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Sorry, but I’m a little confused.
The Sports Court and Ice Court surfaces are both for use with [b:3tsj6b9h]inline[/b:3tsj6b9h] skates, right?
The plastic-chopping-board-with-lube stuff is the stuff used with [b:3tsj6b9h]ice hockey[/b:3tsj6b9h] skates, and is not really an option, right?
Basically, we are looking at various types of inline surfaces for practise, yeah?
Chris.
"Chris":2bdyut1h wrote:Basically, we are looking at various types of inline surfaces for practise, yeah?[/quote:2bdyut1h]Man, I’m obviously not very good at explaining this am I!
Yes, you are absolutely correct. Synthetic ice = bad, inline surface = what we’re talking about now.
Nah, my confusion is more likely due to the fact that my brains have been baking in Central Otago sun for the last few days, and currently have the computational capacity of tepid porridge
” title=”Cool” />Hey guys
Ultra High Molecular Wieght Polyetheline is supposed to be quite good for pucks
i was going to buy i sheet to practice shooting on a while ago they have it at plastic companys.I don’t know how a puck would slide on it compared to this
ice court stuff but i think it would be simmilar. I rember it being quite cheap.Does anyone know what type of plastic this Ice Court is ?
"Tom":1zi6r0c5 wrote:Ultra High Molecular Wieght Polyetheline is supposed to be quite good for pucks
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Does anyone know what type of plastic this Ice Court is ?[/quote:1zi6r0c5]Ice Courts and Sport Courts are made of plastic tiles which clip together. They have holes, dimples and stuff which collect the dust so that roller hockey wheels don’t slip on it. Plus I think the holes help make the puck slide better. I haven’t tried a Sport or Ice Court, just the Palmerston North rink, but the puck definitely slid incredibly well, better than ice infact, albeit I only tried it with inline pucks not a big fat rubber ice hockey puck.
Whats the stuff upstairs at clubs and socs, i was messing round with a ice puck up there during clubs and socs day and it was responding quite well.
it was rubbery"Azzy77":2p8r2t1t wrote:Whats the stuff upstairs at clubs and socs, i was messing round with a ice puck up there during clubs and socs day and it was responding quite well.
it was rubbery[/quote:2p8r2t1t]I assume the puck will come to a stop pretty quickly if you pass it along the surface more than a few meters. Much like how the Dunedin Stadium surface behaved – that green stuff round the ice rink.
It’s also shit to skate on as you sink into it, it’s even worse than the green stuff as the rubber is thicker.
Ryan,
Not a real recommendation, but that green stuff at the stadium was great fun. You’ll pull a stop and slide for 4 or 5 metres by the time you actually stopped.
About as close as I’ll ever get to (car) drifting.
What are our chances of getting some sort of surface samples from these different companies and getting some players together to test and rate them?
After all, 99% of players may like that green, rubbery shit!
Umm no. Ryan will have kittens if you try and push the green rubbery shit. Though I’d be entertained.
I would imagine samples would be difficult. Once you’re talking about skating you’d need a few square metres to be able to skate rather than just stand there and puck handle. That’s an expensive sample, especially if it’s coming from overseas.
That green rubbery stuff was only slippery for some people, presumably because your wheels were doing something weird with it. It was the grippiest stuff I have ever skated on. Nothing else is as grippy apart from maybe polyurethaned wood.
And yeah I’ll have a fit if that stuff got put in there! It’s particularly bad for puck handling and slow as hell for skating on. The concrete underneath would be much better.
I am telling you miniture ice, built like the curling rink so it can frozen and unfrozen is the only way to fly, well skate, if you want to replicate ice nothing beats ice
"Azzy77":3p7a916i wrote:I am telling you miniture ice, built like the curling rink so it can frozen and unfrozen is the only way to fly, well skate, if you want to replicate ice nothing beats ice[/quote:3p7a916i]Lol, yes, that would be nice
” title=”Smiley” /> Unfortunately extremely expensive too.Ryan,
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