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snowflexzone
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Here's the deal; I'm from Cincinnati, OH, and i usually cross the border into Indiana to ski at Perfect North. Great slopes.  I was just wonderin if any midwest skiers knew any where good in Ohio, preferably South Western, that had some sick slopes.... anybody?

Jul 16 2010 4:12PM
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MADDECENT
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Sick slopes...in Ohio?
Jul 16 2010 4:16PM
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R.Fahey
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Perfect North is the illest you'll find. The next best would be Mad River but it's a couple hours north.
Jul 16 2010 4:17PM
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SweatyBallShack
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I'm not sure how far this is from you but I used to live in cleveland. Try boston mills. I heard they had a few 55 footers back in march
Jul 16 2010 4:35PM
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Bangs.
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i ski pns llike 5 times a week and im from cinci and ive been to mad river. mad river has a better park but a shitty park scene.......mostly snowboarders too
Jul 16 2010 4:38PM
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BrothaBrote
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HAHAHA
Jul 16 2010 9:27PM
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Mac_Grey
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i heard it was 75
Jul 16 2010 10:07PM
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Otter.
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Perfect north for sure
Jul 16 2010 10:49PM
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Raptor.
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ive never been to perfect north, but mad river stepped it up a lot last year with capital park. I highly recommend mad river
Jul 16 2010 11:01PM
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argo801
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mad river is the best in my opinion
such a great park and great staff
Jul 17 2010 1:36AM
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Joe_Brogan
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dude, i live in cincinnati too and also ski at PNS.  if you want some good slopes, do what i do, and go up to 7 springs in shitsburgh, PA for a long weekend.  it's well worth it.  better slopes and super sick parks
Jul 17 2010 2:07PM
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koffee412
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i go to bmbw but thats only because its 15 minutes away from me and at bw the park is normally pretty dope but bm set up a pretty good one about end season and they built a 60 footer on north bowl
Jul 17 2010 2:24PM
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tribefan226
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ok i feel im pretty knowledgeable on this since i am, or have been a season pass holder to every ohio hill besides bmbw.

PNS is where i started skiing park in high school. the skiing talent there is amazing, far surpasses anywhere else in ohio. the features are always awesome because the park crew is very good at what they do. unfortunatly managemnt wont give them any room to work with, otherwise the park would be unmatched by anywhere else in the MW. i still buy a pass there so that i can ski there about 20 times when home on break.  and PFC is the illest

Capital Park at Mad river (bellefontaine) is amazing. Last year was the first year of capital park when they got a new park manager from their sister resort big boulder. last year there was a solild 4 jump line for most of the season besides the last couple weeks since the turned the bottom hit into a sick cannon box. The park is full of jibs, too many for me to bother counting but rest assured that ull find any type of rail/box that ur looking for, plus u can get about 7-8 hits in each run. the skiing scene there is still developing but all the skiers there are super nice so if u come visit u could find people to ride with

Snowtrails (mansfield), from what i am told, used to have the sickest scene in the MW. unfortunatly not so much anymore. its where i did most of my skiing 2 seasons ago, but last season i had passes to ST and MRM and only used my ST pass like 5 times bc of how sick MRM is. ST's big air is worth going to, the jump has been fun the past two seasons. unfortunatly they always tear down the jump immediatly after. the park is average, but i got bored of it by the end 2 seasons ago bc they barely change it at all throughout the season once its all the way set up

BMBW (cleveland/akron area) Ive been there for weekend trips 3-4 times over the years. BM is worthless but BW has a pretty fun park. good variety of rails, and some fun medium-large jumps. hardly any skiers compared to snowboarders, i did a comp there this past year and there were only like 7 skiers and 2 of us werent even from bmbw
Jul 17 2010 2:30PM
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smooter
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perfect north for sure
Jul 17 2010 7:04PM
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eastcoastplanker
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sick parks/some of the worst ice and gapers on the east..busloads of asian tourists everyday
Jul 17 2010 7:09PM
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Kale
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Capital Park
Jul 17 2010 7:10PM
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Big5hifty
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nick you know that PNS is the best place. why would you post this?
Jul 17 2010 8:32PM
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pigglywiggly
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I ski at springs every weekend. Great parks for what we have to work with. btw, i live in PITTSBURGH.
Jul 17 2010 8:39PM
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leahey
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How about you watch Traveling Circus and stop making threads about Ohio's mountains (hills)
Jul 17 2010 11:40PM
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SweatyBallShack
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*land bumps

Jul 17 2010 11:51PM
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Lake-Dog
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perfects thats not even a question
Jul 17 2010 11:56PM
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argo801
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onthesnow.com
says mad river
Jul 18 2010 12:30AM
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SweatyBallShack
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ohio's finest- the mustard at jacobs field... oh wait. PROGRESSIVE FIELD. FUCK YOU MODERN MARKETING
Jul 18 2010 12:31AM
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mkuczmarski11
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Hey BMBW is my home resort. I am a ski instructor there and I ski the park as much as I can. Boston Mills usually has a better park than Brandywine at the beginning of the season usually in the December months. This year they had a down double barrel a down box a tire jib and a flat box during the december months. Once Brandywine opened up though they did with a bang. This year they had a two jump line one 25-30 foot jump and one 35-40 foot jump. They also had a packed rail garden, a nice progression park, and later in the season they had the redbull rustbelt feature which was a giant cannon built out of an old ski lift. Boston Mills later stepped it up in the season with a 40 foot jump open to the public, a better terrain park with more jibs including a c-rail, and they had a 50 foot big air jump but that was only open for the big air contests and not for the public. I hope that answers your questions about boston mills, and to clear everything up there were no 60 foot or 75 foot jumps at BMBW the biggest jump they had was the 50 foot stepdown jump Boston Mills made for the Kilted Yak Big Air Contest and The hope on the Slope Big Air.
Jul 18 2010 12:40AM
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koffee412
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as a matter of fact u are wrong the north bowl jump was a 60 footer then they tuned it down to a 50 footer and the big air was a 55 footer
Jul 18 2010 1:10AM
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mkuczmarski11
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I dont think so the Big Air jump might of been 55 cuz tht was huge and scary as hell, but b4 the comp I remeber the guy saying 50 ft to the knuckle. And the northbowl jump was 40 feet according to their website. I know they mellowed it down after a bunch of ppl got hurt on the wall of the lip but I heard they just mellowed down the lip not the jump itself
Jul 18 2010 1:16AM
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billtro11
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OH-IO represent!  Originally from Cleveland, Ohio but moved out to Aspen after college because "Ohio's finest" just didnt do it for me.  If you predominately ride park, then Ohio will suit you well, but

pow days=AMERICA
Jul 18 2010 10:45AM
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hanksy
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Not to jack your thread, and I have posted this before I know but I thought I'd throw it out there, but I am going to UDayton next year and am debating where to get a pass (between PNS and Mad River). I think I like Mad River more, but if there are any Dayton locals that go to the school or live in Dayton my decision could be very influenced.
Jul 18 2010 11:35AM
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smooter
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i live and go to school in dayton. go to perfects
Jul 18 2010 2:25PM
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A.P.
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I'd say 7 springs. It's about an hour and half from Akron
Jul 18 2010 3:30PM
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tribefan226
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i have passes to both and rest assured u cant go wrong with either, both are among the top parks anywhere in the MW
Jul 18 2010 4:10PM
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hanksy
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Yo, thanks for the response in the OH thread, appreciated. Do you go to University of Dayton, or one of the other schools?
Jul 18 2010 7:28PM
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hanksy
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lol, meant to PM, but I guess this works too.
Jul 18 2010 7:28PM
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Otter.
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thats my brother and we r both in high school. We live like 10 mins from UD
Jul 18 2010 7:34PM
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JahJahBinks
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PNS hands down. Paoli is meeh
Jul 18 2010 7:35PM
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Billups
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Doesn't mean shit. Perfects has won that as well.
Jul 18 2010 8:39PM
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argo801
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haha i know this

Jul 18 2010 8:47PM
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argo801
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i posted it because i knew it would get hate from the perfect north kids lol
Jul 18 2010 8:50PM
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SlickRick.
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one 50er that was super poppy and step down. the other was only about 40. ill have an edit of bmbw up soon, but other than those jumps they never have anything too significant. they do the best they can thats for sure
Jul 19 2010 1:29AM
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SweatyBallShack
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haha ya I remember talking to you. Would you mind if I jacked your icon? haha
Jul 19 2010 1:33AM
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SlickRick.
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wish i could say the same, i dont recall. hah but the icon is my proud work
Jul 19 2010 1:48AM
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SweatyBallShack
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No I meant on here. haha. like 3 months ago. and you said you were gunna post a vid of BM in a few days
Jul 19 2010 1:50AM
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ohiosucks
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i love this perfect north against the world feud. its been going on for so long i expect not less of everyone. but yes i agree your jumps are the best in the MW. also PFC is the best event in the MW maybe even the east coast.
Jul 19 2010 9:16AM
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Static
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lets hope he marks it private...
Jul 19 2010 9:51AM
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