Glenn

Knock it off or I will.

Thats an exaggeration.

http://www.paskiandride.com/forums/index.p...mp;#entry130236 I suppose if he doesn't move, and ridge is still doing CAT, then he might purchase a season pass. Although he mentioned getting some comped for the next few seasons. Anyways I'm still saying he doesn't purchase any season passes next year for CB.

I guess that means tut and birches are closed?

I don't dumb down your posts, please don't dumb down mine. I was talking about lack of progressive features, ie a way to safely and stylishly learn new tricks and move them from the easy to hard features. Also I'd like you to point out anyone who said there isn't enough snow I don't have a problem with closing for snow making, it's kind of frustrating but I'm not going to complain. Doug is just a CB forum troll.

I could use some easy money, what are YOU willing to bet?

I'm thinking no, but I could be wrong. It was pretty rough on sunday when I was there.

I can highly recommend the korg processor for anyone that is playing electric guitar through a cheap amp. It will make your whole rig sound better. Some great preset banks and lots of new tone possibilities. Because of a the patch change delay, it won't work well for changing effects on the fly for live situations, but if you are still getting your chops up on a practice amp, this beats trying to put together $300+ worth of stomp pedals. It will show you want you REALLY want in the way of effects and what you can live without. If you have a serious amp already, this processor is pretty limiting, and I can't really recommend it at all except as a cheap drum machine and short phrase sampler, and for the phrase trainer. I bought mine for $115 new + $20 for the power supply.

What is the model of the processor? I'm not looking to purchase any more gear just curious as to the model. I have an ax100g, that I did me well for a few years, before I had a proper rig.

They already have enough questionable "trails"

And with 5-6 minute laps its not hard to make the quota.

I was told that CB doesn't feel that people going to other mountains isn't a bad thing, as long as they are still purchasing tickets in the end things will work out. They are interested in boosting the industry, and if the industry is strong, the mountain will do well.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to JF/BB next year if I'm still in the area. Jf's freeriding is untouched by cb or blue. Sno can compete, but it's a bit of a hike for me. BB has the best park in the area hands down. IDK, CB may pull a rabit out of the hat this year, but I doubt it. In the meantime I don't seem to be in their target demographic, so I'll move to a place thats already doing what I'd like to see at a mountain.

Well discussing the park in general and discussing the particular setups in rhodo are two different things. There is no doubt in my mind that someone who has only riden the LG park should NEVER try to attempt the flat down or the flat rail in the park as their first "gap on" jibs. As far as my own abilities on those features, as I said, when I get the balls I'll comment.

I didn't know the stuff on sunbowl was open to the public. It didn't look great, but a much better setup than rhodo. I'll reserve all further judgment on rhodo until I sack up and hit the up-down.

I just took another look at the picture, and noticed he has a leg bag. That kid is in high school but probably 6 feet tall. He is at CB with some regularity...

??? Are you planning a trip for CB and letting us know your schedule? I thought you swore off CB.

That is my first and last time mentioning it. I thought I would get the plug in, but I also agree it could get way out of control.

The parklogic bit, or the rest of what I said?

Oh, thought I would mention, if CB (or any mountain) wanted to make their park good (even top notch) hiring the park logic guys is the way to go. They know what is good bad and awful. The change they made in a few months at JF/BB is unbelievable. While they are still on the market, someone with enough foresight should hire them. I'm sure ANY park rider on this message board given the option would hire them if they were in a GM position.

Do I smell a rescheduling?

I took one lap through the park and didn't hit anything, maybe tomorrow morning. "Jibzilla" looks like it could be fun, but I have to ride it to know for sure. The flat rail looks decent, but it's gonna take some balls to hit it the first time. The up-down rail is INSANELY huge... not really sure what the point is. It's on like a 15 foot mound of snow. All the jumps looked like step-ups which is kind of lame, but I didn't hit any so maybe they are alright. Here is my humble opinion. Anyone experienced (Lib, DH, Method) please feel free to let me know if I'm on track. Camelback's parks are completely polarized right now in terms of jibs. They have the LG park which is nothing but extremely short and wide ride on boxes. Then they have huge gap on rails . The up-down rail was measured at 8 feet. The flat rail was being reset when I rolled through but it looked to be over 4 feet to gap on. Jibzilla is setup like a wallride/box hybrid so the fact that it is ride on isn't a huge issue with me. Like I mentioned they have 3 step ups, which is kind of dumb. What I would like to see: The park (and the park scene) should be about progression. Outside of the park you have a standard progression from green trails through blue and then to black, double black etc. Using the analogy to "normal" trails CB has a bunny trail (LG) and a bumped diamond (rhodo). I'm not sure the flat down box and the cbox box will properly bridge the gap either. I would like to see a set of STANDARD rails/boxes with gap sizes that progressively get larger. If you are going to have an 8 foot gap there better be a 2 foot, a 4 foot, and a 6 foot gap on STANDARD jibs. By standard I mean either flat or down rails/boxes. A flat down does not count as standard, nor does a flat-down-flat/cbox/dragontail/jibzilla/up-flat/battleship. Also once again the broken record; the setups weren't that great. None of the lips looked very wide. I'm going to take a guess the lips I have ridden that are very wide stay nice because there is snow to rake. The rails don't need to be elevated on huge mounds of snow. It si my opinion that the most technical difficult and dangerous rail in a park should model itself after a street style handrail. All other rail/boxes (with a few exceptions, and jibzilla might be one) should make a progressive path TOWARDS the handrail. I would say the up-down rail in CB's park is more of a STUNT style rail than something to get stylish or tech with. I'm sure plenty of people with throw down on it this year, as a really good rider can really make anything work. However, it's not looking to promising. Along the lines of progessing towards handrails. I would like to see some street style lips of varying difficulty. I'm not sure CB even knows what that means, but they can ask their park crew and I'm sure someone will know whats up. (Sidenote: BB had a street style down box that was right at my level of riding. The box actually came OVER the lip about 8 inches and it was a 6 inch ollie to get on. I've never hit street style jibs before and it was the perfect setup to start to learning on. THAT is what makes BB such a great park. There is room to progress whether you are a park n00b or an expert, and most importantly for me everything in between). I would also like to point out that providing progressive features in the park helps ALL levels of riders, as park riding is as much about learning new tricks as it is taking learned tricks to bigger/harder features. The stuff in the LG park is ok for trying a trick out the first time, but getting it clean means longer jibs (for hitting it faster) and gapped lips etc. As far as the jumps go, someone else said they liked them so maybe I just need to hit them, however, step-ups are not stock in my opinion. CB should concentrate on getting good STOCK features. Stock jumps include step downs, hips, and MAYBE tabletops if they want to blow a ton of snow. I think the most standard jump style (and the one CB should have the most of) are step-downs. Again I haven't hit any of the jumps so this may be a non-issue. The stuff I've mentioned is what I think is cool, and I would venture to guess the freestyle community does as well. Again anyone experienced feel free to chime in and let me know where I'm wrong. Craig, please read through my comments and let me know if CB's parks are headed in the direction of progression or just looking as big as possible to bring in the crowds. All in all, seeing rhodo today was a good and a bad thing. Seeing the up-down rail it was clear that CB has grown some balls and will put in some serious features. The down side is, I think the park scene in general needs LOTS of work still. Hopefully CB the CB people will read through this and take some of it to heart. I've tried to be as objective rather than calling lots of names and talking dirt. Things are moving, now there just needs to be some direction!

I'm heading up tonight. If nothing is posted when I get back (10 pm) I'll fill in some details.

I'm going to whiteface that weekend. Sorry! I really want to be there.

Congrats dude! Two surprises, I didn't know you were racing in the NASTAR Regional Pacesetting Trials. Does this mean that you will pacesetting at CB this year? Pretty cool stuff.