Stevens Pass 2010-2011

Today and the last 2 days before have been great. Tomorrow will be my last time up there of break unless I can make it back again second half of break.
 
We've kicked around the idea of having jib sponsors for quite some time, but the issue lies with branding and advertising. It's been explained to me that the Forest Service (with whom we partner to run the ski area) will only allow Stevens Pass logos to represented on the jibs and such. Obviously, Hoedown Throwdown is an SPSS event, so there's some wiggle room there. Hence the massive skulls.

We're working on changing up the jibs though. The name of the game with building safe features from a risk manager's standpoint (i.e., building features that don't create and can withstand lawsuits) is consistency. So, for example, an entire park of metal rails and only one log jib would render the log jib as an inconsistency, and thus a liability risk.

There's a plus side to this, though, and that is that we can create our own consistency by building a number of the new features. Currently, we're working more log jibs, because that's a project we've started. If we make more of them, then we create a consistency profile in the park, hence minimizing our risk. We'll see how this goes, but please do know that we're working towards newer, creative, challenging stuff that we haven't seen before.

Two other IDEAS (and I stress that these are just preliminary ideas, so don't quote me on them or get mad if they don't happen for one reason or another) that we've had are building a junk jib garden (corrugated, pvc, tires, barrels, jersey barriers, and so on) or bringing in/enlisting some people that are handy with a can of spray paint to add some flavor to our jibs instead of the boring green and blue.

 
Honestly, from skiers point of view possibly the main thing you guys in the park can do to make the park safer is just add round coping. The square coping is actually just incredibly dangerous.
 
Hoedown is actually put on by the Stevens Pass Free Ride Team. I think SPSS must donate quite a bit of the gear?
speaking of which. If any of you younger guys looking to ride park with a solid group of kids, travel to events and what not you should definitely look into joining the team.
 
how was it today? im hoping for enough snow tomorrow to be able to drop some ish, whats the backside like?
 
i had lots of fun today, everything flowed well, and i still made some pow turns

ill be up next sometime after x-mas, but ill be riding mission too
 
photos from the rail jam:

http://tophotowa.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/stevens-pass-season-open-rail-jam-2010/

on a side note, here is shampson doing a rodeo 5 on water fall

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You were behind me once in the park. I feel bad I didn't say anything now. I didn't want for you to pick on me because of my skiing...that was like my 12th day on skis ever.
 
Thomas your pic of the new DFD made me realize that many kids are going to break themselves trying that thing this year.

Anyone skiing xmas day?
 
oh, you should see this sequence i got of a kid, he had the brilliant idea of trying a disaster, landed right at the kink of the donkey dick, and exploded
 
I will be up there Christmas Day after morning festivities! If anyones looking to carpool w/gas money from the west side, let me know :) I might have like 2 seats left?
 
The last waterfall scared the living shit out of me first time through. Thought I would have to straight line it. nope. that thing pops you up with no speed.
 
Haha yeah first time I hit it a few seasons ago I completely overshot it. Could see the entire resort, US-2, felt like I made eye contact with someone on Brooks and then thought "Now would be a good time to have a helmet" before crashing down to a yard sale and being knocked out for a few seconds. Definitely do a speedcheck or two going into that thing.
 
haha i remember a crazy french guy 2 seasons ago thru a 1440 over the last one and over shot by alot, it was cool to watch, but he was pretty messed up.
 
Whoever called me yesterday for a ride and I was already on my way to Stevens, sorry :( And sorry about your car.
 
Yesterday was sick, it was nice to finally ski some powder and jump off tall stuff that isn't man made. Also the park was sick even though I was just with my bro the whole time. Last hit I think I saw some NSers maybe standing atop th waterfall? Who was that? I was wearing green and pink armada
 
So apparently my new Subaru came with free season passes to Stevens. I don't know the hill that well, but I plan to get up there a few times this winter. I like steep and deep (originally from Montana). So where should we ride?
 
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