dang...helluva rant...
agreed, i hit jumps for a long time,but ive hand many knee surgeries so i dont do jumps anymore.
ive been on park crews across the country for 7 years now, thats a decent amount of experience in the ski industry, and park crew especially. no that doesnt make me an expert on how to throw a double, but i sure as shit know how to maintain them for all of you, and i think that people should be aware that park crew gets out on the hill before the sun rises to rake off all the snow so the jumps/ rails are hittable, even if its 15 inches. i am not asking for recognition or respect (especially since i am a female in a completely male dominated industry), i am asking you to be a little more conscious of what your park crew does for you and not to hate if a member cant hit a feature becuase they are scared of injury. i have been up there with many crews when they have to hit a 70 ft freeway jump in the infamous 50mph breck wind, lips are ice, landing is ice...and these testers and park crew are required to hit this feature first thing in the moring, 7am, even though we know its dangerous, becuase thats our job, is to make sure jumps are safe for you all...if they arent, we close them or rake them to make em safe. I have had a lot of experience in jump construction and maintenance, and nope, i sure as hell dont want to do what those testers have to do at 7am every morning before we open. I'll stick to raking and digging.
dont hate, seriously, now lets get back to this half pipe eh, that what we are all here to find out.