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Video Park Report by Brian Finestone - October 1, 2010

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Oct 13th 2010 - 0 comments

Whistler Blackcomb's Nintendo Terrain Parks crew is bringing park riding to the forefront by adding an Olympic-sized Superpipe to the mix. Crews are widening and straightening the Superpipe's fall-line for better riding and to accommodate the 22-foot Global Pipe Cutter.

Whistler Blackcomb is also partnering with Arena Snowparks for rail fleet production and the 15-foot mini pipe returns to Blackcomb Mountain due to popular demand. Crews are also improving the Nintendo Terrain Park on Whistler Mountain.

Park preparations began in early September with four new snow tower guns set up on Blackcomb Mountain. The snowguns will increase snowmaking productivity 75 per cent in the park, allowing features to open to the public even earlier in the season.

The Whistler Blackcomb Parks event calendar has been modified to showcase all aspects of park riding, including pipe, snowcross and rails throughout the season.

Whistler Blackcomb is replacing four grooming cats with the new Piston Bully 600 snow cats, two of which are equipped with winches for grooming steeper and more technical terrain. Whistler Blackcomb grooms 1,200 to 1,400 acres of terrain each night, more than any other resort in North America.

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Showcase Rail-O-Rama - Sunday, May 23, 2010

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May 20th 2010 - 0 comments

The season is coming to a close so we thought we'd wrap things up with a monster jam session on Blackcomb! The Parks Crew is setting up 7 or more features into one massive combo Rail-O-Rama. Showcase will be there handing out awesome prizes for the longest ride, best dismount, raddest slide and more. We'll have the DJ Shack turntables spinning to keep everyone entertained. Come out and join in or sit back and watch the rail action go down. The rail jam kicks off at 11am, come early for some pre-event sessioning. Follow our Twitter updates @whistlerparks.

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Whistler Blackcomb Terrain Parks

by ppp
Dec 29th 2009 - 1 comments

Hey Park riders, Finestone here with a Holiday Park update. It has been a stellar week with a perfect temperature inversion keeping the valley snow cold for after hour urban sessions while the Parks are all warm and sunny with ideal snow conditions. Even though I always ask for face shots of cold POW for Christmas, this would have to be my second choice. Crews have been out filming in the Parks and all over town, and it amazes me that even after all these years, people can find new things to jib around town.
In the Parks we have been building away with fresh new set-ups for all riding levels. The Garden is back on Blackcomb and with the creative input from the snowboard school?s Ratty we have designed a better intro to Park experience. This year the Garden will have XS features for little jibbers and jumpers to cut their teeth, it won?t be a good warm-up run for the rest of you, so don?t even bother, that is what Choker and Chipmunk are for.

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Whistler Blackcomb Terrain Parks

by ppp
Dec 26th 2009 - 2 comments

There's been lots of activity on both Whistler and Blackcomb. Check out the new picnic table culvert combo, super fun tree bonk plus a new Cougar park line on Whistler. Blackcomb has opened the Terrain Garden and added new features and jumps on both the Choker park and Highest Level park. New videos and Event info on the all new Parks page at whistlerblackcomb.com/parks

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Blackcomb Park is Open

by ppp
Nov 27th 2009 - 10 comments

Hey Park riders, Brian back at the keyboard to start another season of Park updates. The Americans are about to jump into their Thanksgiving weekend and although the Canuck version is long gone, I am going to poach in on their parade since there is something I am supremely thankful for. I could not be more stoked about the amount of snow we have received in the month of November, shattering age old records and making opening day jump 12 days earlier on the calendar. We have already got a mid-season snowpack depth and more keeps-a-coming in the high alpine even when it is pouring rain in the valley.
Think Snow.
Y.P.