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Us open is for rookies

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shithawks
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dont you think that the us open is the one big comp for the rookies. i mean jon winning the slope that was kinda unfair he should be competing in bigger comps. this is a chance for some one new to get noticed.
Jan 21 2007 6:04PM
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Black-Bandanna
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I kinda agree with you.....
Jan 21 2007 6:05PM
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Black-Bandanna
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but then again, it just makes the rookies step it up that much more, which makes them that much better.
Jan 21 2007 6:06PM
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AptosFreeskier
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People still can get noticed.Tj schiller did it with the big air. The whole point of the open is being able to compete against pros.
Jan 21 2007 6:06PM
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404404
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Its the US open, its a comp for the best skiers just like that X games. The VTO, Aspen open or other comps like that are more AM comps.
Jan 21 2007 6:07PM
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cobra_commander
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Actualy I am preety sure that is not what was inteded. it just became that.  that's the whole point of an open. if you want a comp for the best skiers you make it an invite only event. like the JOI or X-games, And i think they should make it so that you can't enter an event after you win it. So Jon would not beable to enter slope next year, Charles wont be able to enter big air and Tanner wont be able to enter the pipe.
Jan 21 2007 6:13PM
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shithawks
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the idea of an open tho is that anyone can enter unlike the x-games so it should be for ams
Jan 21 2007 6:13PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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sure the point of open comps is that everyone can enter, so why would the pros be an exception to that rule? it's an opportunity for lesser known skiers to show their stuff against the best skiers in the world...
Jan 21 2007 6:18PM
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404404
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Anyone can enter and win the open. Other then the shity ass Xgames US open is the next biggest comp freeskiing has. So why only allow AM? and for that matter who is consider an AM?
Jan 21 2007 6:22PM
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triebby
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agreed. look at competitions in other sports called the US open. in golf and tennis they are two of the biggest events out there. USFO should be a big name everyone goes type of comp, but anyone can enter and anyone can win.
Jan 21 2007 6:31PM
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Pigletpen
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well they do have pre-qualified riders right?
its an open... open means everyone.
maybe they should call it the us closed.
Jan 21 2007 6:33PM
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ARSpickert
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yea Schiller was on the AM team up until last year.
Jan 21 2007 6:34PM
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Skipig25
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and if you say pros can't compete, the comp becomes irrelivant. everybody will be like "oh yea, joe shmoe won, but there wasn't anybody good there, it was just all ams" Even if you're the best am, you're not gonna get as much media until you can step it up and play with the pros
Jan 21 2007 6:37PM
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Commonwealth
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i think this is the best way to have it. when i see the results and i see that some fellow ns'ers, kids my age, beat out guys like tanner rainville, that makes it more impressive in my mind. if it was just ams i wouldnt care about it because i dont know what the talent level is like. its about kids showing their talent against the pros.
Jan 21 2007 6:39PM
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4ReeL_
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shut up
Jan 21 2007 7:12PM
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whitewater413
Posts: 528 - Karma: 215
it should be for everyone when i ski with better people i ski so much better then normaly
Jan 21 2007 8:27PM
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Detective
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You can't get "noticed" by winning the middle of wisconsin buttfuck open. The reason that you "get noticed" is because you beat the people who are already noticed. Typically there isn't any other venue where you can even get a chance to compete against established pro's.
Jan 21 2007 8:34PM
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FUUUCK
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if ti would only be ams the open would ,ean nothing to the winner
Jan 21 2007 8:35PM
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Albino
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exactly.

you take out the pros and who the fuck cares. noone watches it, noones that stoked to compete.

tell me that kids who were competing afainst big names wernt throwing down harder because of it, jhust for the chance to maybe be recognised
Jan 21 2007 8:44PM
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norbastradamus
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if pros didnt compete, it jsut another am competition, and all the big sponsors would show up
Jan 21 2007 8:46PM
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Billiards.
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WOORD!
Jan 21 2007 8:52PM
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spere
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i hear this same complaint every year. it works as it is, newcomers get a chance to prove themselves against experienced payed pro atheletes. what more can they ask for, chance of a lifetime
Jan 21 2007 10:15PM
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R.Fahey
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If they're good enough to get noticed, they will. And if they're THAT good they'll make it to finals and do alright. It's a pretty big prize purse, and what the pros make from their sponsors is a HUGE amount to not compete. I think Jon just won 7 G's, and I bet his sponsors like quadrupled it because he's the man.
Jan 21 2007 10:20PM
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Edward.
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yea i guess its fun for pros to just mess around, vt open is more for rookies
Jan 21 2007 10:23PM
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schlopy
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dude its so much better to beat a pro then some kid named billy bobinson. so shhhhhhhh
Jan 21 2007 10:43PM
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CMF
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yeah. in either 03 or 04 (i dont know which) is when schiller got his big break. any unknown that wins USO did it by beating literally the best in the world.
Jan 21 2007 11:53PM
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*DrewT*
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hahaha I'm not even gonna read any of the replies to this thread you're whole logic contradicts itself. If well known pro's didn't compete in the open it wouldn't be a very big competition and therefore wouldn't get the rookies very much exposure now would it?

also saying that the pro's should go compete in bigger competitions is pretty dumb to because US open is arguably the biggest competition of the season
Jan 21 2007 11:57PM
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BFFset.
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agreed
Jan 21 2007 11:58PM
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dirty_dreb
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So basically, your saying making the us OPEN. keyword - OPEN not open anymore. idoit.
Jan 22 2007 12:25AM
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kingarthurs
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umm, i hope your joking. its called the open because anybody could, in theory, win it. yea it has pre qualified athletes, but anyone can still beat them.
Jan 22 2007 12:31AM
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-dva-
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i agree with what everyone else has said, but also think about other sports. in golf and tennis and stuff, when the US open rolls around its not like they ask all the big names to stay home. this is no different.
Jan 22 2007 11:52AM
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nitsua
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i think the pros should give the new up and commers a chance. Jon is already sooooo fucking rich he doesnt need anymore money or fame
Jan 22 2007 12:15PM
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SkierJulie
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"Open" implies that anyone can enter.

What is so cool about the open is that ams and pros can go head to head.
Jan 22 2007 12:35PM
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M+M
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right thurr
Jan 22 2007 12:36PM
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617jibber
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no its definitly a good thing that pros are in it because it makes the "rookies" step up there game and they dont have to beat the pros and come in first to be noticed.the pros are there to make money so if a 3 pros get first and a rookie takes fourth he is most likely going to get hooked up.
Jan 22 2007 12:48PM
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Holte
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I've noticed that the tennis and golf pros tend to win their respective opens too.
Jan 22 2007 12:55PM
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schlopy
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you have to be the biggest fucktard in the world. What is the point of trying to win if you know you cant enter the next year if you do?
Jan 25 2007 11:51PM
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MadSteezin
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w/e...
Jan 26 2007 1:03AM
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DaysToCome
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your mom's for rookies
Jan 26 2007 1:55AM
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