Being creative in a boring park

Nobassett

Nobassett

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Does anyone else have to go out of their way to make their park interesting? ours is your classic 3 jump line with a rail yard next to it. its fun for the first few days, but soon you want more. I basically have to find creative new lines that aren't really met to be hit so I can continue to enjoy Michigan skiing.
 
In my park we have 3 rails that one is 1m long second is rusty and sticky and third is a normal flat tube. We also have small jump with shitty ass landing. So dont say your park is boring.
 
my park where I work is complete garbage and the jumps arnt made properly, I try to keep it interesting by seeing how hard i can butter the knuckle, even that gets boring though
 
Try and learn buttery tricks, work on style, try skiing out of the park on runs and try and make some fun jibs with trees etc. filming is fun too, kinda makes the boring park a little more fun when you are trying to get a shot.
 
3 jump line? mix up your spin directions. Do some swicth stuff, hit one like a hip, hit the rail, then go back into the jump line.

hand plant the side, flip the knuckle. All kinds of options.
 
13620044:Borty said:
3 jump line? mix up your spin directions. Do some swicth stuff, hit one like a hip, hit the rail, then go back into the jump line.

hand plant the side, flip the knuckle. All kinds of options.
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This. Mainly spinning both directions. You'll quickly find it's a lot harder than you anticipated and should keep you occupied for quite a while. Also different pretzels and such on rails.
 
i was expecting you to say all you have is a flat rail or something. a full jump line with a rail garden? the problem is you OP, not the park itself
 
13620137:Peter. said:
i was expecting you to say all you have is a flat rail or something. a full jump line with a rail garden? the problem is you OP, not the park itself
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I agree. Only a 3 jump line and multiple rails. People have it too easy these days.
 
I hate to whine about my current situation, but be glad you have snow and a place to ski!
 
topic:Nobassett said:
Does anyone else have to go out of their way to make their park interesting? ours is your classic 3 jump line with a rail yard next to it. its fun for the first few days, but soon you want more. I basically have to find creative new lines that aren't really met to be hit so I can continue to enjoy Michigan skiing.
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1. Watch Everything the Bunch has done

2. Watch some mini-shred snowboarding edits

3. Take inspiration from those things and try that stuff

4. ???

5. Profit.
 
13620199:Mr.Bishop said:
1. Watch Everything the Bunch has done

2. Watch some mini-shred snowboarding edits

3. Take inspiration from those things and try that stuff

4. ???

5. Profit.
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can confirm this is a winning formula
 
13619965:veetuskag said:
In my park we have 3 rails that one is 1m long second is rusty and sticky and third is a normal flat tube. We also have small jump with shitty ass landing. So dont say your park is boring.
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Hirvensalo???
 
Yeah look for trannys

Jump off the kicker and land on the downward sloping sides of the landing

Or use the sides of the landing as a QP if possible
 
13620701:TRVP_ANGEL said:
What the bunch has done:

- Swim arms blindly

- Assume every part of the terrain is a landing

- Never self-centered on skis, always on nose or tail
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purposely wash out on landings but make it look kind of cool as you revert
 
Sometimes if I am hiking a feature due to long lift lines or something I like to place a snowball (or two) on top of the rail to jump / swap over. Might be fun if you are bored and hiking.

Doesn't work that well if there are lots of people hitting the feature, they might not want the snow there or they might knock the snow off before you have a chance to hit it.
 
topic:Nobassett said:
Does anyone else have to go out of their way to make their park interesting? ours is your classic 3 jump line with a rail yard next to it. its fun for the first few days, but soon you want more. I basically have to find creative new lines that aren't really met to be hit so I can continue to enjoy Michigan skiing.
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Bro where are you in michigan?
 
When I'm skiing at school the nearest mountain has like 5 small poorly set up rails and a sketchy jump. Honestly you don't need 30 ft cannon rails and perfect jumps to have fun and progress. I just screw around with buttery stuff like switch 50 50s and hauling ass over the rails to style out some taps on the end. As for the jump, I've probably hit it in every way possible going up the side and stuff. Bottom line is just be creative and make the best of it
 
Cut some hips into the snowpack the jumps are on. If the park is boring go make something, although I doubt you've maxed that park out. Road gap over a cat track, quarter up a tree, make a rail and bring it places, make a snake run somewhere.
 
grew up skiing Kirkwood big mountain and started to ski park. We are lucky if we even get jumps or even have rails set up. boxes on boxes. gotta make the most with what youve got and get weird
 
13621087:Nobassett said:
Chillin at nubs
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Dude nubs isnt half bad.. learn some tricks.. can you 2 pretz 2? can you backslide can you lip blind tru.. learn swap variations bro

or come down to cannonsburg. the Tell a friend tour is coming there this febuary 7 you should come down
 
13621086:Nobassett said:
yeah theres a new guy shaping features so everything is 110% snowboard oriented
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Yeah man I used to ride there a lot and got very frustrated with their park. The park crew is entirely made up of snowboarders who think they are the shit, and they build some really weird features. I always hated their lips too... It would be like a mini table top five feet away from the rail with zero pop (only made for a snowboarder to Ollie off of). Their jumps suck too... Nubs used to build prime jumps back in the day, but now they build jumps with short landings and no pop (snowboard park crew is to concerned about making some stupid skate board style rail feature). All in all, Nub's Park has so much potential... They have so many nice rails, a nice space for the park, and a dedicated park lift... Too bad the snowboard park crew ruins it for a lot of people
 
Your lucky, I live a couple hours away from my hill so I built a small kicker in my backyard. In my backyard your lucky if you don't hit the deck. So be grateful.

Also yeah try some new tricks and stuff like throwing butters.
 
13621579:Park_Ranger said:
Yeah man I used to ride there a lot and got very frustrated with their park. The park crew is entirely made up of snowboarders who think they are the shit, and they build some really weird features. I always hated their lips too... It would be like a mini table top five feet away from the rail with zero pop (only made for a snowboarder to Ollie off of). Their jumps suck too... Nubs used to build prime jumps back in the day, but now they build jumps with short landings and no pop (snowboard park crew is to concerned about making some stupid skate board style rail feature). All in all, Nub's Park has so much potential... They have so many nice rails, a nice space for the park, and a dedicated park lift... Too bad the snowboard park crew ruins it for a lot of people
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You still live in the mitten? Hitting park with friends makes everything more fun. Id be down to ski with you soon.
 
13622483:Nobassett said:
You still live in the mitten? Hitting park with friends makes everything more fun. Id be down to ski with you soon.
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Unfortunately I do not. I graduated from NMU a couple of years ago and moved to Houston for work.
 
fuck the people that take advantage of a good park, at our hill we have a lazy ass manager that doesn't give a fuck about our park, no jumps or rails... but there's this run with so many natural hits and i have so much fun skiing, use what you got mates!
 
Wait--you weren't skiing the park creatively?

Everything is a transition. You could go faster and gap to that. Try to butter onto it. Do your unnatural spin or slide.

As you get better, the options expand. Bigger skill set opens up your mindset, and thus you have more fun.
 
13622604:sharpski said:
fuck the people that take advantage of a good park, at our hill we have a lazy ass manager that doesn't give a fuck about our park, no jumps or rails... but there's this run with so many natural hits and i have so much fun skiing, use what you got mates!
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If theres no jumps or rails i dont think it is considered a park
 
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