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I doubt that they're spending money that's been budgeted for lifts. There's no way they'd be able to install a new high-speed quad before the start of the upcoming season, so why not add a few other upgrades in the mean time?

You can't push something that doesn't exist.

Northstar had a program like that last year and it was pretty awesome. For an extra $75 you were given shorter lines and the prizes for racking up feet paid back the $75 in no time, provided you skiied or rode a lot. One of the prizes at Northstar was food vouchers for the cafeterias, and I think by the end of the season I had earned somewhere around $150 in food.

Don't encourage him.

Hahahahahahaha, Doug leave PASR? That's a good one.

Last I heard Papasteeze made a few phone calls and got the whole deal shut down

ahahahahah I LOVE THIS THREAD SkiFreak you're really living up to your name

RIP

I'm waiting to hear back about Planet Earth outerwear. Also, sorry once again for the lack up prices/updates, but I have some good news for those of you who were interested in Burton stuff. I'm now getting everything directly through Burton, so that should equate to lower prices for you guys! I'll be getting the full info within the next week or two, but basically if you put in a request in this thread your equipment is almost guaranteed.

Awesome board and is actually the same one that Nima personally rides (he's a little guy... REALLY little). I don't think my M4 connection gets boards that small but I'll see if he can get one for you.

This is Ski magazine we're talking about. They probably had four votes for best terrain park, and they all came from one household.

How many days did you ride in parks on the east coast? I think you are quick to forget that I grew up riding parks of the east coast. I have just as much experience, if not more, with the problems of layout, congestion, and complete ignorance to park etiquette. I've been riding park for eight years now and I have seen the good, the bad, and the extremely ugly. Please don't try to say that I don't know the problems of east coast parks. I never said it wasn't smart, I said it was a bad idea. Sure, in a wonderful land of happiness we'd have spotters on lifeguard chairs for every feature. In the real world, where parks are often viewed as a money and liability hole and barely get enough funding as is it is completely unrealistic. Park crews are there to maintain the features, ski patrol could care less about the park. I'd much rather see mountains start park passes and pay for one person to check them at the top of the run rather than pay six people to sit next to jumps and try to get clueless beginners to follow rules that they don't know exist. This is the problem, Rob. You have become the all-seeing watchdog of the parks in Pennsylvania. When I rode in PA we would police our own parks. If we had someone snake us or if somebody was lying in the jump they'd either get knocked over or yelled at, possibly both. This was the only way we'd make sure that the person breaking etiquette would either shape up or ship out. Now that parks have become more popular and resorts have realized that they're not complete wastes of money they're becoming the (to quote someone earlier in this thread) "amusement park" of the mountain. Everyone is dealt with kiddy gloves so that no paying customer is offended and nobody goes home angry. You can add all the rules you want but you're ignoring the biggest fact in the world: nobody gives a shit about rules when they're on vacation. Hey, feel free to spot jumps. Just realize that you're paying $45 a day to do it. I have to poop and then I have to go to work so I'll leave it at that.

I read that terrain-park quote again and I am still laughing.

This list is aimed at gapers. 'Nuff said.

It'd be a little better if the system didn't contradict itself. In the situation Method gave (somebody loitering in the landing of a jump) the person jumping could easily say "Didn't you read the sign? You shouldn't hang out on landings of jumps!" but will immediately be met with "Yeah well you should have a spotter!!" Having spotters for jumps is by far the worst idea I've ever heard. It is completely unrealistic and is never utilized. The only time I've ever seen anything remotely close to spotters for jumps is if you are waiting to drop and it is clear that the person who just went slammed. Usually you try to get the attention of someone who can see the landing and then ask them if it's clear, or someone will sacrifice their turn to go check the jump, signaling from the knuckle if the landing is clear. The idea of having a buddy who's sole job is to check every landing before you hit the jump is silly and unrealistic, especially when you consider that mountains build multiple jump lines. An extremely easy way to tell if someone is familiar with park riding and etiquette is if they mention spotters.

It started as a decent program but it has since been morphed into the annoying battlecry of new park riders.

Ugh, I hate SmartStyle. Yeah, you heard that right.

Would you entertain any trades?

Yeah, I could have looked them up myself but on dial-up I find myself with 20 open windows all loading at .15k/s and I hate that. If I'm browsing Wikipedia that number is around 50

The only times I wasn't lapping the park at Northstar last year were pow days, and the only reason I was at Northstar on a pow day was because I didn't have a pass anywhere else in North Lake and Sierra is too far away. Woods don't have rails or jumps. Theoretically you could go drop cliffs but you can only really do that after a storm and you can only drop it so many times before the landing is beat. If you're spending large amounts of money on a ski trip do yourself a favor and don't spend your entire trip in the park. You're riding features that can be found an hour from your house in PA, use your time more wisely and enjoy the natural terrain.

Do either of the headsets have 1/8th in. inputs?

This will never happen.

I've jumped over entirely too many people and I wish I wouldn't have to do it. It usually happens on hips.