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Watch Mountain Movers Tonight!

Be sure to check out National Geographic’s Mountain Movers Series tonight to catch Bear Mountain’s very own creative genius Clayton Shoemaker. Shoemaker is the Director of Park Development and one of the masterminds when it comes to planning & developing unique & challenging features for The Park.  Shoemaker  also works closely with SPT and you can catch him in this weeks episode follows SPT as they prepare for their most anticipated event of the year: the ESPN X Games in Aspen, Colorado. Tune in tonight and see how designs go from concept to reality.

“Mountain Movers follows Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson and the Snow Park Technologies (SPT) team as they design and build some of the most impressive winter sports projects across the nation. Whether creating a remote private training facility for a high profile athlete, building the perfect half-pipe for the ESPN Winter X Games, or constructing a terrain park at a major winter resort, these larger-than-life snow-sculptors battle the elements to amp up the thrill of snow sports everywhere.”- National Geographic Website

To check out the Mountain Movers Website, click HERE

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Posted: 5/23/13, 11:29am, by Kim


Team Rider Scotty Vine Lands One-Footed 720 Back Flip

After 2 years of planning, Bear Mountain  Team Rider Scotty Vine landed the first ever one-footed double back flip Friday May 10th at  Snowboarder Magazine’s Superpark 17 event at Mt. Bachelor in Oregon.

While many believe the trick impossible Vine landed it with the style and ease he is known for including a nose grab and perfect landing.
“When I decided to learn the one-foot double backflip, I started by practicing one-foot singles with a nose grab such as doing about 30 of them one day at Boreal Mountain. That’s when I really memorized the motion. After waiting for two years to find the perfect jump for my attempt, I  finally found it at Superpark 17. A few warm-up single backflip attempts gave me the right momentum and body posture to hold for the take-off. After getting used to the momentum on the jump the day before, I had to commit to popping harder by ‘guestimating’ the rotation of the double to the landing. I was convinced a nose grab would work as long as my back leg controlled the flips. I landed it on my first try which established my confidence, but I wasn’t happy with the style or the landing. On my seventh attempt, I got it as close as I could to perfect. I’m pretty high on life right now – just genuinely stoked!”
Check out the Superpark 17 Day 5 video to see Vine’s one-foot double backflip right here: https://vimeo.com/66118843

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Posted: 5/20/13, 2:13pm, by Kim


That’s a Wrap!

It is officially the end of a great season again here at Bear Mountain. Huge thanks to all of our guests and employees for making it all possible. The park was top notch this season and the Red Bull Plaza received some major upgrades that made it a benchmark in street-inspired terrain parks.  With so many big events highlighting the season its hard to talk about them all!

Analog’s Design Unlikely Feature and Go Huck Yourself contests were a blast along with Volcom’s Peanut Butter & Rail Jam. We saw our very own team riders Dylan Alito and Brandon Hobush compete in Winter X Games and cheered on as Alito took home the Silver medal. The Transworld Trans AM showcased yet another awesome set-up along with the Neff Beach Bash featuring a crowd-pleasing pond skim and ball pit. Snowboarder Magazine returned with ‘The Launch” which was 4 days of the worlds best snowboarders that are under the age of 21. Kids half the size of adults boosted twice as high and made it look so good.

On the freestyle ski side, we hosted the world’s biggest rail jam event, War Of Rails. An insanely huge and dangerous setup was erected in The Scene with equally huge cash prizes going out to the winners. Thanks to Craig Coker and his sponsors for making an awesome event and a $15,000 check to the winner!

With Summer on the horizon we look forward to our awesome activities such as golfing on the Bear Mountain Golf Course, the Snow Summit Scenic Sky Chair and new mountain biking options at Snow Summit including new bike trails! The golf course is expected to open May 17th and the Sky Chair’s projected opening is May 25th. Be sure to join us for the 10th Annual Hot Dawgz and Hand Rails on September 21st, 2013. Keep in touch through our summer website in the coming weeks for more information.

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Posted: 4/7/13, 4:00pm, by Miles


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