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Is Mike hornbeck on armada??

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Teeps
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i was on armada website and i went to the the team page and it says that there two am riders r phil and mike. When did this happen??

and why aren't they considered pros???

Sep 27 2009 7:51PM
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Jake...
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couple weeks ago. there is a video interview of it around somewhere, you can find it for yoruself
Sep 27 2009 7:56PM
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BWalmer
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It happened over the summer, there have been a few threads about it.

Armada throws their riders on the AM team for about 2 years (they did the same with Jacob), however they still compete in Pro contests (Casabon competed at X last year). They are basically pros on PRObation. (yes, that pun was intended, and yes I know it sucked - it'll be funnier this way).
Sep 27 2009 8:02PM
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R.Fahey
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Dunno if you noticed but Armada's criteria for pro is outrageous.  It falls along the lines of "I defined freeskiing as it's known today".  If you remember TJ Schiller was on the AM team for like 3 years.... while in that time he won some of the biggest contest, and had banger segments in the biggest movies.  Those two are ill and would be pro on any other team, but Armada is just not the same. 
Sep 27 2009 8:03PM
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JaseOfSpades15
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how come in like all of his edits u see him riding liberty.
Sep 27 2009 8:05PM
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klax06
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because he just got on the armada team recently
Sep 27 2009 8:09PM
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.peter
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Yes, he is, and very very people get to call themselves Armada pros.
Most of them helped start the company, or in some cases freeskiing. It's no different than any other company though. Skiing hasn't really been around long enough for independent companies to have major shifts in their team makeups.
Sep 27 2009 8:24PM
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dbchili
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Aside from this , I dont think that Jacob Wester has really helped to shape our sport compared to Casabon, plus theyve been on the scene for relatively the same amount of time and Casabon has way more exposure.

Also, why is Oscar Harlaut not mentioned on the national team?
Sep 27 2009 8:38PM
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Get.Kronk
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Armada has two people that should be pros, and about 10 that should be on the am team that are o the national team. We can all agree on that.
Sep 27 2009 10:53PM
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bananas
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pro
Sep 27 2009 10:55PM
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snowboardersrule
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'pro' isn't only defined by how hard you rip.
Sep 27 2009 11:07PM
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Twaddler
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hornbeck is a pro hero
Sep 27 2009 11:20PM
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SuperE
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Hornbeck is awesome, he's so nice, met him in Minnesota and he rips. He's a great add to any team. I think he will be pro soon. TJ had to win Gold X Games before he was pro.
Sep 28 2009 5:56PM
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Alp1ne
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Jacob was one the first guy stomping stylish dub corks in comps and he hes done way more events then casabon and has had more movie segs.
Sep 28 2009 7:21PM
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