Interview with Nicolas, Benjamin and Arnaud from Monsterpark DIABLERETS-GSTAAD
Short designer history and which features do you still ride in your park | All the features depending on the mood.
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Short Snow-park history | Batiste Rousset qui fait le show dans le pipe en télémark |
Park Sponsors | Any at the moment. |
Shapers crew | 1 to 6 people depending on the amount of work to be done and the upcoming events. |
Park cat hours per season | 1600h to 1800h |
Park philosophy | Park goes from freestyle initiation to pro’s trainings |
Parkterrain(s) location and earthforms | Téléski du Dôme, Gstaad 3000 on the Tsanfleuron glazier |
Percentage of park areas: pro, public, beginners | Pro 35%, Public 35%, Beginner 30% |
General park-news 0708 | The pitch of the pipe inclination and curve modification. |
Shape style of the Snow obstacles | Adapted to the terrain and secured thanks to a constant upkeep. |
New snow obstacles, lines or projects | New rails line and some changes on the big kicker. |
Rails & Boxes sliding styles(size, shape), new rails & boxes 0708 | Rail Snow-box, |
Beginner rails and/or boxes (size, shape) | 1 flat :3m long and 0,35 high |
planned park modification or changes later in the season | Minimal or maximal opening in winter depending on the conditions.But usually from march to mid may the park is complete. |
Average number of riders in the park per day ,Top 3 nationalities of your park riders | Swiss, French, Spanish ,Scandinavian
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Safety precautions and inventions | The slopes service employees patrols regularly. |
The importance of a pro area | It contributes to freestyling’s evolution and enables to diffuse the pics. |
Why do you have/don’t have a halfpipe/ superpipe (pipecutter brand)? | The pipe is among the olimpic disciplines.We use the Zaugg to shape the pipe. |
Local pro riders / visiting pro riders and teams | Kiki Moillien, Damien Anzelin, Candide Thovex et and many many other European pro riders. |
Epic or crazy happenings in the park | 60 riders bent to hike to ride the rails in october. |
Your freestyle park vision | Features ordered in a perfect sequence to do awesome lines, kept up constantly to maintain the daily quality. |
Freestyle possibilities in the backcountry | La combe d’Audon and many other itineraries on differents faces of the massif |
Events 07/08 | 10.11.07 Monsterpark Invitational |
