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Help with urban skiing

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Easy-E
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so summer is comming soon, meaning the snow is long gone in central wisco. how well do skiis work on dry grass? theres a big hill near my house and i got some rails built, would a banshee bungee work welll for this?
Apr 25 2013 9:28PM
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WaffleMaster
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Living in Milwaukee myself ive always thought about this...
Apr 25 2013 9:37PM
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LSDTripGod
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Dry grass... really...

Apr 25 2013 9:39PM
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LSDTripGod
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if you're trying to do some jib shit (not called urban) then get some msnow or turf and set one up in your backyard
Apr 25 2013 9:41PM
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joshua
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On grass, probably not well at all.

Go to a hardware store and look for astroturf/and or construction fence. Keep the set-up wet (add soap if you use turf).
Apr 25 2013 9:45PM
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Matt_T
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Invest the time and money in a summer set up.
Apr 25 2013 9:51PM
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WaffleMaster
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What about: talking like a yard/2-yard wide roll of turf and jus rolling it down a hill and staking it super tight? And throwing water on it if necessary. Anyone know if this works?
Apr 25 2013 11:40PM
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will_powder
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You would need to put plywood underneath the turf. Orange fencing on top too.
Apr 25 2013 11:41PM
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stupendous-man
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no matter how tight you stake it there will still be a ton of friction, unless you have a super steep hill. if you are serious about doing this then lay down a bunch of plywood or something like said above.
Apr 25 2013 11:44PM
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WaffleMaster
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Ooh better solution:
1)dig up to the grass so there's just soil.
2)stake down plastic lattice board.

I'm too mature to make a ???? Profit out of that lmfao
Apr 25 2013 11:46PM
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LSDTripGod
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Go to build a jib 101 cult and look through it you'll get all the info you need
Apr 26 2013 9:41AM
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jimmydar
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grass does not slide well at all, try some construction fence or astro turf
Apr 26 2013 10:46AM
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werd.
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Join the Build-A-Jib cult..
Apr 26 2013 12:10PM
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KillaSteeze
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Dry grass you will slide about 2 feet then die, like the classic skis stop then faceplant
Apr 26 2013 1:37PM
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MASkier
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If you are really desperate to ski somewhere, water and dishsoap on grass sort of works. But get phosphate free if you can, a lot is used.
Apr 26 2013 1:51PM
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Easy-E
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okay cool, thanks... so like plastic latice sounds like the best way to go. i have the blueprints to a backyard setup that i was going to build but i realized that my yard was too small.
Apr 26 2013 3:01PM
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