Is it true that you worked on Jeff Bezos’ spaceship? I did pretty much everything, I bounced all over the place. You can be a welder, you can be a bolt-up, just stuffing bolts in. You can be a connector who puts the steel in place when the crane brings it in. You can be a rigger, who hooks it all up to the crane. Essentially it’s structural steel erection. JL: There’s a few different aspects to it. How long have you been an ironworker? What does that job entail?
I think the ironworker aspect helps, with all the fab work and you know, team leadership and stuff like that, but really just building parks all over the place. I built a lot of stuff all over the country, but spent most of my time at Boreal Mountain, Woodward, Tahoe. I’ve been working in parks for about 10 years now, more or less. What’s your background that makes you qualified for the terrain park manager job? While skiers and snowboarders are patiently waiting for winter, Leppien has been busy preparing for the season, and took some time out of his schedule to share what’s in store once the snow flies.
When the opportunity to head up the terrain park and halfpipe program arose this season, Leppien decided to put down his wrench and torch and get back to his true passion. Leppien has spent over 10 years working on different park crews, including his most recent stint at Boreal’s Woodward Tahoe park, before shifting his focus to ironwork projects ranging from bridge-building in the Midwest to assembling rocket launchers in Florida. The newly laid corduroy melts like butter before it sets up in the cool night air. Joey Leppien carves a turn on the slopes of Okemo in front of a groomer at night. Originally from Midland, Michigan, Leppien and assistant park manger Devon McCluskey have been painting, drilling, welding and planning in hopes of making the Ludlow resort even more of a freestyle destination this winter. Less than a month ago, Joey Leppien, 27, took the reins at Okemo as terrain park manager. A ski resort’s terrain parks and halfpipe features can vary greatly from season-to-season and even day-to-day, but the deciding factor in their quality is definitely the brains that decide what they’ll look like in the first place.
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