Jonathan Tollefson

Summer is here the snow is gone, so what are you going to do to snowboard?  Midwesterners have the tendency to hang up the board and forget about it until winter.  I say forget that.

Build  Backyard PARX

Check out this little set up I brought over to a friends house to test out.  He had a drop in already built for riding in the winter, so we threw up some powderpak, dragged out a 12′ piece of PVC and got after it.

If you think it looks a little sketchy, that is fine because it was.  This was only a test.  I would suggest a wider run in and more of a landing.  I would also suggest using a rail that will not move.

Other than that…, I love how simple it can be.  You can put it up and take it down in minutes, and it allows you to Board the Midwest All Day, Everyday.

I know some of you out there  board the summer too.  Post up some pics of your set up and maybe we can encourage more to build year round parks.  Check out my Facebook Page if you like to board.

Have you ever torn a pair of wakeboard bindings just after the warranty was up?  Have you grown out of a pair of wakeboard bindings?  Have you purchased new wakeboard bindings because your boots are way to old?  Whatever your reason for getting new bindings is, what are you to do with your old bindings?

Check out what my dad and I did over the weekend.

Wakeboard Bindings turn into Bookends

Is this what you would do with your old wakeboard bindings?  I didn’t know what I wanted to do with mine until I came up with this idea.  These bindings were completely jacked and not usable anymore.  I couldn’t throw them away because I knew they had to be good for something.

I actually can’t believe that this worked as well as it did. Kelly and I went to see my family in Minnesota, and I always like to bring little projects home.  For the project in mind, my dad and I headed headed out to his wood shop once again.  We built bookends out of my broken Liquid Force bindings.

From the pictures you can see that the project was a success.  It took us most of the day on Sunday after church, but we got them done.

I actually think the bookends will be better as door stops.  Right now the length of the boot is around 12 inches which means I would have to have a 12 inch shelve.  That’s HUGE!!  I already put them in front of a couple doors, and I think they fit in well.  We will have to see what Kelly thinks when she gets home.

If you can’t Board the Midwest All Day Everyday because you have broken equipment, get a job so you can buy more, or do something with your broken stuff.  One man’s trash is another man’s treasure!