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Official 2013-2014 Whitefish Thread

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loomis
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Looks like it will be opening up in about 34 days. It's been snowing pretty hard today. Let's hope this is a good sign for the future!
Nov 3 2013 6:07PM
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Willard
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Tyler Stanley is head of park crew now! No more Steve Walker and his bullshit.
Nov 7 2013 12:14AM
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Literature
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Stoked for another awesome season.
Nov 7 2013 9:30PM
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homestar
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I'm hiking the mountain tomorrow. It looks awesome on the webcams and it's supposed to keep snowing through the weekend.
Nov 9 2013 2:55PM
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loomis
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I skinned up yesterday, and it was decent. There was more snow than I expected. And a lot more people hiking that i expected. I bet i saw 15 people.
Nov 10 2013 6:39PM
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homestar
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Today was great. Better coverage than opening day last year and it dumped the entire time i was there.
Nov 10 2013 7:00PM
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AwR
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Yesterday was so much fun. I made a super short 38 second clip mainly encompassing the fact that the bike trails look covered but they are NOT. I fell into one and double ejected like a damn fool...and then I fell again which is actually pretty relevant to my typical day skiing. Either way it's a great way to start the year!

Nov 10 2013 8:09PM
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ZeechMcHuck
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That's sweet!! What changes do you think are gonna come this year in terms of features. like do you think theyre gonna go bigger? or more technical, or maybe both

Either Way im pumped to get out this season, cant wait for opening weekend!!

Nov 12 2013 4:27PM
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Literature
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We'll be skinning around tomorrow. Say hi.

Things are very deep up there. Yes.
Nov 16 2013 10:40PM
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Willard
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Honestly i wouldn't expect much. I really doubt they make anything big. Hopefully they will switch it up more though. Also i have been exchanging ideas with C.J of possible intermediate feature combos that could have a lot of options.

P.s- "maybe" expect a very short edit to drop in here around early December. Nolan was going off today.
Nov 16 2013 11:24PM
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loomis
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I live up on the mountain, and we had enough snow that my friends car got stuck and kept spinning in my drive way. We had to tow it out. Nothin like some fresh!
Nov 17 2013 11:10PM
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Stan_Darsh
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It's deep up there right now! hopefully this embed works:

November 17 from Shae Heberling on Vimeo.



As far as the talk about the park goes, I'm on park crew. I've been out of the country for the past 7 weeks, so I haven't exactly been fully informed on the current situation, but I can assure you that it will be a better season for the park than we've had in recent years. With T in charge and the crew (that I know of) coming back it should be a lot of fun and there will definitely be more motivation this year. Just don't forget that we have very limited funding and resources.
Nov 18 2013 10:05PM
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ZeechMcHuck
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I was a huge fan of the bigger jump that was set up, also the cannon/down flat rail right after it.  a few years ago there was a jump gap to butter box, if its possible you guys should work towards setting that up again!!

Cant wait to see what comes from it

Nov 22 2013 1:25PM
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Willard
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We out cheaaa flying to da moon
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Nov 26 2013 1:00PM
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homestar
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thats looks so sick! is the video gonna be in the edit you're dropping?
Nov 26 2013 6:04PM
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Willard
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No longer dropping a preseason edit. We filmed a few days back to back, got tired of skiing and fell back to other activities.
Nov 26 2013 6:55PM
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MontanaMountains
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Pro Tip: don't trust that there is enough snow to ski wherever you desire during opening weekend at Whitefish
Dec 2 2013 8:01PM
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homestar
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It's dumping and the temperatures are supposed to stay insanely cold all week. Hopefully this means some light pow for opening day.
Dec 2 2013 8:41PM
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Literature
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Nope. No pow left. We tracked it all out.
Dec 3 2013 10:24AM
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AwR
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Dec 3 2013 8:20PM
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loomis
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It is so freakin cold up here right now. It's about -1. I'm not sure if I will last the whole day on Saturday...
Dec 5 2013 11:16PM
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homestar
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I'm sure everyone will be taking lots of breaks in the summit house. I think I'll be taking the 7:15 bus up. The wait for the lifts to start running is probably going to be the coldest part.
Dec 5 2013 11:46PM
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steve.o
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Opening weekend was sick! Super excited for next weekend! Anyone know about night skiing this friday?
Dec 10 2013 4:51PM
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homestar
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It starts December 26th.
Dec 10 2013 5:23PM
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Otherside
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Pumped to be heading up there next weekend.
Dec 14 2013 2:58PM
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ZeechMcHuck
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Ill be there for 2 weeks over my Christmas break, and I saw a video of the park crew making a DFD and a battleship.  anyone have a clue when these features will be in because im excited to hit them!
Dec 17 2013 4:27PM
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loomis
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Sweet! where did you see that video?
Dec 18 2013 2:25PM
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Stan_Darsh
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We're working on getting depot (small park) set up and upper central (medium jump line) ready to go by or around christmas. Then we should be able to focus more on the rail line
Dec 18 2013 9:39PM
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Otherside
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Are you guys going to be changing up the jumps on upper central at all or are they going to be similar to previous years?
Dec 18 2013 10:30PM
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Willard
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Two friends came back from Washington so we filmed for an hour or so in the sleet.

Winter Of Surf from Will Van Atta on Vimeo.

Dec 19 2013 12:44AM
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Stan_Darsh
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definitely going to be switching it up a little bit. should be different positioning and spacing and we're planning on mixing in some jibs and wallrides, etc.
Dec 19 2013 7:55PM
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Willard
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I'm not sure how serious you guys were about putting a sideways wallride on the first jump but i approve.
Dec 20 2013 12:28AM
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AwR
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High fives for days!
Dec 21 2013 9:16AM
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Stan_Darsh
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I'd say the chances are pretty high dude. we're all on board for that to happen somewhere along the jump line
Dec 21 2013 5:08PM
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Stan_Darsh
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I'd say the chances are pretty high dude. we're all on board for that to happen somewhere along the jump line
Dec 21 2013 5:08PM
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homestar
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Dec 21 2013 8:33PM
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homestar
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Dang i embedded too big

From today and I got a ton more. It was amazing up there.
Dec 21 2013 8:35PM
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loomis
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Yeah, today was exceptional. Too bad I forgot my snorkel.
Dec 21 2013 10:53PM
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loomis
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Well, today I'm bringing back the 80's and I'm wearing my one-piece suit.
Jan 20 2014 11:40AM
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Willard
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Pills Without A Prescription from Will Van Atta on Vimeo.



This thread died pretty quickly. Anyone selling gear or have a story to tell. Somebody drop some footage if you have it.
Feb 24 2014 1:41AM
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homestar
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I made this powder edit a little while back. I'll have another one done later this week.



Feb 24 2014 3:21PM
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homestar
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New video:

Please rate it up here -
https://www.newschoolers.com/watch/696760.0/Days-Off----Episode-2?c=11&o=10&t=6

Feb 28 2014 3:51PM
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homestar
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Clicky

https://www.newschoolers.com/watch/696760.0/Days-Off----Episode-2?c=11&o=10&t=6
Feb 28 2014 3:52PM
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