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Okemo next february break.

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Geoff.
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i posted this in the regionals but didnt get much response. how is the mountain. the parks seem sick and they seem to have a lot of snow for the northeast. im gonna be in a ski in ski out house so is there any urban right near the mtn? pics would be much appreciated. also are anyother mtns close to okemo?
Jul 25 2006 2:00PM
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williams
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feb is usually the best time to go. the park is prime but it is BY FAR the most crowded week of the season tho. you dont get too many runs because of the crowds.

theres a couple rails around the okemo area that weve found but i prefer to keep them secret!
Jul 25 2006 2:05PM
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jib-unit00
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they really need a seperate lift for the park. you get so few laps wiith crowds. even singles line gets crazy

Jul 25 2006 2:07PM
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williams
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haha yeah. most of the time the singles line takes longer than the normal line
Jul 25 2006 2:09PM
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skifree919
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Hahah on teh access road up to okemo, if you keep going past the base, there is this rail thats like 70 degrees straight down and turns twice i think and is wooden. If anybody ever hit it, I would be very impressed. Try it!
Jul 25 2006 2:28PM
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skimanskimanskim
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only go singles line if u arn't skiing with a ticket or pass, u usually done get caught! but sometimes u do.
Jul 25 2006 2:37PM
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ry.will
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i hear the kids that ski there are real losers.
Jul 25 2006 2:51PM
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Schoening
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complete tools!
Jul 25 2006 2:51PM
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williams
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completely!
Jul 25 2006 5:12PM
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max.
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good park but really crowded
Jul 25 2006 5:48PM
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ry.will
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i know right, the park sucks, DUH, worst pipe on the east, a toolbag crew of skiiers that ski there, stupid idea bro!
Jul 25 2006 6:04PM
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Schoening
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yea thats the LAST place I would travel to next winter.....seriosly
Jul 25 2006 6:05PM
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williams
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i KNOWWW!
Jul 25 2006 6:10PM
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AppSkier
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I thought the park at okemo was pretty lame. Nothing was maintained very well. I hate to say it...

Jul 25 2006 7:54PM
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Peter.
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okemo isnt really into their park
Jul 25 2006 7:56PM
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tBatt
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i wish i could get up to okemo omore often. i only go 1 or 2 times a year
Jul 25 2006 8:08PM
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4frntSkier
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your not gonna find much urban in vermont
Jul 25 2006 8:11PM
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Geoff.
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i dont really have a choice. i only get to ride like 13 days a year ill take anything
Jul 25 2006 9:28PM
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KillerMonkey
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pick a better east coast place like stratton or killington. They have really stepped up their parks recently
Jul 25 2006 9:29PM
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penemy159
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stratton is the most fucking crowded mountian ever!^^ you should have fun at okemo man
Jul 25 2006 9:35PM
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williams
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sorry to break it to ya. okemos park is better than those mtns. strattons only good around the time of VT open and killy is icy and not kept up too well.
Jul 25 2006 9:35PM
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Geoff.
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as i said.... i dont have a choice
Jul 25 2006 9:47PM
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okemoskier
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yea seriosly, wtf is okemo anyway?
Jul 25 2006 9:53PM
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K-Thomas
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http://www.tbgphotos.com/chickenandwaffles.html

peep that
Jul 25 2006 10:27PM
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ry.will
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okemo owns both killington and stratton, next year okemo will have the best park in vermont, im claimin it.
Jul 25 2006 10:27PM
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Geoff.
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i wanna watch that badly but it didnt work on my computer. damn.

well i hope okemp has a good park next year. they seem to have a lot of good jibs but everyone says the jumps are bad. im proabably not gonna be hitting anything over 40ish. but it all depends on how much i progress before then. and i hear the pipe is always good just about and thats something i wanna work on becuase i didnt get much of a chance this past season
Jul 25 2006 10:31PM
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jib-unit00
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okemo's jumps are really the only thing they need to improve, but they have been gettting better each year. the pipe is always best on the east coast

Jul 25 2006 10:32PM
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K-Thomas
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get it to work, it's worth it. it's okemo's park and pipe allllllll season long. bout 25 minutes long too. peep it if you can.
Jul 25 2006 10:35PM
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dynathug
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aghh killy si played...i would def. take okemo over killy..i skied killy all year its pretty weak...a few good jibs
Jul 25 2006 10:41PM
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skimanskimanskim
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^ word to connor, killy's park sucks, no flow, theres a rail park, with a rail, then another rail 100 feet away, then an elbow box, then a huge icey hill down a trail, for about say 700 yards, then another park that is a small jump, then around a corner and a roller like jump, then nothing until u have a hip with a flat landing, and then nothing for a long while then another decnet jump. Killy's park sucks. no flow, shitty landings, all the good rails are never setup, cause the park manager likes the elbow box to much. But okemo is dope!
Jul 25 2006 10:47PM
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skifree919
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ahah fuck stratton. That place blows so much ass it isn't even funny. I'd rather ski at mountain creek.
Jul 25 2006 10:59PM
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max.
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on the east coast a week at okemo is dope
Jul 26 2006 5:57PM
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Geoff.
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^word to that. and last year it was attitash which was fun but didnt have a park becuase it was christmas break. id be glad to go anywhere that has a park. last year i went to shaewnee peak in maine which kinda sucked but was fun and they had a 70 ft rail which i finally got the lst hour i was there.
Jul 26 2006 8:17PM
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Geoff.
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bump
Jul 26 2006 9:55PM
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Geoff.
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i figured it out anc watched chickens and waffles. its wicked sick. good job to all involved with the video.
Jul 27 2006 11:31PM
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VTfreeskier
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phss ....claimer
Jul 27 2006 11:51PM
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bobs
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yeah true but whatever the park on the other side is was ok this year. and theres like never a line for that one
Jul 27 2006 11:53PM
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Ktownchic
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it sucks getting up to the actual skiing. so much walking and lifts. but if your in a ski in/ out house you should be fine. i have a house 5 miles from Okemo and i love it up there.
Jul 28 2006 11:34AM
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Geoff.
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i thought it was a ski in ski out house, but now i figured out its the jackson gore in so how is that? and how close?
Jul 28 2006 3:44PM
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nothanks
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That whole crew of "gangstahs" at Okemo are a bunch of faggy toolbelts. Stay away from them, they'll make fun of your style and then bust a kang over a 50 footer.

Anyways, it's all been said....park is in the best condition of the year during that week, but it's so insanely busy. Go anyways.
Jul 28 2006 4:02PM
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Geoff.
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sweet thanks man. any info on jackson gore hotel? 200th post YEAAAAH
Jul 28 2006 4:10PM
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tristan01
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if it doesn't work, follow the link at the bottom of the page (http://www.tbgphotos.com/chickenandwaffles.html) and download the divx codec (for windows media player) or the latest version of quicktime. you shouldn't have any problems...

just my two cents - okemo's parks suck so bad that i skied them about a hundred days last season. and i hated them so much, i moved to a place that sucks even more - jackson hole! woooo!

just fyi - okemo is starting to put a ton of focus on the parks, especially towards skiers. if, during the season, there's anything you want to see, any comments you have, etc., email them at info@okemo.com, or PM me, and i can forward it on to the right people - they're very receptive to suggestions...
Jul 28 2006 5:58PM
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Geoff.
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i got chickens and waffles to work.i snowboard though so is the parks gonna be more ski oriented? it probably wont make that much of a difference though. okemos parks look pretty sick to me, some people love it some hate it.
Jul 28 2006 6:03PM
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tristan01
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or if that still doesn't work, you can go to the freeskier website and watch it:

http://www.freeskier.com/freeskier/news.php?news_id=536#

click the link to launch the player, and then find it in the list of movies. the whole movie streams from there. the quality sucks, but at least you can still see it.
Jul 28 2006 6:03PM
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Geoff.
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ph yeah and i dont think you can say jackson hole and "suck in the same sentence. but im guessing that was sarcasm...
Jul 28 2006 6:05PM
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tristan01
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they're trying to keep skiers and boarders happy - there isn't really that big a distinction between what's a good park for skiers or snowboarders anyway...
Jul 28 2006 6:06PM
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tristan01
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as was the sarcasm surrounding the statement that okemo's parks suck!
Jul 28 2006 6:07PM
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Geoff.
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wait so the parks dont suck? or was the fact that you said it wasnt sarcasm, sarcasm? ahhh too confusing
Jul 28 2006 6:09PM
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jib-unit00
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sarcasm
Jul 28 2006 7:21PM
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