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Varingskollen - SUPER AWSOME PARK, or?

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DedicatedPicturs
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Just found this sketch of the 09/10 season park in our local hill, Varingskollen, Oslo, Norway: http://media.skiinfo.com/images/dppic/f332387.jpg?c=42

It´s probably going to be one of the top 5 parks in Norway this year, although it´s really short (550m) and really flat (it´s Oslo), but it´s packed with features.

What I wanna know, is: Would this be considered a good park in the US? I know there´s a huge difference between the west and the east cost and so on, but what I´m tryin to figure out is, what standard do parks in the US hold? Because all the Norwegian pro´s who travel abroad always say that Norwegian parks are so shitty...
Nov 14 2009 6:27AM
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loic180
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The standards of the parks in the USA are pretty high, there is no park in the alps that can be concidered a very good park in the US... Take for example the best parks in Europe, most of them look pretty big, beceause al the lines are next to each other... In the USA you just have 6 parks, for 3 levels or something... You can't compare them, there are totally different parks here
Nov 14 2009 6:40AM
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turtles
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thats definately going to be cool
 looks alot like my backyard setup. lol just kidding
Nov 14 2009 8:15AM
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DedicatedPicturs
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Yeah, well, this is not the Alps. This is Norway, and for us, the alps have the sickest parks ever. So I´m guessing your saying that if the alps is twice as good as this, the US is about 5 times better.
Nov 14 2009 8:23AM
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Matty_C
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^the guy above me makes a valid point- most parks in europe tend to be set out in a big area with the features all side by side, whereas parks in north america tend to be one feature after another down a longer run. it's just a different way of doing it- EU: lots of short laps with fewer hits- US/CAN: longer laps with more hits.

however, i think it's no longer accurate to say that european parks are way behind those across the pond. in the last couple of years not only have parks been springing up all over the place in europe, but they have been getting really good also, to pretty much the same level now i think.

here's a couple of examples of the better parks about europe:

val d'isere: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5173p_valparkfreestylehd_sport

les 7 laux: http://preprod.dailymotion.com/video/x9ovdq_emotion-teaser-ho5-park_sport

superpark.ch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgBCIXWFOrU

those are just a few that i found quickly. there are so many good parks all over europe now!

Nov 14 2009 8:32AM
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Jibberino
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In my opinion Norway has some of the best parks in Europe, sure there are a few in the alps, and more are coming, that are bigger, but in terms of maintenance, Norway and sweden are generally much better. Trysil, Hafjell, Kläppen, Hemsedal are some of the most well kept parks i've ever ridden. In the alps, you often see a park not being touched by shapers for days (especially in france) and sometimes stuff is just downright dangerous!

I mostly go to norway to ride park, at least in the spring. (Im from Denmark))
Nov 14 2009 9:15AM
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