forget boring flat piste, make fun piste

[Tom from Austria]

Bored to death on wide flat pistes ? Me too.
Why not bring the best of the freeriding terrain to the piste ?

Our initiative should convince piste-owners to convert the steepest of their slopes into FUN PISTES with elements like

-Artificial HILLS in various forms and sizes, piled up on originally flat piste (there could not be enough of them, they are the best avalanche protection).
-LOFTY PATH is a 2 to 3 m wide path winding down the slope on 0.5 m earth dam like a lofty slalom.
-STAIRCASE is really a staircase covered with snow. The best of us master 45° gradient and 3 m width. Adrenalin comes at 60° / 1.5 m.

-CHIMNEYS are steep chutes 50-70° or semi opened chimneys with ski-turning possibilities in the flanks. After every 30 or 50 m there must be a secure landing.
-SOFT WALL is very steep but short slope covered with soft snow
-HARD WALL, the same as above, but hard and much shorter (guess why ?)
-HALF- and QUARTER-PIPES known from fun parks but steeper
and evtl.with rippled surface.
-STEEP SLALOM is an adrenalin slalom on 40-60° gradient, soft snow.

-CASCADE is a very steep slope with built-in cliffs and soft snow landings between them.
-DIVING BOARD is a 1 to 5 m long, gently declined board, fixed on a steep slope covered with soft snow.
Facing the depth under the board, skier/rider slides slowly over the board before he/she „dives“ under. Leaving the board before the end shortens the free fall.
-TRAMPOLINE is a robust ski-friendly trampoline fixed on a steep slope.
Skier or rider comes down the hill, jumps in, shows some tricks and finally
jumps over the border in the depth.

-GORGE with skiable flanks is winding down the steep slope.
-CREST is a pleasure known to few freeriders, as natural crests are hardly skiable.
Artificial crests could be long descending with gradients up to 60° or short ascending up to 90° .
-HELIX is a half-pipe or couloir having bottom as steep as 40-50 °.
Every 10 m there is an arc spanned over the half-pipe. The arc is a skiable
bridge with a protecting fence on the downhill side.
The trace left has the form of a spiral.

Turn ski highways into playgrounds for adults and kids !

[Binky]

Is anybody else tired of this shit?..

[highflyingpilot]

TECH TALK JONG!

[Below Zero]

Split, kook!

[NorCascader]

all that bold text makes me piste

[Tom from Austria]

Split, kook!

Don't like playing, Below Zero ?

I wish I could ski each of these devices,
especially stairs, chimneys and the helix.

Unlike skis, I cannot built them.

[FFsup]

[Lurch]

Go the fuck away troll.

[Fatty]

unlike skis, I cannot built them.

judging from your past posts, you can't do that either

[Tom from Austria]

judging from your past posts, you can't do that either

Can understand, Fatty, that Rax skis may disturb your self confidence (material, technique).
But these innocent jokes such as crests, lofty paths, trampolines hurt nobody, just offer some new fun.

Why are you so negative ?

[keksie]

how about skiing OFF-PISTE for all of the stuff mentioned above and more?

[Dickeymotto]

Paging Boardy Skeezer...

[Tom from Austria]

how about skiing OFF-PISTE for all of the stuff mentioned above and more?

Yeah keksie, that's what we are all doing, but still dreaming of new attractions. Ever found diving board, staircase or trampoline in the free nature?

It's like apples. You may find wild fruits somewhere. In the garden they are concentrated on one spot and taste better.

And these artificial chimneys and steep icy walls are (relatively) safe
even with 70 degrees as there is always life-saving landing underneath.

[[expletive deleted]]

This is skier timecube.

[Hicks]

The device in your avatar for stripping off your boots looks pretty sophisticated.
How much? Do you need to fasten them to the floor with some screw bolts?

[Roo]

I think it's some sort of spring contraption to help a skier negootaiate lofty paths and helixes.

[Hicks]

I think it's some sort of spring contraption to help a skier negootaiate lofty paths and helixes.

I'd think you need to engage your heel into the swallowtail and pull your leg up.
=> stinkfoot alert!

[skibiker]

I just don't get it.

[Tom from Austria]

The device in your avatar for stripping off your boots looks pretty sophisticated.
How much? Do you need to fasten them to the floor with some screw bolts?

You caught me, Hicks. That's the infernal connection "Fun Piste"
and device in my avatar called "Rax Ski".
Let's blow it up


We are just starting very primitive manufacturing in Europe,
the whole story is on our homepage www.raxski.com

[orange]

It's all English, but I don't understand a word.

[Tom from Austria]

It's all English, but I don't understand a word.

Tmorry, I would really like to help you understand.
Please quote statements I could explain.

[Lurch]

Is everyone in Austria this dumb?

[keksie]

Is everyone in Austria this dumb?

yes. (i speak from experience)