pool - slider idea

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

so ive been trying to think of ideas with a slider, since i live in a lake with a no-wake zone, and police patrolling around sometimes, AND the people we rent the dock from wont let us have a slider there.ive come up with a few ideas that involve floating sliders, but that seems like alot of work...plus, a few friends are filming for a local video, and we wanted something kinda cool and somewhat unique. so i came up with an idea.

the dock that i rent has about a 3ft. drop into the water at the end, and is about 50 yds long. we're thinking about building an "in ground" slider at the end of the dock that goes into the water, preferably a long down-rail. then, we were gonna build a long, thin pool that goes to the end of the dock, prbly around 20 yds long. you think this is a good idea?? and how long do you think it'd take, cus i cant really have it in there for more than 2 mornings, or 1 evening and 1 morning...

Honeytoast0303 · Outlaw Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 149 City: Holyoke

im having trouble understanding, can you post a pic of an example of what your talking about?

Damon · Posted: Jul 29, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject:

als132, what lake?

I will come help you out if you need any. But yeah, draw up something in mspaint.

and how you thinking you'll get pulled? no wake... no boats/pwc.. your gonna need a winch/car/vehicle...

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

hers a pictur, maybe itll help a little bit (ps i did it in liek 5 minuts so dont make fun of me)

no wake zone can suk it and i dont care about it, plus we'll be close to the dock

the pool will be about 8 inches tall, with a tarp (similar to the bump truck in Free 4 All, and alot like the pool in Metronome).

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

here:

milano27 · Criminal Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 82 City: new orleans

so your gonna make a pool of water on top of a dock?

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

ya^^^

Honeytoast0303 · Outlaw Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 149 City: Holyoke

ohhhhhhh. so you want a removible slider and you want to move the pool after you use it? it seems like making a floating slider would be easier, but if you would rather your idea, then i would say that you can/should try it. and you said your renting the dock? do you mean its someones on the water, and you have a cabin a little ways away from the water?

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

well kinda^^. we dont neccessarily want to "move" the slider and the pool, but it will be a temporary thing for 2 days of filming, then we will tear it down.

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

and no, we dont rent the dock like you are thinking. its a permanent dock, but we dont own it, a friend of my dad's owns it. and we live liek 15 minuts from the lake. we own our boat and everything, we're just using this guys dock

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Aug 10, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject:

Re-Evforce the dock if you are going to build a pool on it. It would suck if the dock fell through. Wink

Honeytoast0303 · Outlaw Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 149 City: Holyoke

oh, if your gona tear it down after, i would make it so you can use it for something after. like you can proably flip the pool over, reinforce it, and add some puckboard or whatever they use to slide, and use it for snowboarding and snowskating. same with the slider. i would never build something like that and just throw away afterwords Very Happy

Paul-o-rama · Newbie Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 28

Instead of building a pool, just go to an army surplus store and pick up some of the big squares of foam and cover them with water, they are as slippery as Bubb Rubb

Paul-o-rama · Newbie Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 28

^it replaces the word F U C K with "rubb bubb"

wkbrdr · Posted: Aug 23, 2005 5:20 am Post subject:

^ that was stupid...

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I think making a floating slider would be easier.

Honeytoast0303 · Outlaw Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 149 City: Holyoke

so, did you ever do it? any pics?

wake09 · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 71

yea just do a floater

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

well i COULD do a floater, but that wouldnt be nearly as cool to film on as this. and i think we are doing it this coming monday

QNev · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 9:56 pm Post subject:

A small kiddy pool would work but Paul-O-Rama's Idea was pretty sweet.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Aug 31, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject:

I would just make a floating slider and get a waterproof housing for your camera and you can get some kool shots.

Kampus-slide · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 527 City: Tucson

I bet he hasn't/will never follow through with his idea

wkbrdr · Posted: Nov 12, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject:

flaoting them is nice you can move it around then...

rob.corum · Criminal Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 50

als132, I really like your art work. your going places with that.