[mayday]

How's that snowpack looking? We riding a lift on Mayday?

[Boulder is closed.]

looks as though skiing in PA is done for the season, except may day.

 

Sad day for sure. But there's a ton of snow on BB Park trail...should be a helluva Mayday.

[April Fools? Or Real Storm?]

I'm guessing CB will get 6+ inches. Even sticking to grassy surfaces here in south Whitehall.

 

 

JFBB is claiming 8 inches on their site.

[April Fools? Or Real Storm?]

Weather.com is calling for "snow" on Friday, April 1.

 

Of course, that could mean anything from an inch on up. But here's to hoping...sure would be nice to ride Boulder weekends right through April.

 

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USPA0849

[Video from Buckman's Boulder Bash]

Spend an unexpectedly sunny Saturday (2/26) skiing at Boulder and I shot some video of the comp on LOVE park. You can check the results on Boulder's site. Good times.

 

If it's possible to embed here, somebody do me a solid and help out.

 

 

But here's the link: BOULDER BASH EDIT

[ONE Park rebuild]

Word is that ONE park is being rebuilt for a weekend slopestyle comp. If anybody gets a day in this week, please let us know what you see in the way of rebuilding efforts over there. I'd imagine there's a couple days of snowmaking before anything takes shape.

[Truly Excellent Moment in PA Skiing]

Yesterday (Sunday the 5th) was a pretty solid day at Boulder. We ran into several familiar faces and enjoyed the new rails on LOVE. BUT it would've gone down in history as JADIP, if it weren't for some random dude who seems to have watched one too many MSP films in the off season and thus tried to jump over fuckin' everything right under the BigBoulder lift. If you're familiar with the area, right at the base of the lift there's a bit of a gully with some tree stumps, rocks, and snowmaking pipes. This dude cooked in from the woods and barreled his ass over everything. He could've used a touch more speed, but that shit had himp PUMPED! He smashed pretty good, but got up smiling and screaming (somewhat awkwardly).

 

That shit seemed to flip a switch because absolutely everybody started jumping over, on, and through anything they could find...and I mean anything. We got one picture of our exploits after the random MSP fan dialed shit up to 11. Enjoy.

[Insight on ONE PARK Glade]

Looks sick Guido, can't wait to hit up ONE park this season, really looking forward to it.

 

 

In the video he doesn't address "J Rod's Shed" behind him. Looks like it's rideable...does it have box material on the top or just wood?

[Mayday 5.0]

Real nice shots. Dramatic sky!

[Mayday 5.0]

A whole bunch of pics for you crackerjacks to enjoy: http://brobomb.com/2010/05/may-day-at-big-boulder-park/

[Sean J, K Thomas and an edit from BB last weekend.]

Can't figure out how to embed it, so you'll have to put your clickin finger to work for now. Can somebody help me out here:

 

My link

[Park Report. How's it holding up? Maintenance?]

IMO the parks and rail have been in pretty good shape this year. The Park Cru is usually always working on something, and it's not like in past years with one doing work and the others watching.

 

 

My perception has been the exact opposite. I feel like it's pretty much been a park reminiscent of what you used to see circa 2002 or so (although the jumps were quite good for a midseason stretch there).

[Intrawest going under. What happens to the Creek?]

In case you haven't heard, here's a link to an NS thread that has a couple links to official stories: http://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/515735/

 

The stories claim that Whistler will be auctioned off, but I'm curious what the implications are for Mountain Creek. Anybody who lives in the Vernon area heard any whisperings about this? I haven't ridden at Mt Creek in years, but I'm still curious about the fate of my original home mtn.

[Long range forecasts looking VERY GOOD...]

Any news outta the BB Parks? There's got to be a slim chance of a single trail w/ some rails by Dec 4-5? right?

[Job Fair]

The airbag will be placed on valley school east next to tubing.

 

 

 

Nice. Out of the way. Think they'll create a special ticket that gives you access purely to the bag? Seems like they're approaching it as akin to a new ride at an amusement park.

[Job Fair]

Yeah I dont know thats just what they told us. And even if you have a permit, Blue does not want anyone else to have a gun on the slopes. Somebody asked about that- which contradicts having an armed guard I know, but whatever its her mountain not mine. ha

 

About the airbag... I know I was pissed too. It will be under 24 watch with a cam and Im pretty sure they will have ski patrol on it all the time. Im learning double corks on that thing regardless. Just gotta learn how to control the flip spin ratio haha. It is really pointless to spend 30,000 dollars on an airbag though and not allow flips onto it. Jim Daley said they looked into inverts but the insurance was just too high or whatever. Ive given up hope for Blue to allow anything inverted.

 

 

I'm sure this has been covered in another thread...BUT where are they putting this airbag?

[Old pics of Blue park features]

Thanks for the help. I used two of 'em for the article. I realize now that I didn't ask permission...so in the spirit of WME/Monster/Scott I'll be expecting a cease and desist. Check it out.

[Old pics of Blue park features]

thanks. anybody for the crackerbarrel? that'd make my day.

[Old pics of Blue park features]

Hello everybody. I'm looking for pics of Blue's more ridiculous park features from the past. The crackerbarrel, unbanked C, the other "s" rail type contraption, and anything else you can think of. I searched through 25 pages of old posts, but all I found pics of was the swingset and bus.

 

Thanks so much.

[Meatheads Wild Stallions Trailer: Featuring PA Action]

i'm probably the minority, but i've been checking out your blog pretty regularly now. its nice to see something skiing related that written above a 4th grade reading level.

 

Thanks man. If there's any grammarians out there I'll apologize in advance. I'm in a grad-level editing/grammar course right now and that bitch rips my papers apart.

[Meatheads Wild Stallions Trailer: Featuring PA Action]

Couldn't agree more that alot of the "fun" in ski films seems forced. AND Afterlame is like a religion with me and my friends. I don't know if it gets the credit it deserves, but it's still the most watchable snow film I own.

check out brobomb it has a wild stallions review and a bunch of other ski flicks too.

[Blue (pictures + video)]

Why isn't Blue reppin the shit out of the fact that the park is featured hard in Meathead's Wild Stallions? It's not like they just pass thru, it's a significant and damn good segment.

[Blue (pictures + video)]

I was gonna say something negative about the irrational love of stairsets...but ya know what? It all looks OK...we're moving towards a reasonably designed park here.

Thanks for the pics. Hope it snows enough that those mtn bike trails are poachable.

[Blue Park Updates?]

There's usually pics of shiny new rails, or repainted old ones by this time in the year. Anybody seen anything?

[Blue Park Updates?]

Welp it seems like there's gonna be an airbag taking up space where there should probly be straight rails and minishred (in my dreams)....BUT check this out: http://lineskis.com/skis/anthem

 

Watch the vid. Garret Russell slays the wooden wall thing, and the regular wallride. Dude's so good with the unorthodox. I would also like to draw attention to how nicely shaped the takeoffs to those features are for our friends at Meatheads. Now some takeoffs like that would probly help me learn more tricks than all the airbags in the world.