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A51 Right Now

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SkiMN
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I'm headed out to key in a week or so. All I can find thats current are the jumps which look sick, so what do they have up for rails right now?

Also,what's an average day like temperature wise for you guys?
Feb 10 2008 10:55PM
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XtRemE11
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breck is better, keystone is pretty good, its just not up to their standards yet, last year at this time it was way better.
breck has the park lane park, with like 7 jumps, and a ton of rails, and they have freeway with a really good step up/over at the end. and some more medium but still big jumps next to them.
Feb 10 2008 11:40PM
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MarkieR
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there's an assortment of flat rails, some street style down rails, a dfd rail, a shotgun up rail, some random jib type things, a corrugated black plastic tube, a super long up box that's pretty intense looking, and some other random stuff that i can't think of right now.
Feb 11 2008 12:12AM
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Piste.Off
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an average day is about 20-30f now
Feb 11 2008 12:36AM
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reBlocke
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9 wall rides, 0 flat down rails. But they were putting up the BBQ rail today...
Feb 11 2008 3:28PM
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Dustin.
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there are like 4 or 5 downs, but they change it every week
Feb 11 2008 4:25PM
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televback1
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its super sick right now with good jump lines the big jump line is quite big and the medium line is good the rails are nice i-70 has some super sick big boxes and alot of nice wall rides too so its a fun park and they have this huge up box next to the mini pipe that is scary looking 
Feb 11 2008 5:54PM
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treesmann
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theres also a couple c boxes and an a frame box. overall the park is really fun and i think its better than breck right now

check the jibj update
https://newschoolers.com/web/content/viewcult/action/news/id/802/jid/762/eid/2235/
Feb 11 2008 5:56PM
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reBlocke
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They have the 2 hand-rail ish downs, dunno 'bout 4-5.  I just think it's weird that they'd put up 9 wall-rides before even filling the bottom half of the main line with rails.  It's still way sick right now, just not nearly as good as last year.
Feb 11 2008 9:04PM
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low_fidelity
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theyve got some urban downs, flat, flat doublebarrel, mini rainbow, urban down flat down, flat boxes,flat down boxes, up down box, couple wall rides so ya pretty sick and way  better than breck
Feb 12 2008 10:48AM
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low_fidelity
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last weekend the temp was perfect. like 40 and sunny sat. and sun.
Feb 12 2008 11:11PM
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punkrock32
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A51 is so sick right now!  The jumps on the big line are perfect, and the mediums are good for learning.  The rails are not up to Keystone-rail par, but they switch it up really often so it keeps things interesting.
Feb 12 2008 11:44PM
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SkiMN
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That made me chuckle. I've been out there before, and about a third of what keystone does for rails would be twice as sick as anything around here.

Besides its keystone, theres the whole mountain to ski.
Feb 13 2008 1:10AM
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XtRemE11
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ha breck has like 13 or 14 jumps, not including the smaller parks, and about 20 rails, probably 30 if you include the mini parks, plus some wallrides and jibs/bonks and stuff.
keystone is prett sick right now, but definatly not as good as keystone.
Feb 13 2008 4:46AM
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XtRemE11
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i mean breck
Feb 13 2008 4:46AM
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televback1
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how many jumps can u hit in one run at breck though and how is the new progression park?
Feb 13 2008 11:20PM
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SkiMN
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Does breck still have their second biggest park on another fucking mountain like they did last year? That's a huge reason I don't like breck, in A51 if I want to try something new I can just take a different turn off the lift, and meet whoever back at the same park life. That lift, and the adjoining kiddie park are bigger selling points than 13 jumps or 5 damn parks, especially since I come from MN where its one jump in a run and maybe 3 rails.
Feb 13 2008 11:32PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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^^^Breck has all of his stuff at peak 8 now. But Keystone has sick jumps too...Breck and Keystone are closest this year than any other year, but I still think Breck is a bit better. What do yo mean real skiing at Keystone though? Keystone sucks for real skiing.
Feb 13 2008 11:40PM
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doGelyst
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wtf. park is real skiing. breck = 3 jumps, pipe, 2 rails/jibs. Key = 3 jumps, and uh I dunno how many rails, havent been there in 2 weeks. Prettty dang close tho. I still think key's jumps are a bit smoother tho, dont have the last second pop likes brecks do, but whatever, you get used to it.
Feb 14 2008 1:45AM
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Dustin.
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you can hit 7 or 8 straight jumps in park lane alone.  nice ones
Feb 14 2008 2:08AM
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nealpgards
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both are fun, but i prefer breck right now because i like the parklane park. lots of people i've talked to prefer keystone right now. if you like big jumps, keystone would be your best bet.
Feb 14 2008 12:30PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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People act like Keystones line is huge, but it is smaller than Brecks big line last year. It is bigger than Breck by about 5-10 feet per jump comparing both big lines, but that isn't even that much and is probably going to change with the North American Open coming soon. I would think Jon is gonna build those jumps to an astronomical size. And Breck is talking like they will do whatever he wants.
Feb 14 2008 5:58PM
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Piste.Off
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how big is brecks big line? and what rails do they have?
Feb 14 2008 7:33PM
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reBlocke
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I think people prefer Keystone because of the lift, mainly.  Moving the other park to the same area on peak 8 seems to have just made the wait that much worse at the bottom at Breck.
Feb 14 2008 8:44PM
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doGelyst
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yea, lift lines at breck are hell (on weekends). triple line is going to get bigger for nor am open, and is going to stay that way after the comp. Park lane destroys keystone's mid sized shits, because our jumps dont have massive kinks in em. As for big, I dunno. Comfy with freeway now, havent hit key's big line in about 3 weeks. Maybe if freeway would get some more rails, NOT boxes.
Feb 14 2008 9:22PM
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treesmann
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i love keystone's medium line, the jumps are smooth so i dont know what ur talkin about. oh and also if ur just startin park (not satin u are), breck's mini stuff is much better from what ive seen
Feb 14 2008 9:32PM
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doGelyst
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dunno, maybe its personal pref or just caught key at a bad day. I just know I hit up the mid line as soon as i got there, and the 2nd boot has insane kick. whateva.

yea for learning stuff, breck is hard to beat right now.
Feb 14 2008 10:28PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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Breck is 100% best for learning stuff...7 jumps a run man...if only they would listen to my coment cards and make all of chair 5 park or have an extra poma in freeway/parklane.
Feb 15 2008 3:10PM
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treesmann
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word i hate the lines at breck on the weekends
Feb 15 2008 4:18PM
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EL_FINRE
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breck has more variety in sizes of features and all are setup prime right now, park lane is dope and freeway is sick as always. keystone is pretty good though right now too, jumps range from 30ish to maybe 60-70ish not sure on that. either way you cant go wrong, breckenstone!!
Feb 15 2008 11:13PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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For sizes, Brecks big line is about 45-55, 55-60, 60-65. Keystone is a bit bigger, especially on the third, 45-55, 65-70, 70-78. I used my skis to measure them and then multiplied by 3...You get alot more airtime at keystone though. The jumps have similar kick but it feels like keystone has bigger Take-offs.
Feb 16 2008 1:08AM
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reBlocke
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Keystone's are really that big? Those numbers sound way to high.  50 feet seems really big for the first one..
Feb 16 2008 10:49PM
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XtRemE11
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yeah id say brecks big line and kestones are about the same for size. the table on the last at keystone is probably further but you land further down on brecks last, and if you want you can take that last jump at breck sooooo far and the landing is still smooth.
Feb 17 2008 2:58AM
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Dustin.
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Those numbers are so screwed up...Keystones first hit is maybe 15-20 feet.  And Brecks last hit is 85ft this year, way bigger than Keystone.
Feb 17 2008 12:51PM
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casimiro
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does A51 have a pipe? and how is it?
Feb 18 2008 7:11PM
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low_fidelity
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ya theyve got a mini pipe thats decent and a pretty good big pipe.
Feb 18 2008 10:14PM
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treesmann
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are u serious? the medium line's first jump is like 20, maybe 25. first in the big line is probably 40
Feb 18 2008 11:12PM
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EL_FINRE
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i think you short sided keystone a little bit, but you're def right about brecks last hit but it's so smooth so its super duper fun
Feb 18 2008 11:16PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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I tell you what I measured using my skis, first was 8.5, second was about 10, and third was like 12, my skis are just under 6 feet, you do the math.
Feb 19 2008 2:22PM
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