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2006 freestyle championships in Killington

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CharlesB.
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http://www.freeskier.com/freeskier/news.php?news_id=235
I think it's probably the worst thing that has happened to freeskiing in a long time.



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Aug 3 2005 10:16PM
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garrett.
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BACK SUMERSAULT SWITCH IRON CROSS GRAB? wat the hell

talking about wat u can do at a slow bank

darkfranchise:i work at a bank that is usually really slow...u guys have any ideas i can look at online?

bhill: google:how to rob my bank

Aug 3 2005 10:19PM
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jksl
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not really, sure it's not the "hippest" thing to do, but it's been happening for a few years now, just not at nationals
it's been goin down at jo's for awhile, and it wouldn't be too much different from that (assuming we're just talking about the halfpipe thing, right?)
yea, the way they score it is pretty lame, but it's not like it will kill freeskiing

-Jeff
Aug 3 2005 10:21PM
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404404
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Im sure il just have to go to MT snow those days. Im sure it will be a big bag of shit.

Aug 3 2005 10:45PM
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offtrail
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it is a good step towards pipe in 2010.



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Aug 4 2005 12:41AM
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offtrail
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oh and I'm claiming Travis Perkins will win aireals, or big air or what ever their callin it.



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Aug 4 2005 12:43AM
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Powderwhore
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"I think it's probably the worst thing that has happened to freeskiing in a long time."

It's called progression my friend.
It sounds weird, but the inverted guys are going to have to change their style to win and the freeskiers will have to up the ante to compete with the inverted guys. There could be some interesting hucks.
The "worst thing" is having the event at Killington, in the rain.

Aug 4 2005 4:15AM
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assassin167
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i think its a good way to get the sport out into the open and how sweet would it be for a newschooler to beat like and olympic medalist.

Aug 4 2005 6:42AM
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wiglaf
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humm well maybe now killington will built a jump bigger then 20 feet

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Aug 4 2005 8:03AM
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Localboyz
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Show 40%... wtf?

Does it annoy anybody that the first trick landed in Not Another Ski Movie WAS SEVEN AND A HALF FUCKING MINUTES INTO THE MOVIE???????????????? i paid for a ski movie... not a tour of a lightbulb factory
Aug 4 2005 9:01AM
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CharlesB.
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progression ??
this comp will surely be judged by aerials judges who don't know shit about our sport. they say 20% difficulty, how the fuck are the aerials judges supposed to know that a nosegrab is harder than a mute grab, all they see all day is people spinning in the air like pencils.
I agree with offtrail that for the pipe contest it will help for the olympics, but the "big air" is horrible



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Aug 4 2005 9:06AM
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midwestskier69
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i'm not totally sure what to think. as jeff said, JO's have had pipe, and this is just boosting it up into this comp. also. but, for those who say its horrible.. why's it so bad? do you really want the sport to just stand still for the next shitload of years until some dude decides that its time that we need to become something bigger and it suddenly does? yes our sport is new, but.. why is some publicity/exposure to a new comp/whatever bad for the sport? i understand how it's all about freeskiing yada yada yada, but...you can always ski for yourself, nobody stops you from that except you. in the end, sponsors pay pros, pros dont make as much as boarders even (total guess by me) because boarding has more publicity, and sponsors being able to pay pros more is bad? i just... am totally lost in how it could be.

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Aug 4 2005 9:14AM
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offtrail
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how is it horible for big air. now people can hit the jumps and flip forward and not get the shaft. this is why Perkins will win. he easaly has misty 9 on the double, and he can hit the tripple. i'm claimin misty 12 on the triple.



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Aug 4 2005 10:18AM
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404404
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Yea a biger jump would be nice.

Aug 4 2005 10:20AM
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chip123
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40% for show is the biggest load of bullshit i've ever heard. fuck that, some kid who does a good trick but gets everybody excited about it gets a higher score than a quiter kid who does an amazing trick

its like giving Tanner more points than Candide becuase Tanner gets the crowd excited about his run by talking it up and jumping around like an idiot

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Aug 4 2005 10:45AM
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dspinsevenx
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this is nothing new!?!? you've always been able to compete in aerials if you want to.
and the first nationals for pipe was 3 years ago in steamboat.
brent abrams won it


Aug 4 2005 11:21AM
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jksl
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the judging between the two isn;t bad, me and a bunch of kids i ski with did the Selections and the Nor Am for aerials in PC during december and i believe two of us got top 10 in Selections, and then like more got top 15 in the Nor Am....so i wouldn;t say the judges don;t have a HORRIBLE understanding of freeride

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Aug 4 2005 11:43AM
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BoxRipper
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Nobody is excited about having more major events come to the Northeast?

Aug 4 2005 2:16PM
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tommyhot
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Boyz ... its only good for the sport!
Especially if halfpipe makes it to the 2010 games in Whistler. Besides, it will create great chatter between the new school and the old school. Infact, I heard Tanner is already starting in on Joe Pack.
Tanner Hall: "That faggot ass flip twister Joe Pack guy thinks switch is something that turns the lights out and misty is the tear in his eye."
Joe Pack: "that knucklehead Tanner Hall thinks a lay, double, full, full is something he did with his girlfriend and her best friend last night!"

Aug 4 2005 2:26PM
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zmanalex
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It is a great step towards the olympics for pipe, but a Pencil Steeze vs. Newschool big air? that will be very interesting

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Aug 4 2005 2:31PM
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Condor1472
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wow...


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Aug 4 2005 3:15PM
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lalalalaura
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uh guys, freestyle and freeride aren't really that different from one another. it's really really rare that a skier that's pretty decent at freestyle skiing doesn't have exposure to freeride. also, you're pretty fucking igrnorant if you think that judges don't realize a nose grab is harder than a mute, alot of people that are judges for freestyle events are well well aware of what's going on in freeride.

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Aug 4 2005 8:06PM
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what are you guys talking about?? it would be sooo fun to have like Charles Gagnier and some aerial guy skiing a slopestyle run together and have them teach each other stuff and progress with each other. I predict more "360 twisters" like Niklas Karlstrom did in X=ten to come from this. remixed oldschool tricks being blending with newschool. imagine Jon Olsson doing a switch cork 7 twister. Tanner hall already did something like that in WSKI and it was sick. stop disprespecting your roots.

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Aug 4 2005 8:38PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Someone has to do a 180 shifty on the triple.

It'd be the sickest thing ever.





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Aug 5 2005 9:08AM
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