I don't have room in the back yard but I have a big valley up behind my house with heaps of untouched forest and I was thinking of actually digging out a small run in and lip to PVC pipe, I'm thinking of lining the whole thing with wood and then just construction fencing for the run in and turf on the lip. Anyone ever done it this way? any problems with it or tips for building/materials you might use instead?
Dry Slope set up
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270on420out
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270on420out
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14128070:Samp20 said:
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Turf really should be wet to be used, so keep that in mind. If getting water out there would be tough I would avoid turf. Otherwise a lawn chemical-sprayer thing works great for wetting turf and they are relatively cheap. The most fun part of building a summer shred slope is being creative and problem solving. If you're motivated grab some tools and get after it homie.
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14128095:Samp20 said:
If you have some extra $$ msnow is great and I don't think you have to have it wet for it to work. Turf can work dry if you have enough speed but you really need more than you think.
14128095:Samp20 said:
mSnow works really well and is fast, but pretty expensive. If you can swing that I recommend it. Otherwise it can start to get a bit janky but orange construction fencing works great like you mentioned. Plastic lattice also slides pretty good. Both fencing and lattice are hard to control yourself on, but all in all they are not too bad. If you're feeling really jank you can even place pvc pipes horizontally down a ramp to get speed. Also, it seems sort of silly, but setting up a rail on a down slope and doing step-ons can be a ton of fun and good for learning. If you are in a pickle I would build a rail first and start doing that.
On a side note to all this, how much does it fuck your skis? I currently have some ARV96's and also 106's, I plan to spend way more time on the 106's this season (in NZ) but still wanna keep the 96's in reasonable condition, will they be okay to use for the dry slope or should I pick up some old shitty skis second hand?
