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I just have some simple recommendations. Take them or leave them. Just some things I think would make the terrain park much more safe and more fun to ride. I ride at Central very often and see these things every time.
I wish there were more large features in Central Park. There is no reason that there cannot be large features with all the other resorts around the country filled with the “XL” size features (Mammoth, Park City, Keystone, even Steven’s Pass now with their large jump line last year going up to 75ft). I know you can make them because you always seem to build nice, groomed, good sized features for photo shoots and film companies, I just don’t know why you cannot do this for all the other riders who would love these opportunities. With the addition of the park pass, I feel like larger features should be possible. It would be great to make the park pass more enforced and strict, because that would keep the liability under control. One easy step could be changing the borders of the park from the small single orange line, to a full orange netted fence. I see countless kids cutting under the ropes, because it is just too easy. The netting would keep out almost all of the people who haven’t gotten the safety knowledge of the park pass class. This would include COMPLETELY fencing off the park. The park crew checks for park passes at the top, but the cat track halfway down the park is open for anyone to ride right in, as well as the second entrance on skier’s left. If there was a fence running along the outside of the cat track, and the skier’s left second entrance was closed off, it would keep things much more safe.
This is just one thing – fencing off the entire park – that could dramatically increase the safety in the park, making it almost impossible to enter the park without a park pass (which includes the signed release form). This would allow the creation of the larger features because no one without a park pass would be able to get near them and hurt themselves because they don’t know what they are doing. There have been multiple times where I have come down to the landing of a jump, only to see a small child or onlooker standing there, then have to somehow fall and try to avoid landing on them. Please take this into consideration because I know a large majority of people who ride in the park also feel this way. The park needs these changes.
doug you do realize that crush has less authority than a liftie as far as park operations go...he is just the events coordinator...kevin is the man though, if you have a problem, go talk to him
