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Ski Sundown 10/11 Season

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BWalmer
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With rail jam season starting this Saturday at Avon Day, I think it's time to start this. There are some big plans for this season in the works at Sundown, so let's discuss here (instead of last years thread...)

BTW, here's the list of the upcoming rail jams Sundown is putting on:
Avon Day - 9/25 @12pm
Suburban Sports / Meatheads - 10/2
Sun and Ski, Avon, ct - 10/9
Outdoor Sports - 11/6
Colorado Ski Shop - 11/13
Simsbury Celebrates - 11/27 @ 4pm
Sep 19 2010 7:32PM
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eljusto.
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I have to agree. I have seen park attendants work hard to fix features, but I also see some just riding around with friends while landings/take-offs get destroyed.
Mar 26 2011 8:59PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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id safely say that jump should NOT have been open in the condition that was in. whats disapointing is from what ive heard was there were park crew guys at the mountain, in uniform , and the park still could get that dangerous (even bringing some poles to close it would work).

there also is the point were you need to NOT hit a feature either if it is getting to dangerous. and i could probably say that jump got to that point.

this spring ive seen mad kids catch on the lips of PCs medium line due to "spring" conditions. but in all those instances i could say that there was not much the park crew could have done to prevent it, which is different in the video of chris. and the consequences of catching on a 60 footer are way higher than that 10.

sorry that was long, but i just would never wana see sundown in a situation of being in another lawsuit like earlier this year. if it was someone other than chris, who obviously knows what hes doing in the park, had hit that it could have gone WAY bad. chris even got worked from it.

Mar 26 2011 10:36PM
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fluff
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I'm obviously not gonna say anything in a public place  ..... thanks for your discretion... are ya kidding?
Mar 27 2011 2:04PM
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adamlukowski
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I like mount snow

Mar 27 2011 6:28PM
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adamlukowski
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and maybe we could have something like them, where at a designated time the park crew all goes out and fixes all the lips and ruts and such, could be an idea to consider, no?
Mar 27 2011 7:12PM
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andrew.
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i just have one thing to say here, and try as hard as you can to listen to what im saying and take it as a friendly suggestion for improvement rather than insult

i dont like the way sundown makes their parks. I understand how the level of skiing has dramatically increased in the last few years, and that does warrant bigger, more challenging features, but as of lately this has lead to a hyperfocus on crazy features only 10 or so people hit while you neglect the more reasonable features that everyone hits. This is most apparent in features like the flat boxes at the top of stinger that always have giant ruts, or small jumps with ice sheet landings and a hole in the lip.

I think that most people here would agree with me when i say that the park would be better if we had a lot of smaller, well maintained, simple features instead of 2 or 3 sick rails and everything else gets gets bombed to shit in 2 days.

again, not insulting anyone here. I love sundown more than anything in the world, ive been skiing there since i was 5, and i appreciate all the hard work that everyone involved puts in on a daily basis, im just saying that the focus in the parks should be smaller and catered to everyone that skis there, not just the sponsored kids.

btw chris, if i see you on campus, im gonna slap your ass soooo hard. you better hope i miss
Mar 27 2011 8:59PM
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adamlukowski
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uh... ok!

Mar 27 2011 9:26PM
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860media*
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this minus ass smacking. I realize you can not compare sundown to mt snow but take their example. Small to medium sized rails set up perfectly. As everyone else said I'm not bashing anyone here. But I'm sure you do want to hear the opinions of the people who ride the park you create.
Mar 27 2011 10:08PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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well the difference is that EVERYONE hits the flat boxes which causes the ruts, your never gona have small features at sundown be in "immaculate" condition. while the more difficult features require less to maintain, which is why they are in better shape. you dont have every joey in the park landing in the same spot off the unbow.

and only 10 kids in the park hitting the big features? last year that wasnt true at all, i dont see why it would be different now.

i think to say sundown should step their game down is absolutely ridiculous. the only thing that separates sundown from southington is their MAN features which is the best thing about them. you're gona find flat bars and boxes at any other shit hill in CT or around the northeast. but your not gona find big red, unbow, big FD, the big FDF, or the rainbow there anywhere else.
Mar 28 2011 1:15AM
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fluff
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joey comment = joke.  2/3rds the problem with internet.

no messages from you.  PM me and i;ll give oyu my cell so we can make out. 

and.... internet is funny

and... jordans balls have been removed. 

and... wah

Mar 28 2011 7:50AM
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fluff
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this... plus, we're trying to take over Tom's... for the mini shred. 
Mar 28 2011 7:53AM
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ssk
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sundown's thread is filled with more crying than a daycare center
Mar 28 2011 11:19AM
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fluff
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that's cause there wasn't nearly enough Sam... 
Mar 28 2011 11:21AM
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adamlukowski
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about the difficult/crazy/whatever you want to call it features, its not necessarily what it is that is setup, its HOW its setup. I haven't hit a handful of rails this year because they were just sketchy setup, for example the skinny flat bar up top had the weirdest lip, the 32 down rail had way to much urban (for me, although there were quite a bit of people hitting it)  and im sure there are other things to be said but i can't remember
Mar 28 2011 2:59PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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spot on, park city's is even worse though haha.
Mar 28 2011 3:19PM
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Gratton.
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yes





Mar 28 2011 5:24PM
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860media*
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Evan i agree with you for sure, but there isn't a reason that we cant have those amazing unique features and also the medium sized features in one park. (leaving the small stuff on toms) Specifically, why was there a kick for a 20 foot jump as the get on to the down tube?
Mar 28 2011 6:18PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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space, snow, cat time, events and most of all MONEY. those are all reasons why it is so hard to do that.

i cant believe people are complaining about larger features. if there sketchy, sack up and hit it.

putting in smaller features will just make more gaypers hit them and turn those features to shit too, theres no way around that. sundown doesnt have the snowpack to maintain features all of you kids will hit. just hit the bigger fucking features, they are way more fun anyway...


/yes i mad

Mar 28 2011 11:27PM
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.frenchy
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So if someone is new to skiing park and they'd like to learn how to hit rails they would have to try it on huge urban rails?
Mar 29 2011 6:34AM
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hawaiiansteeze
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in stinger, yes.

but, im not talking about kids that are new to park skiing. im talking about all the guys on here and im pretty sure you can all slide rails and hit jumps. im just saying try it, urban on isnt that hard its just scary when your trying it. the unbow first time i ever hit it i almost broke my neck, theres a vid online somewhere haha.

if kids arnt comfortable hitting the features, stay out of stinger?
Mar 29 2011 11:27AM
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adamlukowski
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We had  alooooooot of snow this year, that was used in some wacko ways i guess. On a more positive note, i like where the dfd is, a lot more than where it is usually placed.

Mar 29 2011 4:19PM
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evanharwood
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jordans balls have always been nonexistant
Mar 29 2011 7:29PM
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evanharwood
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finally what

Mar 29 2011 7:50PM
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fluff
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hahahhaha.

first off,  never. 

second... where's that PM to discuss over phone instead of gay internet. 

Mar 30 2011 7:10AM
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fluff
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i guess you're new....

we experiment with the set ups all the time.  A lot of stuff is fun, some of it isn't for everybody. 

Mar 30 2011 7:12AM
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.frenchy
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.....what?

Mar 30 2011 10:50AM
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hawaiiansteeze
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MR fucking harwood, welcome to the shitshow...
Mar 30 2011 1:16PM
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adamlukowski
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Well i changed my name if thats what you mean

Mar 30 2011 3:28PM
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evanharwood
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harharhar. the goonies. biaaaatch.
Mar 30 2011 3:43PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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i was talking about the shitshow that is NS.

how do i bash this anyway and whats shitty about my what i post? i defiantly dont post any 4chan shit which has run shit website to shit over the past 2 years. i feel like i put a decent amount of effort into my posts the majority of the time. i post from across the country because i want you guys to be skiing a decent park, sorry.

Mar 30 2011 6:00PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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oh then you were completely correct. NS fucking sucks, its gone down the shitter, NSG isnt even worth going in anymore. regionals, M&A and LM are the only decent forums left.
Mar 30 2011 8:30PM
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adamlukowski
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Everyone always says this, but how much different was it before?

Mar 30 2011 8:41PM
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danbrown
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it was pretty different. there was shit, but the rate and production of shit was far slower. and trolls were actually funny.
Mar 30 2011 9:01PM
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adamlukowski
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I think  I may have joined right as the golden era of newschoolers was ending
Mar 30 2011 9:43PM
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TBigCat
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imma little late
Mar 31 2011 9:33PM
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fluff
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Done....   see you up at Mount Snow.   Thanks for the great season. 
Apr 1 2011 9:57AM
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adamlukowski
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I hate you.
Apr 1 2011 12:33PM
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860media*
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APRIL FOOLS?!?!?!?!?
Apr 1 2011 12:46PM
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.frenchy
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You suck. seriously.

Why would you make a facebook status' about welding the rainbow rail if you're not opening this weekend?

Apr 1 2011 3:05PM
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.frenchy
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fuck y'all

Apr 1 2011 3:22PM
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fluff
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hahaha.  
Apr 2 2011 7:10AM
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adamlukowski
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Yup. Butternut had plenty of snow too, but they'll probably be closed next weekend just because they get the land from the state and they aren't allowed to go past this weekend... sucky
Apr 2 2011 10:13PM
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adamlukowski
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Soo... Fall rail jams. You should use the lift tower
Apr 5 2011 10:09AM
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hawaiiansteeze
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soo... snow.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Alta&state=UT&site=SLC&textField1=40.5889&textField2=-111.637&e=1

sorry i had too :p

any of you guys makin season banger edits or movies? wana see what sundeezy had to offer this year.
Apr 5 2011 1:47PM
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adamlukowski
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I'll be making a few shitty edits lol
Apr 5 2011 3:06PM
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ssk
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some1 should buy my gl2 so i can go to hood this summer
Apr 5 2011 6:46PM
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adamlukowski
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Apr 5 2011 7:15PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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youll have way better luck selling it to skateboarders, my friend got $750 for his GL2, and you can easily get a good T2i set up for that price. try skateperception.com
Apr 5 2011 7:30PM
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kpeats
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Apr 7 2011 5:14PM
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kpeats
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http://vimeo.com/18409358


Apr 7 2011 5:30PM
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