Rails a resort should have

This, that why I was talking about, super fun.

tubes tubes tubes and tubes. also bigger round rails, like 6" diameter, rainbow rails, lots of kinks, etc.

lift tower:

Lift tower with kinks

thanks guys!! im going to try to get a lift tower, mail box, dfd, fd, rainbow and fdf

Get a Canon and a bananabox (that's what we call it here in europe anyway) as well

wow, how did i forget: roundbars, biggg mailboxes, lift poles, and gap rails are the shit

Think progression! If you really want to improve the overall quality of park riders at your hill, you need features that your skiers/riders can progress on.

Start with large disco boxes. Something your first-timers can get a feel for sliding across a surface. Plus, they're great for trying a new trick, with a lot of surface area to land on.

Move on to medium boxes. Something 12-15" wide. This will give people something a little narrower to slide on. There's potential to fall off the sides, so people can really learn how to slide in a straight line. These will also provide a feature to progress different types of tricks on, (such as presses for snowboarders or using edge pressure for skiers), that the large disco boxes don't allow. This is also a good point for entry level kink features. Flat-down, down-flat-down, trap (battleship), etc. This is also a good point for entry level "urban on" features. Remember, ride-on features are much easier for snowboarders then skiers. a small gap to a feature will allow a skier ample time to get to that 90 degree position.

Next I would go to narrow boxes/wide rails. These will be features that are 4-8" wide. This is just the next level of progression. It's a smaller landing/sliding surface, that will force the skier/boarder to really start to dial in their balance. These are really the point where skiers can start to use the "scissor" technique to start or stop rotations, as well as boarders finding the balance point under their board (think: Indo Board). These features can either be narrow boxes, or a great point for all metal surfaces such as triple barrels and quad barrels. Having flat features is KEY, but kink features are also important. I also believe this is a good point for "tower" or "mailbox" features. These are large diameter, round, metal features typically at or near ground level.

Next, You can progress to the rail features. I'm talking about double barrels and flat rails. I don't think I really need to explain this in detail, it's just the next logical step. Some of the greatest progression and longest "friend sesh" times have been spent on a 20' flat double barrel. Remember, even though these are a pretty progressive feature, having a low (less than 1' tall) feature is very important in helping skiers/boarders gain that confidence that they can slide a feature like that.

Lastly, single barrels. These are the ultimate "urban" feature. Although they are probably best set up with an urban takeoff, they can be set up straight on as well. Although typically straight, these can also be built as kink features. But remember, any level of kink in these, will exponentially increase difficulty.


Just my .02

yung, that's a mailbox.

i could have the time of my life on those features.... essentials....30 ft flat bar, a couple double barrels, D/F/D(my mountain didnt set it up this year instead they put it reverse so it was a sketchy up/down/up...ARGGGG)

^those are some much fun. Brighton, UT has a ton of them, they even have a DFD one that looks super sick.

wow, thank you very much!

-i like two flat bars, one somewhat low (just low enough so you dont get nutted) and one maybe 1.5-2 times that height.

1. This is Collin Aaron
2. it was a screen shot of the last edit, not my background
3. it is a lift tower park crew said it at the beginning of the season

that is impossible

Umm Long ones cruved ones flat down falt ones down flat down ones rainbow ones c ones and wide ones

Something like this... but in DFD form.  Sooo fun

this. the dfd tube at brighton made me jizz myself every time i hit it.

Paper Planes from Paul Braunstein on Vimeo.

maybe thatll work... but everything in that vid.

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/content/viewvideo/id/368141/member_id/96249/

rails doofus

yeah, i need to give my resort the definition of a jump line