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Lumps, jumps and bumps.....
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

I was watching a short film on the extreme sports channel lkast night. It included snowboarders and skiers jumping off those big ramps that you generally see in ski/board parks. They actually showed the guys turning up on the mountain and meeting up with a piste basher. You were then shown the piste basher creating the jump in time freeze mode.

This got me thinking!! As the jump they built was not in any snow park and was just on the mountainside. How do they arrange the builing of these jumps. Do they have to seek permission from local authorities and/or the mountain/resort owners? Who pays for the building of these jumps? Are they local guys who just know the basher man and slip him a tenner here and there for a favour. OR are they sponsored guys in general whos sponsors organise the building of these jumps?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

No names, no pack drill, to protect the guilty.

When I was a young rep we used to do the usual old torchlit descent thing. We'd RV at a hotel at the top and drink till it got dark. This was clearly safer in January than April.

We had the required ski patroller with us and if he could, he'd persuade a friendly piste basher driver to build us a wee jump. Generally in return for a bottle of wine for the long drive down the hill...or to the neighbouring village.

Obviously this was a long time ago, I can't condone that sort of behaviour and you shouldn't try it at home.

But to try and answer your question, I would suspect that a combination of all the above options. You know, if you turn up in resort courtesy of TGR or someone, you'll have way more pull with the ops guys than if you just turn up with your board and ask for a big jump and a wee shot of driving the piste monster.
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