Handshakes and Haymakers

Hey everyone! The guns are raging on top of the ridge as we speak and the temps are holding strong. So we have been busy all summer and fall trying to lock our stuff down for this upcoming season. We have a solid sponsor list for this season and here they are: VANS,CAPITA,UNION,ELECTRIC,PROTEC and CABOT CHEESE ( I know, I love Cabot cheese, there may be a Cabot butter box or Cabot cheese wedge in our near future.) A Partnership with Guru Rails and Bro support from Stepchild snowboards. So as far as new features for this season, the mountain powers that be said no way, so we have five new things coming in for your pleasure. (A tree suspended vert wall jibber, Yale Cousino and Sky Gale donated their arched 18' C-box" Say thank you" ,28' ft single barrel street rail " we found it on craig's list", Borelli built a launch ramp to barrier ollie thinging, and our Guys @ Guru are bringing in a 24' down/flat/down"fire"). We are also supporting a flurry of riders and yes some of them are parkstaff. Pro sliders: Yale Cousino and Big Ben Sullo- Ams- (parkboss)Trevor Borelli (P)Sky Gale,(P)Jeff Deforge,(P)Christian Manhard,Luke Haddock, John" Murphy's Glades"Murphy, Jesse Curran and a girl tbd. 
Here are some events and this is a tentative schedule subject to change:
Champlain College Rail Jam- Nov 6th (tomorrow)
Pure Style Rail Jam-Dec 12th
Burlington Freestyle Fundraiser-Jan 16th
Cabot event TBD - Feb 20th
Battle for Burlington - March TBD
SUPER AWESOME SECRET EVENT -TBD 

We will keep you posted on these.

One more thing and then you can get back to your life, we will also be providing Park Private lessons this season, from beginner park to full on throwdown status, details need to be worked out with the powers that be but we are really looking forward to this one. Check out the terrain parks link on www.sugarbush.com we will be updating soon.
Handshakes and haymakers from your friendly neighborhood Sugarbush Parkstaff.
Sincerely,
He who is I am!

Guru

Guru Rails in a partnership with Sugarbush Parks is currently working on a 24' down/flat/ down street rail for this upcoming season. I know the park crew is pumped on it and we can't wait to bury it for your enjoyment. Thanks again to Jason and the crew at Guru Rails, check out the stuff @gururails.com

October Snow

Woke up to 4 inches in the yard. The top of the mountain must have quite a bit of snow. It's on now!'

Snow?

Thats right there might be some snow on top of the Sugarbush peaks today. The temps are around 30 degrees. There has been a light mist of rain down here, so I would expect some fluff up top.  The cold snap has reminded us how close it is and how much there is still to do. What you do have to look forward to is, new events, new features, new crew members and acres of new woods terrain on Mount Ellen. 

Sugarbush Parks will be at Champlain College October 30th for the Ski/Ride club rail jam. Students be sure to pick up your passes at great rates and get out to enjoy the park.

We recently launched a Facebook group page for the park. Check it out, post something up.  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=155734785568&ref=ts 

2009/2010

Hope everyone has been enjoying their summer, getting outside as much as possible. We here in the parks department have been gearing up for the season.  A lot of cool stuff has been planned and were putting it into action. Sugarbush is going to be the place to be. Stay tuned for more leaks about our progress.

All Done

The last few features have been pulled of the hill at Lincoln Peak. This year was a huge improvement over last. The parks were 100 times better, the level of riding was a lot higher, a scene is being developed, fun was had by all, respect was gained and this is only the start to the "NEW AND IMPROVED" parks department. Stay tuned for updates and happenings about the park for next season. Have an excellent summer and buy your passes early for the best rates!

Spring Fling

New park on spring fling. a smaller line, and larger line of rails.  The park on slowpoke has been taken out because gatehouse will be closing for the year. Sun in the forecast. Enjoy!

Thanks

Thanks to everyone that came out this year to ride the Large park at Ellen. It was a great time. Just because Ellen is closed doesn't mean the seasons over, still a lot of riding at Lincoln peak.

Style Points

Today the level of riding in the park was really high, A lot of our good college riders were out lapping the park and layn' down hammers. Tomorrow should be a good day in the park too. There are still lots of features and there will be a ton of sunshine. Lets see some style tomorrow and less hucking and all have a safe great day. 

The Countdown

Only a few days left for the park, it is in really good shape too. Spring conditions tomorrow, come throw down. 

Sunny Weekend

The will be pretty good this weekend. Sun, good temps and plenty of features. Graduation will be open. It has been closed the past few days to preserve it for this weekend. The cannon has a street style lip. The battleship box has been pulled and a down rail was put in. We have seen a lot of camera's this year but not enough posts on the SugarTube. Mini Contests all day tomorrow. It will be like Simon Say's but OOPS POW SURPRISE style.

FINALZ

The finalz are here and so is the sun making it the 4th Billz4Skillz contest on a bluebird day. The park will be closed for the contest and will be opened to the public after. 

We want to see top of the line maneuvering and stunt'n. This is what you have been waiting for.

Format 

4 Judges

1st judge on 1st jump scoring rail/box option, 1st jump

2nd judge on 3rd jump scores canon/jump option, 3rd jump, wall ride/rainbow option

3rd judge in rail garden plus jump option

4th judge on last jump scores jump plus ending feature

Max points 58

Judges will being scoring to the tenth point. example 3.7 out of 5

7 points for rail features- canon included

5 points for box and jump features

Best run wins

Get your game right!

The wall ride was turned downhill today, making it more street style.  Rainbow box is back on a pyramid this time, it sits pretty tall. There are many ways to use this new setup. It really opened the park up for good flow. Billz4Skillz finals on Saturday. Tricks, money, DJ, Dino slangin' hot dogs, live graffiti, plus all the sponsors that have been with us since the start! Come ride, bring a camera, post on SugarTube. Do Work, Get Paid!

Stunts

Yesterday the sun was on the park for about the whole day. More of the same today, great day for stunt'n!

NO Groomer

Terrain Parks didn't get a groomer last night. Sooooo the park is once again CLOSED.

Whoa

The past few days have just been insane. Great quality riding, copious amounts of snow, new photos, video. Things are on the come up here at Sugarbush. The park had heavy work done on it today. The jumps needed to be rebuilt bad. Their wider, steeper, longer, bigger in general. Make sure you scope them before sending it.  All that snow makes for seemingly endless digging. Were sorry for not having the park not opening on some of those days. There was just soooo much snow, you should have probably been trying to find some stash of snow anyway. The park is tight again thanks to the homies, now come ride!

Weekend Recap

The two sunny days over the weekend made for  great park riding.  The new layout has made the traffic flow of the park fun and a lot more efficient. There is holiday traffic  to be considered, respect your fellow freestyler. Call your drop,  leave space, have fun. Sunny D lift tickets are $15, you can ride the park all day for $15!!! Come ride. Billz 4 Skillz comp next Saturday.

Friday 13th

The park survived 24 hours of rain. Its in good shape and will be even better once Aaron gets after it again with the groomer. Weekend looks like a lot of sun. Come practice for our 3rd Billz 4 Skillz event which is next Saturday. It will be another slope style comp.

Closed

Sorry everyone, the park will be closed today. Its hurts, bothers, annoy's us just as much as you.  Were pushing snow around today and tomorrow, every single thing in the park needs attention. The park will be proper again for this holiday week.

Open

Were back! The new rail line is in on Graduation and is really fun. The cannon cannon cannon is in. Jeff Deforge has already claimed it with his first try back 3 out. I wasn't sure if it was going to work but he shut me up. Please check it out closely before you bomb into it.  If your not sick, skip school/work and come get ill. 

AMAZIN'

STP is amazin'! We moved all the rails onto graduation. Mellow down C-box, Flat box, Barrel bonk, Down Rail, Down Box, Trap rail, Mellow C-box, maybe into rainbow box.  Lips will be shaped tomorrow.  Putting the Cannon in by removing right lip on second jump. Plus a few other changes on main park. This all means the park will be closed for one more day as we get ready for the holiday week. It will be well worth the two day wait.

Building

Tomorrow which is Monday the 9th, both parks at Ellen will be closed. We are pulling the rail line on Lower Crackerjack and moving it over to Graduation. Some other things will be getting reworked in the big park too. Two new rails have been built for this new line. Sorry for the inconvenience but it will be well worth it. 

Features

Another corrugated tube was put in the big park today. Come ride to find out where it is.  A few changes are planned more details when they are complete. 

The BIG PARK does NOT open till 10 am. We groom it starting at 6am. We want to put out the best possible product for you everyday. Please bear with us, because were doing it for you. 

Big Dig

This past week has been an enormous dig, from wicked cold temps to fresh 2 feet. With all that work comes good things, ripping parks. Heres a quick run down of the large park at Ellen.

Upper section

22'Single Bar down-Street

22' Down Box- Street

Jump 

Jump

Jump

Corrigrated tube

24' Street bar

VANS Large Wall Ride

*New* Hitching Post Stall

Then you reset at the intersection with Graduation

Lower section is 3 rails wide 3 rails deep 

1st Row Wide

12' Flat 24' Down box- Park style

12' down 12' flat bar- Street all the way

Mellow 24' down bar- Street

2nd Row

12' Flat drop 12' Flat box- Park Style

PURE Up/Down single barrel- Park Stlye

12' Up bar- Park Style

3rd row

Rainbow box

36' Up/Flat/Down box

? Feature will be added soon.

Large Booter

 

Mini wall ride 

Volcano with Huge Barrel Stall

Thanks to those who helped out. Now come ride this park!!!!!

Casket Krew

Building tomorrow in the large park. The park will be closed for a little while.  We are going to try and set 10 rails in 2 days. Plus a bonk and wall ride.  The skate session at Talent Skatepark went off. Thanks to all the rippers for coming through. Get your mind right and show up wednesday.

Mini

The new mini park is up at LP. There's something like 15 features on slowpoke, it should be really fun. The PURE up/down rail has been sunk in the main park.  Looks like it is going to be cold this weekend so you should come to our free skate session at Talent Skate park this Saturday from 6 to 8pm. Helmets are required and waivers for anyone under 18.  

MLK weekend

The temps are rising and snow is falling. The turn out for the comp was great. Lots of smiling faces, we got a great response about the park layout from all the riders. More stuff will be added soon to the lower section.  Lets see some video cameras in the park over the next few weeks. We want to see what big tricks are pulled in the park. Post your video and claim some internet fame. Results from the comp will be posted shortly.

P.S. Please don't make us have to police the park. You know the rules. NO SIDEJUMPING, NO STANDING ON THE JUMPS. play it safe respect gets respect. For more info on park safety visit this site.

www.terrainparksaftey.org

It's Alive!

The upper park is done. It will be ride able before and after the contest. Please don't try and poach.  The lower section has two down rails plus a jump. Lower Crackerjack will be open as well. Remember its only the first day of the jumps at Sugarbush. Feel them out before you start hucking. Have fun!

Progress

Park construction has been underway for two days.  Lots of snow being moved around. Come to the contest this weekend. Check out the Vans.com for the recap of the Mini Cup.  See if you can spot Juice in one of the photos.  You can also watch some video footage on Loon's website. Jeff Deforge has two shots in that as well.

This weekend

This weekend anyone who makes it to the mountain will be happy to see the new jump built at the base of Mount Ellen. Take it easy and make sure you check it out before corking up a big spin.  You don't want to miss out on the big park which is only about 8 days away from being open. 

While we let the snow makers finish doing their thing. Some of the Park Krew and PURE team will be attending the VANS Mini Cup at Loon this Saturday. We will be filming our Sugarbush riders and posting a video soon after. The Krew is going to look at the Loon Park closely and take notes to develop the best park here at the Bush.

Next weekend is the second Billz 4 Skillz event. It will be a slope style event held in the big park at Mount Ellen.  The set up will be something like this... rails 2 wide 2 deep into 3 jumps in a row.

The following weekend Sugarbush Parks will be hosting a free skate session at Talent Skatepark.  It is from 6 pm to 8 pm. Anyone under 18 must have a waiver signed by their legal guardian. ALL RIDERS MUST HAVE A HELMET TO ENTER PARK.  more details on on the Sugarbush events calender. 

Big News

The weather has been in our favor the past week and the snow makers are working hard. The hike able rails at Lincoln Peak are back in. We mellowed out the kink box, put the gateway back up, and turned the down bar into park style. If you haven't been at the mountain, they put a few guns on the big park. Then Win and upper management authorized all snow making at Mount Ellen to focus on getting us what we need. Snow making will continue till next Tuesday!!!! Then we build. A big thanks goes out to Win and the snow makers. 

This week while were letting the snow pile up, the finishing touches will be put on our sponsor rails.