i was watching a show on the discovery channel a couple of months ago, and they had a show about a group of people who did extream sports(ex. parachuting, snowboarding, skiing) and the first episode showd them using a bizzare rope tow in new zealand, if any body saw this and knows the name of the showor the ski area. please tell me.
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New Zeland Rope Tow
Started by spunkyskier01, May 23 2004 05:38 PM
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Posted 24 May 2004 - 09:20 AM
How Bizzare can you make a ropetow? Spunkyskier where is your avatar?
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Posted 24 May 2004 - 11:09 AM
New Zealand can be pretty bizarre at the best of times - and that's a good thing! I'm won't be surprised if the Kiwis managed to put some sort of twist on the old reliable rope tow. After all, this is the country that created bungy jumping!
Back in the early 90s I visited a couple of ski areas that required at least a 30 minute walk up to the lifts (they provided a cable car - called a Flying Fox - for your skis and gear though). I may have some NZ lift pics in some slides I took. I'll have to dig 'em up.
Back in the early 90s I visited a couple of ski areas that required at least a 30 minute walk up to the lifts (they provided a cable car - called a Flying Fox - for your skis and gear though). I may have some NZ lift pics in some slides I took. I'll have to dig 'em up.
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Posted 26 May 2004 - 01:16 PM
Possibly a nut-cracker style tow at Craigieburn?
Ski area info:
http://www.snow.co.n...8.asp?skiArea=8
http://www.0800snow....burn/index.html
Description of a nut cracker tow: (Wish I could find a video clip)
http://www.natives.c.../0802/05tow.htm
Ski area info:
http://www.snow.co.n...8.asp?skiArea=8
http://www.0800snow....burn/index.html
Description of a nut cracker tow: (Wish I could find a video clip)
http://www.natives.c.../0802/05tow.htm
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Posted 26 May 2004 - 01:29 PM
That is weird, I guess the NZ landers do coe up with some strange things.
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Posted 26 May 2004 - 02:03 PM
Well the cross lift at Alta doesn't have sheaves on the rope you hold onto the sheaves are on the haul rope from which the rope you grab onto is hooked. I'll get some pics of that great tow up ASAP in other words as soon as my camera works.
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