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VT Open setup

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Skiboy360
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Does anyone know what the setup for the slopestyle is gonna be this year? I hope it's like it was last year, because that was so sick.
Feb 19 2006 11:05PM
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pmo1210
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i'm pretty sure it will be amazing because they always put a lot of time in building the us open course there. Hopefully the jibs get a little more exciting this year.
Feb 19 2006 11:12PM
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bob_dole
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watch the us open snowboarding course setup and youll know what it will be like
Feb 19 2006 11:12PM
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Skiboy360
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yea, true. but i need to start puting a run together, so it would kinda be nice to know ahead of time. you know?
Feb 19 2006 11:13PM
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Hctiws_iks
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haha, its gonna be some jumps and rails firgure it out. do you reallly expect to know what the course is gonna be? the people that build the course dont know.
Feb 19 2006 11:39PM
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ry.will
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100 ft step up to triple s rail to 80 ft cliff drop to s turns to rollers to 5 ft long by 10 ft wide box to 245 ft table.
Feb 19 2006 11:47PM
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Steazy-E
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just get your dopest tricks dialed and then bust em out at the comp, just in a row.
Feb 20 2006 4:41PM
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thedutchmayn
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where is this? when? killy? i'd like to go to this.
Feb 20 2006 4:55PM
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Public_Maverick
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i would not do it then
Feb 20 2006 5:01PM
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triebby
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^^n00b.

yea there is no way to know the course this early, just find a few jumps in a row and work on doing a nonstop line on those.
Feb 20 2006 5:24PM
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Jwenz
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^^Hehe
Feb 20 2006 5:40PM
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STAUSS
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ill be there
Feb 20 2006 5:59PM
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tuckeredoutfilms
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Stratton, VT March 22-26
Feb 20 2006 6:17PM
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N.L.
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believe it or not, but there will be a 35 foot quarter pipe instead of railjam.
Feb 20 2006 7:16PM
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Skiboy360
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i know dude, it sucks. i was pissed when i found out. but whatever, it's still gonna be sick and rainville's gonna kill it again in slopestyle. i stand no chance. but whatever, it's just for the experience.
Feb 20 2006 7:29PM
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Thomson.
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Any updates on the course? Anyone that was up there for the YGO, did you get a glimpse and the US open course for snowboarding (I think thats the VT open course too)
Mar 11 2006 4:50PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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miss cleo told me that there would be 4 jumps....
Mar 11 2006 6:12PM
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Thomson.
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Miss Cleo never lies.

But seriously, US open for snowboarding is in like 2 days and the setup should be, setup. Anybody know!
Mar 16 2006 4:34PM
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4frntSkier
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youve never heard of it
its stratton
and is easily the dopest comp and sickest course in the east coast
Mar 16 2006 4:44PM
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ry.will
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THE CARDS DONT LIE.
Mar 16 2006 4:45PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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miss cleo said there will be a downrail, flat rail, and some kind of box
Mar 16 2006 4:53PM
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hickjibber
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I saw the US open course yesterday and it's pretty tight. They've got a flat down at the top followed by a slightly up rail. Then it goes into a 3 jump line - 30ft 30ft 40ft it looked like, could be bigger. and then a rail option at the end. Who knows what VT open will look like?
Mar 16 2006 5:26PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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wasnt that the ygo course?
Mar 16 2006 5:41PM
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beaulieudavid
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thats the YGO course man, the VT OPEN course is near the sun bowl'S
Mar 16 2006 5:44PM
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hickjibber
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My bad I was trying to remember from memory what it was but I just uploaded the pics. This is how the course is set up: Some kind of Box feature to down rail at the top followed by a flat down rail into a 40ft table followed by another ~40ft table and ending with a rail option that was either a 20 ft flat rail or battleship style rail that I couldn't see from my spot. Here's the pics:

Top feature:
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2nd flat down rail:
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Snowboarder getting hangtime on the 1st table:
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Shots of the 2nd table:
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Sorry i didn't get a shot of the bottom rail option
Mar 16 2006 6:14PM
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beaulieudavid
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so 2 rail , 2 jumps, rail option ? are you sure man , have you seen the course with your eyes cuz habitually they built a new course specially for the us open and vt open
Mar 16 2006 6:16PM
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hickjibber
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Fuck stupid thumbnails don't work here. Links for big photos in same order:

top rail
http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10007437ze.jpg

2nd rail
http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10007449yx.jpg

1st table
http://img457.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10007499hi.jpg

2nd table
http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10007520nq.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10007627yy.jpg
Mar 16 2006 6:18PM
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hickjibber
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yep as the photos can attest i have seen it through my eyes. Except for the last rail option, but it didn't look anything all the innovative or special. I rode up with some of the park crew on Sunday, and they were bitching about how the mountain doesn't let them build up shit anymore for slopestyle. But they built up a massive stunt ditch (20ft+ walls) on the Supertrail and that entire course is on the Super Trail as well. Plus they took the massive jump below the pipe in the Power Park as well as all the other snow around there and were shaping it up for a huge quarterpipe beside the American Express lift.
Mar 16 2006 6:22PM
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beaulieudavid
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the top rail and the second rail is the same dude, but thanks you for the update
Mar 16 2006 6:29PM
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hickjibber
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nah they're different, look closely and you'll see that the flat part of the top rail is split by the down part. Makes for a weird lip kinda
Mar 16 2006 6:31PM
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Girays_Brother
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only 2 jumps, thats weird
Mar 16 2006 6:36PM
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beaulieudavid
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can we gap/disaster the two first rail ?
Mar 16 2006 6:37PM
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hickjibber
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you can probably gap disaster the 2nd rail if you come off the first one with enough speed, but I highly doubt thatt you can disaster to the down part of the first rail. Then again I didn't run the course either, I just took some pictures.
Mar 16 2006 6:40PM
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hickjibber
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In any case I saw the YGO setup the day after and it almost looks better than the US Open's setup. Hopefully something changes for the VT open.
Mar 16 2006 6:42PM
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bigbromskier
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there are four jumps i think maybe 3 can't really remember theres first a flat down rail then this thing where its two side by side flat rails and then its a down box between the rails when it ends that you can hop onto or supposedly theres a jump in the middle of the rails then theres the jumps small in length but the lips look like theyll kick you real high and then the last thing is either a nice looking up box with a gap to landing and then a long flat bar with a kind of real small step up gap onto it
and as for the quarter pipe theyve pushed down all of the last table and a lot of the super pipe to make it at least three stories with a huge transition (i left when it was half done) and it looks like theyre going to set up a rail way up above on the inrun so there you go i was there today should be some sick stuff going down
Mar 16 2006 6:56PM
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Petey.
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hey if its that good then theyre gonna have one hell of a course
Mar 16 2006 7:33PM
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ztragnoB
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there are 4 jumps, the 3 first are all like 40-50 feet and the last is like 30 they all have huge ass lips. And the end is either a flat rail or an up box and at the top is a flat down rail with a small drop in between them
Mar 16 2006 7:53PM
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Dakoulas
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http://www.usopen-snowboarding.com/usopen06/News.aspx?articleID=143

Check it here
Mar 16 2006 7:58PM
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beaulieudavid
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so If I understand english well it goes like, a flat rail or box? with a gap to down box , 3 kick of 40 -50 foot and the last 30 foot following by a choice of a up box or a flat rail ?
thanks
Mar 16 2006 8:34PM
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triebby
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here is what the us open website said: The course was in good shape after hours of grooming softened up Wednesday’s seemingly reflective blue surface and as the men dropped, the sun decided to peek through. The first feature was an up-box transfer with left and right options gapping to a wide down-box. This led quickly into a flat-down rail and then into the jumps section. Following the four kickers, riders rounded out their runs with a final long up-box or down-rail option. The course at Stratton is always tight, so clean landings are mandatory.

link: http://www.usopen-snowboarding.com/usopen06/News.aspx?articleID=143
Mar 16 2006 8:44PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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the jumps will be good, no so sure about rails. i really hope they have a down rail
Mar 16 2006 8:51PM
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beaulieudavid
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also, can someone cleared me up on that things.
http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1237304&customreg=blank

it said here that only IF NEEDED there will have Slope style pre-qual and here

http://www.stratton.com/todo/events/vtopen/index.htm

it said that the event only start march 24 with q-pipe and the slope style is only march 25 .

hope someone can give me the answers cuz it will cost 2 more nights in $ usa.

thanks you
Mar 16 2006 9:04PM
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DynastarriderGP
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neato
Mar 16 2006 9:06PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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heres the deal: about 25 athletes were PREQUALIFIED which means they dont have to do qualifiers on thursday or friday. if you got an email that said you were prequalified then you only have to compete saturday and sunday. for EVERYONE THAT DIDNT GET AN EMAIL, they have to do qualifiers on thursday or friday and hope they make it to semis for saturday or sunday
Mar 16 2006 9:08PM
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4frntSkier
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so dope
Mar 16 2006 9:09PM
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beaulieudavid
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could you tell us who you know is pre qual
Mar 16 2006 9:13PM
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MALONE
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is weds. practice?
Mar 16 2006 9:41PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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they just gave me a list of the emails of prequalified athletes
Mar 16 2006 9:44PM
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wiglaf
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weds is 1/4 pre-quals
Mar 16 2006 10:20PM
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DynastarriderGP
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sounds like fun
Mar 17 2006 8:21AM
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Ahmets_Brother
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The Following athletes have been prequalified for the event:

Duncan Adams, Tyler Battersby, Adam Battersby, Josh Bibby, Philip Casabon, Michael Clarke, Sean Collins, Ian Cosco, Jon Cyrulik, Giray Dadali, Ahmet Dadali, Liam Downey, Benjamin Engelsberg, Vincent Gagnier, Banks Gilberti, Alexis Godbout, Matthew Iovanni, Dan Kiesel, Jeff Kiesel, Dan Marion, Erik Olson, Brady Perron, Tosh Peters, Max Peters, Matthew Philippi, Rafe Robinson, Jonathan Shares, John Strenio, John Swett, John Symms, Colby West, Mike Wilson, Ashley Battersby, Jessica Cumming, Greta Eliason, Meg Olenick, Cara Sengebush.
Mar 17 2006 3:03PM
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