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The Opening Day Edit (contest?)

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skiingonskis
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OK SO,
this is my idea.  It literally came to me in my sleep.  Kind of a follow up on the Salomon summer edit contest.....THIS IS JUST AN IDEA, ITS NOT SPONSORED BY ANYONE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL CATCH ON AND NS CAN TAKE OVER....assuming that you guys like the idea.

In the next few months, ski areas all around the northern hemisphere will be opening for the 08-09 season.  "Opening Day" is notorious in many areas to be a day in which way to many skiers/snowboarders pack into a very small area with a very large amount of "stoke".
This seems like a perfect time to share the "vibes" from each hill from the people on NS, as well as the masses of creative things that go down on pathetic opening day mini jibs.  (everybody likes an edit with a nice feel and creative skiing)

ok, so heres how it would work.  Post your home hill/mountain/slopes scheduled opening day the first time you see this.  When that day comes, film an edit, make it nice and put it in this thread.  The footy, theoretically should only be from that day, but there is some trust involved.  That way, poeple should not be able to film at A-basin for like a month before anyone else even gets a chance.  To prove it, film something that showes the opening date/location, and quote youself on the date/location that you posted pre opening day, so the two dates/locations match. 

The purpose of these edit is to show how fuckin stoked people get on opening day, and really, how much fun opening day really is.  As of now, if it doesnt catch on, this is a contest of pride, but hopefully NS will like the idea and do something with it.
Sep 12 2008 1:59AM
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BdoubleU
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really sick idea.
def will throw an edit in

ya early december deadline sounds good...
Sep 13 2008 1:57PM
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ryan.c
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exactly. dec 10th is waaaaay too late for an opening day edit contest. some mtns will be open for atleast a month.
Sep 13 2008 2:10PM
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hey_dude_its_me
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well Mountain Creek opened on  the 9th last year, so I guess the 10th works for me haha
Sep 13 2008 3:00PM
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landonn
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sounds dope, but how bout instead of opening day, how bout opening week.
Sep 13 2008 3:32PM
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grams.
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That'd be so dope. I would might actually try to get there, somehow. When did they open last season?
Sep 13 2008 6:27PM
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assface
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i dont know when alyeska ohpens, but i might be able to to throw in a hat to the prize package.

possibly the winner could be a mod?
Sep 13 2008 6:39PM
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Scratch*my*Back
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pretty good idea! pretty good indeed.

im really excited for opening day here in whis.

Sep 13 2008 6:39PM
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SK1ERDUDE
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this sounds sweet
Sep 13 2008 7:10PM
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skodeo7
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This is a sweet idea guys! I dig.
Sep 13 2008 7:29PM
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SkierX
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I fully support this idea. And it will be easy to tell if someone is cheating with non-opening day imagery because anyone who rides that day can vouch for the setup/conditions/weather, etc...

I would love to see this occur.
Sep 13 2008 9:27PM
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Beefcake
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good call

maybe we should have the edits be due like a certain time after the opening day so it wouldnt matter where u be
Sep 13 2008 10:55PM
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thisismyalias
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its a good idea but december is waaay too late. some mtns are planning a mid-late oct opening...


Sep 13 2008 11:00PM
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skiingonskis
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well yeah, but then you will just film that opening day.  its unfair to a lot of east coast or midwest kids because their home hills dont open till then. and really, i live in steamboat, in the middle of CO and it still doesnt open till nov 26.  im calling it now.  DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 10TH! .  im also going to say that your edit has to be in 10 days after your hill/mtn opens.
Sep 14 2008 1:46AM
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dave44
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stept obviously wins with their 09/01/08 breck edit
Sep 14 2008 6:24AM
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BEARS.
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???
Sep 14 2008 1:17PM
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Bab.
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i think it should just be one mountain, cause i think th egoal is to show the opening day, wich should be your 'first' day of skiing, not your 10th because you have been to all of thir opening days. and to the thread creator, i think tht the time when you have to send in your edits should be shorter than 10 days, maybe like 2, just so it doesnt become the best editing of your opening day contest.
Sep 14 2008 1:33PM
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skiingonskis
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you can do multiple opening days, but then you would have to enter different edit, dont mix two opening days.  as for the 10 day deadline, im going to stick with it because i like good editing, it enhances the feel that we are trying to show in the edits.
Sep 14 2008 1:38PM
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skiingonskis
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oh yeah, i have pmd both shmuck and bishop about this, but i havent gotten any responses yet.
Sep 14 2008 1:39PM
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ljs
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And some mtns wont even be open. Our mtn isn't open till the 14 or so.
Sep 14 2008 1:40PM
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DaveM
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pretty sick idea man. i think the quebec mountains will be the las to open tho lol
Sep 14 2008 1:57PM
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skiingonskis
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so the general concensus is that this is a good idea?
Sep 14 2008 7:32PM
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SHampson
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sounds sick, reminds me of john sprigg's edit.
Sep 14 2008 9:11PM
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skiingonskis
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BUMP!  lets keep it alive!
Sep 15 2008 12:05AM
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sirskizalot
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my opening day has no rails or jumps or park of anykind........the park always opens 2 weeks-ish later.

Sep 15 2008 12:40AM
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JArens
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this is one of the better ideas i have heard lately, i hope this catches on
Sep 15 2008 12:47AM
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sirskizalot
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plus it usually opens on a thursday and i cant get up there then so it would have to be and "opening weekend" edit for me


(sorry for the double)
Sep 15 2008 12:52AM
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SHastatahoe
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while it sounds like a good idea, and I support it because I will always dig watching edits,  it would be unfair for a lot of people whose mountain doesnt open with features, or opens in december, and stuff like that.  it would be really hard to judge.

but for the sake of more material, yay.
Sep 15 2008 1:11AM
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eastAR5
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great idea. stoked
Sep 15 2008 1:16AM
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danbrown
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November 10th. Look for an earlier opening date this season
Sep 15 2008 1:22AM
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Pwn.Mode
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can i star, i did beat brian at the rail jam 2 days ago. haha. or at least film?
Sep 15 2008 1:30AM
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ryan.c
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yeah. mount snow is trying to get a mid october opening, along with some other east coasters. we'll see tho.

i still think middle of december is too late. most of us will be in the winter break by then. by winter break i usually have 10-15ish days of skiing, east coast, many west coasters even more. theres got to be a mountain near everyone thats opening in nov. it might not be the closest, but make the drive. if you dont wanna, then dont make an edit.

if the season starts real shitty and the bigger ones dont open till waaaayy late then ok, but if things go as planned...

maybe we do dec 1st deadline for a finished edit? that gives most enough time to do a solid edit. if you look at the videos from last season, most opening day edits were before dec 1st.

whatever the due date is, i think whoever runs the comp should pick say the top 5, then have ns vote for the winner from those best picks.
Sep 15 2008 2:29PM
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salomon097
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alot of kids would would be fucked out of this contest though. my mountain opened december 7 last year, and it was the second earliest date ever EVER in the 50 years its been opened. and we didnt even see anything that resembled a park till mid january. oh well i guess i just wont enter. but thats what im saying. a lot of east coast mountains dont even open till mid december.

thats why i like the idea of having your edit in 2 days after the opening date of your mountain, having all of them in by mid-late december. then the winner could have some sweet stuff sent to them around christmas time. it would be sweet.
Sep 15 2008 2:56PM
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ryan.c
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what mountain do you ski at tho? im sure theres mtns within a driving distance to ski a day or two. kids drive from boston, conn, nj, all to ski mtns in vt, especially the windham and ms railjams at the end of last season. if you wanna ski then you'l make the drive...camp out over night and ski 2 days in a row. or drive up afternoon, campout over night n ski in the morning...


and, if your mountain isnt gonna open till dec, and you dont have anything like a park till jan, then theres no reason to enter the contest really...mtns like mount snow, killington, sunday river, stowe, okemo, just to name a few, will all have such a better set up than some tiny mtn, so the contest is obv gonna be won by someone at those opening days (or a bigger mtn out west). theres no way ur gonna win with a "good vibe" but only a flat box. bigger mtns go bigger on opening day, thats why so many liked mount snow last year. they started off with an actual park run with 10 features or so. you can always enter the contest, but its kinda pointless really. you can still obv make an edit n post it on ns, but its not gunna win a contest.

im really not trying to sound negative or w/e, and i understand some people are in a less fortunate area of the world, but it just seems kinda pointless to post a video with a flat box session in dec, when kids are out skiing jump lines, do you get my point?


also, leaving the due date till way late but saying it has to be put in 2 days after the mtn in the video opens is kinda dumb. some people can get a solid edit done in 2 days, others have other things to do. some won't make it home in 2 days cause they're camping out/staying at the mtn for the whole weekend or w/e. if the deadline isnt till dec, then it shouldnt be till dec for everyone. if not then atleast have it be a week or two after the mtn opens. videos will have to be checked by members of ns to make sure all features shown are infact from the opening weekend.
Sep 15 2008 3:17PM
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salomon097
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youre actually right though...i live in northeast pa and there are a ton of mountains within a relatively short driving distance. i can get to big boulder in like an hour and a half, and they open real early. like i read earlier in this thread they wanna open in october this year. so yea i guess your right.
Sep 15 2008 4:45PM
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skiingonskis
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ok heres the deal.  going with DECEMBER 10TH as the deadline.  also your edit must be in 10 days after that hills opening day!  this seems pretty fair to everyone, since there at least should be a hill within driiveable distance by december 10.
Sep 15 2008 5:02PM
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ryan.c
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^you sponsering the contest? haha.

it is a good idea tho, im sure someone on ns will jump on it, giving you credit of course.
Sep 15 2008 8:15PM
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MadSteezin
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Fun!
Sep 15 2008 8:19PM
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kbrando
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i think this is such a good idea but the only thing i have a problem with is the deadline. i ski at a small hill in mass that wont open untill mid december. for everyone who skis at mt snow and your mountain opens at the end of october thats great just film your edit and hang onto it dont make the deadline early and punish kids whose mountain opens late
Sep 15 2008 8:22PM
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hellomynameisjef
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i like it but i dont wanna ski for a camera on day 1, just wanna brush up on me trickz
Sep 15 2008 8:22PM
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assface
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the point isnt to show off your best stuff, but instead its to show how creative and stoked ppl get on the 1st day of the season

hopin to see a lot of handplants and handdrags in these edits...

Sep 15 2008 9:46PM
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skiingonskis
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nah, sorry man, im just trying to create some kind of structure with this until NS gets to PMing me back...
Sep 15 2008 11:58PM
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cool.
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sounds rad
Sep 16 2008 9:13AM
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skiingonskis
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bishop hsnt been online for like 4 days... hopefully he will check his pms soon...
Sep 16 2008 4:45PM
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Smuffy
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all the places i go are rarely open by nov 10th. especially in recent years they havent been open till mid december...
Sep 16 2008 9:40PM
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grown-ninja
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i dont know if u guys ever herd of woodbury ski area it was the first place to open on the east coast a few years a go heads up for n underdog
Sep 16 2008 10:09PM
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skiingonskis
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december 10th, not november 10th dude :)
Sep 17 2008 1:21AM
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skiingonskis
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ok, i just got a pm back from schmuck, he said hed see what he could do.
Sep 17 2008 12:46PM
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Smuffy
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hahaha meant to say december.

yeah, wny skiing sucks...
Sep 17 2008 5:26PM
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snwbrdmilf
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I would suggest PMing Mousseau about this before Bishop.
Sep 17 2008 5:42PM
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123ski
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you want to make the deadline the same week as Finals for many of the colleges across america..not good!
Sep 17 2008 7:22PM
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