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Modifying spots (Urban or B.C.)

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Way*Mo
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I would like to ask you all to share your stories of modifying spots to make them skiable. This could be urban, removing skate stoppers, cutting fences, etc. Or backcountry, trimming trees, building wood snow catchers, maybe even moving earth.

What is the most effort you've put in to make your own spot? Was is legal or renegade? Did you get caught?

Cheers my homies!
Nov 21 2020 6:35PM 9 0
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raphi_berger13
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Well we don't have a park in our ski resort so we always have to build the kickers on our own. There is a nice little hillock next to a ski lift but there is a wooden fence in the landing so we decided to just kick the fence so long with our skiboots until it got out. (The ground was frozen so we could not just get the fence out of the earth) In the end we had a nice kicker session until someone working at the lift station noticed what we did with the fence and we had to leave.
Nov 22 2020 5:15PM 3 0
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weastcoast
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I know in one of LJ’s real ski videos they had to dig out the side of a hill that was right next to the rail so his tips wouldn’t catch on it when he slid the rail
Nov 22 2020 8:40PM 3 0
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armchair_skier
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One time I rode up a resort picnic table and ended up breaking the thing. The table surface broke off and was leaning on the bench and made a ramp. I tried to front flip it but the rest of the table imploded as soon as I made contact with it and I landed on my face. The carcass of the table is still in the exact same spot 2 years later and looks like it hasn't been touched since I "modified" it.
Nov 22 2020 9:14PM 11 0
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Way*Mo
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armchair_skierOne time I rode up a resort picnic table and ended up breaking the thing. The table surface broke off and was leaning on the bench and made a ramp. I tried to front flip it but the rest of the table imploded as soon as I made contact with it and I landed on my face. The carcass of the table is still in the exact same spot 2 years later and looks like it hasn't been touched since I "modified" it.


Haha. Where do you ski? This place sounds awesome
Nov 23 2020 3:04PM 1 0
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JAHBRADOR
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Went to a cutblock in the summer we knew would be a primo location for a jump line.

spent most of the fall piling up stumps and logs into rough jump shapes and spent a lot of time removing trees/rocks that would be hazards in the landing. Now we have a spot that has 6 jumps ranging from about 20 - 60 ft.
Nov 23 2020 7:51PM 6 0
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armchair_skier
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Way*MoHaha. Where do you ski? This place sounds awesome


I think this happened at Laurel Mt PA. It's a very small hill in the middle of nowhere PA with no park; claims to have "THE STEEPEST RUN IN PA".
Nov 23 2020 9:19PM 0 0
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dant02
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when I was younger my buddies and I would all access the local ski hill through the state park armed with clippers, shovels, hand saws, and a grub axe. We would all go out with the intention of making things hittable that we had spotted the winter previous. we were a lot more effective cutting branches and opening up landings than actually moving dirt. a few times we filled in some low spots or filled dirt in against a rock.
Nov 24 2020 4:49PM 0 0
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270on420out
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I think it’s kinda tasteless for urban spots imo. It ruins the integrity of the spot.
Nov 24 2020 6:42PM 2 0
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NEWT
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armchair_skierI think this happened at Laurel Mt PA. It's a very small hill in the middle of nowhere PA with no park; claims to have "THE STEEPEST RUN IN PA".


You watch your mouth wildcat is gnar.
Nov 24 2020 7:00PM 0 0
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