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Loon 12/13

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Charlie_Kelly
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Noticed all the other threads are started up. Thought I'd get this one going. Anyone know if they are gonna add features/move the park so its accessible from the lift this weekend? Probably gonna be there Sunday.
Nov 20 2012 9:03PM
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d00d
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Going up Friday for the whole day and then going to the rail jam, seems like a fun time. Anyone else going?
Nov 20 2012 9:55PM
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.ZT.
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I'll be up a bunch for day trips. Set up for the rail jam looked dope.
Nov 25 2012 6:18PM
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wawabunski
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i was up friday and sunday- not bad but it was a bit wind blown and they were blowing snow on alot of trails- made it really hard to see- this week is supposed to be cold enough that they can blow snow every day and night so i think theyll get basin street covered completely, upper walking boss will get opened, and rampasture too- look for them to have at least 20 trails if not more open by next weekend
Nov 26 2012 9:30AM
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StevenR
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They need to put in some lift accessible jibs already. I like hitting rails but I like REAL(ish) skiing on REAL(ish) mountains too. it would be nice to be able to do both.
Nov 26 2012 11:55AM
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wawabunski
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theres really nowhere they could put them right now- like they dont have enough coverage for it- i think by next week if they get more trails open theyll work on getting an actual park setup, but for now theyre just worried about getting and keeping coverage top to bottom
Nov 26 2012 12:28PM
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Elmo.
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remember when they used to have the park right near the pool at the hotel... that was such a god spot but for some reason they dont do it anymore? which i think is so dumb

but sunday sucked they were blowing snow on the setup the entire day i was covered in snow after a minute and the rails were sticky cuz of it... it sucked.
Nov 26 2012 12:35PM
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wawabunski
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last year they couldnt do it because they didnt have enough snow- it would be good to set one up there but they are also building little parks on the dropline trail they cut last year- i think itd be good if they set up another park at little sister though
Nov 26 2012 1:00PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Really? I was there from about 245 til close and it was awesome. The snow was really good and the rails were fine.
Nov 26 2012 2:25PM
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Elmo.
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shiiiitttttt well i left way too early. that sucks...

well atleast everyone else had a good day... i complained as i was leaving to management so maybe that did something... did they turn off the guns? cuz that seemed to be the big problem in the AM
Nov 27 2012 4:48PM
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Randy_Quench
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this.
but then again, I had freshly waxed skis..
Nov 27 2012 6:50PM
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cool.
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i'll be shredding loon all winter! skiing blends with electric sunglasses definitely give me a shout. today was pretty fun they had that bmx jump, flat up flat, flat box, and little tube. i heard they're trying to open the medium (lift accessed) park by saturday. stoked! snow is getting better and better as they continue blowing too. not nearly as icy as it was sunday
Nov 28 2012 8:50PM
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Elmo.
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yea!!!!!! ill be there saturday i hope there are new features there. lift access would be awesome
Nov 29 2012 7:20PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Today was dope. I'll be there tomorrow and sat. oh and sirsmokealot it a fag.
Nov 29 2012 7:27PM
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.ZT.
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Springboard will most probably be open this weekend. I can't make it up, but should be fun sometime soon.
Nov 30 2012 7:22PM
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Elmo.
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springboard setup goes as follows

flat box or urban on skinny box
down box
skullcandy tube but its horizontal to the trail kinda like a stall feature
up skinny box

plus the flat box flat tube and flat up flat over at govenors

plus snow is in LMP and the trail is open. when weather co operates more i think they will try to get the top half of the LMP open asap
Dec 2 2012 1:59PM
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Randy_Quench
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I only took one run through springboard and I had enough of it. I wasn't really impressed. the snowboard-run park crew doesnt put jumps up to anything and it makes white boys with no ups like me angry.
Dec 2 2012 4:39PM
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cool.
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whaat man i think it's so sick. makes you such a better skier. one of the best parts about loon is the mass amounts of really good snowboarders and how they set up their features to cater to them.
Dec 2 2012 7:54PM
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dresserski
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Um really? did loon have any jumps up this time last season? No all they had was a fucking tube with a donkey dick on it! Loon is killing it this year and the park is always so progressive. Dont just call it a snowboarder park cause thats who works there.
Dec 2 2012 9:13PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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I don't think he meant jumps. I think he meant jumps up to the boxes but idk what he's talking about because there were. I personally thought the park wasn't bad especially for early season but the fact that the triple wasn't running was enough for me to not want to lap the park. The line for the gondola was crazy. Stoked to see what the park set-up will look like by next weekend.
Dec 2 2012 9:57PM
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Randy_Quench
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this, the lack of the tripple and fact that it was saturday with loads of motherfuckers on springboard made me rather ski mountain or hike the jib park more.

and dresserski, yeah the park crew is a majority snowboard run. nothing against them as they obviously know what they are doing but you cant even try and deny that they cater to snowboarders > skiers.
Dec 3 2012 7:54AM
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Elmo.
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i think the park was really fun and the jumps werent that bad. i mean the up box and flat box were practically ride on

the other 2 jumps onto rails werent bad either. they were flat. just smaller than usual i guess

and yes the line was stupid long but it wasnt as bad as i thought. it was like 10ish minutes and i was with like 10 friends so the wait didnt seem long. and it was annoying the triple was not running

and the park crew has a lot of boarders on it. i do agree. and sometimes the features are setup weird but i like it. i get creative and sometimes just doing something creative is just as fun as k fedding a down rail so i kinda like it.

cant wait for this weekend. staying at plym with my buddies in mary lyon 118. then skiing friday sat. and sunday. gunna be a dope weekend!
Dec 3 2012 6:01PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Word. I'm trying to go Friday and will probably be there Sunday.
Dec 3 2012 10:07PM
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garygohard
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gondi line wasnt even long it took like 5 minutes at longest and you got a really long lap out of it.

Also spring board was pretty dope even though the rails kinda got sticky towards the end of the day...... hopefully they'll have some dope new setups by this weekend
Dec 4 2012 12:00PM
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*TURBONERD*
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Threads for when I can fucking ski. I'll be up for a bit after Christmas when I'm back from college, no park till February though.
Dec 4 2012 8:36PM
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wawabunski
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still waiting for that first weekend i can get into black mountain or knob...counting down the days
Dec 5 2012 8:53AM
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M_603
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Went Monday and yesterday, great conditions but the only park setup was like 4 little features at the bottom of the kancamagus lift. First time at loon I had a good time.
Dec 5 2012 9:15AM
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*TURBONERD*
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I'll be on dat all mountain no park grind, consider yourself forewarned Thomas.
Dec 7 2012 7:42AM
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*TURBONERD*
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*make me feel bad about my skiing ability.
Dec 7 2012 4:15PM
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*TURBONERD*
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Once I get my snow legs under me I might just have to try that.
Dec 7 2012 7:30PM
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*TURBONERD*
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Sweeeeet. I'll let you know when I can shred, I'll be up at Loon starting the 26th and hopefully I can shred starting then. Riding them New Lifes and nothing else. Daffys off natty features...
Dec 8 2012 7:49PM
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.ZT.
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Anyone know if LMP will be open by Sunday?
Dec 11 2012 2:29PM
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KJfarwell
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what does loon have set up for their park? park update said they had two parks? springboard?
Dec 11 2012 5:15PM
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Randy_Quench
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no idea, but Im fairly certain loon will get a solid 5+ inches this weekend with the storm moving in. so that's hopefully gonna help park crew get features up faster on lmp.
Dec 11 2012 5:24PM
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Elmo.
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highly doubt it. they will close it and probably blow a ton of snow but next week they will probably open the top half like wed-fri sometime.

thats my gut feeling

setup still the same

sounds like a little change in springboard for the weekend though.

and i hope for good snowfall on sunday night!!
Dec 11 2012 6:38PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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yeah last season there wasn't a single day that Black mountain was decent, hopefully there's a lot more snow coming
Dec 12 2012 10:06AM
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wawabunski
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i got in during the storm in february- the one week it was actually fun- good snow close to a foot deep so i was pretty happy- the year before it was better than that every weekend- praying for that to happen again
Dec 12 2012 12:39PM
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*TURBONERD*
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You and Thomas better show me 'round if we can hit over break.
Dec 12 2012 10:11PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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can't wait, there's plenty of good spots
Dec 13 2012 9:23AM
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*TURBONERD*
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You better back this hype up.
Dec 13 2012 10:31AM
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cool.
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went today. they were blowing snow on springboard and i believe they are doing all of the setup/putting in new features tomorrow during the day so it's done by saturday. and if i had to guess i'd say LMP might be open with features next weekend. they've been hammering it with snow
Dec 13 2012 4:51PM
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wawabunski
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he will be able to- loon has some sick hidden spots
Dec 13 2012 6:55PM
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Randy_Quench
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Granite_State gets funky at loon

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Dec 13 2012 8:11PM
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A-aron
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anyone gonna be up this weekend?
Dec 17 2012 5:51PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I'm 99% sure Springboard will be open since they just changed it

rock wallride
small jump
dfd mailbox rail
tube wallride
high cascade downtube

its pretty fun I just want LMP with some real jumps to open soon
Dec 17 2012 10:19PM
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*TURBONERD*
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that wallride is the sketchiest thing since the opposite of sliced bread
Dec 18 2012 1:29AM
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Randy_Quench
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yeah on the right
Dec 18 2012 10:21AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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yeah it sucks, they need to add a coping on top or something because the snow gets pushed off in an hour and then everyone's just scraping rock
Dec 18 2012 10:43AM
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Randy_Quench
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I agree, if they fashioned a rail or even a box across the top that would be sick. Im looking forward to some other rail features in LMP, round down rails aren't exactly my cup of tea..
Dec 18 2012 10:52AM
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