lurker Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 (edited) Hey all! Just wanted to show how we put the snow maker to use last friday! We ran it for about 5 hours and oh boy was it a lot of fun. We stayed up until 2:45 in the morning skiing and boarding . We set up a simple 8-10 foot pipe for a rail and a long (20 foot maybe?) 6x6 post, and covered a skating quarter pipe with snow. We did a lot of stupid stuff, grinded some rails, and messed around in the snow. Highlights include my first ceremonial slip out and slam into the pipe rail of the year, Anthony's 270 on to the pipe, and Dan Saunder's complete grind of the pipe rail on a boogie board. You can't do that at Camelback... haha. Anyway I'll shut up and post some pictures now. Bigger shots and I think a couple more are on our site! http://www.bradsplace.org Edited December 8, 2004 by lurker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifreak Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Awesome! Just a suggestion for you, if you want to have snow when it gets warmer just take a tarp and make a huge pile of snow on it and then just pull the tarp and put snow down where you need it. Well looks like monday I can fire my stuff up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurker Posted December 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Hmmm... So you're saying that if we put all the snow into one big lump basically and cover it up in a tarp, it will survive warmer temperatures better. Then when we want some snow, just pull it around until the snow comes off. Seems to make sense. Now all I need is a big tarp... Monday is definently the day to wait for. Woohoo I can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifreak Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Well what I mean is just lay down a tarp on the ground and blow a large pile of snow on it. When snow begins to melt all you need to do is pull the tarp and lay down the snow where you need it. The tarp just makes moving the snow easier. The point is if you blow snow in large pile it will not melt as quick in high temps. By creating large piles you can patch up your base when the temps are too high for snow. Its called snowfarming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurker Posted December 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Well what I mean is just lay down a tarp on the ground and blow a large pile of snow on it. When snow begins to melt all you need to do is pull the tarp and lay down the snow where you need it. The tarp just makes moving the snow easier. The point is if you blow snow in large pile it will not melt as quick in high temps. By creating large piles you can patch up your base when the temps are too high for snow. Its called snowfarming. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah I see. I'd heard of snowfarming before, and knew it involved a tarp, piles, and snow, but wasn't sure of how it really worked. Thanks, we'll have to do that next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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