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It's almost the time of the year for railjams! Here is the list of the sundown rail jams so far (from fluffs thread)
September 24th - Avon Day
October 8th - Suburban Sports
October 29th - Ski Sundown
November 12th - Colorado Ski Shop
November 26th - Simsbury Celebrates
LET'S MAKE IT A GOOD YEAR FOR SUNDOWN. Ya.
stay tuned. i dont make these decisions until snow's on the ground, and since that doesnt fall from the sky anymore we'll have to wait till hte guys are done making it.
im able to put photos to FB from my phone, so it's easier to get the updates there.
Snowmaking is both the best and most annoying thing ever. we need the snow, so we're unable to have a lot on hte trail. looks good for next week to do some proper work on Stinger and Tom's. If you want the update, take some runs with us, and we'll share our ideas and would love to listen to yours. It's your park as much as it is ours. That said, we don't like to boast about work that has yet to happen.
I have gas.
Tom's - stall, doublebarrel down, hip, c box, bonk, flat rail, down rail, flat rail (rollers coming soon)
Stinger - FDF, Jump (table top, about 20 feet) hitching post, round rail and double barrel rail as flat bars, dfd rail.
complete and total rearrange coming after this next snowmaking session. we drink coffee
yea... i dont like claiming, and i feel weird for even mentioning that to you and Nate the lifty, but seriously have high hopes for this cold snap.
thanks for your paitence kids. its been a bitch with the weather.
Park staff is all pretty pent up agro at the momment. Please bare (bear)? with us as we make as much snow as possible during this short opportunity. we started pushing a second jump (they're gonna start small) and will have more time tomorrow to try to get both those good, and a third one started. as well as set up some more jibs on stinger.
Tomorrows todo list includes, but depends on crazy factors, 1) make toms sick. 2) keep stinger closed as long as possible and add features. I'd like to see the FDF moved uphill, with a feature after it before the steep. instead of widening hte trail, im gonna add to pole jams on the steep... then, big red as a down into our jump line. on the "slope style side" we're gonna do his/her's options until we run out of snow... hten we wait for snow makers again....
again, we're playing weather / equipment games right now. the goal is... a fucking shit ton of fun for the weekend.
honest park staff report - wait til weekend for maximum features.
blown up hydro line on a cat last night + snowmaking means we got a super super late start. moved fdf, added unbow and a pole jam.
we'll try again in the AM for the Tom's + stinger work
hike a rail until you see someone you want to say hi to... this place is pretty mellow
you came on a transition day... sorry about that.
Tom's currently has a flat box/stall, double barrel low to the ground down rail, the hip with a better drop in, a flat box, a bonk, the lift tower, a flat rail and some rollers. more coming tomorrow.
stinger currently has a fdf rail, the unbow(sweet), pole jam, big red as a down, two rollers (hopefully jumps tomorrow) a big dfd, a small dfd, the fd box, and a skinny rail set up flat. with, hopefully more going in next week.
picking away at 2 jumps. soon.
toms has more stuff in it.
@SkiSundown on Twitter for pics of the features. we're up to 20. taking time off tomorrow then back to adding stuff Wednsday AM.
looks wet for thursday... which means everyone's favorite game starts all over again.. which features get removed for Snowmaking.....
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I COMPLETELY AGREE
