Gateway Parks, Snow Crown snowboard contest, slopestyle, big air and pipe build, Blue Mountain Resort, Ontario Canada

In early February , longtime friend, Ryan Neptune of Gateway Parks, asked if I was available to help with the build of a snowboard event venue in Collingwood, Ontaria, Canada. Ryan and his company have built  snowboard and ski pipes and parks for events at over 225 venues in 10 different countries.

Day 2 of pushing snow into place for the slopestyle event jumps.

Looking down the course from the operators seat of the snowcat as construction moves forward.

Me and Ryan checking out jump 3.

Me on the small takeoff of jump 3

The completed slopestyle course.

It was really fun to get back in a snowcat and build some jumps.
Prinoth BR350

Prinoth Bison

 Bison operators seat and controls

Aerial view of course and pipe

Rich S. cutting the pipe with the Bison and Zaug Pipe Monster

Ryan, Rich, Visser, A.J. and myself were on-site from February 25th- March 17th.  13 days to build the slopestyle course and pipe, 4 days to build the big air jump, and maintenance of the course and pipe during the event.

The whole Blue Mountain Resort crew was great to work with. Thank you Peter, Matt, Chris, Erica, Steven, Tyler, Willie, Dan, Adam, the grooming department and the whole Badlands park crew.


I also spent a few days in Boise, Idaho at one of the new Gateway Parks urban snowboard/ski/tubing parks. Ryan and Gateway Parks are building snowboarding/tubing parks in urban locations effectively bringing the mountain to the people, letting them "Ride Where They Reside".

Here are a couple of videos of the Eagle, Idaho Gateway Park: