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Big Air US Open

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lechef
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Anybody knows where I can find a list of the athlete doing the big air??

Feb 2 2008 4:39PM
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saynomore
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i heard nick martini is going to do the first sw 18
Feb 2 2008 5:30PM
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*DrewT*
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Looks like it's gonna be another medium sized air competition like X games, but bigger speed issues
Feb 2 2008 5:49PM
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cko
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USFO BIG AIR INVITATIONAL
PQ Men
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Adam Delorme
Alexis Godbout
Andreas Hatveit
Austin Ross
Brent Abrams
Charles Gagnier
Colby West
Dan Marion
Giray Dadali
Jacob Wester
John Spriggs
Jossi Wells
JP Solberg
Mike Riddle
Niklas Karlstrom
Peter Olenik
PK Hunder
Sammy Carlson
Sean Decker
Sean Field
Stefan Thomas
Tanner Rainville
Thomas Doplads
Tucker Perkins
Xavier Bertoni
Vincent Gagnier
Phillipe Casabon
JF Houle
Kentaro Tsuda
Banks Gilberti
Bobby Brown
Tim Russell
Micheal Olenick

Female Practice
Maiko Hara
Anna Segal
Angeli VanLanan
Jenn Hudak
Kerri Herman
Feb 2 2008 6:16PM
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-Nick-
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im stoked to see this
Feb 2 2008 6:17PM
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alaskakid
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Lets hope not. But to be honest...It really can't be much worse than that. At least theres more than 4 guys.
Feb 2 2008 6:59PM
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Skillz
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Is the feed fuxed?
Feb 2 2008 7:19PM
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puhiS
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25min late... is it going to even happen? too much snow or too much hangover .
Feb 2 2008 7:27PM
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ValPow
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is anyone watching the live stream now, the screen goes through all the sponsors and then turns black for a while and then the sponsors come up again

anyone else getting this?

Feb 2 2008 7:31PM
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Dan-Man
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Charles is gunna take it again
Feb 2 2008 9:32PM
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AlexMartini
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how is nick martini not in it? he got 4th yesterday.... meaning he beat most of the people who got in, can anyone explain this?
Feb 2 2008 10:09PM
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Twig
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Is anyone gonna throw anything other than a sw1080? its pretty dull
Feb 2 2008 10:11PM
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b-ladd
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clarke got robbed, his 10 was waaaay more corked out, and his landing was retardedly good.
Feb 2 2008 10:17PM
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ESB
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Wow, semifinals, four competitors, four switch 10s. The US Open at its best!
Feb 2 2008 10:20PM
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lechef
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That was actually a contest of SW 1080. Tired of these... but I guess that what the judge like to see, too bad you need to spin to win.

Feb 2 2008 10:24PM
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ESB
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Is anyone else's audio feed delayed about a minute behind the video?
Feb 2 2008 10:30PM
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*GP*
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Props to Clarkey for holdin it down in 3rd place. Eff yeah!

And props to Jossi and Colby holdin it down for Empire!
Feb 2 2008 10:36PM
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saucer_boy_lives
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killin itttt
Feb 2 2008 10:43PM
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AlexMartini
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i know for a fact nick martini can do those same sw 10s.... all night.... USO is aides
Feb 2 2008 10:48PM
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saucer_boy_lives
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yeah sure he could, but compared to colby, clarke, jossi, renshaw.... isn't a competition.
Feb 2 2008 10:53PM
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AlexMartini
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they didnt let renshaw in either, do they not do it by slope at all anymore? i remember in the past they took like top 20 slope plus like 5 random invites, i think it pretty bullshit that they didnt let alot of those kids in
Feb 3 2008 12:36AM
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mattwalker
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This year, the US Open folk decided to include every HALFPIPE pre qualed athlete into Big Air, but none of the top finalists for slopestyle were guaranteed a spot. when the first list came out, the #2, #4, #5 and #6 finishers in slope werent in Big Air.
Feb 3 2008 3:39AM
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eheath
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No kidding, tom or LJ should have been in there over at least 5 of the people invited.
Feb 3 2008 3:43AM
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AlexMartini
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any one know who exactly these "US open folk" are? or who anyone is who runs these huge comps? and what exactly qualifies them for their jobs? and why havent they been fired/murdered? besides the new pro skier run comps, all the big competitions seem to suck more and more every year...
Feb 3 2008 4:11AM
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ESB
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Fuck if I know... I know Skiing Mag owns it, which makes sense that it would blow balls considering that Skiing doesn't know shit about our kind of skiing. But I think Mountain Sports International might operate it. Supposedly they've got some good people on their crew, but judging by screw-ups like this one, evidently the people in the know aren't always the people making decisions.

Mountain Sports International is a "sports marketing company," basically meaning that their intent is to "market" things, namely their sponsors and our sport; in other words, try to make it look cool so people will buy expensive things like Suzukis and skis. Their primary concern is how the event and the sponsor logos appear to the masses and especially to their sponsors, rather than how the event functions for competitors.

But hey, maybe that's a bit harsh. Certainly sounds harsh. Maybe I should have sugar-coated it a bit.

Feb 4 2008 3:25AM
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