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Freeskiing Freestyle Skiing Westcoast of Scotland ..

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Kage105
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Well its not been the best start to the Scottish season but things are bound to improve,To help all the Scottish sliders on the west-coast find the best conditions in the parks or off the beaten track,  Setting up a facebook page the West-Coast Park Project which is a development from the Glencoe park project we set up last year.
West coast a bigger area larger crew more resources to play with, The idea of the FB page post, your pictures let people know what the conditions are like posted by riders for riders .. We will also use this to
inform any interested free-riders and park riders of events or jams that are planed to run.
We hope to keep it up dated with the actual condition and set-up of the parks and the snow cover ..

If your Interested   West-Coast Park Project ..   on  FB


Jan 11 2012 4:30PM
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Kage105
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Some shots from the WestCoast Last Year !!

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Jan 12 2012 4:37AM
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Mag
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why can't it be east!
Jan 12 2012 11:07AM
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Shireshredder
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How sick would it be if we could set up a permenant park with a tow, kind of like snowparkNZ. Would boost scottish freeskiing massively.
Jan 13 2012 12:53PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Freaking sweet. Do some video!
Jan 13 2012 12:57PM
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*SNO*
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sounds good!
probably going to make the 10 hour drive up to scotland sometime this season.
Jan 13 2012 1:04PM
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Shireshredder
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If you need a driving/skiing buddy im down!
Jan 13 2012 1:27PM
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YoungJah
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There is a lot more to scotland than skiing park.
Jan 13 2012 3:53PM
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Mag
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if there wasnt wed have practically no skiing at all.
Jan 13 2012 4:07PM
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Kage105
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Yea the weather has been hard on all the Scottish resorts the harsh winds that have been hitting the country have limited the use of higher lifts or just shut the resort .. looks like a break in the weather though and parks don't require much snow and you can session them all day, free-skiing is where its @ but only if the conditions allow .. prob a little hard packed for that, might want to let the temperature rise just a little :) but with the chance of a great weekend sun and light wind out on the mountains sessioning some jibs with your mates .. got to be better than x-box,

its not x-games but it will do for now .. the view from the summit taken today a limited line 3-4 features but fun
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Jan 13 2012 5:56PM
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YoungJah
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Open your eyes to the terrain around you.
Jan 13 2012 6:11PM
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*SNO*
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your kinda new here, so you probably arent aware of the video razors-chaz posted a few months ago about Scottish big mountain skiing.
I wouldnt say scotland is nothing without park skiing!

Jan 13 2012 6:17PM
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YoungJah
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This is more like it.

Jan 13 2012 6:24PM
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Shireshredder
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Jan 13 2012 6:33PM
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Kage105
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Oh I totally agree Scotland has some epic lines if you are willing to hike I would rather hike and ski off piste any chance I get the hike can be as good as the descent depending on where you go   ... but if the conditions are solid hit the groomed park and enjoy !
Jan 13 2012 6:51PM
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YoungJah
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It's more fun hitting a icy couloir, than a icy park.
Jan 13 2012 6:58PM
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Kage105
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Define fun .. near death heart pounding madness .. thinking that you are the one in control not gravity  !!

Ok yea I will give you that ...  if you live it was fun !!
Jan 13 2012 7:10PM
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james6345789
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I would kill to be able to ski regularly at a place like that video up there.
Jan 13 2012 8:11PM
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Mr.Bishop
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SCOTCH!

Lol... probably a stupid north american thing to say.

Anyways, scotch is awesome. I also know (and I hope I'm right) that you're not supposed to drink it neat, but with a little bit of water.


Jan 13 2012 8:35PM
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minihef
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Maybe for you, but not for everyone. The last thing freeskiing should be about is being told by someone else that one thing is more fun than another.

Jan 13 2012 11:02PM
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keimel
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hmmmm
Jan 13 2012 11:24PM
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YoungJah
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It doesn't matter if you drink it neat or with a little bit of water. It really depends on your personal taste.
Jan 14 2012 2:50PM
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Orrin
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I saw this on facebook, decent. Cairngorm are doing a good job right now since there's little snow. They've got a nice line with 2 boxes 2 rails and a little kicker. It's just a shame that the landings are so hard-pact and are getting icy because of lack of fresh snow so if you fall off it's really damn sore ( as I found out today).

Liked yer page by the way :)
Jan 14 2012 3:47PM
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Orrin
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Just realised what I just touched on is fairly east coast...damnit.
Jan 14 2012 3:49PM
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Mag
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you both misread my message, i said without there being a lot more to scotland than park we'd have practically no skiing, and no i havn't see razor chaz ill have to look that up thanks
Jan 14 2012 6:50PM
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YoungJah
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^^
You have just said the exact same thing as before.
Jan 14 2012 7:41PM
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Mag
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god you are dumb, PARK IS A TINY PART OF WHAT SKIING IS IN SCOTLAND, clear?
Jan 15 2012 8:25AM
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Mrlysenko
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Have always wanted to go to a scotland ski area but always find that your never quite shore of what the snow is going to be like.
Jan 15 2012 8:41AM
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