--- Dana Dorsett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Running compressors and keeping ski patrol & grooming staff around
> to run 100 yards of half-pipe is pricey when most of the
> clientele is at the Cape.

That's not the concept.  My idea would be to blow a ton of snow in
the winter.  Then cover up the snow with a tent when it starts to
get warm.  Maybe add some air conditioning to the tent.

> It's really tough to keep an audience at ski areas in the summertime.
> I seem to remember one summer in the early-mid '80s the Crowleys
> tried a Teflon-bristle carpet approach on one run at WaWa and it
> was a flop.

Carpet skiing sounds horrible.  But halfpipes are something
different.  People love 'em.  Tenney attracted people didn't it?
Tenney just flopped at defying the laws of thermodynamics.

Mig





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