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Astroturf!

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g-man
Posts: 1955 - Karma: 301
Because summer is fucking boring, and Dendix is a fucking rip off, and because ice arena snow melts too fast... Astroturf. Ive never actually tried it, but it must work. If you go to Homedepot and look for the Astroturf long matts, you get these mats that look exactly like the stuff they put in chairlift lines. It doesnt seem quite as slippery, but soapy water can solve that problem. Then just build a little kicker out of wood, find a decent rail, and your done. Ive never actually tried this so I need someone to spend a whole bunch of money to find out that it doesnt work, before I spend a whole bunch of money to find out that it doesnt work.

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Humlun
Aug 24 2001 3:16AM
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Schwags
Posts: 4759 - Karma: 880
no thanks, ill just wait for winter =D

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Aug 24 2001 3:33AM
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Mr.Bishop
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A couple of the guys on this site already did it and it totally worked.

I forget who it was though... they had a video of it.

I'm going to do it for sure.


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Aug 24 2001 1:11PM
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SkierX
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They didn'tuse astro-turf tho. They used carpet and soapy water. I guess it worked quite well.
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Aug 24 2001 1:20PM
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Drail
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ya, that was Lineskieastcost or whatever who did that. How much would a smallish thing of the carpett shit cost?
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Aug 24 2001 1:49PM
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Digital_Dave
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Some people cannot let go... Ski season is over, summer rails, carpet skiing, etc... It's just all too gay. Wait for the damn snow.


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Aug 24 2001 2:46PM
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Freestyla_01
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get some carpet that has long fiber thingies sticking out of it. might work. y not pick up another sport?

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Aug 24 2001 3:02PM
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g-man
Posts: 1955 - Karma: 301
there are no other sports...
Humlun
Aug 24 2001 3:40PM
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Mr.Bishop
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I have tonnes of other sports, but too much energy to burn in one day.

After my legs are burnt from biking, and fingers shredded from climbing, It'd be nice to session a rail or two just to keep it up.

think how much better you'd be at rails in the winter if you had been doing them all summer.
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Aug 24 2001 4:39PM
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gordo
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no other sports? i love skiing more than any other sport but im glad its not my whole life. i ride my dirt bike probably everyother day if not every day...and then ill go out to the lake 3 times a week. i think building a carpet to rail is kinda stupid personnally. a lot of money that you could save to spend on actual skiing. why dont you just get on some rollerblades and jump on the rail. its pretty much the same exact thing when your on the rail
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Aug 24 2001 5:47PM
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Mr.Bishop
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It's not the same. The only way to get the real feeling is skis on rail.

And there's nothing wrong with loving skiing above all else.

All I want in life is to get in one ski movie.

Then I'm going back to school.

'Who ordered the turkey club?' the waitress yelled across the small diner.
'I did!' The man excitedly replied.
Promptly, an over-excited turkey ran out from the back and beat the man to death with a large wooden bat.
Aug 24 2001 7:04PM
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newschooler14
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we used a half astro turf half carpet cause we didnt have enough of either but the astro turf slid well. I think you can get peices for really cheap at a carpet store of scrap peices but i dont know how big thouse are. I dont think it owuld be to expensive or you could try marine carpeting like what they use on the floor of motor boats.
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Aug 24 2001 7:13PM
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andyrightcoast
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Nah, do what I do... go to home depot and get it, its like 40 cents a foot
get 12 feet

I have some pics







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Aug 24 2001 11:00PM
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andyrightcoast
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god damnit, mabye the pics dont work... IM me to see them

LineSkiEastCoast is my IM name

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Aug 24 2001 11:39PM
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steezyjibber
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wow things have changed since 2001
Jan 21 2007 9:45AM
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back_woods
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how many hours trawling the backpages did it take for you to find this?
Jan 21 2007 10:13AM
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steezyjibber
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i typed in astorturf
Jan 21 2007 10:40AM
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Tolz
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the logical thing to do...
Jan 21 2007 11:48AM
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Commonwealth
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hahaha
Jan 21 2007 11:50AM
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skijunkiedtm
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ive found older..
Jan 21 2007 11:53AM
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