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I can see people dying on this thing

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quebecfreestyler
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http://freeskier.com/freeskier/news.php?news_id=412
Feb 23 2006 5:10PM
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ThaLetterM.
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i wanna see someone cork 5 off the crane
Feb 23 2006 9:41PM
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OzPac
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haha mad props to whoever lands it switch!
Feb 23 2006 9:55PM
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Badfish2
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.... a bobsledder has been decapitated
Feb 23 2006 10:15PM
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ecthree
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PHOTOSHOPPED
Feb 23 2006 10:37PM
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wdbo.
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i see dead people too
Feb 23 2006 10:50PM
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chowe6
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whats this thing supposed to be? definately looks like a death trap
Feb 23 2006 10:52PM
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UrbanRider
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dude..some ones gonna bite it big
Feb 23 2006 11:00PM
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$tezzyStu
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haha thats so sick, 60 ft drop in. gonna be interesting. i think a snowboarder will take it tho
Feb 23 2006 11:02PM
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Liam.
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thats like the same thing that they added into the summer x games that massice quarter pipe...and before it the huge droping in and gap...
Feb 23 2006 11:03PM
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ColoradoFlats
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you know that curling and bobsled are 2 different things, right? Curling is with the weights on ice you try and slide into the circles to have them closer to the middle than your opponent...Skeleton is headfirst on your stomach on bobsled track.
Feb 24 2006 8:06AM
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ColoradoFlats
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Running Man was an awesome movie...
Feb 24 2006 8:08AM
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KRASHED
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Someone is really gonna get beat to shit on this thing.
Feb 24 2006 8:13AM
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Matty_C
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fuck off man, don't be so prejudice- us brits who do seasons in the alps can ski as well as any other nation. just coz we don't have 14000" mtns in our back gardens doesn't only means that more commitment is needed to get on the snow- if you look at the verbier ride results, two of the top 15 were brits out of a strong euro lineup (a comp previously won by ppl like gaidet and davenport). so don't mock. talk to manwiththehelmet- he's a british pro, see if you can see some of their movies- sketch or dirty laundry. then you'd rethink that comment...

sorry about the rant, prejudice angers me
nothing personal
Feb 24 2006 8:18AM
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freestyleskiin
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oh shit man someone is def gonna die
Feb 24 2006 8:22AM
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skiierman
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BRITISH PEOPLE LOVE TEA!!!

Haha, jk. Don't you guys work with dry slopes over there though?
Feb 24 2006 8:46AM
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Matty_C
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it is true- tea is the shit. as a matter of fact, i'm drinking tea atm! yeah there are dry slopes, but i think for most, they are just for when we can't get to the mtns. learning on dry slopes really is coming up the hard way...
Feb 24 2006 10:19AM
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fredsters_s
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ya bro lets hear your sponsors? your mum?
Feb 24 2006 11:04AM
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FUUUCK
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but theyre not doing tricks, its pretty much a "who has the biggest ballz" comp
Feb 24 2006 11:37AM
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manwiththemetalleg
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Although you don't know of any top ranked Brits, it doesn't mean that they are shit. Although a lot of people here ski on dryslope, our top skiers live in Europe during the winter, and then either go to glaciers or to New Zealand in the summer. They probably get more snow time in that a lot of you guys, as they ski all year round. Not hearing about them is ignorance on your part, not poor skill on their part.
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Oh and yeah i love tea, im drinking some now too, especially PG, that stuff is nice.
Feb 24 2006 11:57AM
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manwiththemetalleg
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For more information on British skiers and boarders, go to www.soulsports.co.uk, or www.darksummer.co.uk, then you can say that you have heard of some.
Feb 24 2006 11:59AM
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Matty_C
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hehe- v.true helmetman. fairly tactful as well, declining to mention that you are in fact a british pro- are you gonna compete in this ting?

we share a love for pg. great minds...
Feb 24 2006 12:01PM
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crazyfuck
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this is great- the Brits on here are getting pissed about a joke, some idiots are pointing out that it's not an actual photograph, and we all get to watch someone fuck their shit up on that thing.

as for us being "ignorant" for not ever hearing of any British skiers, maybe if their sponsors promoted them over here in the States or Canada the way they promote people like Jon, then we'd hear about them. it's the same thing with mtn biking. i can rattle off dozens of pro riders from the US or Canada, but i only know of one British rider (Steve Peat) and that's because he has a tendancy to win this little thing called the "world championships". it's not that more riders don't exist or they're bad- it's that they don't get any exposure over here. we aren't "ignorant"- the British skiers need to talk to their sponsors about being promoted worldwide, not just in Europe.
Feb 24 2006 12:13PM
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ColoradoFlats
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excellent point
Feb 24 2006 12:18PM
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manwiththemetalleg
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^ Good point about promotion, they do get a lot more exposure in Europe, as that is where many are based. Not many British riders do comps over in the U.S. mand there won't be much knowledge of them over your side, so yes i should retract my comment about ignorance, however as i said before, not knowing about them does not mean that they are shit.
Although there are one or two big sponsors available for the top British riders, in general the companies supporting us do not have as big marketing budgets as the companies supporting hte top U.S. riders. Line UK is very small, and the same goes for the other manufacturers. For British riders to secure a big sponsor usually means that they have to get onto the European factory teams. This means a lot of world class competition. We have a few riders on these teams, but not many. Sorry for ranting haha.

Oh and Boloney, i am not pro, i havent been sponsored for two years and now just ski for fun! I forgot it said otherwise in my profile!
Feb 24 2006 12:24PM
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CooksCorner
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ya, and if you fell over one of those rocks could squish your head!
Feb 24 2006 1:09PM
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jibtastic
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doesn't seem all that interesting.
Feb 24 2006 1:39PM
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Matty_C
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could you kindly enlighten me:which member of ksm are you?? i'm sure ppl like bennet and wakefield must be pros, there again maybe not.

in any case, your all sick puppies-loved sketch!
Feb 24 2006 2:49PM
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ColoradoFlats
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wtf over?
Feb 24 2006 3:53PM
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triebby
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that is crazy, i cant wait to see video footage once its over
Feb 24 2006 4:07PM
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r.w
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yep.....how big is supposed to be , and what is the projected height of the person hiting estimated at?
Feb 24 2006 5:53PM
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