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Vto/usopen course?

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Ahmets_Brother
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anyone been to stratton lately and know what the us open course is? pictures?
Mar 11 2007 12:33PM
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triebby
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damn someone needs to post pics
Mar 14 2007 5:34PM
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j.bird
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Why are people calling it the US open? Didn't that take place in CO earlier this year? It's the VT open isn't it? That doesn't mean it's only open to VT cats, but it's not the US open right?
Mar 14 2007 5:40PM
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jksl
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the us open os snowboarding is going down on the course right now, and then vt open is the week after. so it's the vt/us open course.
Mar 14 2007 5:45PM
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j.bird
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word.

I was unaware.
Mar 14 2007 5:49PM
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Barmski
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ehh could be 110ft:

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thats the biggest landing ive ever seen on the east coast for sure. holy shit.
Mar 14 2007 6:16PM
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triebby
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^that is sooo damn big
Mar 14 2007 6:21PM
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timoski
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jesus titty fuckign christ
aaaaaaaaaaaawesome, please let me hit that
Mar 14 2007 6:35PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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holy shit that landing is mondo. they used all the snow fromthe old halfpipe
Mar 14 2007 7:14PM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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nah there was no halfpipe there this year, they used snow from the 3 jumps that were there, and the landing is not as long as it may seem from the pic, after seeing it in person I don't see how it can be close to 110
Mar 14 2007 7:18PM
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triebby
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This is off the USOS website:

"As riders dropped in, they had the choice of either hitting a down rail or flat-down box, with stairs in between to keep the gnar factor high. It was then balls-to-the-wall as they charged a quad kicker line. Stomping was essential as anything less would zap your speed, forcing you to either bite the knuckle or skip a jump entirely. This risk didn’t seem to stop anyone from digging deep into their bag of tricks. After the kicker line, riders chose to hit either an up-flat-down box or flat-bar rail."
Mar 14 2007 8:49PM
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404404
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those are lies, all lies
Mar 14 2007 9:12PM
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crab4life
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who is playin the concert at stratton saturday for the usopen
Mar 14 2007 9:39PM
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wiglaf
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pennywise
Mar 14 2007 9:40PM
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skodeo7
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Pretty sure its more like 80-85. That was the initial estimates from stoked friends...its expected.

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Mar 14 2007 9:41PM
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Barmski
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i measured it take APPROX measurement of 90ft to the knuckle. so yeah around 80-90 it seems. def the biggest booter the east coast has ever seen. looks sooo fucking perfect i wish they would open that up to the public....aafter
Mar 15 2007 11:48PM
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Albino
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thats biggish
Mar 15 2007 11:56PM
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*DrewT*
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ya 80-90 feet should be sufficient, that's acctually quite large
Mar 16 2007 1:49AM
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actchill
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any word on rails? or other tables? im guessing like 40,55,75,80.


Mar 16 2007 8:17AM
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J_BISCHOF
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from takeoff to knuckle the big air jump is about 75 80 feet. But the landing is quite long so you could add at least 25 feet to that distance. the jump is sick, cheese wedge is gigantic. defintily lookin forward to some switch 10's or 12's at the vt
Mar 16 2007 9:24AM
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ShadyHillGroup
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the jump line normally goes something like 45, 50, 55, 60 they arent huge but they are super fun, as for rails idk i heard something about a high bar but idk
Mar 16 2007 9:26AM
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niels043
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are they keeping the jump for the vto or is it just going to get used for the us open
Mar 16 2007 9:32AM
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actchill
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ive been told they always push the takeoffs forward a lil but thats just a rumor
Mar 16 2007 10:00AM
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STAUSS
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sick, thank you.
Mar 16 2007 10:56AM
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ax_murderer
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the big air jump is on a differnt run. its on suntanner and theyve been wokring on it for a while. itll be big
Mar 16 2007 11:03AM
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titsLOL
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o rly?
Mar 16 2007 2:08PM
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ct
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anyone know if suntanner is going to be open on sunday? the site says Construction for big air but theres nothing in the open/closed box. i thought strattonparks mentioned that the top half will still be open but i just wanted to make sure before i make the drive up
Mar 16 2007 7:57PM
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bigbromskier
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it was closed to day and probably tomorrow too. the jumps below the rainbow box are gone and the battleship thing and the bus are unhittable unless you really want to. now there is the inrun for the big air jump and lights lining it set up so suntanner will almost certainly be closed. all the lips on burnside were made better plus an actual landing on the flat down box, but the wallride hasnt been touched for at least a week and is ridiculously bad, but tomorrows a pow day so hit it if you want i guess.
Mar 16 2007 8:06PM
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Jibbin_the_717
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i was there last week and there building a 22ft high pipe
Mar 16 2007 8:52PM
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ct
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is byrnside worth going up for? what do they have?
Mar 16 2007 8:53PM
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kzittle
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byrnside is mad fun...flat down rail to about a 25 footish jump then a gap on to 20 foot flat box gap to 20 foot down box then a 20 footish jump then wall ride

super fun to lap
Mar 16 2007 9:02PM
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ct
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is it the flat down rail from ygo last year? same spot?
Mar 16 2007 9:03PM
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skodeo7
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Not true, more like the jumps basically melt and they have to fix them but there is less snow then to fix them.
Mar 17 2007 4:18PM
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Gfa
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if you wanna see everything but last rail go to twsnow.com they got a video up from slope
Mar 17 2007 4:28PM
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wittlescottyVT
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also in the past they have usually pushed the takeoffs forward from where they were at US Open
Mar 17 2007 5:42PM
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NickMartini
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I am soooo pumped.
Mar 17 2007 5:59PM
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beaulieudavid
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the jumps looks small when you looked at the jumps of the previous years....

Mar 17 2007 6:49PM
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ct
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is the flat rail on suntanner still set up?
Mar 17 2007 7:12PM
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*DrewT*
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ya they do look small
Mar 17 2007 8:09PM
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kzittle
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yea but suntanner has been closed for the open...hopefully opening back up soon
Mar 17 2007 11:06PM
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skodeo7
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Just for the record someone easily took this jump 120 ft+ last night and somehow didn't die. They ended up cancelling the event cause it was too snowy/windy. fuck
Mar 18 2007 5:13PM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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just to confirm the top rails/boxes at the top of the vt open course is a stairset with the option of flat down box or a down rail. Byrnside is fun but I dunno if it's worth going up for, I'd wait til the us open/vt open course is opened to the public after next weekend
Mar 18 2007 6:02PM
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snocompton
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so big air was off then?
Mar 18 2007 6:15PM
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actchill
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flat down, or down rail

35' table
50' table
60'table
35'table

option of high rail or trap box







just guessing off the us open on espn on the tables
Mar 18 2007 7:33PM
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pothier
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tom loves boys
Mar 18 2007 8:08PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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yea if you didn't catch the us open on tv there's a little idea...
Mar 18 2007 9:04PM
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mattyb.
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vid of the course.

http://www.snowboard-revolution.com/module.php?name=videoplayer&id=234
Mar 18 2007 10:22PM
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NickMartini
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thanks, but the course doesnt look that big
Mar 18 2007 11:39PM
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DynastarriderGP
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big enough tho,i'm diggin' the stair set big time
Mar 19 2007 8:56AM
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adski11
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is the slope course gonna be open to the public on sunday following the finals on saturday?
Mar 21 2007 10:47PM
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