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2. SATELLITE ROULETTE TROLLHAUGEN, WI
weighs only 40 pounds, making it easy to move around to spots where park goers can tap it with their skis/board mid-air, sending a loud “gonnng” reverberating through the park. The crew used an ice fishing auger to drill the hole for the post and set it in place. The Gong Show made its debut in the B-Dog Off the Leash event March 2, hosted by pro freeskier Phil Casabon.
Made specifically for the Lord of the Ropes con- test, held at the end of February at Trollhau- gen, the Satellite Roulette aimed to match the event’s “Lucky 7” theme. The team repurposed an old 10-foot-diameter satellite dish into a rou- lette wheel by using high-quality safety paint for its surface. The “awkwardly heavy” dish was transported to the park using a skid steer and placed into a hip with transitions built by a groomer. It was first used as a side hit for Lord of the Ropes and then stayed in the park for the public to enjoy after. The Satellite Roulette can be placed at different angles and is fun for all abilities, encouraging creativity, trial and error, and thinking outside the box.
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4. THE JIBSTRUMENT THE SUMMIT AT SNOQUALMIE, WA
Last winter, Summit Parks unveiled a new park feature they named “The Jibstrument.” Fab- ricated in-house by Jared Scholz and Trevor Howard out of recycled 8-inch snowmaking pipe, it allowed park users to play their own tune each time they rode over it. The feature measures 11 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 2.5 feet tall. Throughout the season, the park crew experimented by linking it with other standard park features, setting it in front of, behind, or beside tubes, rails, and boxes. The Jibstrument was constructed to fit PistenBully’s ParkBlade forks, allowing one operator to safely trans- port and set it. The versatile feature became a fan favorite for park users of all abilities.
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THE VOLCANO LOON MOUNTAIN RESORT, NH
Inspired by the Red Bull All Snow course, which had a medium-sized volcano that went off during that event at Loon, the Loon parks team decided to build a bigger one for the resort’s annual Last Call event in March. “The Volcano” was 18 feet tall with a 6-foot deck. The build took longer than anticipated because a 2-foot storm rolled through and interrupted progress. Once the skies cleared, the crew used a PistenBully ParkPro 400 and a CAT 303.5 mini excavator to build it, and Last Call competitors erupted with stoke. » continued
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GONG SHOW WILD MOUNTAIN, MN
Back in the early 2000s, Winter Park, Colo., had a similar gong-type feature in its park, and Wild Mountain wanted to pay homage to Winter Park’s idea. So, the park crew built this 7-foot- tall stand out of pine boards and hung a 30-inch brass gong to it via Sisal rope. The whole thing
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