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Park City

Today we went to the Park City Water Ramps. This Olympic facility has extensive acrobatic amenities which have helped breed some of the most distinguished shred bots on the globe. We hooked up with our hosts Dylan Ferguson, Tim Preston and Matt Flesher who are aerial ramping gurus. They were nice enough to facilitate Clarke and Keri getting their boots wet. 

After Clarke and Keri hit the junior warm up ramp for their first time, some T-Cells flared up right above the pool putting the complex on weather hold. They waited it out in their soggy shred gear while I took some time lapse imagery. We dipped out to the parking lot and prepared some turkey sandwiches as well.
About an hour after the initial hold, the clouds broke and the pool was open for business again. Keri and Clarke began pounding the stairways. They flipped and spun off the launchers, soaring high above the Wasatch Front. The attendant monitored bubble cushion system soften their splomps (splash stomps) and kept everyone safe.

We wrapped up at 5:30PM right before a heavy rainstorm pounded the Park City area. Davanza’s Pizza is legit. We stopped there after and enjoyed some slices and tacos. Cheap eats.

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Clarke prepping for Mongo. Drop…

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US Ski Team aerialist Dylan Ferguson getting verticle.

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Keri is SYKED on the splashing.

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The HC1 toting the lav mic.

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Clarke had to check out for a little while to do his online Art History HW. “I don’t even like this chapter. I really prefer the Baroque Style.”

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Downtown Park City.

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