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@koby
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I just came back from seven springs, which I thought had a really nice park. I went to my home mountain today and had the shittiest session of my life. the park seemed to completely suck. is a well maintained park such as the one at seven springs that much better that I will be rendered useless in my home park? I progressed quite a bit at seven springs and had a ton of fun, but now i feel sucky as hell.
Jan 5 2010 10:31PM
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ike.
Posts: 2292 - Karma: 93
just appreciate what you got and improve. you will get ur confidence back in no time
Jan 5 2010 10:38PM
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Zoro
Posts: 1253 - Karma: 37

same deal here

the mountain i usually go to doesnt have big enough features for me progress on.  the only chance i get to progress is when i go to blue mountain with my school.  then im back to doing the same tricks i've been doing for 2 seasons...

Jan 5 2010 10:39PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
its probably the negative energy produced by the lazy park staff thats affecting your performance. i have the same problem when i ski at smuggs
Jan 5 2010 10:43PM
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Commonwealth
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Entertain yourself by being creative - you'll have a blast, I promise.
Jan 5 2010 10:45PM
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PeterWojnar
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Pretend you're Garrett Russell for a day. Be creative, jib all over, and above all else, talk to yourself. It is super fun, I totally understand why he does it, even if it isn't on purpose.
Jan 5 2010 10:49PM
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@koby
Posts: 223 - Karma: 11
or complete lack thereof... im pretty sure there is no "park crew", only the dudes that operate the rope tows thatll give you a shovel if you ask (and no, the shovel doesn't do much good). i loved the guys at seven springs who just rolled around fixing up lips and stuff. ah well guess you cant have everything
Jan 5 2010 11:00PM
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clark.
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I've learned so many tricks at parks like Blue Mtn or Springs that I can't even come close to doing at my home mountain. The features are just set up better at the nicer mountains. Our mountain has a really nice handrail (that they probably stole) set up, but they can't even build a kicker for it.
Jan 5 2010 11:08PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
Try and learn all the tricks you can already do with one ski. That should occupy you for awhile.
Jan 5 2010 11:11PM
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K_FRANK
Posts: 513 - Karma: 277
just look at all the different ways u can use what you got the possibilities are endless
Jan 5 2010 11:12PM
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-_-Johnny-_-
Posts: 480 - Karma: 39
Stop whining. I'm sure 90% of the parks at small hills suck, go build a booter or something. take a look at travis rice, dunno if it's true but he says he didn't grow up around a park
Jan 5 2010 11:12PM
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Jenser
Posts: 375 - Karma: 16

^^^^

this is true, jackson holes park is like soo small, when i was there last year it was set up well but it was pinner as shit.

Just make due with what you got.

Jan 5 2010 11:29PM
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Caveman.
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Travis Rice grew up in Jackson Hole, WY which is 900x better than growing up around a park.

OP, just be creative. Watch some Traveling Circus for inspiration.
Jan 5 2010 11:37PM
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ski-swagga
Posts: 5276 - Karma: 219
quit bitchin. at least you have a home park. some peoplle aren't as lucky.
Jan 5 2010 11:42PM
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MacNsteez
Posts: 38 - Karma: 10
I will agree with you, having a shitty park sucks but make the best of it some mtns dont even have a park. Hike a feature with your buds and go crazy and be creative because there is always a way you can make shit better.

Trust me for years my park has been shitty in fact last year the old terrain park techs would just fix a lip to a feature in the morning and then the rest of the day they would bong sesh.. haha the most chill people but still that park sucked. Now though we have a new park manger from Tahoe so the shits getting an up grade finally
Jan 6 2010 12:24AM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
A park only sucks if you think it sucks. Just get creative and you can have fun on anything. Look for gaps onto rails, stuff like that.
Jan 6 2010 1:20AM
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Twinjibber77
Posts: 6239 - Karma: 2,354
How many weeks have we had snow? it's still early season.
Jan 6 2010 1:44AM
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LMalone
Posts: 197 - Karma: 40
my mountain doesnt even have a park... haha
Jan 6 2010 1:45AM
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SirStai
Posts: 253 - Karma: 15
Grab some friends, leave the park, have fun.

If you're more than 4 guys and live close to something semi-urban, buy 30 feet of bungee. Your possibilities will be endless.
Jan 6 2010 3:41AM
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Fischer-Addicted
Posts: 1064 - Karma: 30
seven springs has a decent park and really nice pipe yah. sucks that your home park isnt quite the same. pennsylvania skiing is garbage. jsut make do with what you have
Jan 6 2010 7:16AM
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splatters
Posts: 411 - Karma: 78
perfect norths park set up right now is killer, the rail set up is perfect.

just saying
Jan 6 2010 7:43AM
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wesley.
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this. or do some andy shit. how long can you session a flat-box before getting bored?
Jan 6 2010 7:54AM
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splatters
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i dunno for me at least since im not great itll always be fun
but id imagine like once you get better you can mix it up, like theres definitely endless possibilities dood
Jan 6 2010 9:07AM
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freeskibum82
Posts: 6355 - Karma: 5,055
once you realize you wont be pro, you can have fun skiing again..regardless of features.
Jan 6 2010 9:12AM
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BMS-Productions
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kinda depends where u are
Jan 6 2010 9:23AM
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JNew
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Southern PA skiing is garbage compared to Northern, but still agreed.

Jan 6 2010 9:33AM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349

southwestern PA is deff = to northern PA,

we have been getting day after day of Fresh powder to the point that i was skiing waist deep a few times. plus the parks at 7 springs are ranked as the best parks in PA.  

Jan 6 2010 9:39AM
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flexpattern
Posts: 1090 - Karma: 45
some people in this world don't have food....
Jan 6 2010 1:35PM
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wesley.
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im not good either. but hittin a flat box for a long time taught me how to hippy killer!
Jan 6 2010 3:18PM
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