Jumps on Slowpoke

[Dawn Patrol]

Alright, when the spring rolls around, I for some reason find myself messing around in the park a little bit. Went over to the little jumps on Slowpoke last weekend. The kicker itself is fine, but what's with the landing? As in, there is NONE! Even with a bumped up inrun, on a warm day, with the wrong wax, doing a MAJOR speed check on the way in, I was not able to jump SHORT enough to actually land on the landing.... Every jump resulted in landing out in the flat.... Who built that thing?? Please tell me it was fixed this week! Wasn't there all this talk about bringing some people over from Ca or something and how awesome the park was going to be??

[Lostone]

The real park is at North. I don't do parks, but those that have done that one say it is really good.

I think the landings on Slowpoke are flat because the trail is pretty flat.

[Dawn Patrol]

The real park is at North. I don't do parks, but those that have done that one say it is really good.

I think the landings on Slowpoke are flat because the trail is pretty flat.

Most trails with jumps are relatively flat, they have to build up piles of snow to make the jumps/landings, as they did on slowpoke. They just did a poor job there.

[atkinson]

One of the rules of terrain park riding is "Look before you leap" which includes scoping the landing before you jump and determining proper speed for hitting each lip. I am not an expert jibber by any stretch of the imagination, however I've been in the beginner-intermediate Slowpoke park several times a week all season and never overshot a landing.

John

[vonski]

would not these jumps be designed for little ones! seeing how they are on a green trail. So designed for 50-70 pounders not grown whoppers!! density plays a roll here!

[Dawn Patrol]

would not these jumps be designed for little ones! seeing how they are on a green trail. So designed for 50-70 pounders not grown whoppers!! density plays a roll here!

FWIW, slowpoke is a blue trail, not green. I did not realize that beginners were small either?

[atkinson]

Neither the trail nor the size of the skier or rider matter, it's about scoping first and hitting the jumps at the right rate of speed for the landing.

[Dawn Patrol]

Neither the trail nor the size of the skier or rider matter, it's about scoping first and hitting the jumps at the right rate of speed for the landing.

Exactly. At the current moment, you have to hit the jump so slow, that you barely make it to the top of the ramp, or you'll land in the flat. That, is a poorly designed jump.

[gone.skiing]

Jumps are fine - adults and kids were hitting it last couple of days and landing on the transition.

I actually wanted to compliment the park guys for building something that kids can learn on. Compared to last year that park is major upgrade. Reasonable size jumps (enough to spin a 3), variety of rails and boxes. Great to see kids of all skill levels trying something new.

[Lostone]

I have a pair of boots that don't fit me.

They aren't poorly designed boots.

They were made for someone else.

Why not try the real park, while you still have time? Just a couple weeks of North being open.

[vonski]

I have a pair of boots that don't fit me.

They aren't poorly designed boots.

They were made for someone else.

Why not try the real park, while you still have time? Just a couple weeks of North being open.

Thanks for making my point more clear!

[Dawn Patrol]

I have a pair of boots that don't fit me.

They aren't poorly designed boots.

They were made for someone else.

Why not try the real park, while you still have time? Just a couple weeks of North being open.

See, the great thing about projectile motion is, that it's nothing like feet at all. It's very predictable, so unless there is a large group of people who manage to create SO much more wind resistance they don't over shoot the landing, I stand by my point. You have to hit the jump going impossibly slow to hit the landing. And I'm talking about the big jump. There is a small jump right next to it, I'd presume for people who don't want to jump as high....

[Lostone]

And what you seem to ignore is that many people are hitting those same jumps without overshooting them, so it isn't a requirement that they go impossibly slow.

They're unlikely to be redoing the jumps so that they are good for you, as they would need a lot more snow than they have available, so you can either switch to the larger park, learn to use this one properly, or get used to landing on the flat.

[Dawn Patrol]

And what you seem to ignore is that many people are hitting those same jumps without overshooting them, so it isn't a requirement that they go impossibly slow.

They're unlikely to be redoing the jumps so that they are good for you, as they would need a lot more snow than they have available, so you can either switch to the larger park, learn to use this one properly, or get used to landing on the flat.

Nice attitude.... AFAIK, people who care about their businesses like to hear feedback so that NEXT time they can do it right...

[madhavok]

Odd of you to mention the jumps because I happened to hurt my back on the first jump on slow poke this past Saturday...
Now it isn't a big jump and I was slowing up the whole in run until I hit the kicker so you know I wasn't airing one out. The landing was terrible flat and frozen which left me with a bad back. The jump is fine, the there is no doubt that the landing needs to be extended. I don't believe anyone who thinks otherwise have hit the jump in the past few days.