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MICHIGAN PARKS!

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teneighty_skier22
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Who has the best park in Mi??? I personally like Crystal, but I hear nubs is good....whadaya say?




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Nov 27 2002 4:17PM
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TBarnes
Posts: 974 - Karma: 712
Crystal easily has the best rails in lower michigan. Nubs has the best pipe and a decent park, but are really gay about there invert rule. Boyne mountain and hylands both have good pipes and good parks, they were pretty equal last year. I'd say either crystal or one of the boyne's is best. Crystal could easily be the best if they used there brains and actually cut a superpipe with there superpipe dragon.
Nov 27 2002 5:42PM
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Skier10322
Posts: 2170 - Karma: 145
yeah, crystal has 10 rails but they are dumb and they put like 4 up at a time, they dont groom there hits enough and the jumps arent that well built. I would say that Boyne Mountain and Highlands both have incredibily well built jumps but the parks are kinda small compared to other places. Marquette also is really good and this year they got a ton more rails and there park guy worked at Mammoth last year so they should be highly improved. Nubs also should be highly improved because Bryce, one of the boyne highlands guys, in in charge of there park now.
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Nov 28 2002 1:07AM
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nxyzptlk
Posts: 24 - Karma: 9
For something different, check out Ripley up in Houghton. There isn't any separate
park, because really the whole mountain is a park. There are tons of natural
terrain features that make nice hits, and you get a variety because of it that you won't
find in any park. we can build up whatever we want wherever we want too, so there's
no limits except what we can come up with.

perfect example: two seasons ago, we had just gotten the snowmaking equipment, and
there were these two HUGE piles off to one side of the hill that just sat for about a month.
They were about 20-25 ft tall and the peaks were 70 ft apart, minimum. One day, we
were up on the first one carving out a quarter pipe, and this dude Mario (who's actually a
patroller) rolls up, looks at it, asks us if we're gapping them. One thing led to another, and
pretty soon we're helping him build a kicker next to our quarter for him to do this gap with.
It was one of those things every one of us must have thought about looking at those piles
every day, but it went unspoken because of the sheer madness it would take to try. So by dusk,
Mario is taking a practice run, straiightlining from 3/4 up the hill, and decides it's good to
go. Got the shit on video, it's the sickest thing EVER, in the air forever, 40 ft off the ground
at midpoint............ lands right top of the second peak and blows up. Patrol was right there
the whole time; he thought he could do it, they let him try it at his own risk and went to see
if he needed help right away. No 'that's too dangerous, we're gonna bust it' bullshit.
Ripley rules.




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Dec 1 2002 3:21AM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
I saw people doing inverts at nubs nob and noone seemed to care. Apple Mountain is definitely not a good park or ski hill.
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Dec 3 2002 4:25PM
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skierdude67
Posts: 109 - Karma: 10
dude, you guys have to hit pine knob this year, we have two 30 foot tables, a 35 foot gaped kicker step doen thingy that easily sends you 30 in the air, and a nice step down
shit, i landed on my head agian
Feb 18 2003 7:52PM
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munter
Posts: 169 - Karma: 10
Marquette has a shit load of big jumps.
Our garage hit is about 55 to 60 feet and we have another 50 to 55 footer right after it.
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Feb 19 2003 11:05AM
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Skier10322
Posts: 2170 - Karma: 145
for sure about crystal, there jumps are so shitty. Hopefully for boarding for breast cancer i can get them to have a good table.
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Feb 20 2003 4:43PM
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skogenchick
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holy shit u guys are lucky i was at boyne last week and the park was awsum comparied to our u guys even have a half pipe we finailly just got a dinky quarter pipe. and everybody says boyne sucks be happy w/ that u got!!!
i miss actual snow ahhhhh
Feb 20 2003 11:02PM
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EricKovtun
Posts: 66 - Karma: 8
Pictures of Nubs Park at skimpfilms.com
Feb 25 2003 3:32PM
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Shelby
Posts: 187 - Karma: 15
don't judge michigan by the lower peninsula, marquette has some very big jumps with very steep long landings, that won't kill your knees, oh yeah we just set up a 60 feet mailbox style downkink. that's right after our 20 some foot c-rail.
Mar 15 2003 9:13PM
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EricKovtun
Posts: 66 - Karma: 8
Nubs Nob's park sucks ass now. They took almost all the lip off of their jumps. The big moto is like a starting ramp for the starting ramp of the pipe.
Mar 16 2003 7:07PM
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JZ
Posts: 577 - Karma: 15
its not the biggest, but mont ripley in hancock has one of the best parks iv ever been in, and iv skied marquette, boyne, and nubs. They groom the jumps (which are really good and BIG) almost every day so theyre never hard. The only thing they lack is a pipe dragon

Mar 31 2003 10:54PM
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septran
Posts: 247 - Karma: 10
marquette just got a bunch of snow and the park is pretty sweet right now... the transfer gap is still up and sweet to hit still
Apr 1 2003 10:12AM
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Henry
Posts: 2013 - Karma: 41
yea jon, well i guess that setlles it, marquette hands down has the best park in michigan.
Apr 1 2003 9:24PM
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billyblindbeatoffboy
Posts: 226 - Karma: 49
I like to beatoff over marquette's transfer gap!
Apr 2 2003 11:07AM
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Senor_Dribbles
Posts: 81 - Karma: 15
Click here to see Billy doing his thing in the Transfer gap https://www.newschoolers.com/PHP/Pictures/LoadPicture.php4?Session=842051&pic_id=5645&cat_id=10
Apr 2 2003 3:15PM
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Andy_De_Kam
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NUBS NOB FA SHO
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May 16 2003 5:07PM
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PipeGuYmammoth
Posts: 108 - Karma: 11
https://www.newschoolers.com/PHP/Forum/ReadTopic.php4?post_id=10023883&catid=1 As for Michigan parks you can plainly see why Marquette is the best!
Jun 5 2003 3:47AM
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PipeGuYmammoth
Posts: 108 - Karma: 11
Sorry im a lil bias, I built it! LOL
Had lots of appreciated help though!

Jun 5 2003 3:50AM
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P-JO
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 75
easily its sugar loaf


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Jun 10 2003 1:05PM
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AndrewZ
Posts: 759 - Karma: 36
Marquette is fun but at Ripley there are some nice big jumps. They only lack a pipe dragon.
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Sep 11 2003 11:58PM
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Henry
Posts: 2013 - Karma: 41
ive been almost everywhere in mi, marquette is the best, ripley is second but far behind, im down with ripley when there is powder, nice steep grade for landings all about the mountain

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if its unnatural its dirty
Sep 19 2003 2:11AM
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Freeskifro
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Timber mutha'fukin' Ridge! no.. actaully i would say Nubs.


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Sep 26 2003 3:02AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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I bet Henry has never been to Apple Mountain.

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Sep 28 2003 10:48PM
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sold_separate
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Nubs 'nuf said
Oct 1 2003 9:51PM
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homestead
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P-JO what are you talking about, the loaf has been closed for nearly four years
Feb 29 2004 9:34AM
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Reed.
Posts: 4489 - Karma: 272
is this thread form last year? Well, in winter 2003/2004 marquette wins, thats it, they win...come to the midwest extremes if you dont believe us...


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Feb 29 2004 8:18PM
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cmcskibum11
Posts: 16 - Karma: 10
I havent been to marquette this year but i have been to nubs and both the boynes and nubs is better by far. They just hosted the young bloodz comp and sean put together a really sick run for the event.
Feb 29 2004 8:47PM
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ScratchFS
Posts: 593 - Karma: 9
Check out pine knobs park in the south east LP. No half pipe but the rails are good and the jumps are big.

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Mar 1 2004 12:52PM
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