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Goodbye sheffield ski village :(

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*SNO*
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http://www.syfire.gov.uk/2061.asp

A place that helped produce skiers like James Woods and other british freeskiers is now gone.

Hopefully not repost :(
Apr 29 2012 6:48AM
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Mr_Bump
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That's tragic, hopefully it was profitable and insured well enough to be rebuilt bigger and better.
Any news on the cause of the fire?
Apr 29 2012 7:10AM
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*SNO*
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There were acetylene cylinders in the building or something.
I cant think they made a ton of money, like most dry slopes but im sure it was insured and hopefully it gets rebuilt, I only skied there a few times but it was probably one of the best dryslopes in the UK.
Apr 29 2012 7:28AM
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Yossarian
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Shit! That's awful! I remember when some twats tried to set Hillend on fire and the time it was almost closed due to funding pressure, those were not happy times. +vibes for all the local riders.

Hopefully it gets up and running again. Think of the stink if Woodsy won an olympic medal and they found out the place had burnt down and hadn't been reopened.
Apr 29 2012 7:37AM
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JDA
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Thats shitty, can only hope it gets re-built pretty quick.
The business will lose lots of trade from the upcoming summer, hopefully the company will survive :(
Apr 29 2012 8:09AM
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flexpattern
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Oh no :(

To those who don't know people like WOODSY learnt their mad skills there. This is very sad :(

Hopefully it'll reopen!

Apr 29 2012 8:50AM
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JibbaTheHutt
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was this arson? so many places have been atacked by arson in the past like 5 years, plymouth was hit only a 6 weeks ago...
Apr 29 2012 8:58AM
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*SNO*
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I hope not!
I would be such a saddening thing to find out someone targeted a ski slope on purpose.
Apr 29 2012 9:03AM
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Jibberino
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Well the chavs firebombed the actual slope a couple of years ago, so you never know! Sad stuff, I had some good times with Sheffski there!
Apr 29 2012 10:00AM
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wellthisisold
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That sucks! Vibes to the people who ski there, let's hope it gets rebuilt quickly!
Apr 29 2012 10:21AM
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1414
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-17887316
Apr 29 2012 10:34AM
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razors-chaz
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they were worried about the accetelyn cylinders exploding not that they are saying that is the cause of the fire. the cause has not been released yet but if its been a target for arson before its likely to be arson again. the fire investigation is going to happen in a couple of days. this sucks but a building like this will be insured and one of the employees was saying they were doing ok as a business so hopefully this wont be the end for sheffield, but a new beginning for a bigger and better ski village (as they had plans for, for some time). a couple of people were calling it out as insurance fraud but i dont think so.
Apr 29 2012 11:02AM
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.Tom.
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Noooo that sucks, was planning a few trips there with my Ski Club next year :(.
Apr 29 2012 11:19AM
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Mr_Bump
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I fucking hate no-good, jealous, "got to take their lifestyle away from them because I can't be fucked to work for it myself" types, and I fucking hate the "lets set fire to this because there's nobody around and we won't get caught I dont care about shit" types even more

If it was either of these fucking useless c*nt wagon types responsible for arson I'll be even more mad.
You don't see everyone else who hates what they do storm into their tower blocks and steal their fags, kappa zip-ups, white ace and babies, do you?
But hey, lets not ruin SG with politics.

Cliffs
Arsonists are cunts and deserve to burn
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Accidents happen and I hope the business recovers quickly
Apr 29 2012 11:27AM
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*SNO*
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Oh right.

Yeah hopefully the village gets rebuilt and maybe an even better dryslope park gets built.
Apr 29 2012 11:31AM
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*SNO*
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Oh right.

Yeah hopefully the village gets rebuilt and maybe an even better dryslope park gets built.
Apr 29 2012 11:31AM
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DanThrax
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Well look at the replacement that Hemel got after that burnt down.  It's only the building that got burnt down though right?  So the slope is still there?  (That's coming from my limited knowledge on it all)
Apr 29 2012 11:36AM
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razors-chaz
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The building is in a smoldering pile on the ground so i assume there will be some slope damage but from what ive seen and read its only the building that was on fire but they may use it as a chance to start near freash and raise extra money to improve the set up they had as an initiative to encourage interest as freeskiing begins to jump in popularity.
Apr 29 2012 12:31PM
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TheGnarwhal
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Was on a course today with someone who works as ski patrol there, scary stuff. Maybe an insurance job to get a full snowdome there?
Apr 29 2012 1:09PM
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Hewbird
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shitty newsss, hope it gets rebuilt
Apr 29 2012 3:34PM
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captainslack
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another fire, this time deliberate and setting fire to the top lift station

http://whitelines.mpora.com/news/fire-sheffield-ski-village.html

would put money on it all being arson.
May 1 2012 9:09AM
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