Shaun White's private Silverton halfpipe

[benjicross]

I tubed that last year, at about 2 in the morning completely smashed. We had the boys in the cats lighting it up for us and were snowmo shuttling laps. Unreal fun dropping into a 22ft super pipe on a tube.

[Canada]

The networks will eat this up. Huge promo for red bull and silverton resort. I'd rather see this then another 10 minute piece on the adversity Jane or Jack overcame on their journey to olympic jockdom.

Silverton will get a ton of press on this. No brainer in my mind

[snowjunkie]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

you expect me to believe that little jibber spent more than a couple of afternoons up there for a photo shoot. training for "the gold" by himself.

Problem was too much snow, so he had to poach our lines with out hiking. It's all accessible and anyone who want to get to it can. Mama nature will thin out the heard on her own.

[bdraughon]

i'd love to have a half pipe all to myself at the bottom of a great mountain like that. but as said above i don't think i would use a heli to ride a pipe all day. that kinda goes with my idea of it being stupid to spend $500 a year on a pass and spend all day at a park on rails that could be in my back yard. if i was there i'd be at the start at the top of the mountain.

"With all the cash that is put into olympic and other sports traning I dont think it is out of line for the best athlete in a sport to have a private spot to train.."

i'm sure some Olympic training has a lot of money and support. but the few olympic slalum kayakers i've know have to do it all on their own and their not allowed to be sponsored. so building your own river doesn't work. i wonder if the pipe is on public land and if they would try to keep anyone who hiked there off of it.

i guess i'm glad he has his own now. maybe he won't go back to breck and try to brake the lift and have a mechanic kick him off again.