 Poster: A snowHead
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Six ski resorts run by the Canadian Rockies (from British Columbia to Quebec) have decided to remove all man-made snow jumps from terrain parks this season on safety grounds. Instead, the company is making an investment in new rails and features for its terrain parks and will host a Rail Jam Series that will take place at Lake Louise, Fernie and Nakiska.
...We are undertaking an industry-leading initiative,” says Matt Mosteller, Senior Director of Business Development for Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR). “We have found that one of the main issues that increase the likelihood of serious injury on our mountains is big air. When we are making decisions about safety at our resorts, the big jumps in the terrain parks always come into the equation. We decided to make a change.”
See: http://www.firsttracksonline.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3188
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well Canada's off my list of destinations then!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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These people that injure themselves, I suppose they were forced to go off the jumps by men with pointy sticks. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I bet the people that injured themselves had music on as well, and no helmets. Recipe for disaster if you ask me. 
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Canadians
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Decisions such as this are always derided.
But actually we are to blame
These ski resorts are simply protecting themselves from you and me.
They are not worried about the injuries: they are worried about the subsequent negligence case.
If none of us ever sued this would never be contemplated.
But these days it seems we sue for anything and everything.
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I'm sure they will change their decision sooner or later once they realize their resorts aren't getting publicity from the pros anymore because they're going elsewhere to find the big air parks...
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season in Banff- a lake louise without kickers  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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WTF is this world coming too!? What next no skiing?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Liam wrote: |
| WTF is this world coming too!? What next no skiing? |
I can only hope 
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More likely it's an excuse. Maintaining quality terrain parks costs, kickers (big or small), pipes etc need constant attention and regular reshaping. I'm pretty sure this is an economic decision dressed up as safety as a convenient excuse - they believe rails will be easier to maintain (if it was liability putting big hulks of steel obstacles for people to split their heads off doesn't spring to mind as the obvious solution! ).
They'll have decided that terrain parks cost to much relative to the amount of income that can be attributed directly to them. The same way as resorts realise that blacks aren't economically viable.... this is what happens when accountants get control. No one part of a snowsports area can be taken in isolation like that because its about the whole - its the whole that gets people there parting with their £, $ or €'s.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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When your in the Air you are out of Control.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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stanton, Seriously?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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But surely 'To air is human' or something like that 
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Peter S, that is appalling!
But not as appalling as Stanton's comment, not least for the typo on "your".
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| stanton wrote: |
| When your in the Air you are out of Control. |
Unless you're hanggliding etc...
*gets his coat* 
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| stanton wrote: |
| When your in the Air you are out of Control. |
"You can't get hurt in the air" 
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| magicrichard wrote: |
| stanton, Seriously? |
YES
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stanton, is that what you honestly believe? that professonal freestyle skiers land their jumps due to nothing more than sheer luck? having man-made jumps in snow parks seems to me to be a good idea, as it gives people somewhere to practise getting air in a relatively safe and well-maintained environment. If they were really worried about negligence cases etc., they could easily follow the route of mountain biking, whereby the owner of the park can list it as a club, can charge a fee for people to use it, and get sports club insurance that would cover injuries sustained while in the park, subject to rules like wearing a helmet etc. etc. as Winterhighland, said, it is most likely a cost-saving exercise.
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| gregor the viking wrote: |
| stanton, is that what you honestly believe? that professonal freestyle skiers land their jumps due to nothing more than sheer luck? having man-made jumps in snow parks seems to me to be a good idea, as it gives people somewhere to practise getting air in a relatively safe and well-maintained environment. If they were really worried about negligence cases etc., they could easily follow the route of mountain biking, whereby the owner of the park can list it as a club, can charge a fee for people to use it, and get sports club insurance that would cover injuries sustained while in the park, subject to rules like wearing a helmet etc. etc. as Winterhighland, said, it is most likely a cost-saving exercise. |
Im glad you said ""Professional"" Freestyle skiers.
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| stanton wrote: |
| gregor the viking wrote: |
| stanton, is that what you honestly believe? that professonal freestyle skiers land their jumps due to nothing more than sheer luck? ... |
Im glad you said ""Professional"" Freestyle skiers. |
I wonder how the "professional" gets to become one? Perhaps they were born such?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| abc wrote: |
| stanton wrote: |
| gregor the viking wrote: |
| stanton, is that what you honestly believe? that professonal freestyle skiers land their jumps due to nothing more than sheer luck? ... |
Im glad you said ""Professional"" Freestyle skiers. |
I wonder how the "professional" gets to become one? Perhaps they were born such? |
A professional is a very very small minority perhaps they should stick to the trampoline and stay off public slopes 
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You know it makes sense.
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Apparently Lake Louise are refunding season passes for those who purchased before the announcement and Sunshine are offering season passes at their "early bird" rate to anyone who comes along with a Lake Louise refund  It seems a fair few boarders had purchased Lake Louise passes purely for the terrain park.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Oh, man. Not good news. I say they are over-reacting. I have hurt myself a couple of times in a quarter-pipe and I never thought those jumps should be demolished. I hope they won't do this here in Europe.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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For those that say they won't be coming to Canada because of this a bit of a news flash, there is a lot more places to ride than the six resorts run by RCR. Sunshine, Big White, Silver Star, Sun Peaks, Seymour, Grouse, Whistler, Blackcomb all have better parks than most European resorts. Plus there is all the other terrain outside of the parks you might want to try to explore at those and many other places.
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