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tribal
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 1:19 pm    Post subject: BC ghetto rail Reply with quote

Been wanting to build a rail on our lake forever.Problem is the lake is so deep that 20ft offshore it's 75ft deep in a shallow spot.The lake also rises[no dam] about 6ft with the runoff in the spring so a rail secured to the bottom wasn't really possible.
So this is what we came up with
Big Cedar log-plenty of these lying around the shore of our lake=free
Couple of pieces of 4" PVC 10ft long-neighbours leftovers=free
Couple milk crates-lying around=free
Rock's in milkcrates=free
2 pieces of old train wreck for anchor's=free
200' of poly rope for anchor line=$10

It work's awesome.The log has enough float and the rocks in the milkcrate keep it from rolling.Granted it's the only wake rail I've ever hit but it works good for me.Just goes to show how much fun you can have wakeskating without a big budget.




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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is ghetto!!
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that looks sweet but also seems like you could rail yourself prettty good on it if you fell....that lake looks mmm lovely also.
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i never have made a rail before. but when my buddy and i was wakeskating behind a sea-doo we saw a log about 20 feet long and hit it up. it was awsome. slide pretty well just being in the water for a few days.
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tribal, we got good taste



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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Parky that looks pretty long.How long is it and is it all one piece of pipe or is there a joint in it.You have that set up in the "chuck"?
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tribal, its damm long, I say around 35feet but its now 40 i added an extra section... I can do most of it and its done most of me if you know what i mean Mad

in the pic its all one pipe

its set up in genoa bay on vancouver island, on da ocean
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's cool Parky.Where you added the section what did you do for the joint where the pipes met.
BTW the "chuck" is what the natives call "da ocean"

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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

parky is that someone swiming near the left end of your rail?
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ya or did sasquatch happen to go for a swim in the chuck that day?
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tribal, I didn't join it with anything, I just screwed it in on the right end...

WaKeSk8er209, no

che blanc, haha i hope not
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thats sweet, i wish the water was that calm down here
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

double up beach was lookin good today. no wind, no boats, just perfect glass Very Happy ... but of course i get grounded for my report card and cant go riding Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you already got your report card? damn...haha
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yea i am lucky enough not to get it untill like 4 more weeks was it a progress report or something??? but i dont have to worry about it i am a good student (cheeting)
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

maybe u should have cheated on the spelling in this post. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok sorry i dont spell the as good as you please forgive me oh mighty wcwakeskater
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey, whoa. take a joke beach. Cool
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i know i have a hard time but it seriously seems that yall pick on me but i am jsut a little aggrivated!! but will you please forgive me??
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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2004 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i don't pick on anyone in particular, just when it seems fit. Crazy Eyes
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