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2 snowboards used as powder skis

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beau90
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has anyone tried this? i really wonder how it would work out
Jan 14 2013 5:48PM
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corona
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McConkey has definitely done this.
Jan 14 2013 5:51PM
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corona
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some shots of it in his Focused segment:

Shane McConkey from MSP's Focused from Dave Amirault on Vimeo.

Jan 14 2013 5:53PM
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OG_Loc
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i've seen the video of him using water skis, but he used snowboards too? I'm youtubing this shit.
Jan 14 2013 5:54PM
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Crispy.
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They'd be hard as fuck to turn, but the float would probably be pretty nice.
Jan 14 2013 6:00PM
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beau90
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thats bad ass they probably float so nice
Jan 14 2013 6:06PM
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LukasSchroeder
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Sounds crazy
Jan 14 2013 8:01PM
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cydwhit
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pretty sure mconkey used kids snowboards and skied some gnarly Ak spines on em, cant remember where I saw the video though.
Jan 14 2013 8:04PM
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The-RZA-Of-Ski
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RIP shane !
Jan 14 2013 8:05PM
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attitash46
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Meatheads had a segment in one of their movies, i think it was head for the hills, where they had some guys who skiied their backyard on cut up snowboards
Jan 14 2013 8:20PM
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OhioDreams
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Good call Vinnie, this is the first thing I thought of when I read this thread.
Jan 14 2013 8:20PM
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Royal-bamboo
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haha imagine trying too screaming seamen using 2 snowboards.... haha
Jan 14 2013 8:42PM
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