First Artificial Snow Slope In US Opens
nickhamilton
- November 04 2009
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Liberty University Snowflex Slope Photo Russ Shea
Liberty University Snowflex Slope Photo Russ Shea
Liberty University Snowflex Mountain Resort
Words and Photos Russ Shea
For those of you that aren’t aware the UK has a thriving snowboard scene, we ride all manor of surfaces but mostly Snowflex. It’s a dry matting that enables you to quench your thirst for sliding every day of the year.
The first Snowflex slope ever to be built in the USA is located at Liberty University – Virginia and we went for the Opening Session.
Looking down from the top of the slope you have 2 choices, a kicker line or a rail/box line with both of them running into a quarter pipe/wall ride at the bottom. We were kindly invited to ride the BEST dryslope in the world and bring a few Brits over to show the locals what can be achieved.
Various US dignitaries attended the opening day from State Senators to the local Mayor with some 3000 spectators watching the all the action. This had to be the biggest dryslope event of all time!
Check out Russ’s posts from Scotland Snowboarding HERE
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November 4th, 2009 at 5:51 am
CBA FO LIFE
November 4th, 2009 at 6:37 am
WHAT SO SICK! (FIRST)
November 4th, 2009 at 6:42 am
jamie nichols is clearly not doing a back 9… thats a front 9 dumb dumb
November 4th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Dudes rocking the Shark Cyan Freestyle Watch in the Paupaw and MeGaid Picture…so sick!!! Theres a reason to attend that school!
November 4th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
stevens and beresford already killed that place
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqGWZ6UU83k
November 4th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Jamie Nicholls KILLS it. Kid is so funny too…….
November 4th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
to bad its at liberty the most christian conservative college around.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
that is kind of surprising that a place like liberty would be the first in the country to get a dryslope…at the same time it's awesome they did and that people with vastly different value sets can see how great snowboarding izzzzzz.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
haha. do your research bud. there are a lot more conservative colleges around than Liberty.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Man I wish we had one in Texas. Skate season never ends here, which is fine I guess.
November 4th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
haha fo sho man
November 4th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
dude that is sick fuck i want to go there
November 4th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Nah, I agree with Matt. I think Bill needs to do some more research. Read about Jerry Falwell, the founder of Liberty, who was a complete f—ing nut. He called for the abolition of all public schools, as he considered them a breeding ground for atheism. He supported apartheid in South Africa. He said that AIDS is God's punishment for gay people, and that gays are responsible for 9/11. Not that that makes this ski hill any less stellar. But Liberty University is a freakshow.
November 4th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
dude i want to attend there hella bad
November 4th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Front three noobs
November 4th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
That is weird. How does it feel compared to snow?
November 4th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Pensacola Christian College. Look up their rules and everything. They are a LOT more conservative.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
yeah who the hell cares about some stupid photos and kids you dont know.. Yale, Scott Stevens and Chris Beresford have the best coverage of the entire experience…
November 4th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
that has got to be the weirdest most amazing thing i have ever seen in my life
November 4th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Check this out before you say crap like that. This is the kids in the photos. Much better riding than the Scott Stevens edit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k611mCuSIqQ
November 4th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Wrong!!!! the guys in the pictures were there way before stevens and beresford. If you havn't noticed its the grand opening.
November 4th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
over a 50 foot ….. noob
November 4th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
i went, shit was poppin, but there's no room for creativity and it get pretty boring after a couple days. Still fun to ride all year though
November 5th, 2009 at 2:25 am
jaimes back 9 melon was definatly frontside
November 5th, 2009 at 3:01 am
Check It! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgYCvamS4Ig&fe...
November 5th, 2009 at 11:42 am
dry snowboaring! eheheh
November 5th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
REP VA 804 whattt upppp
November 5th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
absolutely, i go to school in virginia. went to see what was up at this new place, then hit up the parties afterwards. only problem was there were none…. liberty sucks, snowflex is cool
November 5th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
it's hard to get used to, you can't carve, and if you fall without your skin being covered you get mad rug burn.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Snow Flex sucks if you carve you die. Must go flat base all the time no pre spinning. You are dead for sure if you try pre spinning. I guess snow flex is good for learning fundamental snowboarding because it seriously forces you not to pre spin. Snow flex is cool if you are jumping into a foam pit at copper and even then it is really only good for learning flips or double flips into. Seriously I could see people dieing on this material. It is great for skiing on. It does not seem to affect skiers that much.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
he was doing a cab 9. this is a banger trick whist riding indoors, innit.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
uh first one? thought there was one in niagra falls???
November 5th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
i dont understand how this works. explain? or is there a link somewhere that explains how this is possible. I dont understand how they dont catch an edge…
November 6th, 2009 at 12:43 am
dry humping!
November 6th, 2009 at 2:54 am
Crested butte academy?
November 6th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
there is one in niagara falls its the niagara falls snowpark
but no kickefr just some rails and boxes
November 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
not if you know how to snowboard, ive riden it and i could carve. who prespins? thats for bitches