Passport to Shredville
Posted by: drexnefex in Snow, tags: Central Park, Passport to ShredvilleI finally got my Ski Acres (aka Central) Park Pass! I think it’s a great idea that they require a special class/pass to ride the park. Hopefully they see a decline in injuries as a result.
The class showed a little video about ATM…some weird acronym about common sense. Then the park kids gave a little speech embellishing on the vid. Pretty well done, organized and quick. I wish they would’ve had popcorn or hot chocolate though.
Here’s my thoughts: Whether or not you get that pass, if you’re an idiot, you’re an idiot. You’re still gonna do something stupid and hurt yourself. If you point it off the smallest jump in the park, it’s gonna hurt. If you hit a jump that you haven’t hit that particular day, you might clear it–the jumps change daily. If you hit boxes/rails, your going to break your edges. All common sense right? I don’t know how that Park Pass is going to protect against lack of common sense.
Here’s my advice to all you park kids out there. Try riding some actual terrain–learn how your board works. Then take it to the park.
In the meantime try riding Alpental. It’s just like a snowboard park….but without rails.

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January 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 am
Actually the street/rail generation is the best thing to happen to Alpental. I love nothing more than to come from a sick-ass powder day at alpental,….make my way to ski acres at noon and see the park filled with kids killing the rail lines. My advice to them, stay in the park….rails are way more fun than alpental. More for the old guys.
o yeah….park pass is a great idea, but morons will still axe themeselves no matter what. I myself have suffered from lack of common sense before, it sucks. You’ve got to take your lumps when you’re learning, hopefully it doesn’t take you to the emergency room.
January 22nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
fuck riding parks. No park pass needed here…
http://ki.smugmug.com/gallery/4210614#246160115
…just 5k+ for a sled, $50 parking ticket (no snow park pass), $25 in gas, half rack of PBR, $20 for beef jerky/trail mix/fruit bars/redbull, frostbite, sore knees and back, 4 mile traverse with a 25lbs. backpack in the dark, and over an hour of shoveling.
Whooohooo!
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I need a park pass so I can take my oldman style to shitty pass.
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
The park pass idea is GREAT if they actually enforced it, otherwise what is the point? Jesus Summit, your ass got sued for 14 million before and you continue to risk it because you can’t put a fucking fence up. I skied the park about ten times without a pass and nobody asked me for one. I even went skiing looking like a gaper in jeans and Starter coat and snowplowed my way into the park past patrol without any questions of concern. Hmmm. As stated above: Whether or not you get that pass, if you’re an idiot, you’re an idiot. And unfortunately we all know a ton of them exist. A fence would just keep it on the up and up. Whistler is a fine example of the benefit of separation of their parks and it works out great for them.
Now on the upside, the Summit has done an AMAZING transformation the past 5 years as far as their terrain parks are concerned. When I first moved, I could go back to Wisconsin and ride better stuff. They now have quality kept-up features to play on and I commend that effort. No pipe yet, but that is a completely different story:)
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 pm
sat thru the class with MRUFF yesterday, was painlees for the most part.. you could say we got “shreducated”
now if i could just learn how to jump maybe it would be fun, i’d rather you guys do some sicc jumps and i’ll watch.
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Thanks release of liability pass! At least shitty pass doesn’t charge you to give away your rights. Not like I’d ever sue good old shitty pass for stacking on my head and going vegetable off the double kink, but still, it’s gay. Any way you paint that rainbow, it’s still gay. GAY GAY GAY. I said it. GAY! How come they make you get some dumbass pass, but don’t enforce a helmet rule? Cause their lawyers said this liability release will save their ass in court, thats why. It’s a silver cloud lined with bullshit because a park pass is just about as safe as my Backcountry Pass at Alpy. Neither increases my personal safety one bit. Only the lawyers at the gate. Altough my backcountry pass says nothing about “shredding” which makes is mass radder, that and I didn’t have to sleep off 30 minutes of my “shredding” time to get it.
As long as it continues to snow and I find better places and better ways to ride, I’m boycotting the park. At least till they build the pipe that is. Then I’m gonna kneel down and suck the cock, cause I’m a sucka for some cold pipe my friends and I’ll pretty much sell out in a minute for it.
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
snowboard parks are for young men. I do not care what rules or regulations said young men are subjected to, as I am not of their ilk.
However, I would sit through a 2 week workshop hosted by Helen Hunt to get onto a boardercross course. Those are ellza bomb.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 pm
the park pass is probably going to be just about as effective as the backcountry pass at alpental… the kooks will still invade no matter what. fuck the park, we need a pipe. anybody heard on when it will be done????
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Duke now you’re talking. Stevens had a kitty park that was more like a boarder cross course super fun burms and doubles all and all good times. Boarder cross best idea of 08. You would have to educate and teach folks not to stop to line up for tables. Keep the ski schools out.
Duke did you hear Palmer is back on the US. boarder team.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
I saw that race B. He cried when he won the qualifier. If it was during the whiskey days, ….he would have had a rainier in his hand and a clown suit on. Now he’s crying, hugging everybody. Something is definitely wrong with that.
Meadows had a sick little step up to a step down before the first jump. I’m all for a boardercross/ park course. Rythym sections are where its at.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:27 pm
yeah man, that boarder cross set-up thing at stevens is fun. i like to roll thru that sucker all BMX style …. i’m like look at my bitches. i got maxy cross cranks, kkt litghtingn pedals w/ extenders bithcess ss ss …….. shit.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:28 pm
i don’t need to go to the park. i can just go home and whack myself with a hammer. in the end it’s all the samme to me… i sux.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 pm
1 thing that can’t be said enough times thats said in that park pass shreducation class is.. “get the fuck out of the way when u crash off the jumps, don’t sit in blind spots” if it takes a pass and a class to get this thru little groms heads then it is a good idea for us people that do not want to hurt ourselves landing on little kids..
boarder cross section would be sick i agree, don’t think i’d wanna race any of you foolz, but i would like to run down the course none the less..
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:32 am
Jeeeaaaa. Da park iz da illist. Herez why:
-My tall t is XXXL with bling on it. I can conceal two guns under it, which help me with my swing weight for my switch back 2-7 lip slides.
-I am a thug and only listen to MIMS, Mistah Fab, and Macho Man Randy Savage. Their lyrics are genius.
-The only run I have done this year is a park lap at Central. Who needs variation?
-I wear SZ small holden pants which help stabilize my massive testicles while jibbing your mom.
-Cliffs and avy conditions are dumb. Ask Jeremey Jones (not big mountain b/c he’s a wimp).
-I’m from Surburbia, but my gang rivals MS-13 in toughness.
Snocompton for life, yo.
Thug out.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:22 am
um word up homs skillet
January 25th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Yo, I did that at Steven’s and they claim their injuries are down by half. The only lame thing is having to listen to JP Walker and Jeremy Jones talk. “Dude, if you don’t follow the rules you might do something unsick, get hurt…or die…totally bogus brah” I’ve never wanted to punch a TV more. Even if they’re not checking, I think it will keep some kooks out. The suburban snow thugs on the other hand are here as long as Issaquah exists.
January 25th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
word. I hit Stevens last night with a sic crew. the park is SIC! the jumps are, well, perfect. the lips have the right amount of pop, the landing are steep. basically the take offs matches the landings. the jump after the waterfall is so damn sic. it was ella firm (not icy) last night but we were throwing down on that jump cause it was perfect. the Ujump is mini. it’s so mini it’s cute. but fun.
that and the park crew kids up there are super nice. they didn’t ef with us at all.
im def hitting that up again next week–night sesh.
word.
January 26th, 2008 at 3:18 am
i havent hit up stevens yet. and i got that advantage card from whistler so hit me up doooooog. i havent ridden with a ‘crew’ in a long ass time. and im too lazy to really motivate myself. you know how it goes.
January 26th, 2008 at 3:26 am
word. we’re gonna rally a crew on Thursday night for Stevens. Fill up some gas at Shell and get the buy 1 get one free deal. we’ll touch base next week.
February 7th, 2008 at 2:39 am
wow.