Jan 21, 2009: Snocompton Jumps

they weren't up last weekend, and i doubt they are up this weekend because it hasn't snowed in a couple weeks... but i hope. i really want them up for the long weekend!
 
dont really want to be a downer but this season really blows...

kinda late start, so i dont have many days of skiing in yet... (sucks!)

havent skied one day of park that hasnt been icy or (raining)

the big line's snow pile and rollers have been there for almost 4 weeks, but have yet seen any development on the actual jumps

they can blow snow/plow from other places

hate to say it but we could possibly be already half way into the season.....
 
I know it's just jumping on the bandwagon to slam their park, and I don't do it a lot, but it sucks. I know there isn't a ton of snow, but they still could have better stuff up. The 3 mini jumps are boring. All the rails/boxes are real small. I just get bored running through the park.

The fat barrel rail's take off is touching the rail, effectively making it seem half as long, and sucking for spinning on. This also goes for many other rake offs; very narrow and close to/touching the rails.

The launcher rail could be more speed friendly for skiers. It's very snowboardy. The take off is flat, the rail is steep, you jump on, get jarred upwards, and have to jump off.

It's just very hard to progress and become a better skier there. And it sucks because it's close and easy to ride at night. I'm just getting more and more glad that I'm transferring to U of Utah next year and won't have to deal with this anymore.
 
Nope you're just hella dumb!

Oh annnd

I'm hyped to ride the park anyways I don't gove a fuuuuck

Have any of you guys ever tried just talking to the park crew about it?

They are really nice and as long as you don't tell them to make it less snowboardy they will at least hear you out.

Get stoked shit
 
I actually did talk to one of the skier park crew guys there a bunch last year, or maybe two years ago. He basically agreed with everything I said, but it wasn't up to him or something. I don't really remember. I think about the jumps, they have to deal with what the cat driver(s) do, and they screw it up a lot. But I don't really remember, it was a while ago. I just remember it wasn't gonna change easily. O well. It still doesn't stop me from riding there. I'll be there tomorrow.
 
I wont complain about their jibs, they are way sicker and fun then a lot of other small mountains

could improve their jumps though

and talking to park crew really wont get you anywhere, 90% of the time. Half the time the people you are able to talk to dont have the power to instigate new features and such. They are all chill and actually i have seen some a lot taking care of the lips and such, like few times a day... way more then even the whistler parks.

random but when i just blew my noise a piece of meat came out of it.. really weird.
 
i'll be going up tomorrow, only my 2nd day out this year. watch for me n00bing it up getting un-rusty
 
still no sign of the lips for the big line... this is ridiculous

looks like they blew some snow though... better? i guess?
 
I didn't really mean to hate on the canon rail that much. It was just on my mind. I was just thinking how I liked the big box they had after the 2 jump line a year or 2 ago. Anyone remember? It was a slanted one with nice gap on, then a good 15-20ft gap to the landing. You could launch the crap out of it to the sweet spot. The only thing that was bad was that it was a box not a rail. If they did that this year with a rail, it'd be super fun.
 
Hey hey I never said anything about not hitting it. I love throwing bio 450s off of it. I'm just making statements on how it could easily be made better. That's all. I still like it.
 
There won't be any wedges on the big jumps until more snow falls or they can blow more. More than likely it will have to wait for more snow.
 
wedges built, they are going to open them tomorrow..... word on the street at least. the jumps are wayyyyyy too close though.
 
not really big. like small jump line at breck big. small one's about 30ish and the big one looks about 45 50 ish. you can take em deep though it looks. landings are steep and the first one, unless you land right at the top of the landing is way too close to the second one. i haven't hit them yet, but just looking at them the day they were building them they'll be sketchy ish.
 
They aren't that big. 40 is right for the big one. Just like last season. They've got snow piles started after them too. Looking like for a 3rd one, like last year. Or maybe a big ass launch rail/box like a couple years ago, which would be way sicker.
 
Well I decided to sit and write a little email to send the Snqoualmie. I just have a simple idea that would amazingly help the safety in the park. Who knows, the ideas might eventually reach the right people. We'll see if I get a response.

I just have some simple recommendations. Take them or leave

them. Just some things I think would make the terrain park much more safe and more

fun to ride. I ride at Central very often and see these things every time.

I wish there were more large features in Central Park. There

is no reason that there cannot be large features with all the other resorts

around the country filled with the “XL” size features (Mammoth, Park City,

Keystone, even Steven’s Pass now with their large jump line last year going up

to 75ft). I know you can make them because you always seem to build nice,

groomed, good sized features for photo shoots and film companies, I just don’t know

why you cannot do this for all the other riders who would love these

opportunities. With the addition of the park pass, I feel like larger features

should be possible. It would be great to make the park pass more enforced and

strict, because that would keep the liability under control. One easy step

could be changing the borders of the park from the small single orange line, to

a full orange netted fence. I see countless kids cutting under the ropes,

because it is just too easy. The netting would keep out almost all of the

people who haven’t gotten the safety knowledge of the park pass class. This

would include COMPLETELY fencing off the park. The park crew checks for park

passes at the top, but the cat track halfway down the park is open for anyone

to ride right in, as well as the second entrance on skier’s left. If there was

a fence running along the outside of the cat track, and the skier’s left second

entrance was closed off, it would keep things much more safe.

This is just one thing – fencing off the entire park – that

could dramatically increase the safety in the park, making it almost impossible

to enter the park without a park pass (which includes the signed release form).

This would allow the creation of the larger features because no one without a

park pass would be able to get near them and hurt themselves because they don’t

know what they are doing. There have been multiple times where I have come down

to the landing of a jump, only to see a small child or onlooker standing there,

then have to somehow fall and try to avoid landing on them. Please take this

into consideration because I know a large majority of people who ride in the

park also feel this way. The park needs these changes.

 
nice i sent them 2 or 3 emails about the same thing last year and never got a reply... haha maybe they will listen? highly unlikey though
 
Haha yeah I really don't care if they reply, i just wanted to get it off my check and saw the "Contact Us" option on the site.
 
No they dont, and they wont~

But you should do it anyways just so you can realize how futile it is to reason with most ski area managers~
 
the two jumps are legit about 50% of the time i go there. its easy to be of balance on them. they need to take advantage of the upper part and make a line of hits like they used to about 6 or 7 years ago and get rid of all the gay ass jibs
 
Jumps are open, and as Kevin said, they're really good. The first is about 34 feet and the second is about 54 feet. Best jumps they've ever had, in my opinion.
 
doug you do realize that crush has less authority than a liftie as far as park operations go...he is just the events coordinator...kevin is the man though, if you have a problem, go talk to him
 
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