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Important Meeting for Spirit Skiers

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caucasian_chad
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Any of you guys in Duluth need to try to make this meeting so a bunch of old guys don't end up killing Spirit's future:

4 - MASTER PLANNING PROCESS: Spirit Mountain is embarking on a major, long-range planning effort that is unprecedented in our 34-year history, and we are inviting you to share your important perspectives during the initial step of this process. We have hired a team of experts to help develop a Master Plan that will guide Spirit Mountain's future as we further expand our role as a year-round, urban resort that generates more than $30 million annually in economic impact on the Duluth area. On Thursday, October 18th, we will host an Ideation Session to which we are inviting the public to come and share with us your views, ideas, and suggestions. The Ideation Session will be held at Spirit Mountain from 6pm - 8pm. If you would like to attend, or would prefer to submit your thoughts via email, please write to: masterplan@spiritmt.com. We look forward to your participation in this monumental project.
Oct 14 2007 3:39PM
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horner
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I'll go
Oct 14 2007 3:48PM
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Tinga
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so what happens when we show up? are we actually going to be able to talk or are we just there for moral support?
Oct 14 2007 3:51PM
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Jernt
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it seems like this would be interesting to be at, but personally I don't have major ideas that would affect Spirits year round business. 
Oct 14 2007 5:11PM
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hylandrox
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i'm with dave some more freeriding in minnesota would awesome.  Also allen idea reminds of that one level on tony hawks pro skater
Oct 14 2007 6:11PM
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Tinga
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*shivers
Oct 14 2007 6:49PM
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JBeas
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yeah better lights they might as well have it lit by candles and flashlights
Oct 14 2007 10:26PM
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Pklink04
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better yet lets just get headlamps instead, and then it would be like we are spelunking
Oct 14 2007 10:35PM
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JBeas
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petey would you want to go spelunking sometime i no where some caves are
Oct 14 2007 10:47PM
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Pklink04
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k but i might get scared, can i hold on to your strong arms for safety?
Oct 14 2007 11:03PM
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caucasian_chad
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I'm not going because i'm busy, but i'm doing an email submission
Oct 15 2007 3:55PM
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caucasian_chad
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Who went?
Oct 19 2007 11:03AM
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Tinga
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yeah what all got said? we wanna know what we'll be doing this year
Oct 19 2007 11:24AM
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caucasian_chad
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^Ya I wish I could've made it, I'd give you a full recap.
Oct 19 2007 5:01PM
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horner
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I was there.  It was kind of disappointing that there wasn't a good large group of skiers there... Coach John was really the only guy there supporting the freestyle skiers.  The rest of us were mainly there for mountain biking.  But John made some good points and definitely put in some good thoughts on how to make the park much better.
Oct 19 2007 5:16PM
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horner
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other than that, not much else was said about skiing... They were actually taking everyones thoughts pretty seriously, the more support you had for your ideas, the more they listened and talked about it.
Oct 19 2007 5:19PM
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Jernt
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I thought it was an interesting meeting.  I know I was the one who basically said that this was more encompassing than just skiing, but I am deffinately happy I went.  I thought a lot of good ideas were brought from this ideation time... ideation, seems trendy to me.  But yeah anyway, I think that the future of Spirit may have been affected to some extent by that meeting,  None of  it will be a quick change, but I happy to see Spirit rethinking what they could do in for future.
Oct 19 2007 6:53PM
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caucasian_chad
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I mentioned that I'd like to see tree skiing at Spirit (In my E-mail).  Was this brought up at the meeting?
Oct 21 2007 10:27PM
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horner
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ya, some guy mentioned it.  I think if you want to see changes at spirit, emails wont do it.  You have to have to have a laid out plan and physically present it to make it happen.
Oct 22 2007 12:23AM
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caucasian_chad
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fuck the environment
Oct 22 2007 2:49PM
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darrel
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bunch of hippys, cant  cut down a few trees, like thees not enough of those. ha

Oct 22 2007 4:56PM
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caucasian_chad
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Doubt it.  Spirit's not profitable so I don't think they'll spend a bunch of money on new rails anytime soon.
Oct 22 2007 6:10PM
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horner
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with an attitude like that, you will never see anything new at spirit.  You can't just expect them to do all this stuff, you have to present to them what you want and how they can make it happen.  bitching about how it will never happen wont do shit. 

A group of about 5 of us presented what we would like to do at spirit concerning biking, and we knew what we wanted to say and how we could make it happen.  Because of this, we will most likely be able to take our plans further because we showed the management that we know what we're doing.  If you presented something like this to spirit about skiing, $20 says that they will listen and take you seriously.  Don't bitch unless you actually take the initiative to make a change.  If you were at the meeting or knew anything about it, you would know what they are trying to do to make spirit more usable, cost efficient, and more enjoyable year round.  I get the idea that many people think that spirit is just this shit hole that doesn't do anything for anyone, but really, it's the other way around, people don't take any action to get what they want, they just wine about it hoping it will be done for them.  daveb can back me up on this.
Oct 22 2007 6:33PM
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caucasian_chad
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I TRIED to get out there, but I couldn't get a ride.  And I'm not saying they wouldn't do ANYTHING, I'm just saying they wouldn't buy new rails because they are expensive and they already have more rails than they use, I guess I should have said it that way, but I didn't.
Oct 22 2007 8:51PM
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paulbunyan
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this is true all the rails come from freestyle pretty much they help the park a ton thats the greatest thing bout freestyle. but they are sponsored by sobe this year(spirit) so i would not be suprised to see more new jibs. last thing for our ski team meeting coach john said somethin bout using a diffrent flat rail that was donated or somthing for preseason if i figgure out new info ill let you guys kno
Oct 22 2007 10:25PM
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caucasian_chad
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Oh yeah, I forgot about the sponsorship.  I guess we could see some new rails this year.
Oct 22 2007 10:51PM
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caucasian_chad
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Oh yeah, and I really like your username.
Oct 22 2007 10:54PM
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paulbunyan
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that broke the C-box the shotgun and the 35 footer yea they suck ass its like the maneger of damage or somethin like that he broke lutsens flat down flat box plus if anyone was up there last winter you would kno how shitty there jumps on were
Oct 22 2007 11:03PM
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horner
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I think all that it would take to get a better park would be to get a small group together to go to one of the board meetings, put together some slides of some nicer parks, and present on how this would make spirit a better place to ski.  As long as you didn't complain about the park, and just suggested on how to make it better, I'm sure they'd do something about it.
Oct 23 2007 12:40AM
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paulbunyan
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or have a border do it they really dont like the skiers
Oct 23 2007 7:59PM
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caucasian_chad
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I was going to quote you guys but I want to quote three of you so I'll just do it myself.

Quoting daveb:
"I think it has something to do with terrible cat drivers who don't give a damn"

I have a personal experience with Spirit's cat drivers not giving a damn.  When I was in 5th grade, I had a lot of trouble remembering shit, so DON'T make fun of me for this.  Once, when I was on the Alpine Club's Development Team, I accidentally left my skis at the top of the bunny hill.  When I got home and realized this, I decided I would head back up to Spirit and get them the next morning.  I expected that the cat driver would've moved them off to the side (they were too small to be worth stealing and not in good shape).  Instead, I found them partially buried in the snowbank behind the bunny hill by the team building.

Quoting horner:
"I think all that it would take to get a better park would be to get a small group together to go to one of the board meetings, put together some slides of some nicer parks, and present on how this would make spirit a better place to ski.  As long as you didn't complain about the park, and just suggested on how to make it better, I'm sure they'd do something about it."

I'll help if you seriously want to try it.

Quoting ducknhuck:
or have a border do it they really dont like the skiers

True that.  We didn't get a single skiing comp last year.  It's a bunch of bullshit.
Oct 23 2007 8:25PM
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paulbunyan
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no we had one but it was not put on by spirit and this year we have jib acedemy for the young kids:) luckly ill be one of them
Oct 23 2007 8:50PM
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caucasian_chad
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When was the comp?  Who sponsored it?
I could use a Jib Academy, even though I'm not a little kid.  I didn't get to the park much last season because I was chillin' with my friend on the other side of the mountain while he learned to snowboard.
Oct 23 2007 8:55PM
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paulbunyan
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i dont rember when it was but it was ussa i beilieve and the jib acedemy is on the 1st of march
Oct 23 2007 9:26PM
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JBeas
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wasnt that comp totally ended by prins

Oct 24 2007 1:27AM
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TSEYFFER
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and noone ever bought lift tickets
Oct 24 2007 9:03AM
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Pklink04
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winner, from what i have heard prins just told everyone to hike the hill if they didnt want to buy tickets
Oct 24 2007 9:09AM
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Jernt
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yeah Peins did not make a good impression at Spirit. Can I remind everyone that spirits park is good.  The groomers do a good job, except for taking out a couple of rails...They just need more of everything.  On way you will make yourself absolutely looked over is by saying spirit has crappy anything.  Spirit does a good job.
Oct 24 2007 7:03PM
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