Archive for category Snow Tubing
Summer Snow Tubing – Without the Snow?
Posted by admin in Snow Tubing on July 3, 2011
Snow tubing is one of the fastest growing winter sports. But what happens when the weather turns warm?
There are a number of new synthetic materials out there that make summer tubing just as much fun as the winter – and with warm weather too!
The first material is a lot like the artificial turf on sports fields. It is a bit stiffer and has fairly short blades of “grass”. The tubes are the same ones as the ones used in the winter, but they have a special hard bottom that makes them faster on the turf. The hard bottoms may also be used in winter when the snow gets slow due to warmer temperatures. The tubing lanes have side walls that are also covered with the material so you stay in the lane without ay effort. The ride tends to be a bit smoother than snow, but also a bit noisier. The lanes get faster when the temperature is lower, or when they get wet so early in the day is best for riding on a hot day.
The other type of material is called uGxtreme. It looks like a plastic checkerboard with a half a marble on alternating squares. These squares snap together into tubing runs. This material also has side walls and uses the same tubes as winter tubing. This new material is smoother and faster than the turf style. Read the rest of this entry »
Snow Tubing – Catskills
Posted by admin in Snow Tubing on July 3, 2011
Catskills Mountains are very near to the New York City, and are a very popular summer destination. In fact, they are considered by many to be the perfect place to spend their weekends with their scenic beauty and fun filled activities. During winters when all the peaks are snow covered, this mountain range becomes a happy hunting ground for those who love winter sports like snow skiing.
Snow tubing Catskills is one such activity which has gained much popularity in the last few years. Tubing is a sport in which people sit in boats which are filled with air and slide down the slopes on a snow covered mountains. Tubing or Toobing as it is otherwise called can be done on water as well and then it is also known as rafting. It is a very pleasurable activity and children and grown ups alike love it. Many water parks have courses designed for the sliding of such boats and these courses are circular or zigzag to derive maximum pleasure.
Snow tubing Catskills is a fun activity that is similar to sledging. On Catskills Mountains there are enough slopes to do tubing and those sitting in these tubes glide down the slope because of gravity and enjoy the ride. The rider has to return to the starting place to start the ride again. It is really difficult to control the movement of the tube once it starts to slide down because unlike sledging you don’t have anything to propel or guide the direction. However, this is what makes snow tubing Catskills as pleasurable as people falter again and again and gradually learn how to ride a tube. Since the slopes are steeply inclined, riders gather a good speed down the slope and it is only a skillful rider who is able to control the movement of the tube. Often the riders who are novices get injured in the process when any obstacle like a tree comes in their path. Read the rest of this entry »