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1/19/09 at 3:35pm
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Has anyone here ever skied on snowflex. This stuff looks like it would be similar to real snow. There is currently no snowflex resorts in the U.S but there are a lot in the U.K and france.



If you dont know what snowflex is this video should clear everything up.

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1/20/09 at 3:09pm
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The answer for skiing in Georgia.

I like the mogul course and quarter pipe. We used to ski on bristles and artificial flakes in Ohio for instructor practice back in the early 70s, so not a new concept. I doubt it catches on, but wet fuzzy snow looks like fun if its all you have.
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1/20/09 at 4:11pm
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and when it comes to off-piste???
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1/20/09 at 4:21pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midwestskier9 View Post
This stuff looks like it would be similar to real snow.
LOL, not to me, not even close, lol. More Utah powder please ( to cover that snowflex sh_t up).
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1/20/09 at 6:28pm
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The kids hair at 0:50, priceless....

Also, the snow must be slippy, but grippy.
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1/20/09 at 8:13pm
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Originally Posted by MSUBozangelas View Post
The kids hair at 0:50, priceless....

Also, the snow must be slippy, but grippy.
A prominent authority told me that the kid's hair is responsible for most of the crop circles in England.

The 'grippy' feel probably comes from static electricity.

An inch of boilerplate covering seven feet of snow is just as hard as an inch on top of 6 inches of machine made.

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1/20/09 at 8:50pm
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Originally Posted by MSUBozangelas View Post
The kids hair at 0:50, priceless....

Also, the snow must be slippy, but grippy.
The PTex bases, rubbing against the plastic Snowflex, create static electricity, hence the hair.

This stuff looks like Astroturf from Alaska.
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1/21/09 at 4:23am
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It is similar to astroturf. Nasty when you fall on it. If you go too fast, it recks your skis - too much heat from the friction.

If God hadn't meant us to ski, why did He give us mountains, snow and gravity?

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9/9/09 at 9:19pm
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a friend of mine went last weekend and loved it. he fell down though and really ripped up his elbows (and he was wearing long sleeves)! so be careful, a face first landing could do some serious damage. my question is..what does it smell like?

anyway I hope to go soon, and i've heard great things about it :)

~snow love <3

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9/9/09 at 10:04pm
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It's probably fun.

But it miss the one thing that makes skiing so charming and Magic.

It came to my mind that this stuff would be a solution to a world without snow..

wohh, that would be depressing.
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9/10/09 at 12:10am
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Quote from Snowflex.com:
07 September 2009
Grand opening ceremony kicks off pro performance at the
Liberty Mountain Snowflex® Centre in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
http://domain2149242.sites.fasthosts.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=57&z=2

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9/10/09 at 4:35am
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Snowflex is maybe the best of the dry slope technologies but that isn't really saying much, dry slopes are horrible and destroy skis, it is nothing like snow, grippy ice is about as close as you get to the feeling. Dry slopes can't hold an edge the way snow can (especially not if they're snowflex) but until recently it's all we have to train our racers on and despite the limitations the dry slope racing scene is pretty serious over here.

Here in the UK there are now a number of snow domes that are giant fridges with artificial snow which are much better, the hemel dry slope has just been replaced with a snowdome. You are still skiing on a 160-180m long 10 degree slope though and it's filled with brits who's skiing ability is rather questionable. Behold the gnar:



You can imagine how bad this gets at weekends near the ski season! Their main business is selling very pricey lessons before people go on holiday, but I take my SL skis there very occasionally just to remember the feeling of skiing

Edited by narc - 9/10/09 at 10:35am
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