Grass skiing which had experienced some amount of popularity in many places in the world including North America during the 70’s is making a come back in Europe.

Neveplast has installed two Tubby slopes for year-round tubing at the Italian ski resort of Mottarone. One of the slopes runs straight and is 90 meters long, the other is 100 meters long and contains multiple turns.

The hillside concept is somewhat different to the sport introduced more than thirty years ago because hard go to revelers can practice the sport using regular ski equipment as opposed to the special gear that was once required.

The straight run includes a launching ramp, and is covered by the Np30, the Neveplast material certified by Italian government tests as having the same slipperiness as real snow.

The turns on the 100 meters long slope are made of metal and also covered with Np30. The adjustable angles of the structure enable a perfect entry trajectory and direct the snow-tube in the best way at the end of the curve. The top part of the metal structure is covered by protective padding.

Most recently Neveplast has installed an artificial downhill ski slope 100 metres long and 10 metres wide at the resort. The slope has an average incline of 18% and again uses Np30 surface material.

Neveplast surfaces allow for easy turning of the ski as on snow.

The slope also makes it possible for beginners to snow plough (wedge) their skis on gentle gradients and still move forwards.

The surface does not damage the skis at all as the very low friction of the surface avoids the generation of high temperature between ski base and the slope, so that the base does not wear over time.