Some pics of our new slider

pjdave · Posted: Apr 30, 2003 12:54 am Post subject: Some pics of our new slider

heres some pics of our new slider, they show half of it. It will be 43 foot long when finished, will have some more pics of it finished in the water by saturday

Josh R · Posted: Apr 30, 2003 5:24 am Post subject:

Hey Dave, what is that flat material on the slider. Me and Kris Bower have been going crazy trying to find more info about it. How much did it cost? Any other info about it would be cool too. We wanted to build a 120 foot slider, so hopefully it doesn't cost too much...

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

looks awsome, looks like it will be really fun to hit, you will love it, tells us how it is when ya try it

pjdave · Posted: Apr 30, 2003 11:09 pm Post subject:

Im not sure of the technical name of the plastic used but is made out of recycled milk bottles, It around 90 bucks a sheet in bulk. A mate happen to come across it while doing some work, he asked the owner and he said he could have it. We are going to use this slider at the first pro tour stop on the gold coast at the end of the year. Just getting it built early for some r+d at the local cable park.

Josh R · Posted: May 03, 2003 3:04 am Post subject:

Thanks dave.
Any idea on exactly how big a sheet is?

JHrod · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3144

120 ft slider???------------dude that thing is gonna be friggin awesome and hard as stuff!!!

Josh R · Posted: May 03, 2003 7:59 pm Post subject:

Haha, it's not going to be any ordinary slider either... It's gonna have some curves. Twisted Evil

jibn-it-all · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 248 City: apopka

how do u conect the styrofoam to the base?

pjdave · Posted: May 06, 2003 10:51 pm Post subject:

josh: the sheets are 2400x 1200mm

jibn: the foam has metal sheeting on both sides, I just run some bolts all the way through and put some nuts with washers on the other side.

Josh R · Posted: May 07, 2003 12:46 am Post subject:

Thanks mate, sorry about all the questions btw.

pjdave · Posted: May 09, 2003 4:27 pm Post subject:

this is a pic of one half, havent got around to finishing it. (this is my mates first attempt at riding sliders) All the other pics were too dark

Inggy · Posted: May 09, 2003 10:08 pm Post subject:

That final pic is awesome dude Laughing

Do you ollie up on to it, or do you just slide up? I couldnt tell from the pics

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

you could do both on that slider, from what it looks like, there is the incline see slide up, and then if ya want to, ya could ollie up onto it, its however you want to hit it

aussie_stu · Posted: May 12, 2003 8:14 pm Post subject:

hey dave, when's that r&d at the park???? Very Happy

pjdave · Posted: May 13, 2003 4:45 am Post subject:

Hey stu im going to have the whole thing finished for the next cable day, it will be another 6m longer than the pic. Ive got reuban sorting out some anchors on the inside of the cable, its getting a bit boring hitting everything toeside up at bli bli. Hope to catch you up there, always seem to go on different weekends

WIDE-A-WAKE · Soul Rider Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 370 City: Otis

That slider looks pretty sick! I wish i could make something like that.

aussie_stu · Posted: May 14, 2003 5:47 pm Post subject:

ha ha that always the way, last kicker day was sweet only 5 of us riding, pyney was nailing some crazy sh**, man I tried to convince them to stick one of the kickers on the inside and they wouldn't, t/s sucks when hitting them, oh well

Mx647FLMX · Newbie Joined: 22 May 2003 Posts: 10 City: Boca Raton, FL

That thing is sick. It will be crazy when u finish it up.

WIDE-A-WAKE · Soul Rider Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 370 City: Otis

Hey Dave, Did you use plastic decking?

holdsworth · Posted: May 28, 2003 3:18 pm Post subject:

sweet slider . . . i should build somethin like that at the lake i go to

Josh R · Posted: Jun 08, 2003 6:58 pm Post subject:

Just in case anyone still cares, the slider we're building is now going to be 140ft long... Very Happy

Good times.

Malibu Stacey · Posted: Jun 09, 2003 3:45 am Post subject:

sounds pretty crazy Josh

otiswunguy · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 871 City: Sammamish

pics josh. i know you have them.

Josh R · Posted: Jun 09, 2003 8:17 am Post subject:

Not just yet, it's just being constructed. I might post a few teasers on the site. Expect to see the full ones in the Aussie Magazines, and I'll hopefully do an article for the site.

Props to Rusty and 720 EyeArmour for supporting the sport in Australia.