Penguin

Thanks for all the info.

I had no idea there was etiquette in the park, since I just started to ride it. The two major places here in SoCal are Bear Mountain and Mt. High, where the whole place is a park, and nobody hikes.

The one time I saw a small park section was in Alpine Meadows in Tahoe. I had no idea people hiked up to ride the 50-yard park they had. So the last run I did that day, I was just bombing down the mountain and rode right into the park. I managed to hit one box, then ate shit on a jump.

That was my bad, I didn't know there was a calling system and such. Do you fall in line?

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sweeney017

[quote=AAA;47609]Have enough control that you don't hold yard sales at the bottom of jumps. Don't bleed on tables and boxes. Don't leave dislocated teeth laying next to a rail.


hahahahaha I agree!!!!!

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Froggyste

HAHAHAHAHAHA wot an idiot!! too funny

Froggyste

oh yeh theres a calling system u gotta watch out for that! if you keep doing it in the same park ull be noticed and gunned for! wait ur turn ull realise more when u get into it n someone else cuts u up ull wanna kill em lol

Jigzz

If anyone has been riding in Quebec, you know how anoying the french skiiers in the park are. I usualy don't mind them but alot of them think there amazing at life and cut in line at the lift, cut in line at the park and just basicaly not make it fun. I was doing a boardslide on a box and some skiier just jumps on the box like I'm not there. Who does that. All I can say is if someones hiting something, wait you're turn.

slimpanzee

Couple things to add that will really help.

DO NOT go through the park unless you're gonna actually hit the jumps. You're just taking up space if you're just ridin' through.

While you're at the top, pick your line and stick to it. What I mean by line is the series of jumps and hits you'll be going off of consecutively. Most parks have a nice flow built into them with different lines. Try to stick with the parks actually lines and don't cross over from one to the other. For instance, you hit the jump on the right, then right away cut all the way over to the left for another hit. Somebody might be on the left and you cutting in front of the landing could ruin the day.

If you HAVE to hike, get out of the way and don't tromp around in the landing and run in areas.

Do NOT side slip up the jump or ANYWHERE in the run in. Decide what hit you're going for, commit and go for it. Otherwise, you're gonna mess up all the hard work the park crew puts in to those jumps and you're gonna piss off those that are hitting the stuff. This will also help you land jumps better. Second guessing your self makes you fall. Confidence makes you land.

Always look around, left, right, and behind you. You never know when somebody's comin' in hot.

And if there's a beginner park at your resort, stick to that until you're comfortable.

Last but not least... learn to ride a snowboard before you hit the park. Not just on easy groomers. Actually ride. It will help you temendously.

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chris22

Amen to that brother... I cannot tell you how much it pisses me off when people cut me off then fall in front of a jump.... You do that you are ASKING to get your @$$ chewed out. And if you want to get chewed out... its easier just to ask me to do it then to cut me off ;-). Last season I broke my arm on opening day because some asshole skier cut me off in front of a trash can. Needless to say I finished the day.
Chris

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i plowed a group of 13 year old suburban skater punks with their burton vapors for sitting in front of the kinked rail once.
I white roomed their disrespectful asses

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falconis

i was cruising to the chair lift and some german fat aswhole of a skier moaws me down.
the guy was shouting at me that it was my fault.
i don't understand why some guys want to chase like 40mp/h when you have like 20 yards left to the skilift