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Troll just had their preseason rail jam, so I guess the season kinda started. So welcome to the official daily throwdown for the 18/19 season. What did you all throw down? Give us some stories, adventures, park reports, or anything else (this is regionals so nothing has to be relevant). But yeah, post away anything goes.
I'll start, I didn't go skiing at troll because biking but I jumped a sick 360 inside my house.
Ginger_DrewTrollhaugen Openhaugen was amazing! Good friends, fun set up, great times! Lines were long but it’s always worth it after 6 months without snow
you best be coming to the spirit jam on the 27th hun
Moving sucks. I'm moving too .
Giants ridge has their rail jam at 12pm. Im going to try to make it to both GR and Spirits to check out the ski swaps and watch the rail jams.
I was there a whole 5 minutes at the beginning to look around at the ski swap. I had a 9 hour drive ahead of me so I didn't feel like staying with that that wind and cold
ChristianMingleIt's sad too because spit could totally blow snow on the rope and open it Uber early but they just don't care enough to.
It isn't that Spirit doesn't care about opening it up. The snowcross event that they hold brings in too much money for them to miss out on. They just have to prioritize
Ive figured out why hyland is an ice rink, they dont till their snow whatsoever, they just kind of carve their piles out, so its the most painful thing to land on.
Also i bought some on3p magnus 102's and i love them, i did a switch lip to 50, 50 hand drag to switch off a tube at buck hill today and its never felt so stable in my life.
roddy116Ive figured out why hyland is an ice rink, they dont till their snow whatsoever, they just kind of carve their piles out, so its the most painful thing to land on.
Also i bought some on3p magnus 102's and i love them, i did a switch lip to 50, 50 hand drag to switch off a tube at buck hill today and its never felt so stable in my life.
We’re you the guy that I talked to on Saturday who used to live in japan?
Spirit's opening day was pretty sweet, decent park setup with soft snow. Kids were flipping the jump they put in to, no clue how. Big bertha was setup like a cannon off a knuckle and ended up going for broke and hucking a blind swap to front 6 but failed to land it. Later was doing some tokyo drifts on to the up-flat that was set up without a lip and my back ski got caught up in the snow which forced my shin straight into the rail. Gonna be off skis for a little bit...
john18061806Spirit's opening day was pretty sweet, decent park setup with soft snow. Kids were flipping the jump they put in to, no clue how. Big bertha was setup like a cannon off a knuckle and ended up going for broke and hucking a blind swap to front 6 but failed to land it. Later was doing some tokyo drifts on to the up-flat that was set up without a lip and my back ski got caught up in the snow which forced my shin straight into the rail. Gonna be off skis for a little bit...
I think I saw you there today for a bit, I’m the kid with the on3p’s and the neon green look pivs
The weekend consisted of hitting Troll on Friday, Elm on Saturday, and Wild on Sunday.
All 3 parks are in prime condition! Elm's flat-down tube is made for learning new tricks.. was able to get all 4 threes swaps to highlight the weekend!
It's probably just my bum leg and lack of snow in Duluth but I'm absolutely hating this season so far. The stoke I got 3 years ago over skiing has diminished to about 10%. Also last weekend at spirit there were 20-30 mph uphill winds, wasn't even worth riding. Fuck my leg and Duluth weather. Hate to be a bitch, but my season is starting shitty.
john18061806It's probably just my bum leg and lack of snow in Duluth but I'm absolutely hating this season so far. The stoke I got 3 years ago over skiing has diminished to about 10%. Also last weekend at spirit there were 20-30 mph uphill winds, wasn't even worth riding. Fuck my leg and Duluth weather. Hate to be a bitch, but my season is starting shitty.
Winter break... lets shred and get you stoked on skiing again!
cheeto_dustYou boys should sauce over to hyland some day this break, now that big park is up and running
Find me there most Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 for my after work shredding! Can confirm big park is up with pencil in a prime location, a decent table jump, and 2 step downs (super and mini)
I heard rumors of a 1000 cash prize Rockstar rail jam happening dec 22 at whitecap... If anyone could confirm if that is accurate or not that would be sick
KENDOZERI heard rumors of a 1000 cash prize Rockstar rail jam happening dec 22 at whitecap... If anyone could confirm if that is accurate or not that would be sick
Chester Bowl opened up in Duluth and beat Spirit Mountain to weekday skiing (last night). Down tube, flat box, handrail, and their brand new dfd are up. Was testing out the flex of the nomads and did a peyben style nosebutter 7, very hyped on that.
Spirit is resetting their park for Wednesday which is awesome because the original set wasn't that great. I'm still having some damn knee problems... but I can't complain too much because James was skiing at Chester with no ACL.
john18061806Chester Bowl opened up in Duluth and beat Spirit Mountain to weekday skiing (last night). Down tube, flat box, handrail, and their brand new dfd are up. Was testing out the flex of the nomads and did a peyben style nosebutter 7, very hyped on that.
Spirit is resetting their park for Wednesday which is awesome because the original set wasn't that great. I'm still having some damn knee problems... but I can't complain too much because James was skiing at Chester with no ACL.
Happy to hear they're resetting the park, the landing off the tube and that cannon were kinda gnarly.
Checked out the new jumps at wild. Can confirm it’s the best jump I’ve hit in a long time. Perfect for learning. Felt confident trying all my old tricks and even managed to accidentally learn switch rodeo 7s. Thank you Matt Wunderlich
Ginger_DrewChecked out the new jumps at wild. Can confirm it’s the best jump I’ve hit in a long time. Perfect for learning. Felt confident trying all my old tricks and even managed to accidentally learn switch rodeo 7s. Thank you Matt Wunderlich
Is it surprising Wunderlich makes a wonderful jump? On a different note though I’ve been trying to get my Park game back up while I’m back in MN for break and have already gotten a damn K fed and a front 4 which is wild since I suck at spinning right, I’ve gotten most of my tricks back plus a few and it feels good considering I haven’t been skiing as much park since moving to Montana.
Driving myself crazy at work today. Super slow since most people took the whole week off, so I've been checking the forecast like every half hour tracking this inclomg storm. Dakota's are currently getting pounded and looking like NW MN will get hit pretty hard too. Hard to tell yet what the twin cities are going to get (rain/snow), and will have to wait until later on to see what Duluth gets.
Praying for at least enough to be able to hit some easy Urban spots or enough to cover up the hard pack we currently have at spirit.
Ginger_DrewAfton? Went a couple times last week and their park was super sick! Def will be making more trips throughout the season
Actually? I thought it sucked, wonky jumps, mooncraters, the top rails were sticky. Might have been an off day, but i don’t doubt it will get better after they get the full park up.
