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such a good idea that there should be park certification that way we wont have shit parks like craigleith did last year, the takeoffs had huge divots in em and they wrent even flat either
"There was a man a week before who broke his back on the
jump. There was an accident 2 1/2 hours before this accident. The jump
was never changed," Connelly said. "The failure to even look at the
landing area when you have 15 prior injuries I think certainly
qualifies as gross negligence."
The case isn't that some kid got worked on a jump. The case is that 8 riders were badly injured in the two weeks prior to the incident in question, and not one thing was changed to fix what was clearly a PROBLEM.
If one kid goes out and gets worked on a jump, fine, fuck 'em. Chalk it up to lack of skill, lack of concentration, or just plain old bad luck. But when that many people are getting injured and no one's doing anything about it, that is definitely grounds for a gross negligence case.
Its analogous to the McDonald's coffee case, insofar as the critical component of the lawsuit is context. Most people don't know that before McDonald's was sued for its coffee being two hot, 47 distinct complaints had been filed with the corporation about that very problem. In fact, the coffee was so hot, it was only a handful of degrees short of boiling; way beyond a reasonable "hot beverage" temperature. Moreover, the 22 million dollars in damages awarded to the plaintiff was so conceived because thats how much money McDonald's makes on coffee in a single week. The money was awarded to the woman on the grounds of pain and suffering, but the real intent of the ruling was punitive action against McDonald's negligence.
I dunno. I'm not saying the kid is right for doing what he did. But if it really was negligence on the part of the resort, then we should be just as pissed off at Snoqualmie for being irresponsible and disrespectful of our sport as we should be at people like Kenny Salvini who don't respect it on a personal level.
didn't take the time to read the whole thread, but as far as this being a "nationwide law" i'm gonna have to call shinanigans... i play a large role in the design of my home mountains terrain park and if anything i found last year that we can do more than most people think as far as risk levels are concerned. there was a rumor going around for a while that we could square off the sides of jumps, the had to be smooth and rounded so people couldn't fall off, not true... so in this case of properly shaping a takeoff, i certainly haven't heard of any restrictions (atleast through our insurance company) that are anything like this. the most they seem to care about is keeping the park separated from the general public and having a terrain sign on each feature. this is all i've seen in my personal experiences...
