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Title: Why Can't Non Snow Ski Slopes Be Made Like Air Hockey Games ?
Post by: neilep on 16/07/2008 16:25:39

Dearest Huggable Science Peeps !

See this Air Hockey Game Thing ?

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Nice eh ?


Now why can't they use the same principal when it comes to non-snow ski slopes ?

So much better than that material stuff which grazes ewe when ewe fall !! (not me of course...as a sheepy I am of course an expert skiier)

Can't be that big a deal to try it eh ?


whajafink ?


Neil
Skiing Sheep

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Title: Why Can't Non Snow Ski Slopes Be Made Like Air Hockey Games ?
Post by: LeeE on 16/07/2008 17:56:41

Because you wouldn't be able to steer on it.  To steer with skis or a snowboard you must angle or tilt it but as soon as you did that on an air-table the air would escape and you'd end up scraping the surface.

Title: Why Can't Non Snow Ski Slopes Be Made Like Air Hockey Games ?
Post by: RD on 16/07/2008 21:31:11

Wannabe an air-hockey puck ? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQmHqb42qDQ)

Title: Why Can't Non Snow Ski Slopes Be Made Like Air Hockey Games ?
Post by: lyner on 16/07/2008 23:06:48

You wouldn't want to fit castors to a skateboard either.

Title: Why Can't Non Snow Ski Slopes Be Made Like Air Hockey Games ?
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 16/07/2008 23:10:03

Quote from: sophiecentaur on 16/07/2008 23:06:48

You wouldn't want to fit castors to a skateboard either.

Beavers are NOT for fitting to skateboards!  [:(!]

Title: Why Can't Non Snow Ski Slopes Be Made Like Air Hockey Games ?
Post by: Madidus_Scientia on 17/07/2008 08:28:24

And it would hurt more to fall, i've been flying down a ski slope just about as fast as i could go and gone over, and just tumbled and tumbled and lost my skis, boots, beanie, sunnys, ski poles and a sock but i wasn't hurt at all, on hard stuff like that i wouldn't have been so lucky