Ya' heard right. So Snowboarder Mag, Capita, Union, Spy, and HCSC are all ready to give away a nice spot at Superpark 16.
For those of you who haven't had the privilege of attending a Superpark event, here's a quick run down of why it's one of the best times on a board.
Superpark is a beast. The jumps are built by the best in the business, and they generally run about the same size as a 4 story tenement apartment. They are the biggest mounds of snow that should ever exist, and the idea that human beings enjoy flying through the air off of them is testament to our insanity.
There are often two camps within the Superpark event, super pros and style pros. This is where most internet comment boards heat up with which discipline of snowboarding is truly snowboarding, and the question is asked again of why most style pros don't just settle for careers as high ranking amateur skateboarders. The job of the super pro is to arrive, on time, void of any stories of "night-before" debauchery, execute some sponsorship requirements, and proceed to do some of the most intense athletic snowboarding ever done before. This usually includes triple corks, 1440s, and anything else that makes a rodeo 7 look obsolete. The only solace for these gentlemen and ladies is that they generally make a nice wage, own houses and cars, and have steady girlfriends or wives.
The second camp, the style pros, generally arrive late due to some sort of automobile issue. After figuring out what was up with their homie's 1998 Ford Explorer, or their mom's station wagon, they continue up the access road trading stories of how much more effort was put into partying last night than riding today. Once finally entering the park, general shenanigans ensue. This includes, but is not limited to: the movement of on-hill marketing promotion to strange spots to create new "features," slashing snow onto others around the hill or in the base area, and frequenting the lodge for a beverage. After these minimum requirements are met, style pros usually form two splinter groups. Those who are over it, because they got hurt jumping off of a building onto a down rail weeks before, and those who underdog the superpros. This is where kids like Scott Blum land on the cover of Snowboarder Mag doing gravity defying Andrecht plants. While super pros will generally map out which tricks they would like to do, style pros often times discover they can actually do tricks of pro level caliber in a terrain park. Its awesome. Everyone has fun.
So consider this a dress rehearsal for that. Here are some photos of the jump line beginning to take shape in case you haven't been down here in a minute.
Remember. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.
