HELP with slider

wakensurf4life · Posted: Apr 28, 2004 2:34 pm Post subject: HELP with slider

I made this slider last year and rode it a couple times before the water got cold and we put the boat up. It did do some damage though, recked a brandnew balance I got and then chipped a mini squirt up a good bit. So this year I want to somehow transform it into a floating slider and cover up the frame. Any sudgestions on how to make it float and whats best to float it with would be appreciated. Also whats the best thing to cover the frame with?

wakensurf4life · Posted: Apr 28, 2004 2:35 pm Post subject:

another pic, little dif angle

cwbwakeboarder · Posted: Apr 28, 2004 5:10 pm Post subject:

im not to sure what to float it with or cover it up with but damn thats a nice slider

freerider4 · Posted: Apr 28, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject:

don't float it just put plywood on the side.

wakensurf4life · Posted: Apr 29, 2004 4:26 am Post subject:

Well I was thinking of doing that but it is already hard enough to move, in the pics its not quite where we hit it, we have to move it up because my parents freak when someone we don't know hits it. So I was thinking that if it floated it would be easier to move. Also how does the plywood do with all the weathering it would get, I know I used to have a half pipe and that wood didnt do too well, it even had a couple a layers of paint on it and some wood treating sealer or soemthing of the sort.

03Belmont · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 4656

awsome looking slider... keep it stationary and in the water and just put some kinda keep off sign on it so people couldnt sue you when they but their ass

204Waker · Posted: Apr 29, 2004 9:48 am Post subject:

What did u use to connect the PVC pipes, so that the lined up perfectly even and oen didnt stick up higher then another?

wakensurf4life · Posted: Apr 29, 2004 10:57 am Post subject:

We used some type of internal connector. I forget where my dad eventually got it from but the people at home depot were idiots so I dont think we got it there. All you do is glue em together and it works perfectly. When my dad gets home I'll post where we got it and maybe have a better description of it.

jbt200 · Posted: Apr 30, 2004 8:38 pm Post subject:

thats money.... its soo nice looking... i might just have to make me one of those!

wakensurf4life · Posted: May 30, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:

Well this is what you get from dumpsters and some spray cans and two kids who dont know how to graffiti or anything. Very Happy

wakensurf4life · Posted: May 30, 2004 3:56 pm Post subject:

other side

wakensurf4life · Posted: May 30, 2004 3:57 pm Post subject:

different angle

tell me what you think? POS is what comes to my mind. Sad

moving it into the water tomarrow so I'll try to get some shots of people hittin it.

jbt200 · Posted: May 30, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject:

ahha looks like my artwork as well lol doesnt matter what it looks liek as long as you can slide it

Scorched_Ice7 · Posted: Jun 08, 2004 10:30 am Post subject:

Yea, the graffiti looks kinda crappy. Id just paint the plywood a solid color like a red or orange and make a design over that. Other than that the slider itself kicks ass!

dragon85 · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 213 City: Seabrook

Dude that is a nice slider. Very nice construction. Yeah I would paint it one solid color and then cut out some huge stencils of like stars or your crews name and tag it like that. That way it still stands out but doesnt look all ghetto. You need to drag that thing over some land and it would be a sweet land gap. Its so stable that it wouldnt budge. What did it run you to build it? Whatever you do dont float it. They arent as stable and its just a hassle to move aroud. We have 6 now and they are all posted into the mud.

studlystud08 · Criminal Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 87

ever think about puttin like a little gate type thing on it and lockin it so ppl cant slide on it when ur not out...thats what our ski team does for its kickers

beasoldierprstn · Posted: Jun 11, 2004 6:30 pm Post subject:

float it on old tubes.

wakensurf4life · Posted: Jun 16, 2004 12:27 pm Post subject:

dragon85 · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 213 City: Seabrook

thats a total bummer man. Yeah we had a newbie think he could hit our double kink first try slider even after we said not to. Fell underneath and broke his tibia clean in half but we didnt get in any trouble for it.

Elevation · Posted: Jun 20, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject:

that slider is awesome. i agree about painting it a solid color haha it looked so nice and now it looks all ghetto with the boards on it. get some pics of people sliding it though

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jun 21, 2004 8:29 am Post subject:

WTF

who cares put it un the water get it solid
MOM: Get that slider out of the water the last thing i need is to be heeled responsible
YOU: Mom it is in the ground i can't take it out
MOM: you find a way to get it off the water
it's not like you mom is going i try to take it off the lake herself
thats what i did with my slider and it worked

Paint the whole slider white so that is it visible

oohhh ya when the slider is in the water it isn't yours Wink

wakensurf4life · Posted: Jun 22, 2004 8:52 am Post subject:

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jun 28, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:

put about every suport put on a life jacket and that will keep it afloat when you tow it over of it will sink way in the water and it will get heavy

Elevation · Posted: Jun 28, 2004 4:20 pm Post subject:

WCR, that last post was worded really weird. what, do you mean put a life jacket on the slider then tow it and let it sink in place when you want to set it in the lake?

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jun 29, 2004 10:06 am Post subject:

When you tow it to the other side of the lake the slider will sink into the water..... So put a lifejacket at every support that will keep the slider afloat and it won't sink!!!!

When you fix it make sure that is isn't in the water for long periodes of time before you set up the slider at the other end of the lake
Because the wood will get waterlogged the it will weight 10 times more the it does when it is not water logged

WakeKid07, That is what i was tring to say

Elevation · Posted: Jun 29, 2004 10:46 am Post subject:

WCR, i dont think life jackets would be enough to support a slider. especially one of that size. i dono maybe put some big blocks of foam or something under there.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jun 30, 2004 7:54 am Post subject:

ya, or that

but do you get my point?

Elevation · Posted: Jun 30, 2004 11:07 am Post subject:

yes but i think its unrealistic to hold up a slider with life jackets

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jul 01, 2004 9:05 am Post subject:

use foam then or 55 gal. drum

simland · Posted: Jul 01, 2004 7:26 pm Post subject:

That's expensive. I'd ask around and put it on a couple of canoes or alumanum fishing boats. Just tow it over and drop it in.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jul 01, 2004 9:02 pm Post subject:

ya or tie the slider to the swimgrip and rest the one end on the swimgrid

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Aug 07, 2004 10:38 am Post subject:

Did you get the slider in?

ty540 · Addict Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 603

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Aug 07, 2004 11:13 am Post subject:

if your lake is busy they will just brake that gate off or ollie ofer that gate a sign Wink