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knotbox
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is overrated?
Feb 25 2008 9:46PM
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snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
No one said it was good, so how can it be over rated?
Feb 25 2008 9:49PM
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Celone
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whatever, there rails and boxes are soooo fun, jumps are ok though
Feb 25 2008 9:51PM
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Alex_G
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Yes. Squaw is way better. Now it's even better parkwise.

Feb 25 2008 9:51PM
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snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
Their mountain sucks, their park crew sucks, their park set up sucks and their freeride team sucks.
Feb 25 2008 9:52PM
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TheButterHashira
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I haven't been there in forever. The last time I went to taheo I hit up sierra their sister resort and the park was great even though I didn't know much about park back then.
Feb 25 2008 9:53PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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northstar is killing it this year. they got a new park groomer to make their jumps and now its super legit.

and if anyone wants to hate, all I can say is you need to ride there first before you diss them for what they were like in the past
Feb 25 2008 11:56PM
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unchyll
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Northstar is the chillest resort right next to boreal as in good vibe wise, if your gonna hate you either suck and some one called you out for sucking dick at skiing and your just but hurt, or you've never been there
Feb 26 2008 2:27AM
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three6steeze
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their park is wayy better this year, jumps are actually legit rails and boxes are good as always... But as for the vibe? i dont feel it man, long lines for features quite a few cocky assholes snaking everyone on those long lines and then dont even talk to me about n* weekends...
Feb 26 2008 2:32AM
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vzdz
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its really fun on the weekdays when there aren't thousands of resort owners...

its sick how they have a super fast chair and long park run, you get a lot of laps... i prefer squaws kickers though any day even though their chair is slow as balls
Feb 26 2008 2:35AM
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three6steeze
Posts: 484 - Karma: -3
fakk the highcamp chair... but you could ge t apretty sick shot of that 3rd jump from it. Squallywood is killin it this yearr
Feb 26 2008 2:38AM
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PacificRimJob
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not a huuuge fan of northstar.. kinda shitty terrain...

definitely sick park features though... way too crowded... but sick features for SURE.
Feb 26 2008 4:41AM
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knotbox
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"dat shitz legit son"...damn you should smoke some fools with your 9 because you are obviously straight from the hood...northstar is overrated everyone raves about it....the jumps are tiny.. the rails are alright but grinding is not cool..
Feb 26 2008 5:21AM
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unchyll
Posts: 4554 - Karma: 96

to bad northstars line of 3 jumps is bigger than any jumps in the east coast right now

Feb 26 2008 6:32AM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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i used to ride northstar every other day.
Ha pretty sure i got over that quickly.
I dont know if it was the people i couldnt stand with the whole scene thing going on there and oh yeah weekends at northstar i know people that spend double the time in lift lines then actually skiing.
Their pipe is good right after contests, haha.
Otherwise their park is average, especially in terms of degree of difficulty.
I would rather have like less features that are high quality like at alpine, then more features that a Poor quality at northstar.
The reason northstar is rated so high and looks so sick, is cuz when you see it in movies, thats all private set ups and not anything they would build during the day. That and the media can hype something out of proportion pretty quickly.
Definitely not a fan of that place at all. I know some people like it and thats cool if they do.
Feb 26 2008 10:21AM
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stinkypoodangle
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northstar has the sickest park in tahoe right now by far. they have super fun jumps this year and a nasty jib set up as always. not to mention that everything is set up perfectly. if you don't like the crowds don't go on the weekends.
Feb 26 2008 10:30AM
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C.J.
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The only bad  thing about N* is the people who go there! Everyone there has the worst attitude, trying to show everyone up, or just straight gaper. N* blows in my book, you wont find me there when there are 4 MUCH better resorts just as close.
Feb 26 2008 11:03AM
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Jordan_B
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yeah i think Northstar is overrated. They only build there sick features for video parts or Triple crown.
Feb 26 2008 11:25AM
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PacificRimJob
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You just answered your own question then dipshit...

and saying 'grinding' is gay... thats so THPS...
Feb 26 2008 4:20PM
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SHastatahoe
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The star is overcrowded... I don't know about overrated.  The park is fun cause its like a video game, though there are lines occasionally for features. . .   Boreal is better for the most part, but the star has got some fun stuff like their monster rainbow box and tear drop rail.
Feb 26 2008 4:46PM
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k8stewart
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northstar rules. i like it more than anywhere here in Colorado, as far as really fun parks go. it's warm, it's sunny, it's fun, and i loveee it.
Feb 26 2008 7:41PM
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iluvBread
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i like n* but i wouldnt go as far as saying that it's better than ne where in colorado..now that's waack
Feb 26 2008 7:44PM
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mizzike
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Northstar probably has the best park in tahoe this year by far. They have the sickest rails, the most consistent jumps and the pipe is really good. Yeah the vibe kinda of sucks sometimes but if your with a fun crew it doesn't really matter. You can pretty much avoid most of that if you don't go on saturdays anyways.

Oh and the big jump on moonshine is perfect. Better than anything boreal or alpine has built.
Feb 26 2008 7:56PM
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three6steeze
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youve never been to squaw or alpine have you...
Feb 26 2008 7:57PM
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jimmer
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northstar is actually extremely sick this year. but i agree with the people who say the vibes there suck. there can be a lot of haters in the park especially on the weekend.
Feb 26 2008 8:00PM
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snowbladesforlife
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Their locals are big-headed douche bags. I like how they can all 270 pretzel a rail but can barely spin a 5. Their freeride team is a joke, but how they can claim.
Feb 26 2008 8:36PM
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Hairmetaler
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hahaha well said
Feb 26 2008 8:41PM
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AptosFreeskier
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Do you know anyone personally or do you just look at us and decide to hate on us?
Feb 26 2008 9:34PM
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iJib
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Well, i have 71 days at N* this season, and the park is pretty epic, the most assictive thing in the world is the massive c rail and trying to stick it.
Feb 26 2008 9:42PM
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AptosFreeskier
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The u box thing is intense. When I was there on saturday only two skiers stuck the whole thing.
Feb 26 2008 9:51PM
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meltonsnow
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B real
Feb 26 2008 10:16PM
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iluvBread
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c ereal

Feb 26 2008 10:26PM
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snowbladesforlife
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No I just judged from ability and attitude.
Feb 26 2008 11:29PM
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Alex_G
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Yo keep it positive dude we don't need no negativity spread some tahoe love!
Feb 26 2008 11:48PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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when was the last time you snowbladed northstar?
Feb 26 2008 11:55PM
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snowbladesforlife
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Last year. But I have skied there enough previously to make judgments on their freeride team.
Feb 27 2008 12:06AM
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iluvBread
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah......................
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Feb 27 2008 12:07AM
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k8stewart
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no i never have because i don't have money for lift tickets and i always just go to heavenly, sierra, or northstar cause i have passes there. i heard alpine is fun in the spring, but i've also heard it isn't fun. i just like northstar cause it's not a park for superrrr pros and basically it just rules.
Feb 27 2008 1:04AM
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three6steeze
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they are both pretty expensive now but you can easily get great local discounts and stuff... And both squaw and alpine have a really nice progression, not just a jump into insane features. Alpine is amazing not only in spring but year round, its a great place to go and you can get nice tracks for days after a storm. Squaw is also amazing all season especially in spring but it gets tracked fassst.
Feb 27 2008 1:15AM
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sltmarc
Posts: 130 - Karma: 21
N*  best place to ride.......in the summer

I need to make it up there this winter.  would love to see what livewire looks like under a couple feet of snow
Feb 27 2008 2:32AM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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Northstar has never and will never build a perfect 87 foot booter thats open to the public.
Ha that went a little to far. I heard their jumps are different this year, but even people that love N* know that Jonas at Alpine builds better jumps.


Feb 27 2008 2:39AM
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unchyll
Posts: 4554 - Karma: 96
I dont know about the best park in tahoe, but i seriously dont understand what all the hate is about. Obviously the NewSchoolers community has more hate than northstar, easily. Everyone i talk too is to high to even care about anything anyways
Feb 27 2008 5:28AM
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mizzike
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I dunno man. You have got to go check it out. Its got a really good shape (stepover), perfect tranny, big landing, and a massive cheese wedge lip that just floats you. I havent been to alpine for a while though so i could be wrong but its pretty damn good.
Feb 27 2008 1:51PM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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ive heard they are better then they used to be, but still nothing compared to alpine jumps.
Feb 27 2008 2:03PM
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k8stewart
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ok yeah, you're right. if only colorado was 45-50 degrees and always sunny, then i would like it about the same haha
Feb 27 2008 6:23PM
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