What Should I make My ski rail out of?

Question

I'm making a ski rail and I'm wondering what I should make it out of and if i should coat the top with anything...

Answer 1

Ok first of all  there are thousands of different kind of rails you can make so i will only say the 2 most common: flat rail and single barrel rail. I have a hill in my backyard with a carpet (i can ski down it without any snow just water) and i have about 7 different rails in my shed. I made the flat and single barrel rail myself. To make a flat rail here is the procedure:

1. Go to homedepot and buy a long square, metal rail

2.  Also buy 2 little metal poles and a flat piece of metal

3. Torch the metal poles on the bottom of your rail and torch that to the flat metal

4. Take a hose and spay water on it for about 10 minutes

5. now you have a flat rail!

to make a single barrel rail follow this procedure:

1. go to homedepot and buy a long, hollow, metal pole

2. repeat steps 2-5 above

Hope this helps you! Happy grinding, Skiing_cr4zy ^_^

Answer 2

try something that is metal and will bend a little not a lot.

Make sure it has little friction and NEVER PAINT THE RAIL

the paint will chip with in two hits and then it isn't fun from their

Answer 3

make it simple. use a small log or a 2x4. its not a whole lot different