Summer ski setup help

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Amrskiing_07

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So I’ve been working on my summer ski setup it’s 6.5 feet tall and I plan on using turf , I need help with a flat section.

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The flat section isn’t put in yet but I need to know if I even need one to go to the lip because I heard it hurt the speed. If that’s true is this flat the right length or should it be shorter to keep speed or longer. Thanks.
 
Btw it’s not even close to done so Ik there needs to be rails on the top and the gaps need to be filled I also have only used free palettes and scrap wood the only thing I naught wood wise was one of the beams because I was missing one

topic:its18love said:
So I’ve been working on my summer ski setup it’s 6.5 feet tall and I plan on using turf , I need help with a flat section.

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The flat section isn’t put in yet but I need to know if I even need one to go to the lip because I heard it hurt the speed. If that’s true is this flat the right length or should it be shorter to keep speed or longer. Thanks.
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One of the better setups out there OP nice job, extra points for reusing old wood. Just have the lip where the end is now as any more of a transition may kill your speed. Keep up the good work you’ll be greasing it up in no time
 
Looks good OP. Like mentioned above just add the rail/tube at the end of the bottom pallet and you should be good to go. Give it a few test runs once you have the turf installed to actually see how fast you will be going and go from there. Cool to see you use recycled wood too! Post up some clips once you get it dialed!
 
I think you should be good to just add a small lip to the end like the others said! Before making anything permanent, put your ski down and make sure that everything is smooth and that there aren't any sharp points that make the ski flex too much. That will make things slower, and throw you off as you're hitting it.

I'm also building a setup rn with only free wood haha. I'll toss in my build plans and what i have so far. Sick setup too!
 
Yo zurg quick question how much rise did u put on ur kicker

14459739:Zurg said:
I think you should be good to just add a small lip to the end like the others said! Before making anything permanent, put your ski down and make sure that everything is smooth and that there aren't any sharp points that make the ski flex too much. That will make things slower, and throw you off as you're hitting it.

I'm also building a setup rn with only free wood haha. I'll toss in my build plans and what i have so far. Sick setup too!
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Looks like a really dope setup, in the past i've used old carpet, astro turf and plastic lattice fencing. But yeah transitions kill your speed so minimize flat sections
 
I just got done working on it for today still have to make the ladder, railing, rail some cross bracing and filling and put the turf in then I’m done
 
[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1050097/trim-C6FB3E50-3FA9-4C45-BD12-F8FCB42FC46A-MOV[/video]

14460790:its18love said:
I just got done working on it for today still have to make the ladder, railing, rail some cross bracing and filling and put the turf in then I’m done
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14460761:its18love said:
Yo zurg quick question how much rise did u put on ur kicker
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My rail is 16” tall so I made the lip 18” just so my wife won’t stress about catching her tips while hitting it.
 
topic:its18love said:
So I’ve been working on my summer ski setup it’s 6.5 feet tall and I plan on using turf , I need help with a flat section.

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The flat section isn’t put in yet but I need to know if I even need one to go to the lip because I heard it hurt the speed. If that’s true is this flat the right length or should it be shorter to keep speed or longer. Thanks.
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it is not summer. tear it down it makes your house look like shit
 
if you turf it and its feeling too slow, you can always replace the turf at the top with small diameter pvc tubing laid sideways across the roll in. you pick up speed a lot faster sliding down the pvc than you do on turf.
 
Can alwaya run old carpet with some lattice on topnon thw drop. Carpet is free and plastic lattice slodes fast and can hold snow.

Use your best stuff on the flat and takeoff. Dont want to loose speed on the flat and also the takeoff is the most important spot for grip.

I think sleed is usually the biggest thing. Also love the use of pallets. I used to build all my ramps out of pallets. Miss them days.
 
Did you get the large box of msnow? I had to do a lot of self convincing to get the medium box of it.

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The msnow showed up today. Wife helped me out with the install. Msnow is legit and 100000x better than turf or carpet.

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[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1051899/trim-6D374C7A-A236-4D2C-B7D0-954D96BC0B7F-MOV[/video]
 
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