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Did Liftopia Put Out The Worst Top Parks List Of All Time?

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theabortionator
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http://blog.liftopia.com/north-americas-favorite-terrain-parks/



Obviously I wouldn't expect them to put out anything amazing, but this is just bad. Take a gander, it's impressive.

It's from the 5th but I just saw it today because one of the mountains just posted it.
Apr 25 2017 2:22PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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what a fuckin trash list... no whistler for Canada, Loon for northeast? No mention of Break or Mammoth either haha
Apr 25 2017 2:27PM
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VailValleySkier
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It's a very confusing list and doesn't seem to be very accurate.
Apr 25 2017 2:42PM
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theabortionator
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My favorite is the runner up section. Putting parks like coppet and park city which are some of the top in the world, with some east coast parks that aren't even at the top of their region, even area code.
Apr 25 2017 2:53PM
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Randy_Quench
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Lol no mention of Loon Mountain Park yet they mention in the intro Loon's Riglet park which is Loon's baby park, if you can even call it that. Really it's just a marketing plug from Burton, not even a "park".

I think you guys are reading too much into this though. It is clearly not a list of "Best terrain parks," the first few sentences even say that "You don’t have to have a ragged peak or endless vert to have a park with a massive jump line... And you don’t need a massive jump line to have fun." Probably more of a marketing thing for mountains that list tickets through liftopia.
Apr 25 2017 3:39PM
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theabortionator
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Randy_QuenchLol no mention of Loon Mountain Park yet they mention in the intro Loon's Riglet park which is Loon's baby park, if you can even call it that. Really it's just a marketing plug from Burton, not even a "park".

I think you guys are reading too much into this though. It is clearly not a list of "Best terrain parks," the first few sentences even say that "You don’t have to have a ragged peak or endless vert to have a park with a massive jump line... And you don’t need a massive jump line to have fun." Probably more of a marketing thing for mountains that list tickets through liftopia.



I dont think anyone was expecting this list to be totally legit, but why put something out if its that bad?

Its not even a "good parks of all sizes". Its good parks and shitty parks.
Apr 25 2017 3:48PM
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corona
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Their top 3 Canadian parks are hilarious.
Apr 25 2017 5:06PM
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Swandog7
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Welch Fucking Village won a top park in the Midwest? The same Welch Village that had like 4 janky wooden piles of shit last year? This is the funniest list I've ever seen.
Apr 25 2017 5:24PM
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JsNeagle
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Clearly terrain parks aren't Kristen Lummis' area of expertise .
Apr 25 2017 5:30PM
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Park_Ranger
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K2: Keystone and Killington.... what?
Apr 25 2017 11:58PM
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clorox
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Park_RangerK2: Keystone and Killington.... what?


The entire article had the organization of a sixth grader with ADHD.
Apr 26 2017 11:29AM
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