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first off, i think its a good thing that they require at least one girl on each team... say what you want about treating girls equally but lets face it girls skiing is waaaaaay below guys skiing, in fact i'm thinking of getting a sex change just so i can go pro. not to put down womens skiing at all but there is definitely a gender gap in skiing. so if you had a team of 4 guys and a team of 2 guys and 2 girls the 4 guy team would probably win every time because guys are throwing down far crazier tricks than girls. in fact, this is helping to promote womens skiing and showing that girls are progressing and starting to close that gap.
secondly, i do have to agree that teams don't seem to be using their top pros in the orage masters anymore. i mean its the "MASTERS" i expect to see all the top pros there namely, jon, simon, tanner, candide, tj, and basicly the "masters" of the sport. its hailed as the anti-comp so its really nothing more than a fun session with team members. personally i think there should be at least one event like this where ski companies use their top pros to shred and see whose got the best team. but reguardless of whose actually on the teams its still a really fun event, although i think the features were better when it was at mammoth.
obviously you've never seen ingrid charge a backcountry line or sarah burke ski pipe, your an idiot dude im sure there are plenty of girls that would kick your ass at skiing any day