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For those that didn't see it in SG
https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/337099/
By the looks of the plans, looks like just stairs beside the scalffolding.
i saw the official blueprints for the park.
the sound system is $2 million alone.
an NS night sounds good
here is a list of features and something i found to be funny/good
30 ft, 2 ft wide box
30 ft, 1.5 ft wide box
20 ft, 2 ft wide box
30 ft, 1 ft wide rainbow rail
40 ft, 8 inch flat rail
40 ft, 8 inch kink rail
40 ft, 8 inch step down rail
40 ft, 8 inch flat down rail
Helmets are mandatory for all participants in the Ripley’s Urban Rail Park and snowblades are not permitted.
"Gnarly, dude. That should be the title of this story," said Andy Roth, a Toronto snowboarder.
It's not a phrase you hear every day in the city, but it's making a comeback with the opening of Ripley's Urban Rail Park, a new urban snowboard and skateboard park on the city's waterfront.
Strides from Lake Ontario stands a 91-metre hill with a 18-metre vertical made of plywood scaffolding, and despite the recent bout of mild weather, it is covered with snow.
"Boarders will use anything to do some tricks," said Nikki Lord, the university and college events co-ordinator for the Association of Ontario Snowboarders.
"At least this way (at the park) we don't have to set it up ourselves and get arrested," she added, laughing.
The snowboard park, with three hills catering to a variety of skill levels and a number of short and long rails on which boarders "jib" or glide, is just one part of the 1,486-square-metre complex, which also includes a heated and tented skateboard park, lounge areas and concert hall.
"It's pretty cool to have something in the city," said boarder Danielle Brown of Uxbridge, as she climbed the stairs to ride the rails. "There's been nothing like this for us snowboarders, who are just looking for a place to do some tricks and don't want to ride the hills."
The snow hill was an ambitious project, said Lisa Zbitnew, one of the partners of Polson Pier, which owns the property and is known better for its summer events and the Docks nightclub.
"We had this great space right on the waterfront that was going virtually unused in the winter months," said Zbitnew. "With the cold front that comes off the lake, we figured that we could pull it off."
It's taken two workers shovelling, a snowmaker and a four-wheel-drive truck hauling snow to maintain the site.
"We have snowmakers that can make a quarter-inch of snow every hour, but we need it to be below zero, which it hasn't been," said Catherine Fowler, one of the managing partners.
"We stockpiled snow over the holidays and we make fresh powder every night," she said. "It's a massive job."
Having to wait for staff to resurface the run doesn't bother the boarders at all.
The park had its soft launch Dec. 21, and saw an influx of riders as young as 8 coming to the park, which is trying to be family friendly.
"There isn't that much for youth to do in the city's core," said Zbitnew. "So both younger people and parents have been really excited about the park."
The snowboarding season will continue in Toronto for the next eight weeks. And if you're brave enough to learn how to jib, there will be clinics available every day starting next week.
