Tyco
02/18/10 11:05 AM
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Red Bull made a $500,000 super halfpipe for Shaun White at Silverton Mountain that is only accessible by helicopter or snowmobile. Can anyone find it? There might not be new enough maps yet.
See Shaun White's Secret Halfpipe
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Tyco
02/18/10 11:13 AM
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SHAUN WHITE'S PERSONAL HALFPIPE
11,400: Feet above sea level the halfpipe was built.
30: Avalanches created by dropping dynamite to collect the snow and build the halfpipe.
250,000: Cubic yards of snow moved to make the halfpipe.
34: Hours White spent in the pipe developing new tricks never seen before.
300: Number of man hours to build the foam pit.
7,200: Number of foam blocks it took to fill the foam pit.
525: Number of inches of snowfall last winter at Silverton Mountain.
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neotrix
02/18/10 06:53 PM
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The halfpipe should be somewhere around here:
http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=de&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=37.868942,-107.645974&spn=0.011823,0.01929&z=16
but the imagery is too bad...
http://basecampsilverton.com/?q=content/shaun-whites-private-halfpipe-silverton-mountain
http://blogs.denverpost.com/sports/2009/02/12/new-private-pipe-for-shaun-white-silverton/
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/j9V...at=embedwebsite
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Tyco
02/19/10 11:37 AM
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Thanks, cool.
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