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Do you want Jonesys back?

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Alex_G
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Well some kid created a group on FB ha ha lets see if it works!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=302280143946
Mar 8 2010 2:19PM
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Phil.Green
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no
Mar 9 2010 2:17PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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"Eagle" of whatever park it is, has it's own lift now and no more people are going to be bitching about park rats colliding into rich tourists.

It should stay where it is.
Mar 9 2010 3:49PM
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titsLOL
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did you seriously just speak of eagle as a substitute for joneseys? lol
Mar 9 2010 5:08PM
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MitchPee
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I'm assuming you only know the Joneseys of last year (which was still damn fun)

Joneseys two and three years ago were perhaps the most fun parks I have ever ridden (back when it used to have big jumps). The rail parks after two legitimate big jumps was insane in terms of fun. The step over that was in That's it That's All. Yeah take a guess where that was...Joneseys. The problem is we have had no snow this year and anything that gets built in Kings is only going to be there for a couple more weeks. I really appreciate the hard work that Jeremy has put in and I realize it's a bad situation for snow, but PC just hasn't been nearly as fun without Joneseys. I don't know anywhere at PC where you can hit 20+ features in a row and finish a tall boy on the way down. It's really sad PC is deteriorating in terms of fun. In fact, I think any resort now is. Brighton getting sued, Snowbird having their owner be a total jackass, Alta wanting to expand into flagstaff. Can we get a ski resort that wants to cater to skiing more importantly than fine dining and lodging? Here here!
Mar 9 2010 5:18PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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Ahhhh... I see.

You assumption was pretty much correct. I only know Jonseys as of this year.
Mar 9 2010 7:08PM
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InfernoHits
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i cant believe I read everything you wrote, mitch. gimme my 3 minutes back.
Mar 10 2010 2:28AM
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MitchPee
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If it took you 3 mins to read that you are borderline retarded haha
Mar 10 2010 2:38AM
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heFF
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spot on mitch..and phil fuk yer sheeit
Mar 10 2010 2:26PM
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titsLOL
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that makes sense, it used to be way more epic. last spring they had rails/boxes going pretty much to the lift.
Mar 10 2010 4:16PM
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Scott0_robot0
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i agree alot of resorts are being stupid, but its how they make their money sadly and brighton is actually starting to become somewhat legit building jumps as we speak and their jib setup is fun right now but i think they should have kept jones
Mar 10 2010 10:52PM
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Candy
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I can't see it happening this year even if by some miracle management gave the okay cause there is no snow.  I would love to see them planning jonesys for next season.
Mar 11 2010 1:43PM
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GayWolf420
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thats still the case at eaglet. All the gapers stroll through there like they own the place. they get in the way and it gets way to fucking overcrowded. Jonesys was A million times better.
Mar 11 2010 5:26PM
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R.Fahey
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Until people start hating money, ski areas aren't going to cater to us.  We buy cheap ass student passes, don't eat their food or drink their drinks, and just get in the way of all the tourists who drop thousands of dollars on vacations there.  Sure the kids who ski PC and put out edits and hype it help promote the park scene, but in reality I think it's the Dad with 4 kids who tells his coworkers how good the groomers at PC are... that's the kinda people that make ski areas money. 

The most popular PC related site probably isn't PCRide.  It's probably Snowmamas.com (check it out).  It's a version of the PC site directed towards Moms and families... where the money's at. 

Jonesys was tight but so is Pick and Kings.  At least they created Eaglet to keep the gromlins out of the other parks.  They coulda just scrapped Jonesys and not added anything else. 

Mar 11 2010 9:53PM
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123ski
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I don't care if its on that trail, as long as upper mountain has a descent size park  that is atleast as long as jonesey's (so the snow lasts longer)
Mar 14 2010 3:19AM
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young_sebago
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this phenomenon is called capitalism
Mar 15 2010 10:25PM
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titsLOL
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Gotta say the park crew did an epic job of raking/salting today so if they can keep it up in the warmer weather kings should work out just fine. They should have some jacked raking arms by the end of the season.
Mar 16 2010 1:15AM
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Alex_G
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ya screw you phil!
Mar 16 2010 12:00PM
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Raehn
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Jonsey's was big when I went to school at the U and really fun for a big park but from what I have seen of king's this year it looks pretty legit. Just be stoke none of you live in Idaho.
Mar 16 2010 12:32PM
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chickenwang
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it would give me a reason to go to pc.
have fun in the slushy wushy
Mar 17 2010 12:38AM
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McLeod
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they should set up a better rail park somehwere. i want to be able to hit 15 jibs in a run
Mar 17 2010 12:57PM
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123ski
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too bad they both suck from a snow quality standpoint.
Mar 22 2010 7:50PM
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CaptainKirk
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Who's stoked on water skiing at the bottom of pick soon?
Mar 22 2010 10:20PM
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BMB
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fuck i've always wanted to waterski
Mar 23 2010 1:13AM
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rockySMDross
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I think claimjumper on silverload would be an amzing place for a park like what jonesys was.
Nov 2 2011 9:26PM
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j.saaaarela
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The only problem is that its one of the main beginner runs that get the most traffic.
Nov 3 2011 1:04AM
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vailsux.com
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Powder Mountain, Beaver Mountain, and Brianhead (among other far flung ski resorts).

I feel you on Jonesys though, it was nice and big back in the day, '07 perhaps. It was easy to get fucked up in that park, I over shot the first jump on a monthly basis and knuckled the booter once. I saw many do the same.
Nov 3 2011 1:07AM
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eheath
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i think with the pic renovations, we'll never seen jonseys again :(
Nov 3 2011 1:16AM
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skiingute
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Agreed. PCMR seems to be heavily moving away from the old jonseys in favor of pic n shovel. Pic defintely has become more and more legit each season and less of a joke of old.
Nov 3 2011 2:33AM
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eheath
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yeah i was just watching some old 4bi9 edits, 5 years ago pic was the fucking mini park and now its pushing the "big" park
Nov 3 2011 3:03AM
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