How to Make a Snowboard Box Rail

A snowboard box rail is a piece of equipment featured in many freestyle snowboard parks and is used to slide across and do tricks on while riding a snowboard. The most common box rails are built of wood and have a metal railing used for sliding across. Making a snowboard box rail can be completed in a few hours and provides a piece of long lasting equipment for use each winter season.

Things You'll Need

• 7 wood beams, 2 by 4 inches by 10 feet
• 3 sheets plywood, 4 by 8 feet
• 1 box 3-inch-long wood screws
• 1 electric drill
• 1 metal plumbing pipe 10 feet long by 3 inches in diameter
• 1 drill bit for metal 1/2-inch diameter
• 1 drill bit for metal 3/8-inch diameter

Instructions

1. Cut four pieces of 2-by-4-inch wood beams to a length of 2 feet. Cut four pieces of 2-by-4-inch wood beams to a length of 4 feet. Cut four pieces of 2-by-4-inch wood beams to a length of 10 feet. These beams will serve as the framework of the box rail, which will be covered by plywood.

2. Cut two pieces of plywood to the dimensions of 10 by 2 feet. Cut two pieces of plywood to the dimensions of 4 by 2 feet. Cut two pieces of plywood to the dimensions of 10 by 4 feet. This plywood will serve as the covering that will be attached over the framework built from the 2-by-4 wood beams.

3. Attach the ends of two of the 2-foot-long beams to the ends of two of the 4-foot long beams using the electric drill and 3-inch-long screws to create two separate rectangles measuring 2 by 4 feet.

4. Connect the two rectangles measuring 2 by 4 feet using the four 10-foot-long wood beams. Attach the 10-foot-long beams at each corner of the rectangle using the drill and 3-inch-long screws thereby creating a three-dimensional rectangular box frame measuring 4 by 10 by 2 feet.

5. Attach the plywood to the three-dimensional rectangular frame using the electric drill and 2-inch-long wood screws. Attach the piece of plywood that corresponds in size with the size of the rectangle side you are working on. For instance, attach the 2-by-4-foot piece of plywood to the 2-by-4-foot side of the frame and so on and so forth until you have created a three dimensional wooden box.

6. Drill a 5-½ inch in diameter holes in the metal pipe in a straight line along its length. Using these five holes as access points, drill five more pilot holes 3/8 inch in diameter in the opposite side of the metal pipe.

7. Attach the 10-foot-long metal pipe along the 10-foot-long edge of the wooden rectangular box. Use the ½-inch wide holes in the metal pipe as access points through which to screw 3-inch-long screws through the 3/8-inch-wide pilot holes.

Tips & Warnings

• For a lighter box rail, refrain from attaching a bottom piece of plywood to the box and use plastic pipe.

• Secure the box rail to the snow before use to prevent sliding.