SAM Coverage
Terrain Park
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Piles and Piles and Piles of Smiles
Rounding out our freestyle section, we take a look at the art of snowmaking in the terrain park. Here’s the best way to handle…
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Ride Guide
The industry take its first stab at putting freestyle to paper. “Freestyle is not new but it is alive and thriving in many new…
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Publishers’ Memo :: January 2006
Terrain Parks, Guest Editor, Rental Winners, SAMMYs. First of all, we would like to wish you all a Happy New Year! If the early…
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All Hail the Bullwheels of Summer
Mountain bike parks for summer guests boil down to the freestyle terrain your winter guests love. It’s all about creativity and doing it right.…
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What’s in Your Park?
This look at the latest and greatest ideas in freestyle elements is more than just a round-up-it’s a contest with prizes at stake.
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The Air Age Comes To Skiing
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Make Room For The Tobogganists
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SUMMER OPS CAMP REGISTRATION CLOSES IN A WEEK
SAM Magazine—Natick, Mass., Aug. 17, 2017—Registration for SAM’s eighth annual Summer Ops Camp—a series of seminars, workshops, and site visits that explore the state…
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Eldora’s Rebranding Embraces Local Market
SAM Magazine—Boulder, Colo., Aug. 16, 2017—As it undergoes a multi-million dollar capital development, including the installation of a new six-passenger chairlift, Eldora Mountain Resort…
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Wachusett Passholders Get Lift Ticket Deal at Stratton
SAM Magazine—Princeton, Mass., Aug. 16, 2017—Season pass partnerships between unaffiliated resorts continue to evolve in a variety of ways. One of the newest is…
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Copper Gets Green Light for Capital Improvements
SAM Magazine—Copper Mountain, Colo., March 28, 2017—Several improvements for both winter and summer are on the docket at Copper Mountain in Colorado. The resort…
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February 2017 Snow People
Welcome to the February edition of Snow People, our monthly roundup of happenings to prominent people in the mountain resort industry. Tracy Bartels, Keystone,…
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Pub Memo :: SAM by the Numbers
Publisher Olivia Rowan touches on the Terrain Park Contest, Cutter’s Camp and the SAMMY Leadership Awards. SAM by the Numbers The number of years…
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What’s in Your Park
It’s remarkable that this is the twelfth year we’ve put out the call for entries to our annual terrain park contest. We received numerous…
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From Obsession to Progression
There is a preoccupation in the park world with continually pushing to reach the next level. This notion has endured from a time when…
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Pocket Protector Apocalypse?
Freestyle terrain is entering into adulthood, and we are faced with the reality that the terrain park has outlived its “fad” status. Just getting…
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What’s in Your Park? Nov 2015
This year once again SAM asked you, our loyal readers, to submit entries for our 11th annual terrain park contest. From unique features to…
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What’s in Your Park? :: November 2015
From unique features to over-the-top event setups, this is our 11th annual terrain park contest. CLICK HERE to download the article.