Ms Superpark 6: Day 1 at Snow Summit

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Which male earned third place in the 1994 US Open halfpipe riding a Sims Shannon Dunn Pro Model? Rider: Spencer O'Brien

Photos: Espen Lystad, except #1
Words: Jenna Klein

Flocking from near and far, both virgin and veteran women alike christened Snow Summit during the opening day of Snowboarder Magazine’s 6th annual Ms. Superpark presented by Gatorade. A place of many firsts, Snow Summit has been long recognized for its commitment to monumental park features and progression since snowboarding’s dark ages. Borrowing park staff from sister resort Bear Mountain, the men transformed the typical ski zone paradise into a pleasure playground for the ladies. With more egg’s on hill than a farmhouse, the female population got straight to sending it with little hesitation. Headed by notable names including Hana Beaman, Bryn Valaika, Anne Flore Marxer, Janna Meyen Weatherby, Jenny Jones, Desiree Melancon, Raewyn Reid, Leanne Pelosi and Natazka Zurek, this ain’t no pussy party.

Laid out for the ladies are two pristine hips, a generous sized channel gap, a step down and a downrail. Wasting no time, women hit the gas on the hip with little conscious thought about how far into the flats they were about to go. Blasting large and bruising parts was commonplace for a contingent of the crew, yet no one needed ski patrol to carry their carcass at the end of the day. Prevailing during the first hip session was Bryn Valaika and her unquestionably proper method’s, Jess Kimura’s tuck knee’s and other fetching maneuvers by Laura Hadar, Hana Beaman, Anne Flore Marxer and Nirvana Ortanez. Also impressive was Desiree, who with wind in her absent locks continued to bring a bald beat-down to the hip for hours.

With the women getting comfortable, look for babes to push past their boundaries as the week goes on. We can’t guarantee what kind of action lay ahead, but considering Jess Kimura pulled off some oversized alley-oop front 3’s on the hip while in more physical pain than even imaginable, the future looks promising. Check back for more as the ladies let down their hair and let loose. Sans Desiree of course.

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   KRush

   03/31/10 - 11:37 am

   

   Kimura is too legit to quit.

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   jonae

   03/31/10 - 4:01 pm

   

   snow summit WAS long recognized for it’s monumental park building. For the past 8 years Summit hasn’t done jack Sh*t, which is a HUGE mistake because the only reason snowboarders would want to ride up there is for an insane park. If they brought it back their business would double. Mt. High was been killing it this year and although I refused to ride there in the past the fact remains that they build a superior park this year with REAL jumps for the public to hit, the only time Bear builds anything good is for a contest and then they don’t even let their customers enjoy it.

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   Jenna

   04/2/10 - 9:50 pm

   

   For the person so in doubt of Summit’s current park state, they should be leaving a few select features from the shoot up for the public. Snow Summit has taken a more family approach and direction towards their park, but Bear should still have whatever you need. As for only building things for contests, have you ever come back 2 days later to find that stuff is still there? These guys do a great job, and most have us have had a way less maintained resort experience than we have at Bear .

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   jonae

   04/5/10 - 1:06 pm

   

   yes actually I have come back 2 days later, but that is still BS. What about the hundreds and thousands who want to ride that park, but can’t make it within 2 days? What snow summit has done is neglect the best park layout in the history of snowboarding (westridge). That park has so much potential and instead of making the worlds best park (again) they instead leave it there and only build minimal features. It’s no secret that So Cal’s strength lays in their parks. People don’t cruise up to Big Bear to ride pow. It’s a huge mistake in my opinion.
   I personally don’t care too much for Bear mountains layout and neither do most of the people i know. It doesn’t have a good flow and there are way too many rails.

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   04/6/10 - 5:34 pm

   

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