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What do you guys want this sesason at snowtrails...
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hey all. just got off the phone with todd, and we are lookin at ideas for this comming season. i have a large bank of ideas myself, just wanted to see if anyone else has any ideas i havent thought of, or if theres common themes...
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here is a few of my ideas.
1. put the pencil rail as an up rail.(any other flat rail would work)
2. an S rail
3. some sort of jib feature to stall on,jib off of ect.
4. try to use up a little more space in the park, i know things were pretty well packed last year but a few of the features could have wennt in the small park.
5. leave the street style rail from last year burried.
6. have a 2 or 3 part rail/box. example, have one rail/box going up then have one rail/box going down with a gap inbetween, or do a 3 part like a trap but with gaps.
7. not burry the c rail so much.
8. as far as jump go. pretty happy with last years turn out but might be able to put one more before the pencil like there was at the beginning of the season. (weather depending).
its just a few ideas i had going threw my head. they sounded good to me. let me know what you guys think of them.
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sounds good. i think you will like some of the stuff im plannin.
any one else?
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i dont think its gonna be streetstyle this year. somethin new with it.
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a stair case setup would be dope
and if you had maybe a jump like last years in prety much the same place, and maybe if the pencil rail was moved have a slightly bigger one in place of that
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stolen c-box from clear fork it would be sick in the small park steel it and clame that shit
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multiply the vertical footage by at least 45, then add intense storm cycles, then add sweet rock bands and sprinkle a few cliffs in there. mix it all up and serve it with a side of back country booter.
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rock bands as in geological formations of musical groups? come on mark, need to carify.
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a small set on/step off is super fun for awhile. I'm not gonna be at snowtrails at all, but those are fun little hits. A step over style jump. We had one in our park, and it was sick. you sorta land at your peak, so learning tricks isn't scary for the youngins. Like the JOI hit but smaller.
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the #1 idea massive channel gap where the jump was and the dfd was last year...
#2 the ofs box top rail has to stay up all year...
#3 flat rail gap to down rail...
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i was about to say channel gap but ^ beat me to it
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more then just one jump... 2 or 3 maybe 2 with a hip at the bottom??
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yeah the channel gap is a definate one i wanna look at. i wanna do a line of three hits, with various options available for differnet skill levels. first hit, fairly small, maybe 25-30 ft. that would come down into where highline was last season, with maybe a 40 ft table, as well as the option for a channel gap, maybe like 60 ft? theres most likely gonna be liability issues there thou. gotta look into that. anyhow, from the 40 ft landing, that carries down to where the step up was last year. stay to the right side of the take off, and its a very steep hip jump. to the left, and its a 60ish ft long tabletop. this way, you would have the option of going smaller for the beggingers, and still having some large hits in the park. i also wanna try anf get the other park taken more seriously, with some better jumps and some more features. i have some drawings ill post sometime tonight, im just super busy right now.
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^ having a legit joey park is key. I dunno about at Snowtrails, but most parks have a plethora of joeys. If you make a good small park for them, they are less likely to venture into the big park, get in the way, or get hurt.
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you just made my day.. Thank You
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yeah music groups. i want poison and motley crue to be playing live non fucking stop, all season long.
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its all fun and games untill managment steps in and limmits your build time to two days in the begining of the season, then only gives one or two days outa the season to make major changes/fix ups with the cats... lets face the facts, owners and managment dont see terrain parks as a nessesity, all the money is made in ski school programs and the 65year old weekend worriors with season passes. the freestyle community only makes up a small fraction of passholders at least in the midwest. So you can see why managment and owners are resistant to pore money into cat hours, snowmaking, and terrainpark staff hours that are needed to build a good park. Building a good park is going to be a up-hill battle. my advise is get as much as you can done in those first few days of build, because it will be very hard getting those cats back in the park to make major changes. and remember that the cats can't do everything, the best and smoothest take offs are done with good ole' shovel and rake. see if you can get some of the trees cleared between the park and the lift, the vibe will be way better. when you watch your friends run on the way up the lift, you will feed off there energy, and like wise you have more fun on your run when people are watching you. those trees need to be cleared(not all of them) so you can see the park better from the lift. speed is an issue at ST, it is the midwest, i suggest makeing a very tall drop in at the top of the hill outa dirt. kinda like the one we had last year, but make it much taller and make it outa dirt. then when temps drop, just blow a gun on the dirt pile to cover it with snow.
good flow in the park is key!!! thats my advise and good luck this season snowtrails... -derrin
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im sure alot of people would be willing to help out with a shovel w/out getting paid in order to have a good park...
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who are all the people ivolved in the park crew this year??
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um, ill be heading it up, as for others, no one has been hired yet i believe. Jmo is the only guy i can think of that might be around from last year.
yea derrin, i definatly hea ya. im gonna try my best to keep the park alive and on par with what it has been, and hopefully keep the trend goin of it gettin better every year.
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even tho im not 18 and cant be hired. i will be more than glad to help any day or anytime.
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you put into words exactly what i was thinking jump wise...as far as rails and boxes ...i would love to see a big kinked box maybe a dfd or something for learning 360 switchups and 270 disasters and stuff...
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all these ideas sound awesome i want the kilted yak rail dfd set up aggain so i can rip that shit to peices
that's all thanks
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Is there enough room for all of this?
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dude i hope there is enough room... 30 ft... 40 ft.... then a 60 ft/hip would be soooooo sick... that would never get old and be the best run ive ever done in ohio
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Id like to see thad get fired! Then everything would be great!
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kinda off topic but how about a better park stereo system? its kind lame.
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not worth it we still need lites on the one side and headphones work 10 times better
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haha, i just learned last week they actually played music around there. im always rockin headphones. if you want some good comfy earbuds that wont hurt, and you can still talk, check out the Sony h.ears. they are 10 bucks, sound awesome (even compared to my 150 dollar ones), and are mad comfy. you can just hang them off your ears when your talkin with peeps.
and yea, some more lights would not be bad.
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more lights would be hot. it sucks hitting a jump and not being able to see where in the fuck you are going to land, much less how many jimmyshooters you are going to land upon.
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Lighting is key. Having a well lit park is sooo sick. And perhaps a wallride of some sort?
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chris T whud up dude!!! im not going to tell you what to build because you already know what is dope man!!! just build that shit and lets get to riding!!!!!!!
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yeah deff no need to a park system cause that is just a waste of money that could be going to lights and hard features in the park.. plus 90% of the people in there ride w/ headphones anyway..
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