Rodeo Steve

Sidewinder is definitely my favorite trail but it makes sense to get everything else open first. From a business perspective, the holiday crowds are where the money comes from, not a bunch of kids that dress like they can't afford properly fitting clothes. haha but like Justo said Id rather wait an extra week rather than have a terrible park the rest of the season.

Eh if an s box is built right I think they are more fun then s rails. I mean I love rails just as much as the next guy and Ill take either I just really want a legit s feature, no down flat down double c box haha. The sbox out at Park City was amazing. The banked curves were perfect and it was such a fun feature. I imagine its different on skiis though I wouldnt know.

Honk if your with me.

For me, Blue lost all hope when they stopped serving fried oreos.

Ill be up today through the storm and tomorrow most of the day. If you see me feel free to say hi and take some epic powder slashing runs on Switchback with me!

Bag on skiis is scary. I have a fear of being punctured by a ski. On a board its not too bad though. You can definitely get wrecked on it though. I'm glad to hear there's an actual lip on it this year. Have a few wild ideas ive been playing in over in my head. See you's all early January!

The database is a bit of a joke. Just don't light mortars off the 6 pack on New Years Eve. You will be escorted off the mountain. It was only for a day though.

Yeah as Blue employees we do have the right to sell them. Ask any manager, its not even frowned upon. You get one after a 100 hours of work or 2 for 80 hours in March, which means it is basically a bonus. Its not like they give them to us for free. I sell mine for about 30-40$ because I have no one to bring. Selling them at the ticket office may be a little unethical, but its not undercutting Blue.

Yeah Park got pretty beat. All of the rails are still in good shape for the most part, but the cbox lip is gone in like 2 hours from opening. Jump line is tiny as expected. The first jump could be considered a roller, the second pushes about 20ft maybe, and the third is a little smaller than the second. Speed has not been an issue at all in the warm weather. You can drop from the landing on the second and spin the third if you wanted. I personally say second is the best though, cause the landing on the third turns to chop real fast. This soft snow makes it prime to learn new stuff.

There were two jumps, one was around 35-40ft (on the left), and the other was right around 50ft. They were both step downs, and were really mellow. The downfall was that they built them only hours before which made the lips soft which caused some problems for some on spins and also the jumps were on an angle because of how falls is. The landing was so soft which was awesome, but wasnt exactly steep enough. A lot of us just pushed it deep because there wasnt really a knuckle either. Either way it was way better than last year, as nobody was injured. All around just a great time.

On a good day I can go 3 off the first to back to back 7s. Spinning all 3 in a row is definitely doable when the snow is in good shape but most days its definitely like a first to third combo. Rumor has it that the jump line was made smaller because of the invert ban being lifted so there is less chance of serious injury. I totally agree with the fact that the parks are not set up for progression but technically right now we dont even have a big park because that last jump is like 30ft max. As for the airbag and using it for progression, I personally have used it for a ton of tricks and even just to clean up some older tricks, and like 10 of my friends are all throwing some sort of invert or bigger spin in the park now because of it. Ive also heard a few rumors from park crue, Jim Daily, and the manager of the BigAirBag that Ill share with you. Nothing is etched in stone and Im not saying this will happen but here is what I have heard. The airbag could potentially be moved to central park (as said before), and there was talk about a magic carpet lift. (I agree with you Ashy that central is a nice place for a rail garden except for the fact that it is fairly steep to hike over and over again, and the current little setup they have next to airbag now I feel would be a better place for a hikeable rail garden) Also, the top of the jump line where the roller is for the first jump, there is a straight line from there down to where the c box is, and they were thinking about clearing those trees out and making a straight jump line starting from where the last set of features is at the top. I have also heard about a Superpipe within like 5 years when the pipe demand comes back up, but I dont see that as feasible. All in all, Blue has a lot of potential, and it has a shit load of good riders compared to most mountains. Barb is doing a great job, and its nice to see someone following through with ideas. Its the end of the season basically anyway so we will see whats going down for next season shortly.

Really? They were doing that for awhile but I guess they stopped. Sorry about the false information. On a better note, the invert ban was lifted on the entire mountain.

They have a little shack right next to the airbag where you can purchase tickets and even rent helmets in exchange for a drivers license or cell phone.

Like 85% of the inverts are by accident though, the lip is real poppy so people that arent used to spinning lips like that will go inverted by accidentally corking or catching their tail. Id say backflips would be easier on skis. Frontflips seem like they would be weird.

Ive rode the airbag 2 nights in a row now and its seriously awesome. Even with the invert rule its sweet just for spins. The boss is loosening up a bit, but the invert rule is still mostly enforced. If you look like your know what your doing they are pretty chill about everything. Nobody says anything about corks even if they do go a little inverted but if you do like a straight up backflip/frontflip, you could have your pass taken but they usually give a warning first. The employees that run it really dont care but if the boss is out he will enforce it. The only downfalls right now are speed and the size of the jump which they plan to fix for this coming weekend. The jump is basically level with the airbag which sucks cause you dont have enough room for bigger tricks and the drop in isnt high enough. Other than that Id totally recommend it to learn aerial awareness on new tricks. As soon as it gets dialed it will be way better and im sure that whole invert thing will just be frowned upon and not completely enforced in a couple of weeks. Employee season passes for it are now 25$ and for non employees its 10$ for 3 hits, 15$ for 4-9pm and 125$ for the season pass. Definitely worth the money.

The kid who got hit was fine and has actually been riding the past 2 days. It happened on Burma. In this kind of situation the mountain has the power to say "detain" whoever it was and call the state police. Its kind of like if you get caught stealing from a store they can hold you until the police come. The guy that hit the kid got roughed up a little before the ski patrol found out about what happened... On a better note, Merry Christmas!

As a buddy and I were making our last few runs around 9:30pm the guns on sidewinder park were producing that white shit they call snow.

I work security, but that doesnt make me any more accurate than anyone else who rides or skis there. Conditions were decent on the upper half of the mountain today, but main street (an expert course) was littered with death cookies real bad. Atomic is correct when he says the snow on the school hill was in good condition from the fan guns.. and Vista and Easy out were in decent shape also. It did rain all day though which will cause the conditions to be different from Friday, so I would wait for a TR later in the week to know for sure.

I dont think they have been blowing on tuts or lazy for that matter, so I imagine only the summit side will be open. But yeah Ill be there 7:30.

Yeah Sammy's mom got the call while we were at Boulder last night. I was gonna post, but was afraid of this forum tearing me apart if I was wrong.

Ok Im out. haha short on money these days.

If I just plan on riding park do I need to purchase the lift ticket and the park pass or do I just need a park pass?

I think that's a front cause they had lift inspection today.

gotta remember Barbara is in charge now so things could be different. Although she probably wouldn't wanna run the bottom lodge cause that means less money. Well see on Friday

Im game.