the slope with white astroturf and dumped on truckloads of slightly oblong, white, plastic BB’s. The claim was that you could ski in any weather, but natural snow would make it better. I remember lights for night skiing, and a rope tow. I don’t think there was snowmaking, but they had to redistribute all those plastic beads that got pushed to the bottom of the hill each day.
Nov 23 2009 8:30PM
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Cincher
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^for sure.
Nov 23 2009 8:32PM
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holyDINOSAURS
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yeah it sucks that we have real snow
Nov 23 2009 8:34PM
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flexpattern
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yeah it is so expensive

i looked into it for a backyard set up material so i emailed them about it. this was the reply.

(£1000 is just short of $2000!!!)


Thank you for your interest in Snowflex. What you are talking about is the top sliding layer, which we call Traxflex.

However the first question to ask you is what is your budget for what you want to do? As a guide 1no (one) tile of Traxflex (6m x 1m) costs approx £1,000 plus shipping costs. Is that in your budget?

Snowflex/Traxflex is a high performance synthetic surface, purely invented and developed for snow sports. The raw materials we use are the best for the job - highly technical and unfortunately expensive. Added to which the production process is a slow and very specialised one (the machine was designed, developed and built by us and so its the only one in the world)

Anyway I look forward to hearing from you by return.

Regards

Briton Engineering Developments Ltd

Lee Mills, Scholes, Holmfirth, Huddersfield HD9 1RT T: +44 (0)1484 689933 | F: +44 (0)1484 689944 | www.snowflex.com


Nov 23 2009 8:41PM
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GabP
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sick, its not that far from where im living !
Nov 23 2009 9:33PM
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DDrem.
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i can vouch for its legitimacy in terms of progression. my buddy is down at school by there. always been a decent rider but nothing special. well hes been going there all fall and now i wont be surprised if he comes up real big in the future
Nov 23 2009 10:03PM
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J*money
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Oh yeah and to go to this snowflex it is 7 bucks an hour peak and 5 non. Plus you can pay buy the hour. and i forgot about the circus visiting. soo legit
Nov 23 2009 10:04PM
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e.will
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i can not even begin to explain how hot the girls are.....to bad they won't give it up unless your jesus....or jerry fallwell jr.....
Nov 23 2009 10:52PM
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Mr.SoloDolo
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haha im with yeha mang
Nov 23 2009 11:14PM
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shrEddie
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im gonna agreewith everyone else and say its fucking sick.  ive been there three times and every time has been mad fun (except tearing my mcl).  the jumps are really fun because you can go as big as you want, and the speed is the exact same every time.  one of my friends could only land sketchy 3's at the end of last season, and he gets to ride snowflex alot because he goes to school near there.  last time i went, this kid stomped a 9.  pretty sick progression without ever touching snow
Nov 24 2009 12:23AM
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Mr.Huck
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That's a 10 foot by 10 foot square or a 5 by 20 foot.  You might be able to get a drop in and ski out with that.  Snowflex was really expensive even before the dollar tanked.  Buying it now would pretty much cost you your first born child.  For those that are seriously thinking about buying some dry slope material, I highly recommend that you check out this sight and look at the different products and manufacturers.  Some have US presences so they are less expensive. 


http://snow365.com/
Nov 24 2009 11:45AM
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Commonwealth
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Yeah man, maybe you should move to Virginia.
Nov 24 2009 11:52AM
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KNUCKifyouBUCK
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ahahhahahaa
Nov 24 2009 11:55AM
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304NordMan
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did you know that there is a charity fund in which you switch lives with a child in need. a child like me..........................

Nov 24 2009 12:00PM
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50in07
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How far is it from Richmond because we have family friends down there that were visiting this summer.

Nov 24 2009 2:59PM
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hanksy
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Little less than 3 hours
Nov 24 2009 4:41PM
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3R1C
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i used to live near there
Nov 24 2009 7:08PM
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TheQuailman
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anyone know how far this place is from the university of virginia (like time to drive)
Nov 24 2009 9:59PM
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shrEddie
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like an hour and a half
Nov 25 2009 12:24AM
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enick
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wow, it must suck to live on the east coast and have to ski on plastic
looosers
Nov 25 2009 12:30AM
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Raz.
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i just moved to virginia. besides snowflex how is the riding here?
Sep 25 2010 7:36PM
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Shenanigans
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there needs to be one of these in new england
Sep 25 2010 8:31PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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what traveling circus is this in?
Sep 25 2010 8:55PM
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austinmetsch
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i live here in VA too. the skiing isn't bad. wintergreen is the best in VA for sure. decent amount of terrain and vert for a mountain in the southeast. it's nothing like out west obviously but it's not bad for where it is. freeride team is great. i'm on it. we got a new park builder last year who is really good and we're building quite a few new rails and re doing a bunch of the old ones for this year. message me if you want to shred this winter.
Sep 25 2010 10:48PM
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FreeBallin
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from what i have seen..they cover the snowflex with real snow when possible

that gives you 3 perfectly shaped booters up to like 40ft or something? Large quarter pipe, and a hand full of jibs. All serviced by a rope tow, aka continous lapping. Not bad for va eh? Enjoy it! :) I need to road trip back down there soon.
Sep 25 2010 11:55PM
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austinmetsch
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i live on pantops in charlottesville va exactly where that used to be. I never knew it used to be there. the housing development that was built is where my house is.
Sep 26 2010 12:28AM
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asapCferg
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i agree
Sep 26 2010 12:16PM
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pomme-de-terre
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there is snowpark niagara.
http://www.snowparkniagara.com/

despite the fact that they make terrible business decisions pretty much non-stop, they have a great setup. i was there yesterday and i fucking loved it.
Sep 26 2010 12:31PM
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*TURBONERD*
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SUMMER FUCKING ROAD TRIP BITCHES
Sep 26 2010 12:35PM
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yuck
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this actually looks sick though

Click for larger image
Sep 26 2010 12:35PM
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Sitch.
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looks sick wish i could go!
Sep 26 2010 1:11PM
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FreeBallin
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no actual jumps though? i just cant stop thinking of it as a "glorified backyard dryslope". Do they have any rope/carpet tow going? all the recent edits i have seen..people were hiking.

thats the only reason i havent been..and its closer to me!

snowflex's jumps are just prime...jibs are pretty large...way more of a real mountain/terrain park feel..laps for days..$7/hour
Sep 26 2010 3:14PM
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FreeBallin
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http://www.liberty.edu/snowflex/index.cfm?PID=19496

check out some of the photos on there site
Sep 26 2010 3:17PM
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pomme-de-terre
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they have a magic carpet you can ride to the top of the hill, most kids just hike one feature at a time though. i know its nowhere near as sick as liberty snowflex, but its worth the 1.5 hour drive there. and it is only $5 for a whole day. its still fun, i would never choose to go there over liberty though. but liberty is like 9 hours away from new england...
Sep 26 2010 10:21PM
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