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X Games Atheletes announced....

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nickmiles
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http://community.freeskier.com/articles/article.php?article_id=1748 epiccc
Dec 21 2007 1:48PM
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Holte
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The first wave of invited athletes for the 2008 Winter X Games has officially been announced. All the expected big names are on the list including Tanner, TJ, Simon and Sarah. The second wave of invitations is scheduled to be announced in early January. The event itself will once again be held at Buttermilk Mountain at Aspen/Snowmass. The event will run from January 24th through the 27th. For an entire list of athletes in multiple disciplines, check out expn.com. Athletes currently on the invite list for skiing big air, slopestyle and superpipe are as follows.

Big Air Charles Gagnier Jon Olsson TJ Schiller Jacob Wester

Men’s Slopestyle Anders Backe Sammy Carlson Sean Decker Simon Dumont Charles Gagnier Andreas Hatveit PK Hunder Peter Olenick Jon Olsson Tanner Rainville John Spriggs Bb Stian Corey Vanular Jossi Wells Colby West Jacob Wester

Men’s Superpipe Xavier Bertoni Sammy Carlson Simon Dumont Charles Gagnier Tanner Hall Andreas Hatveit Peter Olenick Matt Philippi Mike Riddle Kevin Rolland John Symms Jossi Wells Colby West

Women’s Superpipe Sarah Burke Jess Cumming Grete Eliassen Virginie Faivre Roz Groenewoud Jen Hudak Mirjam Jaeger Angeli VanLaanen
Dec 21 2007 2:04PM
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FUUUCK
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Where's Laurent???
Dec 21 2007 2:10PM
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mr_aj_johnson
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yay tanner and simon again
Dec 21 2007 2:29PM
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Peach.
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at the risk of sounding like a noob...

sammy skis pipe?
Dec 21 2007 2:46PM
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crazyfuck
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did you miss the part about how more athletes will be invited later?
Dec 21 2007 2:50PM
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toominator
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jea jea good to see jossi in there
Dec 21 2007 3:00PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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is Tanner gonna do slopestyle?
Dec 21 2007 3:01PM
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Matty_C
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i think there must be a real reeson here- lolo would be in the first wave of invites for pipe and slope for sure and prob big air as well-... 
Dec 21 2007 3:03PM
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C-Burg
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i want to see stefan thomas in pipe. His 3s are sick
Dec 21 2007 3:13PM
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crazyfuck
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do you really forget about last year when this little-known guy named PEP FUJAS got an invite pretty much last-minute?  i agree, Lolo ought to be invited, but take it easy- there's still plenty of time.
Dec 21 2007 3:15PM
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richards
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yeah man that rarely happens. itll be cool to see
Dec 21 2007 3:31PM
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Avifarer
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andreas for slope gold?
Dec 21 2007 3:35PM
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agent420
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Gagnier's in every event. Stoked to watch him. I think Andreas Hatveit is sick too.
Dec 21 2007 3:36PM
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hendriab
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yea...really well too
Dec 21 2007 3:37PM
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.Capn.
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uhh am I the only one that noticed Candide's not in slopestyle??? Or am I missing something??
Dec 21 2007 3:39PM
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Mr.Bishop
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The selections this year were based on past competition results.   Lots of people weren't too happy with the invite list last year where skiers were chosen based on video segments and other performances as well as their contest results. 

So we basically created our own little points system with all major contests from last year. 

Its actually pretty fair that way... although I still stand by the Pep/Andy call last year.  I thought that was fucking sick. 


Dec 21 2007 3:50PM
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friday01
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damn i cant wait to see jossi wells ski
Dec 21 2007 3:52PM
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Silence
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a shame candide won't be competing...
Dec 21 2007 4:00PM
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rocMALONEYphotos
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i agree he wouldve killed it again
Dec 21 2007 4:05PM
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J.W.
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prob still hurt?
Dec 21 2007 4:13PM
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J.W.
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^haha nvmd should of refreshed my page
Dec 21 2007 4:13PM
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[Toby]
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i heard he wanted to be better and has been working at it, it showed him fooling around in one in yeah dude.

Funny story
last year after x games he was skiing meadows pipe, and cut some dumbass off that was in his way, the guy freaks out at him and starts telling him he sucks and then sammys like actually i got second in the x games and the guy starts callling him a liar, and sammys just like look it up.
Dec 21 2007 4:36PM
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Billiards.
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Pretty sick list I think. There are obviously a lot more people who should be invited but the second wave is coming.
Dec 21 2007 4:37PM
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ColbyV
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yeah where's the footy i wanna see
I think if Andreas puts some more stylie tricks and bigger amplitude he should win because he's got so many difficult tricks in his bag with style and difficulty he should win by far - i also want to see how Xavier Bertoni and Kevin Rolland do

Dec 21 2007 4:49PM
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eheath
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Look for toms name to be added to slopestyle...
Dec 21 2007 4:51PM
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BrownEyeIn
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DOUBLE FLIPS FOR THE WIN!!
Dec 21 2007 5:45PM
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NicoChile
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i hope so, he's so sick ... if he makes a clean run with all the tricks he can do he can take gold easily
Dec 21 2007 6:15PM
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Valind
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"Sammy Carlson, Oakley’s hottest young ripper has been hanging out with Tanner the last few weeks and it shows. Carlson more known as a park / jibber kid, has been busting huge flat spin 540s and sick 900s out of the pipe"
Dec 21 2007 6:38PM
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Pwn.Mode
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he was shreddin with tanner at copper for a long time. hes sick

Dec 21 2007 6:38PM
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Alex_G
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I wish Ahmet was riding in slope...that woulda been dope.
Dec 21 2007 6:53PM
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quebecfreestyler
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any explanation why riddle is not in slopestyle yet and  andres backe is?
Dec 21 2007 6:58PM
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eheath
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He may get in, this is just the initial invites. Just give it time.
Dec 21 2007 7:04PM
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KurraK
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Anders Backe, Andreas Haatveit, Pk Hunder and Stian BB! Norwegian take over!
And yes, Backe is sick!
Dec 21 2007 7:14PM
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joly.sp
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wtf! Mike Riddle NOT in pipe? He better be in the 2nd wave of invites. Does anyone know if tanners doing slope?
Dec 21 2007 7:19PM
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quebecfreestyler
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I'm a big fan of anders style by the way

Dec 21 2007 7:29PM
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TBarnes
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look a little closer. riddle is in pipe.
Dec 21 2007 7:39PM
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hollygrove
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jossi for the win!
Dec 21 2007 7:42PM
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poofartpee
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I sure as hell hope so
Dec 21 2007 8:13PM
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colin13
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i know candide got injured but maybe because they are running on a points system getting first in slopestyle and not entering in anything else wasnt enough? if not then that sucks, candide would've probably ripped it if he was fully recovered.
Dec 21 2007 8:35PM
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exile_ch
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Stop dreaming about Candide being at the X. His injury was pretty hard, on a pretty massive jump. He was lucky to walk again. His rehas took some time, and he's just beginning to ski again. He won't go big as before, at least for some time. And that fall made him think a bit, I heard he's going more for the backcountry, shooting for videos and less for competitions. 

Anyway, Candide is Candide and he will always surprise us so who knows.  
Dec 21 2007 8:47PM
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finnafuckyobitch
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is anybody else excited about big air?

Dec 21 2007 8:49PM
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tride
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So what halfpipe comp results does someone like sammy or xavier have that puts them ahead of people with solid halfpipe results like candide, matt hayward, taylor felton, etc.?
Dec 21 2007 8:50PM
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mmallender.
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jesus dude read the whole thread before you post... candide isn't competing because of his injury.. its been said like a million times so far?
Dec 21 2007 9:06PM
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tride
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Whaaaaa, why don't you cry about it? Ok take candides name out of the post then, you happy now? Still doesn't change the message, but hey, way to distract from the point.

If it was really all about comp results, then guys with solid consistent pipe results like felton, hayward, stefan thomas, etc. would have been in the pipe event before guys like gagnier, carlsen, bertoni, etc.
Dec 21 2007 9:22PM
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quebecfreestyler
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dude xavier bertoni own pipe, he won the nz open didnt he?? and killed every comp in europe he entered.

and didnt sammy end up 3rd in european pipe 2 years ago???


dude get your facts straight
Dec 21 2007 9:23PM
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Wis_Skier_23
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yea why the hell is he pussing out of slopestyle these days and sticking to just pipe Slopestyle>Pipe
Dec 21 2007 9:26PM
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skibikeclambake
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you do know that tanner hall isnt competing
Dec 21 2007 9:28PM
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tride
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Tell you what, put up sammy and xaviers results over the last season, look at where they came from, then compare them to thomas, felton, and hayward.

When you're done, feel free to talk about getting facts straight...

NZ Open? European Open from 2 years ago? You really think those events have the depth of field that Honda Ski Tours and WSI have? At least half of the X-Games fields are absent from NZ and Euro Open, whereas 95% of the X-Games field did the ski tour last year, and most of them also did WSI.

When sammy or xavier get a result in a full field pipe event with guys like riddle, dumont, hatviet, etc. competing, then it will hold a little more weight.
Dec 21 2007 9:35PM
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VinniCash
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Xavier is one of the best pipe skier, he,s way better than Hayward and Stefan. He probably got the best pipe run ever, He's probably goanna get a podium
Dec 21 2007 9:44PM
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tride
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I know how good he is, that's not the point. The point is he doesn't have a result yet from an event with the big guns there.

Look at the top 3 from NZ Open, notice the lack of big names? Shit, other than Jossi, hardly any of the top pipe skiers were there.

I agree that he's sick, but he hasn't posted a result in a comp where all the best guys were competing, and those other guys were competing against all the big names all season and doing well.
Dec 21 2007 9:57PM
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