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New Community - MySnowParks

J Dogg — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:05:52 -0500

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Now it is possible to find and compare snowparks from all over the world. Mysnowparks.com is an international community for all snowpark people. The website is based on user input and all resort and park information can be updated by registered user to help keeping everything up-to-date. Each park is mapped graphically and users can change the map as the park changes during the season.

So finally you don’t have to base your decision on where to go on old pictures from rarely-updated resort websites and on rumors of which parks that are sick at the moment. Mysnowparks.com is even more since it brings the whole world based around freestyle skiing and snowboarding together in one community. In addition to personal skier and snowboarder profiles it is possible for Manufacturers, Camps, Magazines, Film Companies, Events and Shops to create a customized profile and take part in the community. Mysnowparks.com is packed with useful features.

Users rate each park in different categories (kickers, halfpipe, ect.) and it is therefore easy to find the highest rated Top Parks in each country. It is also possible for users to register themselves in resort calendars. This means you can always get a list of users (people, events, camps, ect.) who are going to be in a certain resort at the same time as yourself.

Mysnowparks.com has just opened so be among the first to join and help the community grow.

www.mysnowparks.com

Rogers Terrain Park Official Grand Opening

J Dogg — Tue, 6 Feb 2007 01:49:56 -0500

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The Rogers Terrain Park will have its official “grand opening” at Sunshine Village Ski & Snowboard Resort on Thursday, February 15^th. In celebration of this event, Sunshine Village, Travel Alberta, Nokia, and Rogers have the following exciting prizes:

- Grand Prize: Salomon Teneighty Foils with Z12 TiB90 bindings. Salomon’s ultimate Terrain Park ski. Try and decipher the hidden messages left by the renowned artist, Pieter Jansen, who is all about parties and sound. When you have finished admiring the funky graphics, check out some twintip action with this rock solid structure that is made for your unlimited performance in the park as well as in fresh powder.

- Three Secondary Prizes: Nokia 5300 cell phone, each bundled with $150.00 Rogers phone credit. The Nokia 5300 XpressMusic can hold over 100 albums or about 1,500 songs, on a 2GB microSD card. Other features include a 1.3 megapixel camera.

- Ten Daily Prizes: Sunshine Village lift tickets for two. A pair of 2006.07 lift tickets will be give away daily between February 6^th and February 15^th to enjoy “Canada’s Best Snow.”

To enter this exciting contest, people can fill out a ballot at the Rogers Terrain Park on its official “grand opening,” or by visiting www.skibanff.com

During the official unveiling, the Rogers Terrain Park will be at full operation, thanks to the addition of Grizzly Terrain Park section. The “Grizzly” will feature three new jumps, a wall ride, three different rail slides, a vertical log jib, plus a brand new beginner area. With this recent 4 acre add-on, the Rogers Terrain Park will swell in size to a total of 12 incredible acres.

“I had a preview of new Grizzly Terrain Park section on Sunday, and it looks fantastic.” said Mike Moynihan, spokesman for Sunshine Village. “My jaw dropped in amazement at the vertical log jib alone. The Rogers Terrain Park is without question the coolest in the Canadian Rockies.”

After the Grand Opening, the Rogers Street Team will be on hand during the Family Day long weekend, giving out shirts, hats, My Tego phone skins, lanyards, and other cool prizes. There will also be information available on the Rogers Ski & Ride Safety School program.

With an average of 30 feet of natural snow and 12 lifts, including the most quads in the Canadian Rockies, Sunshine each year attracts more than 500,000 skiers and boarders who enjoy more than 3,500 feet of vertical during Canada’s longest season stretching from November to the end of May.

To view our latest conditions and our high resolution webcams, including full contest details for the Rogers Terrain Park grand opening contest, visit us at www.skibanff.com

Europe Stop #2 - Blingin' in Lech

J Dogg — Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400

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With rumors of Aspen-esque cougars, rampant fur coats and Royal Family sightings, how could we miss a chance to visit this European utopia known to mortals as Lech am Arlberg. Originally one of the poorest villages in Austria, Lech was an isolated cattle and dairy farming town with very little connection to nearby valleys.

But in the early 1900's they built a mountain road into Lech, some wise guy finally looked up and saw how awesome the mountains were, and skiing started booming. It has since grown to an elite and well-known resort for those privileged enough to visit. There's even a saying that goes: "How do you become a millionaire in Lech? You go into a shop as a billionaire and come out a millionaire". But we knew it was the skiing that got it all started, so we threw on our invisible fur coats and went to check it out for a day.

Just around the corner from St Anton, we knew we'd be skiing the same spring schmooo we'd been shredding all week, but I had my eyes pealed for future potential. Sam 'Chief' O'Keeffe and Will 'Pissy Knickers' Hoddell were my tour guides once again, and once again they could throw a stick in any direction to point out lines we could be skiing only 2 weeks earlier; lines we will be skiing when I return.

It soon became obvious why the locals hadn't chosen dairy farming as their only pastime, no matter how much anyone likes goat cheese. Apparently skiers weren't the only ones looking up. After a full day of touring Lech's potential, we headed down to check out Lech's other less-expected asset; the terrain park. It's no Super Park 6, but finding a terrain park at any big mountain Euro resort ain't easy. And isn't the land of shopping and fur coats the last place you'd expect to find one? Think again, it's the perfect match.

What better a place to throw on your fur collared puffy jacket and gold chains, walking around like you own the place? They've been doing it for half a century before Tanner Hall or twin tips even existed. And it shows, as their well-shaped tabletops, spines, and kinked and curved rails make for a pretty killer spring session. After all, you know that lonely zipper on your jacket is begging for you to zip the fake fur collar back on, just this once.

Sam O'Keeffe corked 3.

Next Stop: Engelberg, Switzerland - Where Angels Roam

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Lech Am Arlberg is 100km from Innsbruck , 200km from Zurich, and 250km from Munich. It's part of the same network of lifts as St Anton, St Christophe, Zurs, and the other nearby spots, all together forming a huge ski area that you shouldn't miss on your next Euro trip.

The area got pounded with snow in '05 while many other European resorts suffered, and it's consistently one of the snowiest valleys in the alps. Web: www.lech-zuers.at for more info.