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7 Springs Urban Style Park?

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dereklongenbach
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Could of put this in regionals but I figured I would get more input here at this time of year. I heard from a friend 7 Springs was given money this year to build an all urban style/ concrete type park. I don't know the validity of that, but I thought I would see if anyone has heard anything about this? thanks
Sep 28 2011 12:35PM
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Bock
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Don't know anything about it but an all urban park would be pretty sick. I would imagine it keeps some of the gapers away.
Sep 28 2011 12:51PM
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oil.
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there would be some crazy liability on that park. concrete hurts, but it could also keep gapers away... sort of a double edged sword
Sep 28 2011 1:02PM
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dereklongenbach
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i agree, i think it would bring something new to park skiing though around here and definitely be one of the sickest parks to session
Sep 29 2011 4:29PM
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That_One_Dude
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An all urban park at the Springs would be so boss.
Sep 29 2011 5:41PM
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TOAST.
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You would have to make sure everything was on point when making it cause there is really no way to change concrete after you pour it.
Sep 29 2011 5:44PM
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Ruffles
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ever heard of a skate park? Those are made out of concrete too.
Sep 29 2011 10:56PM
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585.
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sounds sick! hopefully getting down to 7 springs for a weekend this season
Sep 29 2011 11:18PM
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Yung_Steezer
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I havnt heard anything but an urban park would be real sick to have!
Sep 30 2011 1:27AM
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WikiWiki
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7springs is my new home mountain



yeahdawg



Sep 30 2011 1:46AM
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T-Pency
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The rundown, 2 weeks to finish the actual features, dirtwork starts next, and then finally they pour concrete right before October ends..

Also the urban park will not be part of the alley, instead it will be located in the foggy bowl.. my guess is after winter they want to use it for bike park, and possibly expand into a full on skate park.. it's been in the works for a while now.

In 2 years time money will be put into dirt work to improve the alley and expand our parks again.



Just for the record i know a lot of rumors have been going around about a new lift?   well, no... guess were going to have the same crappy old alpine lift , which has not been fixed..

Sep 30 2011 10:07AM
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That_One_Dude
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I'll die a little inside if that lift doesn't get fixed by the time the spot opens.
Sep 30 2011 11:45AM
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TOAST.
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You cant just leave RMR. The only way out is...moving somewhere else.
Sep 30 2011 3:59PM
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dereklongenbach
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Hell yeah! thank you for the input, thats going to be real sick. Awesome idea
Oct 18 2011 11:37AM
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WikiWiki
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hah maybe for you derek


7 springs needs more rollers and boxes for me

maybe even a baby park or 2- im getting old and it hurts when I fall
Oct 18 2011 11:39AM
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Kale
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they have been talking about an urban style park for years, but I have also heard that this is supposed to be the year it happens.
Oct 18 2011 2:55PM
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That_One_Dude
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Santa's Beard is a baby park...
Oct 18 2011 3:14PM
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zachV2
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artic blast>any other park
Oct 18 2011 3:39PM
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FreeBallin
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hope its done when I come back home to visit. Smart move on the crew to be able to use to all year around(snow & bike).I am sure that will help it get done. See yinz then!
Oct 18 2011 3:48PM
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DJTJ
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http://www.7springs.com/page/category.detail/nav/5022/Snow-Report.html
if you look here at the bottom of the page it says something about an urban park. i have never seen this before
Oct 18 2011 10:18PM
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binturong-qwerty
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Central Park at Blue had steps when they first opened it I think. I forget if they still do. I enjoy it because it forces you to commit
Oct 18 2011 10:21PM
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B-runge
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urban park=oxymoron you're all stupid
Oct 18 2011 10:25PM
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PhaedeD
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he said urban "STYLE" dumb shit..
Oct 19 2011 12:56AM
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special-J
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Although 7 Springs riders love spreading rumors, this one seems like it is actually going to happen. thanks for the input pence.

On another note, all I can say is, some kind of big jump (60+) BEFORE the pipe is built (I'm sure many others agree that they would like to see a large jump before february) and please let it be poppy- not digging the flat lip of #3 last year... no hate at all, just suggestions.
Oct 19 2011 1:28AM
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steezybrogeezy
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that would be sick
Oct 19 2011 4:29PM
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412.
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i'll be so pissed.
Oct 19 2011 5:40PM
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250r
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sorry if im missing something here, but if they built a park out of concrete how would they keep it on top of the snow?
Oct 19 2011 7:04PM
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pigglywiggly
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oh god i am going to eat mad shit this year haha
Oct 19 2011 7:26PM
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Blurst
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Yea I heard that they are trying to bring a dew tour stop to sunday river so they are seriously expanding their entire park program and hiring some new jump builders.

Oct 19 2011 7:33PM
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That_One_Dude
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This, and right in front of all the drunk people sitting outside the Foggy Goggle.
Oct 19 2011 10:13PM
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B-runge
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im guessing PA doesnt get alot of snow
Oct 20 2011 12:15AM
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aaron@summit
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thats dope. iv thought about this before, if i ever get a chance i would love to check that out
Oct 20 2011 12:24AM
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special-J
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I think i'm missing something, because I don't really see what Sunday River has anything to do with 7 Springs expanding their parks...
Oct 20 2011 12:54AM
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.frenchy
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Oh look, another ignorant West coaster...
Oct 20 2011 8:02AM
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pigglywiggly
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its okay because the possibility of me being drunk as well is very high
Oct 20 2011 8:29AM
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B-runge
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Alright i'm not guessing anymore you fuck. Their average snowfall is 105 inches, which is nothing and something you could easily plan concrete features around.
Oct 20 2011 9:18AM
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.frenchy
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105 inches of NATURAL snow...? They made things called snow guns. Fuckin idiot.
Oct 20 2011 11:40AM
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Pmoore
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dude chill out. You can control how much snow you make extremely easily, thus proving his point. Don't get butt hurt cause that guy gets natural snow.

And before you hate on my I am originally from PA and have skied Springs a good amount and think an urban park would be unnecessarily difficult to keep snow off of and have. seems strange.
Oct 20 2011 11:46AM
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joshua
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That sounds painful, lapping urban features, it would only be a matter or time before disaster lol.
Oct 20 2011 1:59PM
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skithesprings
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he has a point though, if they're pouring concrete features I'm interested to see how they're going to keep the snow low enough to use them. the base of snow in the small bowl that they are using is usually upwards of 6 feet, but if you keep it low enough to hit built in features all it would take is one warm day for bare spots to show up. i'm really interested in seeing how they pull this off...
Oct 20 2011 2:12PM
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james6345789
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It would be sooo sick if a mountain did this!
Oct 20 2011 2:37PM
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special-J
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now that I think about it, I have no idea how the hell this is supposed to work. Like, concrete lips? concrete landings? a bunch of concrete trannies skatepark style? The only way I see this as a good idea is just to have concrete ledges, butter boxes, etc. Pence/someone on park crew- elaborate please...
Oct 20 2011 3:12PM
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TOAST.
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I dislike you so much. Hes right PA doesnt get much snow. With snow guns you can choose where you blow snow, so obviously dont blow onto the cement features if they dont need snow. I can see this working in the middle of winter, but when spring roles around keeping the right amount of snow there might be difficult.
Oct 20 2011 3:21PM
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Dr.Newschoolers
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haha I think more would come... the better the park the more seem to show
Oct 20 2011 3:44PM
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FreeBallin
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Did you forget a little thing called temperature?

I remember riding the 5 ft wide snow paths in Jan like two/three years ago. I love my springs, but dont act like the location allows them to blow snow throughout the whole season every single year....
Oct 20 2011 3:52PM
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dispatchQ_main
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sounds like alot of money wasted for what they could spend on other things
Oct 20 2011 5:29PM
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james6345789
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Okay, Pennsylvania doesn't get 105 inches for an average snowfall. The average there is approximately 50 inches. Even if too much snow was an issue for anywhere, they could make the concrete higher?
Oct 20 2011 5:47PM
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TOAST.
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It is also being used for a bike park i believe so you cant make it too high.
Oct 20 2011 5:50PM
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B-runge
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hahahahaha
sorry i forgot people make snow, idiots...
Oct 20 2011 7:07PM
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skithesprings
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you don't know us... and we get far more than 50 inches... maybe the state as a whole, but that includes a lot of places that don't get shit, we're talking about the mountains where they actually do average over 100 inches a year, hell two years ago we got 225.

get learned before you open your mouth...

and where the hell did my icon go?
Oct 24 2011 12:46AM
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klindberg27
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go to 7springs.com the homepage says this year they will have the worlds first ever urban park. and they are making the superpipe 22 feet this year instead of 18 feet. gonna be a crazy year

Oct 24 2011 10:11PM
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