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Apr 6 2006, 01:59 PM
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did someone post a link to a new synthetic ski resort here in texas awhile back or did i read that somewhere else?
i'm trying to find the article |
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Apr 6 2006, 02:19 PM
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
a "synthetic ski resort"?
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Apr 6 2006, 02:26 PM
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you guys are f'in useless, making me do my own scroogle searches
http://www.coolzonewinterplex.com/ http://www.snowboardclub.co.uk/tb.php?/new...143625464,17941, http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticl...ticleID=1425934 http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/...n2.e41074f.html |
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Apr 6 2006, 02:35 PM
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QUOTE (schwab @ Apr 6 2006, 02:19 PM) a "synthetic ski resort"? As in a place that uses synthetic snow... like MOST of them do nowadays. -------------------- |
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Apr 6 2006, 02:36 PM
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oh wow 20 whole stories!!!
jk...that would be so rad for a park and pipe, but it aint really gonna get your long backcountry decent haulballs nut off ya know? |
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Apr 6 2006, 02:39 PM
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QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Apr 6 2006, 02:35 PM) As in a place that uses synthetic snow... like MOST of them do nowadays. they're not using snow or that fake snow they spray in some resorts, its actually some sort of material that just skis like snow i saw pictures of the funky shit on here i thought but now i can't find the pics |
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Apr 6 2006, 02:44 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (Lancifer @ Apr 6 2006, 02:39 PM) they're not using snow or that fake snow they spray in some resorts, its actually some sort of material that just skis like snow i saw pictures of the funky shit on here i thought but now i can't find the pics Yeah, I looked at the links after I posted... I see what you mean. -------------------- |
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Apr 6 2006, 04:34 PM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
Why would people wear coats lol
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Apr 6 2006, 04:57 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (James @ Apr 6 2006, 04:34 PM) Why would people wear coats lol To make the experience feel more authentic? -------------------- |
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Apr 6 2006, 11:00 PM
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yah... their putting one in dubai also... dubai is the middle of the fkin desert!!
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Apr 6 2006, 11:44 PM
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can you go there for the sole purpose of making snow cocks?
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Apr 7 2006, 07:16 AM
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QUOTE (JStrider @ Apr 6 2006, 11:00 PM) yah... their putting one in dubai also... dubai is the middle of the fkin desert!! http://www.skidubai.com/ ive already skiied that one, the snow was actually not that bad, just a little icy if you go at nighttime since everyone had been skiing it all day -------------------- bored...so i did this
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Apr 7 2006, 08:02 AM
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again, the synthetic snow resort in dubai is not the same as the synthetic snow ski slope that they're building in dallas, the one in dallas is just a few layers of some kind of material that skis like snow
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Apr 7 2006, 08:50 AM
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QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Apr 6 2006, 02:35 PM) As in a place that uses synthetic snow... like MOST of them do nowadays. that statement sounds misleading. yeah a lot of them use man-made snow, but its not entirely made up of just that. it has snow to begin with, they just use the new stuff to thicken it up a bit. -------------------- ![]() |
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Apr 7 2006, 08:51 AM
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![]() Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
wait so do they make the environment cold as well? or what.
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