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Lack of 1/4 pipes

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LifeJacket
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I don't know why their are never any 1/4 pipes at most resorts.

It doesn't make any sense, most resorts try to claim they have 1/2 pipes now even if they are just ulgy ruts,

but there are almost no 1/4 pipes out there.

I think it might have something to do with insurance, but thats stupid, because 1/4's are way safer than half pipes.
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Jul 29 2002 11:38PM
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hucksplat
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what do you need a quarterpipe for when you already have a pristine pipe at blackcomb?
Jul 29 2002 11:42PM
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JayDC7
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this is just an idea, but it might be because people would hurt themselves more getting big air on a quarter.
Jul 29 2002 11:42PM
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huckster989
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speaking of peopel getting hurt...whats the policy of most ski areas on guest built kickers? My friend and I built a really nice one up at crystal during the summer season but we found patrol killing it. They claimed they don't have the insurance or something like that. Are most areas like this?

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-I'm going skiing
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-yeah
-whatever!
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Jul 30 2002 12:06AM
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LifeJacket
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naw, 1/4 have twice the trany 1/2 pipes do...

i'm not buying that,
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Jul 30 2002 12:19AM
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gravteck
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Most insurance policies require tables/kickers to be built and maintained by the resort/hill. Insurance even dictates the size of jumps allowed too. More insurance for bigger jumps. My hill only insures for anything up to 60ft. But they don't make it that big anyway.
Jul 30 2002 2:09AM
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Sean14456
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yeah i can see why, at a local resort(shawnee) i was up there with my school and some kids built there own kicker and 3 snowboarders broke their wrists' off the same homemade jump
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Jul 30 2002 2:11AM
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Balmdogg
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they had a nice quarter in thredbo year b4 last, they built rails instead last year, might make one in a few weeks when it snows a bit more.
Jul 30 2002 5:06AM
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mammothpunks
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qp's take long to build and need to be maintained all day so they are a pain in the ass for the park crew. thats why you usually only see them at events.
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Jul 30 2002 2:35PM
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springsskier
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My mt.'s a piece of shit, and even it has a quarter and a half
Jul 30 2002 2:44PM
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SkierX
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Know what's bunk. Having QP events, when most riders never get a chance to hit QPs because nowhere has them. Retarded if you ask me.
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Jul 30 2002 2:54PM
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Drail
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yea, it's just way too much maitinance to keep a quality 1/4 in a park for a long period of time...

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Jul 30 2002 3:12PM
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smuggs
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qp is garbage, one hit yippiie. go ski a halfpipe.

-jon, skiing the ice so the other half of the country doesnt have to.
Jul 30 2002 5:26PM
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alpentalik
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Think of it this way...If you have a half pipe, you have two really long quarter pipes.


'You can't bake bread in a cold oven.'
Jul 30 2002 5:32PM
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JATS101
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1/4 pipes are just really hard to maintain and turn to garbage really fast when people dont know how to ski them
Jul 30 2002 7:06PM
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sugarloafer1990
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its so fun going off the side of the Q pipe and using it as a hip...

and my area lets us build jumps on trails. as long as its not off to the side..it has to be in more center sidish....dotn ask me why.










theres a natural mystic flowing through the air if you listen carefully now you will hear. its the first trumpet calling. might as well be the last. many more will have to suffer many more will have to die dont ask me why. things are not the way they used to be.
Jul 30 2002 7:13PM
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PowderPrincess
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stevens tried to make one at the top of their park last year.. didnt go over too well i thought.. not that i have any experience, but all the 1/4 pipe comps i have seen have been in jam form so it gives ya a chance to warm up on it.. its so funny to see jeff on the qp fixing it cause it has to be perfect.
*brooke*


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brooke:haha well i gotta win competitions some how, huh? cause we all know its not my skiing
denise: me neither. i like to ho around. wait wait... i ho down, instead of throw down.



Jul 30 2002 7:33PM
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JayDC7
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sugarloafer, they probably do that so you dont go off the jumps and into the woods..
Jul 30 2002 7:49PM
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Sean14456
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yeah sugarloafer isnt i kind of obvious why you should build them on the side of a trail?
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Jul 30 2002 7:54PM
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Brit1275
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at central's park (in snoqualmie) at the bottom of the half pipe, they piled all the snow into something that wasn't really a quarter pipe, but I called it one dammit! i did some ok, 180 grabs on it, worked for me. course, then some boarders pulled like rodeo 5s over it, made me look like an ass

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Jul 30 2002 9:02PM
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stephen_beast
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i dont know if anyone has been to wintergreen but they had a quartepipe except it had two walls(it was their version of a halfpipe but teach wall was on a 45% angle)

(trust me, the '' things aren't actually there)
Jul 30 2002 9:50PM
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Aprogressivone
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Yeah wintergreene in Va, if thats what u mean, they did not even dig a halfpipe this year, it sucked, because many people who who were not park riders who just ride or ski in the area where the pipe was and then.... go to the jumps and cut u off n stuff.
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Jul 31 2002 4:19AM
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Digital_Dave
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We have a 22 foot quarter at the river...

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Jul 31 2002 8:55AM
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LifeJacket
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I'm just saying i like 1/4 way more, you can throw bigger tricks, get bigger air.

Tremblant had a few sick ones i don't know about last year, but 3 years ago there 1/4 was the illiest shit ive ever hit.
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Jul 31 2002 3:23PM
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Casey
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Summit Central had a 'Quarter' The thing was like 15 feet tall and reminded me of a tidal wave. It was near impossible to make it to the top and since it was like a 3/4 bowl you had to hike out of it after hitting it.
Jul 31 2002 4:38PM
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ductapeboy
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build your own out of bounds.


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Jul 31 2002 7:04PM
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Balmdogg
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thats would take soo long, find a natual one
Jul 31 2002 7:17PM
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