Note

The availability of terrain park features are weather and snow conditions permitting. Check the snow report for the latest conditions.

At Whakapapa

The 2010 park for Whakapapa is now permanently located in the Valley.  Running the length of the T-Bar you can do fast laps of the Valley hitting jumps boxes and jibs on your way through.
With a backdrop of the Pinnacles, the plains, the new cafe, Mt Taranaki, and (if your lucky) the ocean, there's no better place to capture your skills on camera!

Update 3/09/2010

The Upper section of the park is ideal for beginners to find their feet on the easy flat boxes and small jump.  In the lower section of the park you will find a medium jump line and some more intermediate box/rail features.  We currently have a low level street down rail followed by double flat box and an up flat box.  You can also go to town with your 'shifties' on the olly table feature with it's tappable pole.  The springy race pole may crop up on other features from time to time so get inventive and get your 'tap' on!

Since recent weather patterns have blessed us with more snow we have started working with the park groomers to 'beef up' the current snow features and will be adding more jibs over the next few days.

At Turoa

Turoa's Medium Terrain Park is found off the High Flyer Chairlift. Here you'll find a good range of features for intermediate to advanced park riders.

The XL Park sits alongside the Medium Park and features big kickers for advance park riders.

If you're just starting out with park riding you'll find some flat ride-on ride-off boxes in the Alpine Meadow to get going on.

Turoa Mother Terrain Park Report 04/09/10

An extremely exciting weekend planned for the terrain park at Turoa! Not only has the snow been falling all night on the mountain and in town, we have the Wells brothers joining us for a demo in the large park! Trust us when we say that we are very excited to see these boys throw down! We have built a 70ft jump for them to have a good play on and show everyone how it’s done! It’s going to be awesome to watch so come pull up a seat and check them out.

We still have a really fun beginner jump in the tower 4 area, great for first time jumpers or for people wanting to try some fresh tricks.

The Mother Medium Park is much the same, we still have two good jumps and a up/down box. We do however have the edition of two more boxes, they are located just below tower 5 of the high flyer. These consist of a more advanced flat box and an awesome down/flat/down box. Keep an eye on the medium park as we will be making some big changes very shortly, these changes will include more jumps and rails, ranging from beginner to medium sized. We are very excited with all the new snow as it means we finally have enough to start building a park that all the Turoa park fans are going to be really happy with.

The large park area is still a work in progress and again we will be adding more features as soon as we can. They will range from medium to large in size. We currently have a very fun 40ft jump with plans to put another one in after this weekend, and a rail line, consisting of a flat down box, flat box and a down bar which then lead to the boxes located below tower 5. It’s a fun rail line and the jump is super smooth.

Just want to let everyone know that with the new snow we have machines working 24/7 to get more features built and ready to ride as soon as we can. Spring at Turoa is going to be great and we look forward to seeing everyone up here.

Regards, Rip Curl Terrain Park Crew.