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rburns
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I was just thinking about how resorts actually have parks. It’s kinda crazy that these big companies and resorts actually have parks instead of just all blue runs for the majority of people that pay big money to ski on vacation and shit. Obviously some are pretty bad but the fact that someone thought about the park rats. I guess it’s just kinda standard now to have atleast one park but I think it’s crazy that these resorts “encourage” people to hits rails and get corked. Idk if any of this makes sense lol but it was just a though
Jul 28 2021 1:01PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Parks are a dwindling resource.
Jul 28 2021 6:13PM
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ericforman
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Totally. Same thing with avy terrain. Sort of why you see specialization where some resorts focus a ton on park and sell a lot of tickets / passes to that group, some focus on steep skiing to attract a large enough crowd to make it worth it, and some focus on grooming the crap out of it to pull tourists. And that is how you get VIBES.
Jul 28 2021 6:36PM
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mattytru
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rburnsI was just thinking about how resorts actually have parks. It’s kinda crazy that these big companies and resorts actually have parks instead of just all blue runs for the majority of people that pay big money to ski on vacation and shit. Obviously some are pretty bad but the fact that someone thought about the park rats. I guess it’s just kinda standard now to have atleast one park but I think it’s crazy that these resorts “encourage” people to hits rails and get corked. Idk if any of this makes sense lol but it was just a though


at the risk of sounding cynical: thank snowboarders in the late 80s/early 90s. mountains didnt start providing parks out of the goodness of their hearts
Jul 28 2021 6:59PM
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theabortionator
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mattytruat the risk of sounding cynical: thank snowboarders in the late 80s/early 90s. mountains didnt start providing parks out of the goodness of their hearts


This.


Skiers hated snowboarders. Snowboarders kept showing up. Mtns built snowboard parks to get snowboarders away from skiers. Johnny Tsunami moved from Hawaii to take on the daunting challenge of ending the skier snowboard rift. His quest was successful and now all skiers and snowboarders are free to frolic in the terrain parks.
Jul 28 2021 9:26PM
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Ralphamus
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theabortionatorThis.


Skiers hated snowboarders. Snowboarders kept showing up. Mtns built snowboard parks to get snowboarders away from skiers. Johnny Tsunami moved from Hawaii to take on the daunting challenge of ending the skier snowboard rift. His quest was successful and now all skiers and snowboarders are free to frolic in the terrain parks.


And we owe him as Skys to always keep our tips up.
Jul 28 2021 9:31PM
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vibe.crudo
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🚨 Major key alert 🚨

Mountains literally pay somebody thousands of dollars a year to groom up gnarly booters for me to straight air all day and sometimes do a flip god bless America 🦅
Jul 28 2021 10:59PM
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keagan.karstens
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Vincent.Crudo🚨 Major key alert 🚨

Mountains literally pay somebody thousands of dollars a year to groom up gnarly booters for me to straight air all day and sometimes do a flip god bless America 🦅


For me to do shitty hand drag 3s off the knuckle and not even hit the jump
Jul 28 2021 11:21PM
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DominatorJacques
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rburnsI was just thinking about how resorts actually have parks. It’s kinda crazy that these big companies and resorts actually have parks instead of just all blue runs for the majority of people that pay big money to ski on vacation and shit. Obviously some are pretty bad but the fact that someone thought about the park rats. I guess it’s just kinda standard now to have atleast one park but I think it’s crazy that these resorts “encourage” people to hits rails and get corked. Idk if any of this makes sense lol but it was just a though

It's pretty nuts indeed. Bachelor puts out an ass wipe for parks, and so far, I just don't see folks really bringing it.
In the past I saw way more folks using them.
Maybe it's just a cycle.
When they moved the parks into all the best carving runs on the Mt, I said, if you can't beat them, join them!
Then they went further with a Progression park, a Peace park, and a Family Cross zone!




https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1007618/Woodward-Mt-Bachelor-Park-Tour-April-2nd-2021-Includes-Peace-Park
Jul 28 2021 11:22PM
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Mackaroni_space
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theabortionatorThis.


Skiers hated snowboarders. Snowboarders kept showing up. Mtns built snowboard parks to get snowboarders away from skiers. Johnny Tsunami moved from Hawaii to take on the daunting challenge of ending the skier snowboard rift. His quest was successful and now all skiers and snowboarders are free to frolic in the terrain parks.


I thought it was Johnny’s dad who moved to the mountains of Vermont which were seriously lacking in waves then that kinda made him go full on karate kid mode on the slopes?
Jul 29 2021 4:30AM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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I remember growing up and there was a local resort not allowing skiers in the terrain park. I was like “wtf”. Jokes on them though because the neighboring resorts have better parks now.

Looking at you, Sugar Mountain in NC.
theabortionatorThis.


Skiers hated snowboarders. Snowboarders kept showing up. Mtns built snowboard parks to get snowboarders away from skiers. Johnny Tsunami moved from Hawaii to take on the daunting challenge of ending the skier snowboard rift. His quest was successful and now all skiers and snowboarders are free to frolic in the terrain parks.
Jul 29 2021 6:43AM
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rburns
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Now I realize why skateparks are built
mattytruat the risk of sounding cynical: thank snowboarders in the late 80s/early 90s. mountains didnt start providing parks out of the goodness of their hearts
Jul 29 2021 1:06PM
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asparagus
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rburnsNow I realize why skateparks are built

But it still blows my mind that the ground at my local is less smooth than the parking lot I walked through to get there...great job city planners
Jul 29 2021 1:44PM
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theabortionator
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asparagusBut it still blows my mind that the ground at my local is less smooth than the parking lot I walked through to get there...great job city planners



Surprises are fun in life, but maybe not so much at skateparks, def not in the deep end of the bowl lol
Jul 29 2021 10:34PM
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asparagus
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theabortionatorSurprises are fun in life, but maybe not so much at skateparks, def not in the deep end of the bowl lol


Haha, plus the city also allows graffiti anywhere in skateparks so sometimes the bowls get...slippery.
Jul 30 2021 3:09PM
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theabortionator
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asparagusHaha, plus the city also allows graffiti anywhere in skateparks so sometimes the bowls get...slippery.


Denver skatepark has a weird anti graffiti coating thens slick af. I ride hard wheels and that shit was loose.

Have heard if people running a different board for that park with softer wheels.
Jul 30 2021 4:45PM
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percs
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ur high boi
Jul 30 2021 8:25PM
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DominatorJacques
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percsur high boi


You are high boy!
Aug 1 2021 11:14PM
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