Summer ski rail setup

I found this, among many other videos of him. I am quite jealous of this It finally snowed a bit in good old Indiana, so I may be able to make a little run-up and build a rail. Anyone have little DIY rails or anything like this? Any tips, links, or pictures would be awesome. If you need someone to tell you how to make it, you cant.

How to make a rail? Posts 4, I know how to build a rail I was looking for tips or pictures or anything. I'd like to make it nice the first time so that I don't scratch my skis or anything. Also, I was looking to see what material to use for the run-up and landing. Should I go on? EDIT: His sponsors. Not bad for a 15 year old. Originally Posted by davefan Originally Posted by schuss. Buy sched 40 PVC Pipe large. Thanks, it was that easy.

I'll repeat it for you again If you cannot figure it out from the video, you DO NOT have the skill set necessary to construct that setup. Originally Posted by advres. He's getting sponsored from a free website that is myspace for sports? This is a tutorial based on how me, my dad and brother built my summer setup:.

Amount of wood used: About 85 meters ft , without the stairs about 60 meters ft. Tools used: Hammer, nails, saw preferably circular saw , tape measure, marker, rope, scissors. This is the blueprint I made so that I would have an idea on how I wanted my setup to be:. Miss the winter and the slopes, and want to keep up you skills during summer? If you want to have a summer setup you need to have a drop-in so you can get some speed, and a rail.

Start with making a drop-in tower like this with 5x10cm 2 x 4inch thick planks:. Now when you have made that, put 3 planks on the top in the middle and then put a 1 x 1. Put two 3. Now when you have done that you need to make a support for the ramp. Now when you have made the transition and started putting the planks on your going to start making the jump.

Now we need a transition so the jump is smooth, and remember the support for the jump. Now when you have done that you can put planks all the way down. Tie a rope on the top of the ramp as seen below and then tie it on the last plank down the ramp, and make sure the rope is straight.

When you have done that draw a line with a marker down the ramp where the rope is and then just cut the sides with a saw or electric saw. Now put on the turf or what ever you want to use on your drop-in.

Fasten some thin planks on the side of the ramp as seen on the picture below to make it look better, and support the turf. Now you are ready with your drop-in! But now you need to make something so that you can get up on it.

Now when you have built a drop-in you need a ladder or stairs so you can get up on it, you can build a simple ladder like this:. But as you can see on the picture above you only need 2 thick planks and some smaller ones between them.

This should give you a pretty good basic ladder to get up with. Or then you can build some nice stairs as I did that have handlebars and some extra space on the top to chill on. We decided to make the stairs on the left side, as you can see on the pictures below. Put a plank under the drop-in tower as seen it the picture below and make some supports on the side of it, then put a angled plank that is the start of your new stairs.

Now make the other side of the stairs and put some supportive planks between them. Put a 1. Then make the stairs, we used a 20cm 0. Make sure you fasten the stairs thoroughly , so they are safe to walk on. Put a couple of supportive planks between the two main planks, as seen in the picture. Make sure you fasten them thoroughly, so they are safe to. Finish the handle bar by fastening the horizontal planks, fasten them thoroughly!

Time to make some supports for the stairs. Enjoy your summer skiing. A quick word on blocking ads. It looks like you are using an ad blocker. That's okay. Who doesn't? But without advertising revenue, we can't keep making this site awesome. Click the link below for instructions on disabling adblock. How to disable ad-blocker for Newschoolers. I don't care about Newschoolers. I just want free content and no ads!

Login with Facebook Register Lost password? Move to Category. Close Save. Member of the Month DominatorJacques December, Materials used: - 5x10cm 2 x 4inch planks - Some 2x10cm 0. Building the drop-in: Step 1: Start with making a drop-in tower like this with 5x10cm 2 x 4inch thick planks: Step 2: Now when you have made that, put 3 planks on the top in the middle and then put a 1 x 1.

Step 4: Now when you have done that you need to make a support for the ramp. Step 6: Now when you have made the transition and started putting the planks on your going to start making the jump. Step 7: Now we need a transition so the jump is smooth, and remember the support for the jump. Step 8: Now when you have done that you can put planks all the way down.

Step Now put on the turf or what ever you want to use on your drop-in.