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mntelebumper
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kato opened today, no park yet, but they have one decently set up box. other than that, it was a beautiful day and the snow was awesome.
Nov 22 2008 7:22PM
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DBeck
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I'm excited to go tomorrow!
Nov 22 2008 8:46PM
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sneaky_pete
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it was a pretty decent opening day. wish they would have set up some rails though
Nov 22 2008 11:13PM
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mntelebumper
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lll be back out tomorrow on the teles
Nov 22 2008 11:20PM
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mntelebumper
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got the park up today, should be all set up by tomorrow night.

heres what we got so far

drops in to the "stair case box" even though there is no stair case.

then you have the option of the short wood box followed by a short down rail

or you can flow into the long blue box,  which is followed by the flat down

after that is the fruit roll up, long down rail, and the c box.


this is all suppose to be temporary, but seeing as Jeff the GM would rather drag all the rails to the junkyard, id expect it to be this way for the season.
Dec 3 2008 7:22PM
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shitty
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so that's the idea for the front, no jump line like what was hyped by the little workers? sad.
Dec 3 2008 7:35PM
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mntelebumper
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nope no jumps for the front, only rails. but honestly, just based on spacing, the rail line is going to have some good flow.
Dec 3 2008 7:54PM
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DBeck
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RCR style? wouldn't surprise me...
Dec 3 2008 9:08PM
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[bryan]
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it'll be legit for sure

yeah...

Dec 3 2008 10:38PM
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mntelebumper
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no jump line will be on the back side, once we finally get enough snow to put some up.

Dec 3 2008 10:59PM
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scratchproteen
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tell me when the park is up and going good id like to ride on a weeknight or something at kato a couple of buddies over at rctc will make a drive from roch for some riding...what does a ticket cost?
Dec 4 2008 12:18AM
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DBeck
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unless they're gonna blow a shit ton of snow, which they won't, the back park is super uninviting for jumps... and rails...
Dec 4 2008 12:27AM
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DBeck
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i think a weeknight ticket is 20 or somethin like that
Dec 4 2008 12:31AM
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shitty
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Mr. Werts,

If you could, would please try convincing the people there to put a good 40 footer right where this bump thing is normally located. Everyone knows its the perfect place to put a good size jump.

Dec 4 2008 12:45AM
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mntelebumper
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i know its the perfect place, once we get size able snow well see what we can do, ill talk to kyle the park manager and see what his though is. the big deal would be getting a cat driver other than jeff patraw i.e. some one who will listen to our input to build the jump, cause jeff really dosent give a shit.
Dec 4 2008 11:35AM
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DBeck
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was just there today, verdict: the locations of the features are kinda good. the way the features are set-up... unacceptable... as it has been in the past few years. everything is just set to the slope of the hill so nothings flat but nothings a definite down. everythings, somewhere inbetween.. lips are taller than the rails.. no landings.. something needs to happen
Dec 6 2008 6:17PM
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sneaky_pete
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i agree. expecially if they are dedicating that whole run to jumps, they better use their heads and build something decent. ill be pissed if they just put little 10-15 footers again, that gets real old.

Dec 6 2008 6:44PM
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DBeck
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yeah, well the thing is we just gotta pick our battles, they refuse to build any jumps bigger than 20 feet. that doesn't bother me so much cuz i really nice 20 foot jump even though small could still be fun. its not the size of their park that needs to be argued its the quality
Dec 6 2008 7:14PM
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mntelebumper
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well as i stated before, its all temporary till we get more snow.
Dec 6 2008 9:03PM
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shitty
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they're blowing the fuck out of the back park, or it seemed that way when dbeck and i checked out, so we'll see.
Dec 6 2008 9:09PM
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DBeck
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i realize that, but theres also the factor that thats how everythings been in the past and then they say its gonna change, but it never does so i was refering to what needs to be changed from past years parks which is identicle to the current park
Dec 6 2008 9:41PM
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sneaky_pete
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i heard that they're gonna try and have the back park open by next weekend.
Dec 7 2008 10:55AM
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[bryan]
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I heard they got a zaugg and the 22' superpipe will be up on the tubing hill by winter break
Dec 10 2008 7:36PM
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mntelebumper
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haha fuck, that would be a sight to see.
Dec 10 2008 9:51PM
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mntelebumper
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the park crew is putting in the "jump line" and back park monday morning. get into the office asap and voice your opinion as to what you want to see happen.
Dec 12 2008 8:55PM
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shitty
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jump line?? the last time i was out there was saturday, and they had a blower on the left, and one the right where they usually just have those two jumps. but that was a week ago, so now they're planning on having a line?
Dec 13 2008 1:28AM
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DBeck
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idk man, i'm being a super negative nancy, but i drove by yesterday and the right side (where the jump should be) is totally groomed, and no piles. they could be moving snow around, but i doubt it. i'm runk, mt kato has small shitty jumps, and rails that are terribly set-up, mt kato is competing with afton for the worst park ever award. how stupid
Dec 13 2008 2:28AM
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sneaky_pete
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i was there today and one of the "park builders" told me that monday they are setting up a 30ft step down jump in the back park. this should be interesting
Dec 13 2008 6:15PM
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[bryan]
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maybe a 30 footer on a 1/3 scale...
Dec 13 2008 8:10PM
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[bryan]
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tell em to set up the battleship on a platform
Dec 13 2008 8:11PM
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mntelebumper
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back parks open

two down rails in a row, the plan was to set them up urban style, but i left before that happened.

kink box

rainbow box and a real mellow hip for newbs is set up on a riser

a-frame butter box. 4 x 16 feet up, 4x 16 feet down.

jumps go in Tuesday. but i wont be around for those either, then apparently next week the front park is being ripped out, and every thing is being re done.
Dec 21 2008 3:04PM
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shitty
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sounds good man.

are they gonna blow 4x more snow on the front then ever before like fitzpatricks been going around claiming this early season?
Dec 21 2008 9:34PM
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DBeck
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haha fitzpatrick is fricken weird. i actually have high hopes for this now, the park crew guys have really been working hard. i think it all leans on the cat drivers now. this years park crew has been pretty legit, props to them and lets hope the cat drivers are willing to listen to new ideas
Dec 21 2008 10:49PM
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[bryan]
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put up the battleship by tuesday
Dec 21 2008 11:40PM
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mntelebumper
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so ive not had a chance to ride the back park yet, hows it flow? and what are your thoughts on the A-Frame butter box?
Dec 22 2008 1:15PM
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scratchproteen
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shiiit...sounds like kato is starting to take some shape and sounds pretty fun might have to swing down there over break.
Dec 22 2008 4:11PM
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[bryan]
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^ word

Dec 22 2008 11:00PM
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[bryan]
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i'm going out tomorrow. hope its as good as it sounds
Dec 22 2008 11:01PM
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mntelebumper
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jumps are supposed to be going in tomorrow, so depending on how they do the set up, the run may be closed.
Dec 23 2008 12:53AM
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DBeck
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well weather and health permitting i might be there, its damn windy and its drifting pretty bad, and i just ralphed all over the place so we'll see...
Dec 23 2008 1:41AM
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[bryan]
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this word shouldn't even be a word, but this calls for it

those jumps in back are whack

Dec 23 2008 6:19PM
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shitty
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not whack in a good way.

"50" foot jump....with basically a flat landing?

landing= bigger, wider, steeper.
Dec 23 2008 6:57PM
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mntelebumper
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dupont kept talking about making this glorious step down. as in 30+ feet.

i said no. make it a step up/ spirit sytle jump.

and apparently it sucks? ive not seen it yet.
Dec 24 2008 12:21AM
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DBeck
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yeah, kyle dupont is an interesting guy, i like him in the aspect that he has alot of energy and is willing to go out and work on shit, but i think the fact that from what i've seen he's not the greatest snowboarder and that i don't think he gets out to other hills really at all, limits his knowledge of whats going on and what things need to be like...
Dec 24 2008 1:51AM
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mntelebumper
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you have a very good point here, and while his knowledge seems limited, his enthusiasm is taking the park in a better direction than years past.
Dec 24 2008 12:04PM
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shitty
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yes man.

tell him to go to hyland or spirit...or welch..and just copy what they got going on.
Dec 24 2008 12:28PM
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shitty
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i hate that we sound like we bitch every day, but that step down is not only in bad condition, it IS unsafe right now.
Dec 24 2008 12:30PM
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mntelebumper
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what makes the jump unsafe, ive yet to see it, but if i can get your input i can talk to Dupont about changing it.

too short of a landing?
too flat of a landing?
huge knuckle?
Dec 24 2008 1:26PM
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[bryan]
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yes

yes

maybe

needs wider landing

Dec 25 2008 1:53AM
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DBeck
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finally got to kato today.  and jumps flat out suck..  fist jump must have negative amounts of pop and kids were casing its harshly shaped knuckle all day long. 

second jump, which is a legit 30 feet,is a waste of snow imo-  came in hot the lip is like 10 feet long and 7 feet high so super abrupt and it kicked me way back seat almost cased it but hardly made it past the knuckle, somehow got me skis kinda underneath me, thought i was gonna tear me knee. the landing can't be more than 6 feet tall and its super mellow.  there is not reason to have that jump there all thats gonna happen is people are gonna get fucked up on it.  third jump i didn't even hit cuz i just gave up on the jumps.  this is flat out honesty, i really don't like bitching but something has to be done about this kids are gonna get hurt big time on these jumps and it doesn't help when an employee comes up to me and brags about how sick the jumps.  Nothing good is ever gonna come from these jumps period.

the few features that were fun to hit were the rainbow box and the up down butter pad, but thats about it.  and someone needs to get jeff to read this forum.  okay i'm done now.

Dec 26 2008 11:18PM
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