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Chronic_
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Assuming it doesnt get rained out I plan on being up there with some friends on saturday and sunday. Im gonna have my cute little flip camera and ill probably throw together a pre-season SR montage. So if you are planning on going up post here with what youre most likely to be wearing that way i can get name recognition in the montage, or you can just find the fat kid with the shaved head riding 09 chronics and let me know who you are.

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bdarb207
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Looking sick up there. They aren't loading it yet but lift 1 is running. Looking like top to bottom.
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skiSBmaine
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Any update at all on the park? Saw a comment that says it isn't going in until Friday, seems kinda whack considering it's vacation week for most people
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PurpleDino
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CMyhaverAny update at all on the park? Saw a comment that says it isn't going in until Friday, seems kinda whack considering it's vacation week for most people


I get why people are upset with them but for snowmaking we had to finish filling in grand junction and upper punch just needs a little more snow on her if they plan on moving the park up there. Unfortunate, but parks has just been waiting for more snow to build with. They should be able to start building soon
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IBAM
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PurpleDinoI get why people are upset with them but for snowmaking we had to finish filling in grand junction and upper punch just needs a little more snow on her if they plan on moving the park up there. Unfortunate, but parks has just been waiting for more snow to build with. They should be able to start building soon


So there should be a park up on Friday?
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PurpleDino
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IBAMSo there should be a park up on Friday?


Not 100% sure when it'll be, will let you know if I hear anything.
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gabew34
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PurpleDinoNot 100% sure when it'll be, will let you know if I hear anything.


confirmation, mountain report for this afternoon says that there will be a park on upper sunday punch for friday
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a_burger
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hows the new setup? im down in MA right now and curious how much im missing
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gabew34
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w_skierhows the new setup? im down in MA right now and curious how much im missing


actually so prime right now, such fun rails. some rails that we haven't seen up for a while (old jib park dfd box), and some new rails like the a frame which is gnarly and the donkey dick. jump is trash but whats new for sunday river.
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Mrworm10
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w_skierhows the new setup? im down in MA right now and curious how much im missing


Yeah, some bigger rails, its a super fun and flowy park to throw down in.
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IBAM
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speedyswapper34jump is trash but whats new for sunday river.


SHOTS. But yeah, the jump is actually decently sized compared to last year's, just a super flat landing. The rail setup is primo though, really good stuff. All they're missing is a tube...
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a_burger
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IBAMAll they're missing is a tube...


park crew pls

what ar u doing
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PurpleDino
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The park isn't too bad but there are some things they really need to work on. Not every rail should be setup urban on, I want to do tricks on rails not be able to slide 6 feet of it. Set the lips back like normal so you can hit the whole rail. The new a frame is alright but I know the guy who welded it up and there is no way he would have put that rail on the hill like it is. Thinks it's missing good paint on it so right now it's super sticky and needs mad wax. It also wasn't even set in the ground evenly. Thanks for getting us a park but come on. Set stuff up correctly.
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IBAM
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PurpleDinoThe park isn't too bad but there are some things they really need to work on. Not every rail should be setup urban on, I want to do tricks on rails not be able to slide 6 feet of it. Set the lips back like normal so you can hit the whole rail. The new a frame is alright but I know the guy who welded it up and there is no way he would have put that rail on the hill like it is. Thinks it's missing good paint on it so right now it's super sticky and needs mad wax. It also wasn't even set in the ground evenly. Thanks for getting us a park but come on. Set stuff up correctly.


I agree with the urban on thought, if the first flat bar had a nice ride on lip that would be prime, maybe the A frame and flat tube rail before the jump as well. However, I would say that the A-frame is wicked nice, and though it's not 100% securely set in the ground, I thought it had the right amount of slideability. Compared to when the park was set up here last year, this one kicks ass.
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bdarb207
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Big race this weekend guys! Who's ready to shred some ICE AND GATES!!!! YEWWWW
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a_burger
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gonna be there friday night and saturday, anything change in the park?
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PurpleDino
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w_skiergonna be there friday night and saturday, anything change in the park?


Was out a couple days ago and it was the same. Only difference from the last time I went was they waxed the rails and they're all riding way better.

Sunday River just started this blog called life of a snowmaker and it's all pictures everyone on snowmaking is sending in so they are all original shots. Check it out:http://lifeofasnowmaker.com/
I will proudly say I'm the one that buried that Yukon and pulled it out with the cat, that was a fun night haha
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Ski_Alot
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Any hope for T72 opening up within a week or two? I get back for break next Saturday and i can't wait to finally get some days in with the SR crew
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Mrworm10
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Ski_AlotAny hope for T72 opening up within a week or two? I get back for break next Saturday and i can't wait to finally get some days in with the SR crew


No sign of snow yet bro ;-;
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Ski_Alot
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Mrworm10No sign of snow yet bro ;-;


:'(
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PurpleDino
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Mrworm10No sign of snow yet bro ;-;


Gonna be a ways out.... This warm weather is killing us on the snowmaking side of things
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IBAM
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PurpleDinoGonna be a ways out.... This warm weather is killing us on the snowmaking side of things


Word was that no snow is going to be blown on T72 for a long time, and that instead snow making will be going in to the course for the Frozen Rush and opening Aurora-Jordan. Is this true?
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PurpleDino
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IBAMWord was that no snow is going to be blown on T72 for a long time, and that instead snow making will be going in to the course for the Frozen Rush and opening Aurora-Jordan. Is this true?


Can't say exactly what the plan is but the biggest goal is to get a variety of terrain open. T72 is usually pretty high on the priority list
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gabew34
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PurpleDinoCan't say exactly what the plan is but the biggest goal is to get a variety of terrain open. T72 is usually pretty high on the priority list


any new features or switches on the preseason park for this weekend?
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WPoch
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speedyswapper34any new features or switches on the preseason park for this weekend?


i would like to know this as well
9 years ago
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PurpleDino
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Well we started to fire up the bottom of T72. Stoked they finally let us Fire em up.
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IBAM
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Park update: All features now have way nicer lips, park crew killed it on that one. Two new features up top, accessible only by Locke lift. A 12 ft skinny down barrel and a 20 ft flat bar, both lips have a gap to he rail but are more ride-on than urban on. Down below there's the same 10 ft flat box, then the donkey dick, then the flat down, which is now ride on. After that, there's a 20 ft flat tube with a huge lip on, really nice. Then a tiny shitty jump, then in to a flat-up-flat box, which is also pretty nice. Overall, killer setup, hope we get to shred it again next weekend and then get T72 going.
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PurpleDino
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When you say ride on do you really mean ride on or is it just a properly built lip. Ride on means the top of the lip is touching the rail and you literally ride on..im hoping that isn't what you mean
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IBAM
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PurpleDinoWhen you say ride on do you really mean ride on or is it just a properly built lip. Ride on means the top of the lip is touching the rail and you literally ride on..im hoping that isn't what you mean

Ride on as in lip is built above rail, as opposed to urban on where rail is above lip. The flat down it literally ride on, lip touching rail, but the two rails up top have a small gap between lip and rail.
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IBAMPark update: All features now have way nicer lips, park crew killed it on that one. Two new features up top, accessible only by Locke lift. A 12 ft skinny down barrel and a 20 ft flat bar, both lips have a gap to he rail but are more ride-on than urban on. Down below there's the same 10 ft flat box, then the donkey dick, then the flat down, which is now ride on. After that, there's a 20 ft flat tube with a huge lip on, really nice. Then a tiny shitty jump, then in to a flat-up-flat box, which is also pretty nice. Overall, killer setup, hope we get to shred it again next weekend and then get T72 going.


dude these rails you are claiming are 20 feet are actually more in the range of 12-15...it's not that big of a deal im just astonished you honestly think that flat bar at the top is 20 feet
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bdarb207
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DJ Asterik (Dfortin13) tonight at the Foggy @ 9. Come NS callout the DJ! Should be a rad set.
9 years ago
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Mrworm10
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207dude these rails you are claiming are 20 feet are actually more in the range of 12-15...it's not that big of a deal im just astonished you honestly think that flat bar at the top is 20 feet


Like 99% sure IBAM is correct here. They talked about that flat being like 20 feet last season when they put it in and the down rail at the top is 12. Just seem shorter when you cruise into em. Either way, every rail was on point last week when I was up so I'm not complaining. Just stoked to hear about the work being put in on T72 and to ride it this weekend (if all goes well).
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PurpleDino
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We've been cranking out snow on T72 so hopefully they can put something fun together
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Mrworm10Like 99% sure IBAM is correct here. They talked about that flat being like 20 feet last season when they put it in and the down rail at the top is 12. Just seem shorter when you cruise into em. Either way, every rail was on point last week when I was up so I'm not complaining. Just stoked to hear about the work being put in on T72 and to ride it this weekend (if all goes well).


no doubt! pumped for t72
9 years ago
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PurpleDino
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Just passed through on the sled and got a peep at T72. Looks like the jib park is loaded up with feautures!
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Mrworm10
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PurpleDinoJust passed through on the sled and got a peep at T72. Looks like the jib park is loaded up with feautures!


Yeah, for those of you after an update on the parks, here ya go!
T72 Jib Park is now open from the lower entrance on Dream Maker (which you need to carve up to get to) and the trail and cutover to T72 is swarming with patrol whose park skier panties are in a bunch, so be on the lookout. On the left side line, there is the double kink fat tube set up as a mini-battleship (up-flat-down), a decently sized tube cannon, the new battleship rail (which is mad fun to hit), the wide tube dfdfd set up larger than it ever has been before, and the black bonk feature at the end. On the right side, there's a butter box, an up flat box, a nice flat tube, the c-box, 6-in diameter tube elbow. After all the rails, there is a set of 3 rollers which you can send if you speed into (or carve into the 3rd one from the right). Overall, a pretty hype setup for T72 opening weekend, waiting for them to fill in more empty space though!
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By this weekend SR has to have one of the best setups on the east. The top two rails on dreammaker are money, they redid T72 since the weekend and it is setup with more rails and a way funner line on the right. Plus they're moving snow heavy right now for the top section and it looks like there's gonna be a 3 jump line and the third looks big.
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Mrworm10
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207By this weekend SR has to have one of the best setups on the east. The top two rails on dreammaker are money, they redid T72 since the weekend and it is setup with more rails and a way funner line on the right. Plus they're moving snow heavy right now for the top section and it looks like there's gonna be a 3 jump line and the third looks big.


What rails did they put in dreammaker? Im so pumped they brought that idea back because it was cash. New rails in T72 look unreal. I heard jumps for the weekend so hype! Ill be up!
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a_burger
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going back up to maine sunday night and skiing monday, hows the park now? are the woods any good?
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Park Update: Up top on escaped you have a 20 foot down urban into a really nice 20 foot flat bar that's raised up on a mound. In T72 you have a 4 pack of jumps increasing in size as you go. I only hit the first two cause I'm a pussy. But they seem to be the very stereotypical Sunday River jumps with steep short landings . The first and fourth looked to me the best built even though the first is pretty small. None the less, my estimation on size is 15, 25, 35, 45 respectively. I am gonna try and recount the jib park as best I can. On the left , you have the urban donkey dick into the cannon, into the trap rail, then the quad kink and hitching post. On the right you had the sketchy ass like really short and tall down rail, into a DFD , into the flat tube into the up flat elbow, then the rainbow box to elbow rail . At the bottom are some rollers and a death bonk feature with solid trannys on all sides but really short landings. ( I over shot it by like 15 feet and landed flat.)
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IBAM
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galardogodNone the less, my estimation on size is 15, 25, 35, 45 respectively.

I'd say more like 15, 20, 25, 30, but yeah, they're all pretty decent.
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a_burger
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is 3d up yet? how big are the jumps/rails in there?
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galardogod
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w_skieris 3d up yet? how big are the jumps/rails in there?


3D has been assembled. It has 3 pretty large step ups that I personally am not a fan of. And 4 rails a flatbar a flat box down flat double barrel and down rail
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Mrworm10
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galardogod3D has been assembled. It has 3 pretty large step ups that I personally am not a fan of. And 4 rails a flatbar a flat box down flat double barrel and down rail


Agreed, racer tuck is required to make it to the landings.
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ny300z
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In 2 weeks im taking the 7.5 hour trek to Sunday River for the first time. Any glades open and decent up there?
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Mrworm10
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ny300zIn 2 weeks im taking the 7.5 hour trek to Sunday River for the first time. Any glades open and decent up there?


Meh, havn't tried poaching any glades this year yet, we're pretty bad off with snow right nowbut it's finally starting to roll in. I have heard that some of the glades are nice if you know where to look, just don't expect there to be a ton of snow. Park is prime though if you are into that kinda thing.
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ny300z
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Mrworm10Meh, havn't tried poaching any glades this year yet, we're pretty bad off with snow right nowbut it's finally starting to roll in. I have heard that some of the glades are nice if you know where to look, just don't expect there to be a ton of snow. Park is prime though if you are into that kinda thing.


thanks for the info man! hopefully you guys get some snow in the next few weeks. Will they definitely kick you off the mountain if you duck some ropes to a closed glade run? I've only done that a few times.

My friends are'nt that into park but thats good news for me if the trees are shit
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Mrworm10
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ny300zthanks for the info man! hopefully you guys get some snow in the next few weeks. Will they definitely kick you off the mountain if you duck some ropes to a closed glade run? I've only done that a few times.

My friends are'nt that into park but thats good news for me if the trees are shit


Nah if you duck some ropes you're set, nobody will care. Just don't do it like right in front of a patroller and you're all good.
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ny300z
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Mrworm10Nah if you duck some ropes you're set, nobody will care. Just don't do it like right in front of a patroller and you're all good.


sounds good, thanks! looking forward to checking out SR
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galardogod
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ny300zsounds good, thanks! looking forward to checking out SR
I have ducked ropes and skied the glades and currently last tango and blind ambition are skiable and potentially good if there's fresh snow (was a bit crusty) . Wouldn't recommend and tighter glades . Also bring rock skies cause core shots are definitely going to be a factor. They are making snow on OZ wich will be hella nice.
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ny300z
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galardogodI have ducked ropes and skied the glades and currently last tango and blind ambition are skiable and potentially good if there's fresh snow (was a bit crusty) . Wouldn't recommend and tighter glades . Also bring rock skies cause core shots are definitely going to be a factor. They are making snow on OZ wich will be hella nice.


cool man thanks, now that you said that i am kinda mad at myself for selling my beat up old skis. whatever though fuck it
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