 Poster: A snowHead
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hi snowheads, i came across a swanky website for Winterpark - 'Welcome to Winterpark - the home of skiing and snowboarding in Cornwall. Winterpark will be the first purpose built, brand new ski, snowboard and tobogganing centre in the UK, designed with features to meet the needs of all freeriders.' it seems to be associated with Proslope - 'Proslope provide the next generation of snowsports surfaces'.
http://www.proslope.com/about
http://www.winterparkcornwall.com/
My questions are, does Winterpark cornwall exist? does any slope have a Proslope surface installed? Any info on this company and its track record.......anyone?
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 25-02-11 22:33; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Doesn't exist...yet!
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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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This dates back to at least 2006 - nothing ever happened. i don't think proslope have done any projects, i dont think their surface ProSno has been used anywhere permanently. So there is no 'track record' apart from a few xmas market based temporary snowflex novelty slopes.
I am happy to be corrected 
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| This dates back to at least 2006 - nothing ever happened. i don't think proslope have done any projects, i dont think their surface ProSno has been used anywhere permanently. So there is no 'track record' apart from a few xmas market based temporary snowflex novelty slopes |
yep, have a read of this http://www.farmersguardian.com/cornish-farmer-first-on-the-slope-to-a-ski-diversification-winner/2322.article its a shame but nothing ever came of it. Chris o' Connell has been trying ever since to get a project going - it just has not happened for him. I think you will find Chris is behind the websites mentioned by herrprentler. (sorry if thats not correct chris) but if you do read this - where are you up to in your projects?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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That website was a little 'previous'. There have been lots of ideas for indoor/dry slopes in this area as surfers tend to also snowboard. A lack of chimney pots usually puts pay to any viability study.
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My questions are, does Winterpark cornwall exist? does any slope have a Proslope surface installed? Any info on this company and its track record.......anyone?
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NO, NO, dreamers. 
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ok thanks -
one more question, the proslope site gives a testimonial, is it genuine? has Silksworth used this surface?
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Paul Robinson – Silksworth:
•Much faster
•Softer to fall on and slide on
•So fast to slide on
•Big smiles on their faces
•Everyone’s loving it
•Much more confident
•Holds water and retains it
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its sounding very iffy to me. 
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Main slope at Sunderland (Silksworth) is definately Dendix.
And pretty sure the training slope is too.
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herrprentler, Like RobW, Silksworth is definitely dendex and of a dubious vintage too
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Just wanted to add to this. I ride at Silksworth and am a member of the monday night freestyle club.
The main slope is dendex however, our new permanent feature is made from ProSno. We now have a HUGE quaterpipe! its much awesome.
http://www.snowboardclub.co.uk/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-p-572886.html <-- photos of the barn raising
Freestyle club now includes 2 jumps, quaterpipe, a rail, and a new baby box. we are getting a picnic table too. Aswell as a DJ pumping out tunes.
enjoy! get your back bottoms down on a Monday night 7 - 9pm
Cheers
Kim
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Ride at Silksworth??? add the freestyle club group on Facebook just search for "silksworth freestyle club"
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Kimwatson, thats really interesting, how much of the run up to the quarter pipe is pro-sno? what do you think of it, is it the same as snowflex or dendix? 
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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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looks like Perma-snow which is installed on loads of the John Nike slopes such as Bracknell and Plymouth...
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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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skinutter, I've not skied on it yet, only seen a small demo patch, but it looks and feels nothing like Permasnow (which is a creation of Beelzebub himself)
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Haha - rumbled!!!
I'm really glad people are diggin' it - let's re-invent 'dry slope'!!!
A decent outdoor slope with decent surface is always better than a fridge.
Last week I went to Chill and the first third of it was sheet ice...
Mail me or call me re: spare mats!!! 
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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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Strange, I've always found the snow at Chill to be pretty good... Maybe I just got used to skiing on ice last season.
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FAQ
ps got any demo mats?