Interview withTommy ´Mellow´Marsh from Mellowpark ST. MORITZ

Short designer history and which features do you still ride: Head of Design since 4 years. I ride all the park obstacles of course
Short snow park history: The park exists since 4 years. Before there was no park just a pipe, so Mellow Parks were the first who founded a snowpark in St. Moritz
Shaper Crew: 3 people, approx. 60hours per week
Cat shaping hours: 3hours per day
Position of the park: The park is situated along the 4 seat-chairlift. The upper part is pretty flat while the lower part gets a bit steeper
Park philosophy: Mellowstyle – everybody should be able to ride the park, all obstacles should be in good shape
Percentage of park areas: Pro 15%, Public 45%, Beginner 40%
The importance of a Pro area:  They are not the main target group of our park
Local Pro rider: Michi Albin
Visiting Pro riders and teams: It always depends on the powder...
General news for 07/08: Enlargement of the park along the entire length of the lift
Events 07/08: January 12^th – 13^th, 2008 Snowparktour 08 Kick Off March 2008, tbc Southside Jam finals
Shape and style of the obstacles: Mellowstyle
New rails and boxes: 1 tree chunk
Shape and style of the rails and boxes:
New snow obstacles, lines or projects: A new line down to the valley-station
Shape style of the new obstacles:
Planned park modification or changes later in the season:
Top nationalities: CH, ITA, GER
Safety precautions and inventions: Mellow Constructions are famous for their safe parks and signing of the obstacles – pioneers of snowpark safety
How about a (super)pipe:  The pipe is located on its old place, so we don´t need a new machine at the moment
Any epic or funny events in the past: 2 times Chicken Jam in 2005 and 2006
Your freestyle park vision: Many people riding the park
Freeride possibilities in the backcountry: Enough – the Engadin is the Hawaii of Snowboarding