Skiing related activities during summer

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Insane

This is probably a repost, but share your ideas on skiing related activities during the summer.

Obviously we can hit the trampoline, but yesterday I was chilling with a snowboarding friend of mine, and we came up with something, which was mad fun. All you will need is:

Old skateboard deck
Shoelaces
A rail (preferably a round rail)

Use the shoelaces as bindings on the old skateboard deck and jib the rail. This is obviously snowboarding related, but it is really fun even for skiers, and you can get really technical, when you get the hang of it.

You can do this on the grass outside, or put a carpet on your floor so those rainy days get more fun.

Inb4 "this shit's old". Maybe a few of you out there did not know, so I wanted to share this.

Have fun!

Mar 22 2012 5:01AM

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Nikkekoivisto

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Trampoline is number 1 thing.. and second is imagination needed one D: basically if you have selfmade rail you will do ski tricks on it. 270 in sw 270 out etc.. but with ur normal boots:D Its more fun than it hears..
Then ofcourse diving.
Jibbingame anyone?

Mar 22 2012 6:26AM

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Tape the edges of your skis and go on the trampoline, or wTerski!!

Mar 22 2012 6:46AM

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trampoline
Aggressive Inline

Mar 22 2012 7:34AM

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cliff jumping, into water of course. and Downhill Mtb if your resort has it do it .

Mar 22 2012 7:51AM

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1- skateboarding

Mar 22 2012 7:55AM

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razors-chaz

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trampolining

rollerblading

slack lining

cliff jumping

hiking in the mountains you ride on

skateboarding

and im sure there is a shit ton more stuff to do related to skiing

Mar 22 2012 8:13AM

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eirikdl

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Summer set up, make your own inrun and rail and jib all summer.

Mar 22 2012 8:19AM

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Great stuff here K+ all.
I'll maybe try slackline some day ...
Has anybody tried the skateboard deck jibbing? What can you do?
It's really fun, I did bs board, 3 swap, 2 out on a round pvc rail the other day.

Mar 22 2012 8:24AM

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Grobot

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slackline is awesome, inline is something i want to try out this year, and trampoline is cool but its only really helpful if your at a level to start trying flipsr

Mar 22 2012 8:32AM

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Aggressive inline's really easy. It is very similar to sliding rails on skis. And about trampolining, you should try flips ... It is actually really easy, once you commit to it.

Mar 22 2012 8:48AM

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Ali.

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i don't have a problem, i can ski all year round on bristles! but no way does it compare to snow.

anyways:

agressive inline

trampolining

skateboarding

downhill mtb

bmx

diving

surfing/bodyboarding (if you're lucky enough to live near a beach)

kayaking

Mar 22 2012 11:23AM

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stoned_sorcerer

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Haven't tried it, this is gonna sound dumb but ima post it anyways: maybe get 2 decks and use them like skis instead of having 1 deck like a snowboard.

Also, in the summer tramps, skating, summer setups and a lot of imagination and creativity.

Mar 22 2012 11:47AM

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I am sure they would be to wide, and I would have no control with shoelaces as bindings, haha. :-) Aggressive inlines are where it's at!

Mar 22 2012 11:54AM

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a summer jib setup isnt too difficult, just set up some astroturf, spray some water and dishwashing liquid on it, and put a rail at the bottom. simple. :)

Mar 22 2012 3:57PM

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1) Biking
2) Longboarding
3) trampoline
4) skateboarding
5) aggressive inline
and of course, grass skiing

Mar 22 2012 4:11PM

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Pineal

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can you post a video because i dont understand this deck jibbing

Mar 22 2012 4:28PM

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summer training for me will consist of biking(not all that good at it, but itll be a mix of xc, dh, and dirtjumping), tramping on flybeds, rock climbing,hiking, yoga, and glacier skiing

Mar 22 2012 4:34PM

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repost. I tramp, skateboard and also you can just practice rail tricks on a ledge or something in your shoes.

Mar 22 2012 4:57PM

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Shameless self promotion but it sure helped a fucking ton on my skiing, I like to call it ski blading
inb4 Asian_allen ripping me up.

Dirty Water Flow from Maskote on Vimeo.

Mar 22 2012 5:14PM

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Splice.

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I'm starting up a COE somewhat like thing in the east. Pm me for info

Mar 22 2012 5:17PM

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WI_Personallty

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yeah inline and trampoline are the two best activities outside of skiing. You need to do more than royales man. Learn a few different grinds and mix it up. You'll notice it takes alot more control and balance improving you rail game on skates thus making your rail game on skis way better.

Mar 22 2012 5:24PM

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forget tramps, got hit up a diving board

Mar 22 2012 5:32PM

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rareison

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inline, tramping, summer ski camps

Mar 22 2012 5:37PM

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Jibbin?

Mar 22 2012 5:49PM

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Taking a break from skiing is best for me. I can recharge the stoke meter and be more excited for opening day. Time also flies when you dont have to think about an addiction.

Mar 22 2012 6:36PM

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Blake.P

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damnit. i quit skating a while ago and sold all my pretty nice gear (fiziks frames, higgs boson antirockers, usd sagona thrones). now that edit makes me want to start doing it again

Mar 22 2012 6:48PM

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PJS.

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that really made me want to start fruit booting. I've heard people hate on guys trying to look like skiers when they skate but that was so ill.

Mar 22 2012 6:56PM

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Grobot

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i mean doing flips on skis, i can do them, at east some of them, on a tramp. im just not ready to take them to skis yet.

Mar 22 2012 7:46PM

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dhess

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On a rainy day(not pouring but drizzling) go to a local mountain and ski down a trail that is pretty steep but doesn't have to many rocks exposed. It works I did it after a rail jam last June on a trail where the grass was really tall.

Mar 22 2012 11:08PM

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this is what I'm gonna do

Mar 22 2012 11:45PM

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Backyard.Skier

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that was pretty cool

Mar 22 2012 11:57PM

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the most simple Backyard setup:

last summer i took some old skis and i cut them into pieces about they length of the bottom of some old shoes. I then bought some epoxy from home depot and glued them to the bottom of the old shoes so i basically had snowblades the size of my shoes so i could run in them (shoeblades). I then put two 10x2 pvc pipes on a 2x4 so it was about 4 inches off the ground. I then put the rail in my backyard and i would run in the shoes and do a bunch of stuff on the rail. i actually learned switch ups and pretezels this way. Really entertaining also

Mar 23 2012 12:15AM

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When? Where? How?

Mar 23 2012 12:19AM

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Ya I can do the classic grinds too (mizu, soul, pornstar, acid, etc) I'm pretty solid on a pair of skates but I just have more fun thinking I'm skiing and getting my flow on..

Mar 23 2012 1:41AM

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Splice.

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I got some money.... Upstate newyork, this summer.....

Getting some screenshots of the design

Mar 23 2012 1:55AM

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Oh and if there's an ice rink somewhere near you then talk to them and say u wanna use their snow (they usually have enough snow to ski in summer). Or maybe there already is some setup behind an ice rink near you.

Mar 23 2012 7:52AM

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Quite rainy outside, so I just recorded for a minute.

Mar 23 2012 7:57AM

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Pineal

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ohhh ok i thought you were moving at the rail and i didnt understand how to get speed

Mar 23 2012 9:14AM

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Nah, but I guess you could put in on a hill, but I don't have one.

Mar 23 2012 9:16AM

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skier as fuck. i think you posted this before cause i was wondering why you still had widebodies. Basically, if I saw you, I'd ask if you knew how to get to chads gap.

Mar 23 2012 9:41AM

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lorax

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I picked up fruit booting last summer, and while I suck at rails I really enjoy just cruising around and tranny finding everything.

Mar 23 2012 11:56AM

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buy one of those plastic wallmart snowboards and jib with it its fun i ski and still do it all the time get a super flexy one tho it makes it better, and tramps of course

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