Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Park Ranger Loreti in the clouds on double box

The Whistler Parks team has now set up a double box combo that has been attracting a lot of attention. Top riders & skiers have been challenging the set up including Mathieu Chamberlain who slid the entire set up with ease. The double box set up took some time to set up perfectly with the help of Park Ranger James and Park Groomer Chops putting in the finishing touches on the install. The double box & other new snow & rail set ups will be included in the upcoming Sprite Park Rider Series Slope Style event in the HabitatPark on Sun, March 19.

Front view on the double box set up
 

Parks staff had a treat last weekend when I took them down to the Korn concert in Vancouver. The ride to & from the show was an event in itself as we rented the Canadian Snowmobile Adventures van with one of our volunteers Brannon taking on the chauffeur role. All of us had a blast and the show was well deserved recognition for my Parks team. For the record, the Parks team on Blackcomb is Fred Lepage, Eric Gendron, Phil Turbide, Steven Pitt, Jonathan Turbide, Tyler Weed, Mark Badger, Lucas Ouellette & Matt Poynter. Parks team on Whistler is Anto Orts, James Sayers, Dave Shannon, Chris Loreti & Dean Newman. Thanx to my crew for all their hard work each day in the Parks this season.   

Fred, Anto, Steve, Dave, Tyler, James, Jonathan, Eric & Chris after the Korn show @ GM Place

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Published by WhistlerBlackcomb: 1:53 PM Updated On: 3/13/2006 at 11:29 AM

Friday, March 03, 2006

The W Park Rangers & Groomers have been busy re sculpting terrain and re arranging rail set ups. A new entrance into the upper section of the park is now open with easy access via upper Jolly Green Giant run into the park area. In the M – L section, several rails have been set on down slopes to give the urban rail feel. Skiers and riders have been hitting up the kink box and new double flat bar set up. More changes to the snow features are coming plus a new layout in the lower section of the park  The W crew is always changing the set ups and keeping up the variety so check out the Habitat Park and see what Park Rangers Anto, James, Chris, Dave and Dean are offering. Big recognition to our Whistler Habitat Park groomers Rich, Chops, Eddie & KC for their daily dedicated work thru the evening hours. More new snow is coming, get up & enjoy it in the Parks!

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Published by WhistlerBlackcomb: 7:27 PM