How to Build a Snowboard Double Barrel Rainbow

If you're a true snowboard enthusiast, it's difficult to get up to the mountain or terrain park as much as you would like. To help with those urges in between trips, try building your own double barrel rainbow rail at home. Lots of work, but lots of fun.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• 2 sawhorses
• A rail from material of your choice
• Lots of snow

1. Choose something to make your double barrel rainbow rail from. It needs to be strong enough to hold the weight of a person, but bendable, unless it happens to be already curved.
2. Find an area where there is a natural slope if possible. Clear the area of all obstacles and make sure there is enough snow to build up the arch under the double barrel rainbow rail and have a decent landing area.
3. Create a snowboard ramp from either a natural hill or by compiling snow into a large mound with a flat surface at the top for a starting pad. It's also possible to pile snow on top of stairs if doing this in a back yard to create the launching ramp.
4. Use two saw horses to hold the rail in place. Place them one in front of the other on the downhill slope. Make sure to space the sawhorses far enough apart to allow the rail to have the natural arch.
5. Lay the rail on the bottom of the launching ramp, over the two sawhorses and finish at the landing area.
6. Bury the first part of the rail that is laying on the ramp under snow, allowing it to come on top of the sawhorse gradually. Don't make this first dip too deep or you won't have enough speed for your snowboard to get up the small hill and over the rainbow arch.
7. Entomb the end of the double barrel rainbow rail as it comes onto the landing area with snow to create a smooth finish. Pack snow over the sawhorses as needed to make the arch as smooth as possible, and test it with your snowboard.

Tips & Warnings

• Some young trees can be bowed over to create a nice arch. Other choices are old gutters or anything else that has a nice surface to glide over.
• Remember the more flexible and soft the material is, the more support it will need underneath, meaning packing the arch form with lots of snow.