suggestions on 17ft incline rail *Pics are up*

graydon · Faceplant Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 12 City: largo

alright first off i have a pretty good size pond in my back yard perfect for winching and possibly dropping a ski in but the only problem is that the pond is about 10 ft deep. Being so deep ive tried to sledge hammer everything from 4x4's to steel pipes (like the nick taylor rail) but they are still not sturdy enough. I think the pond is just to deep to pound anything into the ground. So my buddy came up with this idea... basicly its just gonna rest on the the bottom of the pond floor anchored down with cinder blocks

all the bases are done and the tallest one is about 13ft then 12ft then 11ft. Basicly if i drilled the trex on top right now this thing would be hell dragging into the pond, so I was thinking about taking each base out at a time then anchoring individualy and then drilling the trex once each one is anchored out on the pond.

any suggestions?

Gregeo · Guest

make a floating rail ..........

graydon · Faceplant Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 12 City: largo

floating rails are a pain in the ass this is way easier

De Oro · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 1064 City: Austin

ollie on is so much easier

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

De Oro, yaaaaaaaa dude does that make it more luh-git??

graydon, ya brotha you should have no problem drilling the trex on once its out there.

masi · Posted: Mar 15, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject:

graydon · Faceplant Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 12 City: largo

kyle41 · Posted: Mar 15, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject:

its when the beginning of the rail does not go into the water so you are required to ollie on. If its ride on you can start out getting the hang of the rail though by riding on and then once you get confident start ollieing on. Just because its a ride on doesnt mean you cant ollie onto it.

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

kyle41, but it wont be legit if its not only ollie on!

graydon · Faceplant Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 12 City: largo

LOL wow can I get some real suggestions?

De Oro · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 1064 City: Austin

i never said it was legit loosers haha

i like to ollie on instead of riding onto a rail because when you ollie onto a rail it feels a bit nicer to land on, plus you can feel the rail a bit better. I just finished a similar rail ill take pics of it. just make the ollie a little small so you can feel comfortable with the rail. then you can really use all 17 feet Cool

graydon · Faceplant Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 12 City: largo

finished it today.. ill get some pics up soon

mojo · Posted: Mar 17, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject:

ollie on or not that will be a fun rail. floaters are way expensive compared to hammering it in. the design is fine. i take it you're going to use two 16' sections of trex? im building a 16' flat bar at a winch spot i found this weekend. i was going to do foldable sawhorse legs and make a portable one, but im just going to make it stationary. good luck

graydon · Faceplant Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 12 City: largo

sorry the pics arent zoomed in at all... I took the pics with my phone.

this first one is just a view of the pond off of my back yard

closer view of the rail

Ill try and get my buddy's digi photos up here with some better views.. we winched this sucker today and it rode so smooth and it was real sturdy.
Im thinking about buying a ski and building some more rails.. probably a flat bar or something.

graydon · Faceplant Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 12 City: largo

kyle13 · Posted: Mar 20, 2008 5:13 am Post subject:

You are so lucky that spot is right behind youre house. Looks super fun.

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Very nice spot Crazy Eyes

and nice rail.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 26, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

what a great looking spot, your so lucky to have that peice of heaven right behind your house !!

T-Hawk · Posted: Jun 30, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject:

Jholiday · Posted: Jul 01, 2008 8:52 am Post subject:

make the ollie on like a foot higher!!!!