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Fountain Freestyle -- Brought to you by UC, Red Bull, and Perfect North

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clipse_05
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Alright ladies and gents...
 
This is a preliminary posting regarding some extremely vague information about an event that will be hosted in Downtown Cincinnati by the University of Cincinnati Alpine Race Team, Red Bull Energy Drinks, and Perfect North Slopes.  We are calling it "Fountain Freestyle" and it is going to be a rail jam event in the middle of Fountain Square in Downtown Cincinnati.  The event (unfortunately) is going to start at 6:00am tentatively and go on through morning rush hour in order to attract the most amount of onlookers.  Unfortunately this is all I know about the event at this point but I will keep you all posted when I get some more information from our Red Bull representative...
 
Have a good one fellas!
 
-Chris Simonson
President - UC Alpine Race Team
Feb 26 2008 6:39PM
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clipse_05
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Fountain Freestyle is now OFFICIAL!!! READ!!!

Location: Fountain Square in Downtown Cincinnati
 
Date: March 19, 2008
 
Time: STARTING at 6:00am and going on throughout the day (the reason it is starting that early is we want to have a decent amount people hitting the rails during morning rush hour).
 
What:  Currently planning on setting up 4 rails which will be accessed via a 12 foot drop in AND the Red Bull winch (usually used for wake boarding events).  Jam style event... we may make up some contests as the day wears on (possibly a version of "skate" for the rails, who knows!)... all rider judged.
 
More Info:  Currently we plan on driving three dump truck loads of snow to Fountain Square overnight before the event (we don't want anyone to see the actual rails getting setup... for the "what the fuck!?" factor).  We have access to camera locations on two of the adjacent buildings on Fountain Square overlooking the event.  We also have access to three HD cameras and wireless transmission devices and full access to the JumboTron that is on top of the building Palomino's is in.  Therefore, you will be on the Big Screen skiing rails in downtown Cincinnati... yea... pretty sick.
 
So... I would like for you to all let it sink in how sick this actually is... being able to ski LEGAL urban (even though they are Perfects' rails) in the middle of Fountain Square with your skiing being on the JumboTron.  And as far as I know at this point there will be no costs for the riders but I will let you know for sure when I do.   At this point the only thing you need to bring are your skis/board and I will post up the liability form when it becomes available to me from Red Bull.
 
REQUEST:  We would LOVE it if you could help us setup the event.  We need to do this all in one night and we all know how difficult that sounds.  If you would like to help be a part of something big and help the event go as smooth as possible, please let me know!  Remember... this is the FIRST year of this event so you may expect a few kinks in the whole process, but I don't foresee any at this point.  If this event goes smoothly this year... expect BIG things for next year's event!
 
Have a nice day and don't wear yourselves out to death at PFCinco! hahaha
 
-Chris
Mar 3 2008 3:21PM
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J-Wallz
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how late does it go till cause i got school
Mar 3 2008 5:44PM
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ButteredToast.
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SICK! I'ma try and go.
Mar 3 2008 6:53PM
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freeskeemcghee
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Must make it, my dad owns a shop on fountain square.
Mar 3 2008 7:08PM
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clipse_05
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I am not positive on the exact time that the event will end yet... I will try to find out a more concrete on that answer and get back to you.
Mar 3 2008 8:43PM
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SpeakerCity
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So what do we tell our pricipals, "Goin to ski on fountain square, consider it a vacation, thanks for understanding ill pick up homework thurs"? haha
Mar 3 2008 10:01PM
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ButteredToast.
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After further consideration, the date and time sounds dumb.
How many riders do you think are going to show up on a Wednesday morning at 6AM?
People at 6AM in Cincinnati are not going to stop and watch, they're trying to get to work. You might have a few bystanders, but on a Wednesday morning at 6AM, my bet is you will have VERY few riders and VERY few spectators.

Try a Firday night at 9PM, when everyone is out having fun with no set schedule, and they can walk by and go "Holy hell, Jimmy! Look at that!" and they will stop and watch. You also will have a ton more riders to throw down a lot cooler stuff. More riders+More spectators=EPIC.

People have things to do and places to be at 6AM on a Wednesday.
Mar 3 2008 10:06PM
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tribefan226
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if its gonna be that early its gotta be on a non school day. i dont know how many people would show up for it. if u make it like say good friday (everybodys off) or during the evening rush hour i think u'll get a higher turn out. either way im gonna beg the rents 2 write me outta school
Mar 3 2008 10:08PM
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SpeakerCity
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You guys are acting like they did it on purpose... they had a reason for this... the city wont let them do it another time... and its not like a 1 time thing... yea you might nto get people out there at 6 am but as soon as it hits like 10 or 11 people will be out having late breakfast early lunch or just chillin, idk bout u guys but i still think its gonna be tight
Mar 3 2008 10:18PM
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Samsquanch
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The idea is pretty sick but i agree with tribefan....it should be a little later for the kids that go to school..haha no offense
Mar 3 2008 10:19PM
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SpeakerCity
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yet again they cant choose... do u realize that the city of cincinati is letting them set up a skiing contest in southern ohio in the middle of the city lol
Mar 3 2008 10:22PM
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clipse_05
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I really thought I touched on this earlier... it STARTS at 6am and will be going on all day long.  The reason we are starting it at 6am is for a few reasons...

1) Red Bull, Perfect North, and our ski team will be there all night long setting up the event and our goal is to have everything ready to go by 6am.

2) Once 6am rolls around we are planning on opening up the course for riders to come and start jamming on it... if you absolutely can't make it down there at that time, then come later rather than not at all.

3) I have a feeling that we are going to need to work out a few kinks once the event gets started and it will be better to get them out of the way early in the morning rather than to start the event in the afternoon and get hung up for whatever time with audio/video problems.

4) I would absolutely love to have this event go down on a weekend night under the lights on Fountain Square... but good luck! haha Red Bull basically told Fountain Square what they/we wanted to do and they gave us a date and we were more than happy to take it and run with it.

Any other questions I will be more than happy to either answer them myself or find out the answers for you guys!  It is obviously the first year that this event is going to be held but if everything goes smoothly like we really believe that it will... you guys can look forward for some bigger things to come on Fountain Square next year and the years following!



Mar 3 2008 11:09PM
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80*s4eva
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I'm really interested to see how many people show up for this... it sounds pretty sick but most people have work or school.  I don't see fountain square offering bigger and better things in the future if three people show up for this.  I honestly hope theres a bunch of riders there but I have my doubts.
Mar 4 2008 9:30AM
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clipse_05
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FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE --> http://uc.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10724513372
Mar 4 2008 12:12PM
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freeski_Shaggy
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So since its a jam, is it gonna be a comp or just a fun little jib sesh downtown.
And if so are there prizes, I really dont care its sick that we can Jib downtown, such sick shots for our movie.

And since I will prolly end up help setting up the event since can i still get in and take some laps
Mar 4 2008 2:02PM
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tribefan226
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hopefully like 40 people. dont want too many or it wouldnt be so good. i went to a rail jam once that was packed and only got like 5 hits

Mar 4 2008 2:39PM
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J-Wallz
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hopefully its still going on around 2 cause thats when ill get there
Mar 4 2008 4:02PM
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clipse_05
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I'm not sure on what prizes there might be down there if any.  However, I am sure that it will still be going at 2:00 so don't worry about that too much.
Mar 4 2008 4:40PM
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ButteredToast.
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well how late exactly will this go?
Mar 4 2008 4:58PM
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BvK
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^ya cus im not gonna be able to get out of school
Mar 4 2008 6:02PM
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scratch6
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you've probably already thought of this, but...

wouldn't starting around 3-4 in the afternoon be better?  you have all day to set up in the light, instead of in the dark.  you still have rush hour traffic, and in the evening more people will be likely to stop and watch as opposed to the morning when people need to get to work on time.  and you will have a better turn out between kids getting out of school and people like myself who can take a half day at work and still make it.
Mar 4 2008 7:41PM
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tribefan226
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from what i understand it should still be going at 3-4ish. i like the all day idea cuz it will spread out the crowd of riders more.
Mar 4 2008 9:00PM
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J-Wallz
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o yeah is this gunna be set up like a straight up urb style ( snow ramp - rail - snow landing - concrete, and no snow under the rail in case u slip off) or will there be snow around the rails so we dont have to worry about trashing our skis. this is pretty much the deciding factor for me lol
Mar 4 2008 9:44PM
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freeski_Shaggy
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im sure it will be set up with snow around the rails, if they do bring 3 dumptrucks we would should have more than enough snow to work with, anyways this is something you would prolly want to use your urban skis for anyways.
Mar 5 2008 8:32AM
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clipse_05
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We will make the area around the rails as safe as possible for yourself and your gear... no worries there.  For two reasons... one is that we don't want to see people's gear get thrashed and the other is that we definitely do not want anyone to get injured at this event for multiple reasons.

I am having a meeting with Tad from Perfect North and our Red Bull reps at the end of this week to finalize which rails they will be bringing down to Fountain Square for the event and I will let everyone know exactly which rails will be down there.  As for how they are going to be setup... I'm not going to tell you guys because...

1) We want it to at least be a little bit of a suprise!

2) Since this is our first year having this event, it will mostly be an on-the-fly setup.  Once everything is down there it will be much easier to visualize exactly how we want everything setup.

3) If the riders don't like the setup/prefer a little change... we will be more than happy to accomodate the resetting of the rails if time permits.

Any other questions feel free to ask!

Mar 5 2008 10:27AM
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ButteredToast.
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How late will this go? Not sure if I'll make it after school.
Mar 5 2008 4:00PM
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clipse_05
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We have a meeting setup for the end of this week and I will ask one of our Red Bull reps what approximate time that he thinks we will be wrapping things up and I will post a time on here as soon as I find out.
Mar 5 2008 5:37PM
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Scharff
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my guess from the rails that will be there go like this 10 and 16ft flat small kink and the small round rail
Mar 5 2008 10:02PM
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EastCoastJ
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so one more time for clarification:
what time does the event start?
how do we register?
Mar 6 2008 12:48AM
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Reed.S
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i got school........ when does it end?
Mar 6 2008 7:02AM
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clipse_05
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As far as registration goes... I will either post the insurance waiver form on here in PDF format if it becomes available to me or you will need to fill one out when you get down to Fountain Square.  We will be easy to spot so just come up to one of and get yourself registered for the event.  There will be no deadline for registration so just register when you get down there.

And to my knowledge this event will be free... MEANING... don't be an idiot and show up and start skiing without registering (filling out your insurance waiver form).

As far as when the event will end... like I said before I will let you know the minute I find out which should be by tomorrow.
Mar 6 2008 9:50AM
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clipse_05
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The meeting between our team, Tad (Perfect North), and Red Bull is going to go down at 11am tomorrow (Friday, March 7).  I will be able to tell you guys a lot more information regarding more specific times and other things after that.  Be sure to check back tomorrow afternoon for more details!!!
Mar 6 2008 5:22PM
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clipse_05
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UPDATE:
 
Rails: 16' Flat Bar, 10' Flat Bar, 18' Down Kink, and 16' Round Bar
 
Time: Starting at 6am - Ending at 6pm-7pm -- Therefore it will cover BOTH the morning at AFTERNOON rush hour to maximize spectators
 

Mar 7 2008 1:53PM
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SpeakerCity
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Round meaning C? sorry im a noob
Mar 10 2008 8:08PM
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ButteredToast.
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nah, cal he means like all the baby rails in the mini, except for the kink box and tower thinger. Round rail as in the handrail in the mini
Mar 10 2008 8:15PM
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Reed.S
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yea cal you are a NOOOB
Mar 11 2008 6:43PM
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SpeakerCity
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sorry i knew that
Mar 11 2008 8:59PM
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clipse_05
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Fountain Freestyle Flyer
Mar 12 2008 11:23AM
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ButteredToast.
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^ ah sweet!
Mar 12 2008 3:09PM
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R-Bertsch
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thats really sick, its during my spring break week too, i wouldn't compete in it but do you guys need help to set up stuff
Mar 12 2008 4:54PM
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slaydave
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so sick i plan on being there late morning/early afternoon...

Mar 14 2008 12:33AM
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clipse_05
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Red Bull Wiiings Team (Red Bull Girls) will be there handing out free Red Bull...

Red Bull big star tent will be setup in case it rains...

Rails are being altered specifically for this event...

Dump trucks have been ordered...

GET READY...
Mar 14 2008 11:06AM
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clipse_05
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Fountain Freestyle date changed to March 20th!!!

...more info here...

https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/354898/
Mar 16 2008 2:30PM
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