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C-Burg
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 http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/skiing/news/story?id=3343021

RIP man
Apr 12 2008 12:47PM
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quebecfreestyler
Posts: 13040 - Karma: 1,419

sad senvets like this  make usd remember how dangerous some aspects of our sports are.

Apr 12 2008 12:51PM
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twintipteles
Posts: 2954 - Karma: 13
++++ vibes.
Apr 12 2008 1:17PM
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richards
Posts: 2177 - Karma: 11
thats scary.
Apr 12 2008 3:54PM
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ILoveOhio
Posts: 1793 - Karma: 253
R.I.P.
Apr 12 2008 4:10PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
ouch RIP
Apr 12 2008 4:12PM
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icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
rip
Apr 12 2008 4:18PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
rip
Apr 12 2008 4:19PM
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Carter23
Posts: 1722 - Karma: 17
best wishes and prayers to the nicoletta family.... this is such another tragic blow to the industry.
Apr 12 2008 4:21PM
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cj
Posts: 4032 - Karma: 469
damn, thats terrible. scary shit for sure. RIP best wishes to family and friends.
Apr 12 2008 4:21PM
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clint
Posts: 978 - Karma: 31
rip man
Apr 12 2008 4:29PM
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Gharf
Posts: 1390 - Karma: 983
that is s sad. rip man.
best wishes to family.
Apr 12 2008 4:33PM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8786 - Karma: 6,254
thats terrible.

RIP
Apr 12 2008 5:26PM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13084 - Karma: 18,731
He loved the sport and died doing it

rip


Apr 12 2008 5:38PM
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rossiskier93
Posts: 781 - Karma: 103
rest in peace man
Apr 12 2008 6:43PM
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Jahhsss
Posts: 681 - Karma: 2,565
thats so horrible, RIP
Apr 12 2008 6:46PM
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relytava
Posts: 15 - Karma: 10
that sucks
rip

Apr 12 2008 6:50PM
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djty111
Posts: 1103 - Karma: 93
Wow that sucks RIP..
Apr 12 2008 7:30PM
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jimmer
Posts: 3586 - Karma: 80
RIP dawg
Apr 12 2008 7:43PM
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TannerCoulter.
Posts: 1713 - Karma: 111
Rest in Peace
Apr 12 2008 7:51PM
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Bab.
Posts: 766 - Karma: 22
rest in peace. its so sad when things like that happen
Apr 12 2008 7:56PM
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GetPitted
Posts: 3443 - Karma: 2,299
RIP
Apr 12 2008 7:56PM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
Rest In Peace. Positive vibes and let all the vibes of those mountains be there with the family.
Apr 12 2008 8:01PM
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CraigAK
Posts: 1871 - Karma: 320
wow thats a bummer, RIP
Apr 12 2008 8:06PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
dayummm
Apr 12 2008 10:14PM
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alaskakid
Posts: 5540 - Karma: 430
Fuck, RIP.
Apr 12 2008 11:21PM
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short_and_steezy
Posts: 760 - Karma: 18
god that sucks. rip
Apr 12 2008 11:33PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
RIP, that would be scary spotting your landing and knowning you were going to hit the rocks
Apr 13 2008 12:14AM
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Ski303
Posts: 468 - Karma: 22
How did his helmet come off?


RIP John
Apr 13 2008 12:22AM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161

rip man
thats sad to hear

Apr 13 2008 1:16AM
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witty
Posts: 5616 - Karma: 179
such sad news. this has been a rough year. RIP
Apr 14 2008 12:26PM
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Hairmetaler
Posts: 1200 - Karma: 15
yah i know what your sayin man it seems like there have been a lot more deaths than usual this year. that must really scary falling from 100 feet to rocks i cant even imagine that. RIP
Apr 14 2008 12:38PM
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ONT_rider
Posts: 100 - Karma: 10
RIP man.
Apr 14 2008 12:41PM
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Powdered_Donuts
Posts: 2180 - Karma: 187
RIP dude
Apr 14 2008 2:03PM
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CodyTurner
Posts: 677 - Karma: 86
RIP

happy skiin in heaven
Apr 14 2008 3:21PM
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bret
Posts: 2845 - Karma: 833
RIP
Apr 14 2008 3:28PM
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jayamait
Posts: 2567 - Karma: 1,347
RIP bro.
Apr 14 2008 3:44PM
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matttt
Posts: 161 - Karma: 12
RIP.
Apr 14 2008 3:57PM
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oldskewl
Posts: 457 - Karma: 10
RIP

so sad, so many skiers going at such an early age.  RIP to everyone who had such misfortunes this year
Apr 14 2008 3:59PM
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SkierJulie
Posts: 2495 - Karma: 101
That article's account of what happened is not correct according to what I've heard from numerous friends who were there, and unfortunately has to witness it. Nicoletta was taking a line several others had skied, dropped a 20-footer, lost control, and got tossed into a highly exposed, rocky area. 

Regardless, this is so sad. He was an amazingly vibrant person and skier. I guess now he can ski pow all the time.
Apr 14 2008 4:59PM
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Bagels
Posts: 1022 - Karma: 1,306
This article is way off.  We were called the day it happened and told he landed funky off a 20 footer and threw him into a rock field.  Either way, RIP.
Apr 14 2008 6:19PM
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grifter
Posts: 933 - Karma: 102
rip.
Apr 14 2008 6:23PM
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K2_ftw
Posts: 12 - Karma: 10

Thats sucks uber balls

Apr 14 2008 6:37PM
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skibikeclambake
Posts: 2346 - Karma: 27
theres a rip nicoletta facebook group
you should join it, i did, to remember that what we do is dangerous, and if we dont repect the mountain (he did) we will be taken from the mountains
Apr 14 2008 6:39PM
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Reed.S
Posts: 1126 - Karma: 10

this has been a crappy year for deaths in skiing

Apr 14 2008 7:01PM
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Dr.Scholl
Posts: 1139 - Karma: 47

RIP

another reminder the mountain owns us not the other way around

Apr 14 2008 7:11PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,538
shity and scary to hear
RIP
Apr 14 2008 7:59PM
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Hungry-Sloth
Posts: 41 - Karma: 146
The competition was held on a normally out-of-bounds run at my mountain. Many of my friends witnessed the crash and from what I'm told, that article is innacurate.

There was a line that not many people hit that involved a 20 foot cliff, and then a narrow exit. If you didnt make this exit in time, you would essentially go down a 60 ft field of rocks (a really mellow cliff in other words). After hitting the 20 footer, he caught his edge and fell and started tamahawking down the rocks. I heard it was the gnarliest crash any had ever seen on a big mountain line.

RIP, I hate to hear sad stuff like this.
Apr 14 2008 11:44PM
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