Snowgel Review

papasteeze

papasteeze

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We used 1/2 a bag of the concentrate and mixed OVER 3 gallons of water into a cooler and mixed with a shovel handle - used blue cup to toss the gel onto the carpet - used snowboard scraper to smooth out (not really necessary)



I found this commercial grade carpet and immediately thought of the snowgel product. you can see how little gel we used. The fibers run down the in-run and the grooves help hold the gel in. Click on the picture for higher resolution. I have no idea of the cost of this carpet. I would think that any sculpted short pile carpet will work equally as well.



This is Nips back yard setup. I took pics of him last night, they are stuck in the internal memory of this camera. Initially it was tooo fast so we scraped 1/2 of the gel off. You can see small film on the in-run - there might be a 1/2 gallon of material used.

For this set up, we give snowgel a double thumbs up! Not worried about covering it to keep it from drying out, since a little bit is going a long way. We are seriously considering building jumps next.


 
super legit, looks like you where able to set up a decentish gap on too, was never able to do that on my summer set ups.
 
about 30" of gap, we made the ramp so it is adustable using mulch underneath and overlapping 3' pieces of plywood and screwing at the edges so it is essentially hinged. on the first runs he was landing mid rail - about 10 feet out.
 
looks pitty cool, but that stuff's not really worth the money and im guessing it doesnt last that long?
 
It's now a day later since we put it on and the inrun is too slick to walk up. I think the carpet is key. If you look at the size of the cooler in relation to the cup inside and consider that we only used 3 cup fulls last night and only used half the packet. I think this stuff is a great value for what it is doing for us!
 
I know a package of snowgel costs $20, but they wont tell you what shipping costs until after you give them your credit card number...so could someone let me know how much shipping is?
 
I think they are now using the bulk USPS $8.10 rate. I believe that is good for up to 6 containers. Not sure what they are using if you buy one container. It does weigh a couple of pounds per container and comes from Arizona.
 
added degree of difficulty!

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f'n 92F right now... nips was not feelin up to putting this together last night cause of the heat. after the first run he got so stoked he took another 20 runs!
 


This in-run combined with the snowgel is too steep, we could have easily set this rail to have an 8 foot gap. This is another angle of the set up. Here again, keep in mind that we are using a very short looped commercial grade carpet. Its the type of stuff that you see used in public buildings, so eventually the latex backing is going to wear out compared to an indoor/outdoor type of astro-turf.

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More good news on this stuff. I just got this email as a clarification to the material and shipping costs.

Since last week we have reduced the single-pak price from $19.95 to $14.95. And, for a 12-pak it is only $9.95 ea. That is a dramatic reduction in pricing.

Also, we just found a way to create an Ultra Concentrated formula to be able to fit a full 12-pak into the same flat-rate shipping box, as a 6-pak. You were correct in the $8.10 price, but since May 14th the US Postal Service has raised all rates on stamps and shipping cost. So, now the flat-rate is $8.95... we don't even add a handling charge. That is exactly what USPS charges.

That person should not have to enter their cc info to get a shipping cost, unless from outside the US. The flat-rate is anywhere in the United States. And, it does state the flat-rate cost on each product page.

 
so was the gel still slippery after it melted? or do you have to make gel every time, and how long does it take to make some gel?
 
24 hours after the batch was made it was still slippery - it only took a few minutes to mix in the water with the concentrate. It doesn't really melt, it dries out albeit slowly.
 
i wish you were my dad. my dad really isn't into the idea of me ruining his yard making summer setups, taking the boat out alone, driving his truck, leaving notes saying i went to killington at 4 in the morning. etc.
 
wow, first I have to say your possibly the coolest dad ever. Im so happy my parents let me build my backyard set up with much convincing, but you went above and beyond and have such a sick set up. Very nice.

I had no idea that the snow gel works so well. I think Ill get some packets. We spent $10 buying 6 bags of ice for my set up, and it worked well, but it looks as if this snowgel is a great material. thanks a lot for posting. Ill put a link to this thread in my how to build a set up thread.
 
Apparently SnowGel leaves some sort of debris on your ski equipment, bottom of skis and pants...

any sign of this? i'd like to know before i wreck my stuff lol

 
He just bought some ^ and i would worry about the "debries" or biuld up on your equipment, you could definatly just wash it off, and just use old shit. Im assuming you wont be using you new gear on some backyard set up anyways
 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=o6uXiMsKoGw

there is a little edit of my screwing around with the snowgel. the rail blows major nutties but its all i got right now. the snowgel is amazing and tons of fun. it works really well. dont worry about it getting on your stuff because you can just wash it off the skis and everything. you shouldnt be using brand new nice skis in your backyard anyway so it shouldnt matter.
 
what direction do the groves on the carpet run, like if you are looking up the inrun are the groves horizontal or vertical
 
Shit dude, it's fucking june, go hiking, go biking, go skate, anything but telling other people what to do on a ski website.

You can suck my dick. Summer is one of the best times to get better with rails. If you can't accept that other people love this sport so much to do that, then suck my dick, asshole.
 
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