[I Are Baboon]

This is me going hog wild in the Killington grommet terrain park. There is no stopping my mad skills.

...and our cousin Keith showing us the correct way to do it.

Man, I love winter.

 

[MMcG]

Good Stuff Babs! but I think Connor could get bigger air than that!

 

[MtnBikerChk]

Good Stuff Babs! but I think Connor could get bigger air than that!

true!

 

[McGRP01]

I thought you guys had season passes to Mt. Snow?

 

[MtnBikerChk]

I thought you guys had season passes to Mt. Snow?

"all for one" passes are good at Killington too

btw, I must add that Keith is one of the top ranked ski instructors in the country - so this picture makes it that much funnier!

(he was fine btw - it was a very S-L-O-W moving crash)

 

[SK6]

"all for one" passes are good at Killington too

btw, I must add that Keith is one of the top ranked ski instructors in the country - so this picture makes it that much funnier!

(he was fine btw - it was a very S-L-O-W moving crash)

Gee, where do I sign up?

 

[narlus]

that 2nd pic is great

 

[bballe336]

Better hope none of his clients see that pciture of him falling.

 

[ride_fast]

lol. sick.

 

[splat]

IAB what Kind of Helmet do you have ? I need to get me one.

the question is though did you land it ?

 

[ride_fast]

skiings the way to go when your not riding.

 

[I Are Baboon]

IAB what Kind of Helmet do you have ? I need to get me one.

I have a Giro Ravine, circa 1998. I really need to consider getting a new one. Helmets are warmer than you'd think. My head roasts in that thing. I think I paid $40 for it in an end of season 50% off sale.

the question is though did you land it ?

There was nothing to land, really. My skis never left the ground...I just slid up and over that thing.

Hey ride_fast, cool pics! I won't be trying any of those rails, but it's fun to watch.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Better hope none of his clients see that pciture of him falling.

You kidding, he loves that pic! He's hanging an 8x10 in his office at the mountain.

 

[bluebug32]

ouch!

 

[MOTODH]

yea skiing rocks
rails are pretty hard on skis

 

[splat]

Here is my Son from last year

 

[skinny mike]

boxes are fun. but please, do not go off the jumps unless you actually plan to hit them, just going slow over them messes up the landing and the lip. sorry about the rant, but the nashoba park is getting really messed up due to too many idiots who shouldnt be there. and this next phrase is going to get me flamed, most skiers do not belong in the park. the emphasis is on most.

 

[MtnBikerChk]

boxes are fun. but please, do not go off the jumps unless you actually plan to hit them, just going slow over them messes up the landing and the lip. sorry about the rant, but the nashoba park is getting really messed up due to too many idiots who shouldnt be there. and this next phrase is going to get me flamed, most skiers do not belong in the park. the emphasis is on most.

so I guess hit it big or don't hit it at all?

how do you learn?

 

[skinny mike]

so I guess hit it big or don't hit it at all?

how do you learn?

well basically our park has larger jumps, rails, and boxes. im all for those progression parks that larger mountains have but at nashoba we just dont have the space for one. there are small jumps everywhere on the hill and those are great for learning to get air without flattening out the lip and scraping the landing down to ice which can potentially be very dangerous for the people who do go big off of the jumps. a park pass will be implimented pretty soon which will keep most of the people who should not be in the park and make it dangerous for others out of it. from a safety standpoint, in a larger park it makes perfect sense to keep the less experienced people out.

 

[chicodude]

Man, I love winter.

BLASPHAMY!!!

 

[ride_fast]

most skiers do not belong in the park. the emphasis is on most.

more like some skiers dont belong in the park, not most. there are a lot of good park skiers these days. i mean seriously look at this insaine sequence...

insane huh?

 

[Silver]

more like some skiers dont belong in the park, not most. there are a lot of good park skiers these days.

Hell, most snowboarders don't belong in the park either.

Don't get me started on people of either stripe who side slip down a chute that was steeper than they thought it was...

 

[dexterq20]

...most skiers do not belong in the park. the emphasis is on most.

You've never been to Mammoth, have you? Check out Mammoth's park scene, then we'll see how you feel about skiers in the park.

so I guess hit it big or don't hit it at all?

how do you learn?

Start on smaller jumps. Coming up short on big jumps or just rolling over them is dangerous because you will either hurt yourself (by landing flat on the top of the jump) or cause others to get hurt (when they land on you).

 

[skinny mike]

You've never been to Mammoth, have you? Check out Mammoth's park scene, then we'll see how you feel about skiers in the park.

maybe its just me being used to riding in new england. there are very few skiers who i have seen who are capable of riding in a park compared to the number of skiers who shouldnt be in the park. yes skiers should be allowed in the park but if you compare the number of people who are good at riding park on skis compared to the people who arent good at park then most skiers should not go into the park. i guess you can say the same thing about snowboarders, but from what ive seen, even ****ty snowboarders still get some air off of the jumps which doesnt do as much damage as skiers who decide to do a wedge up the face of the jump and over the lip. plus there is the whole thing about surface area on soft lips, a snowboarder has his or her weight distributed along a wider surface whereas a skier has a narrow surface along which his or her weight is distributed. so when jumps are still fairly new or soft, many skiers going off of the jump will make the lip wear out faster than snowboarders going off of the jump. i have spent nearly 30 hours in the park over the course of the past few days and i have seen all of this so hopefully no one will say im making **** up. skiers do have a right to be in the park just as much as snowboarders, but there needs to be limits as to who can access certain parks due to the difficulty and size of the park. and as my final statement, skiing in the park is to snowboarding in the park as mountain biking in the park is to riding a bmx in the park. ill let you interpret that however you'd like.

oh yeah, and this is just my opinion. im not saying im the end all be all, im just voicing what i think.

 

[skinny mike]

more like some skiers dont belong in the park, not most. there are a lot of good park skiers these days. i mean seriously look at this insaine sequence...

insane huh?

did the person who edited that photo have a crack problem?

 

[ride_fast]

did the person who edited that photo have a crack problem?

editing? theres no editing, are you kidding?

 

[skinny mike]

and just so IRB doesnt think im bagging on him, he was in the beginner park and he doesnt seem like the kind of person who likes to just roll over the tops of the jumps so his efforts are commendable.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Take it to Slopemonkey, Numbnuts.

 

[dexterq20]

skiers do have a right to be in the park just as much as snowboarders, but there needs to be limits as to who can access certain parks due to the difficulty and size of the park.

I couldn't agree more, and this statement holds true no matter what kind of plank(s) you're riding. It's dangerous for everyone when you have people sitting on the landings and cutting across in-runs of jumps.

 

[I Are Baboon]

This thread turned to SUCK after post 16.



All you ski snobs should be happy people are actually USING the parks. From what I hear, terrain parks are being removed from lack of use.

 

[MOTODH]

lots of skiers can hold there own in the park easily

 

[N8 v2.0]

Don't bother to bring your snowboard to Taos Ski Valley. You can't ride it there.