slope slant issue 2

8/14/2019 Slope Slant Issue 2

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By Brian Butterfeld

Although the Jackson Hole trip has already lled to capacity, it doesnt hurt to nd out some thrilling facts aboutthis mountain. (Within these six facts there is one that happens to be false. Take a guess at which one.)

- Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has the longest continuous verticl rise of any ski area in the U.S.- Over 15 feature lms have been made on location in Jackson Hole including: Shane, SpencersMountain, Any Which Way You Can, and Rocky IV- Jackson Hole has one of the lowest base elevations of any ski resort area in the Rocky Mountains, at

just 6,311 feet. Most other ski resorts in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico have base elevationsbetween 6,900 and 95,00 feet.- Herbert Hoover broke his ankle in Jackson Hole while riding a toboggan standing up- Half of the runs at Jackson Hole are expert- It is called Jackson Hole because trappers and hunters entering the area felt like they were going intoa hole.

These facts a tantalizing to the brain and will have you shouting in horror that all of the spots are lled up forthis trip. But dont fret, both of our other trips are still open for business. Hurry into the Schussmeisters of ce toreserve your spot on either the Whiteface trip or the Winter Park trip. They will be unforgettable.


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By Matt Weinberg

With the winter park trip happening in March here are some fun facts that will make you want to go tomorrow.(Within these six facts there is one that happens to be false. Take a guess at which one is.)

- There area 143 different trails- It has been around since the 1939/1940 season- There have been 6 bear attacks on the trails- There are 25 chairlifts- There are 3,060 acres of skiable areaIf these facts dont get you itching to go to winter park how about the fact its owned by Canadians?

Winter Park is a great place to ski and snowboard. With so much to at winter park for every skill level there isno chance of not having fun.

By Jason Lubniewski

Here are some fun facts about White Face, NY that will get you in the Schuss of ce to buy a spot on the trip.(Within these six facts there is one that happens to be false. Take a guess at which one is.)

- Whiteface has 80 skiable trails- There are 11 lifts at Whiteface- The longest run is over 22 miles long- Shaun White lives in a cave on the south side of the mountain because he is a washed up drunk- There are 282 acres including 35 aces of out of bounds skiing on The Slides- You can drop your kids off at the Nursery between 8:15am and 4:00pm


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By Jack Rinaldo

This fall two snowboarding movies, Here andThere a lm by local snowboard shop Phatman, andThats It, Thats All, a lm by Red Bull and Quiksil -ver, were shown at the Palace Theatre in Lockport.

Here and There is very good for a locallyproduced lm. It features local riders snowboarding inmany locations, from good old Western New York tothe big mountains out West.

Thats It, Thats All features Travis Rice and

a crew of highly talented riders like Jeremy Jones,Danny Kass, and Brian Iguchi.They travel all over the world, riding at

Travis home mountain of Jackson Hole to othersexotic places like New Zealand, British Columbia,Alaska, The Alps, and Tokyo.

Travis and the other riders were caught on HDcameras, with a great soundtrack to make the movieeven better.


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Websites for when youre boBy Matt Kubit

Transworld snowboarding hasbeen the most popular snowboardmagazine in the world since itwas established in 1987. Tran-sworld Snowboarding magazinehas an annual subscription of about 1,380,000 versus Snow-boarder magazine at 800,000. Itis one of a few magazines with

a matching website that is pub-lished by Transworld Media.Transworld Media publishesTransworld Surf, TransworldSkateboarding, RIDE BMX,Transworld Motocross and Tran-sworld Business.

Transworld Snowboardingswebsite grew exponentially inpopularity just before the turnof the century when they beganfeaturing videos of professionalcompetitions. Their video selec-tion is still growing. They nowfeature at least one new videoeveryday in high quality rang-ing from the Monday Mallet (theweekly slam), to the Thursday

theatre (weekly professional sub-missions), to Sunday in the park(a weekly submission from BearMountain in California). There issuch a vast range of videos now,not to mention the huge profes-sional photography that is sub-

mitted every week. In January of 2008 user pro les were createdso that subscribers and internetgoers alike can create their ownpro le allowing them to submittheir own videos and photos to beposted on TransworldSnowboard-ing.com.Every time you log on to Tran-sworldsnowboarding.com expectto see a new feature, video, ar-

ticle, or photo gallery that proveswhy Transworld Snowboardinghas the most popular snowboardmagazine and website on theplanet.


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a night full of class o

By Jason Lubniewski

For all of the times I have beeninside a limo (which is A LOT) theride over to Phatman Boardshopwas by far the most interesting.

A bunch of skiers and snowboard-ers in a limo none of them couldactually afford will always equal an

awesome time (that is, unless westole the limo of course... then itwould equal an AMAZING time).

The ride was relatively shortsince Phatman is less than ve milesaway but somehow it was a blast forthat short time. There was free RedBull all around and a steezy videoplaying in the background.

I actually did have enough time

with all of the commotion to sit backfor a few seconds and appreciate thestars in the ceiling and the plethoraof neon lights (not to forget theclassy champagne glasses).

When we pulled up to the shop Iwas pretty stoked. Phatman had tonsof deals for everything snowboard-ing and skateboading. It was pretty

sweet if youre into that kinda thing.Needless to say, if you went you

got a sick deal and some pretty coolgear. Even if you didnt buy any-thing the shop and the people in itwere pretty rad.

Make sure next year you get yourbutt in that limo and join Schuss onan epic ride to some sick deals.


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yellow busses arent

By Corena Christensen

The Schuss bus ride toSnow ake Ski Shop/245Snowboard Shop turned outawesome. A decent sized groupof people came along to scoreon the deals that were offered atthe store, just for schuss mem-

bers.Bonnie, the store owner, hadpizza and soda waiting foreveryone when we arrived,which was great because it waslater at night and it was almost(kinda sorta) snowing and wewere all pretty amped out that!!

If youve never been toSnow ake/245 you have to

check it out. The store has twooors; the upstairs is the ski

shop oor and the downstairs isthe snowboard shop oor.

The best perk of the twooors is the intense amount of

inventory (probably the largestand most even selection for thetwo sports that Ive seen).

So stop by before the seasonstarts and get decked out insome sweet gear fromcompanies like Burton, Ride,Libtech, K2, Line, Rossignol,and Roxy. Check outsnow akeskishop.com or hit up245 Transit Rd.


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By Nader Jamal

When you think of parkand pipe, Tanner Hall and SimonDumont are two of the biggestnames known, especially inthe US. Although they may beMr. Popular in the UK and theother Mr. Popular here in the US,theres a Swede that has been oneof the biggest innovators in the

sport, and is throwing down inways unheard of before him.

Jon Olsson is one of themost creative pro skiers known,and is responsible for the inven-tions of variances of ips anddouble ips, including the switchdouble rodeo 1080 (better knownas a Hexo Flip) and what he isbest known for, the KangarooFlip, which is a Double Flat Spin900, a trick that has been known

to win a handful of competitions for him, includ-ing the 2008 X Games Gold in Big Air.

In his home mountain in Sweden, a proinvitational is held every year, appropriatelynamed the Jon Olsson Invitational, and is one of the biggest celebrities in his countries.

Every time he wins competition, he prom-ises to buy a new car with his prize money, themost popular being his Lamborghini Gallardo,complete with a snow camou age paint job and aski rack.

With over 10 X Games medals, andcountless rsts in a number of other big comps,including in the World Superpipe Competitionand The USFreeskiing Open, Olsson is at the top of his gameand its safe to say that skiing will never be thesame thanks to Jon.


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My WishliMeet Brian, He Needs New Pants

By Brian Butterfeld This year is that year; the year everyfew years when it is necessary to getnew pants. My old pants are fall-ing apart. My old Columbia pantsworked well for years but now I amlooking for new pants that will do aswell as they did.

The 686 Mannual Cranium pants arenumber one on my list. They arewaterproof and breathable. They are

eece lined with a lot of pockets forall my stuff. Along with being warmfor frigid January days, they havezip able slots that provide vents for

squeezing in the last runs of the sea-son in April.

These pants look cool, are functionaland convenient. 686 has done a good

job with these pants and I hope to beskiing in them as soon as possible.


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h e N ose J acks o n By John Curaba

Step 1: Have your MJs and nose prsses on lock!

Step 2: Approach your local butter box with moderate to high speed and ollie onto the box

Step 3: Get into a nose press

Step 4: Roll your weight forward onto your toes

Step 5: Steez it out with some gang signs

Step 6: Collect as many high ves as you can because you just completed the impossible!

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