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Goodlife
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http://tjschiller.com/
Oct 5 2010 12:58PM
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Blurst
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Oh my that is giant news.

That is really awesome for Nordica! TJ is a sick guy to have on the team.
Oct 5 2010 12:59PM
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Quinn69
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Congrats to TJ, and Nordica.. sick stuff
Oct 5 2010 1:00PM
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wrenegade
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How long was TJ with Coreupt, 1.5-2 years? That didn't take long.
Oct 5 2010 1:01PM
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skodeo7
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Congrats to TJ!

Nordica is starting to really stack their team, damn. They used to have big money in their freestyle program then kind of backed off for a while, now they seem to be getting more involved again. Great to see more companies doing this finally.
Oct 5 2010 1:02PM
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Blurst
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Ya especially an awesome company like Nordica.
Oct 5 2010 1:03PM
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Rogge
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Word. It's cool that Nordica picked up Bene too.
Oct 5 2010 1:04PM
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Style+eeze
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Wow. Unexpected, but awesome!
Oct 5 2010 1:54PM
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nickyp
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It seems weird that TJ has walked from 2 companies that gave him pro models (Orage and CoreUPT). Money is one thing, brand/team loyalty is another, I guess.

And that make 3 ski sponsors in what, 4/5 seasons?
Oct 5 2010 1:56PM
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[Adam]
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this
Oct 5 2010 1:58PM
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nickyp
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also inb4 2012 Nordica TJ Pro
Oct 5 2010 1:58PM
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Mathieu.fr
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Stoked for TJ to be back with a sponsor which will respect him and truly support him during the next season !
CoreUPT.com ? Gameover in 2 years, countdown starts now.
Oct 5 2010 1:59PM
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howlongcanausern
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i forgot nordica made skis
Oct 5 2010 2:00PM
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C.Royce
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pro models dont allow you to live off skiing and be able to travel all around the world. you gotta do what you gotta do.. more power to ya tj
Oct 5 2010 2:04PM
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Pipe_Munky
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well Candide walked away from two companies (3 if you count rossignol) that gave him a pro model Dynastar and Salomon. What does that say about loyalty?
Oct 5 2010 2:25PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Who says its solely the money anyways? TJ may just be looking for the company that best meshes with him and his needs, theres a lot of other things to consider past money in a sponsorship deal.
Oct 5 2010 2:30PM
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BootySpunk.
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So stoked!

I am a big fan of Nordica.
Oct 5 2010 2:31PM
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pghjibber
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he was damn near a legacy on Armada...

coreupt seems they have a ton of internal business issues (saw this coming with gus jumping ship) and probably forced Tj to make a chance

can't really dog him in any way unless he bails on nordica this season or whatever
Oct 5 2010 2:34PM
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Willard
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from what i heard they have bad durablity
Oct 5 2010 2:36PM
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FUUUCK
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his contract was up and nordica probably offered him more money.
Oct 5 2010 2:38PM
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howlongcanausern
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/thread
Oct 5 2010 2:39PM
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nickyp
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I'm simply playing The Devil's Advocate. Maybe he is jumping from a sinking ship, maybe he loves Nordica skis, I don't know. I think the dynamics of the ski industry are intriguing though.
Oct 5 2010 2:41PM
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hollygrove
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you've heard very wrong.
Oct 5 2010 2:46PM
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powderhound100
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I was just looking at the site http://www.nordicafreeskiers.com/site/freeskiers.php?site=1&lang=1

Is JT Holmes not on the team anymore?
Oct 5 2010 2:50PM
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DrZoidberg
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Ah the inner working of the ski industry. I wanna be pro just so I can find out ho it works.
Oct 5 2010 2:51PM
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garrettwiz
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i got sponsored by Nordica over the summer and their stuff is dope sauce, defiantly keep an eye out for the ace of spades
Oct 5 2010 2:52PM
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Lemuel
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JT is on Elan I believe.
Oct 5 2010 2:53PM
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Gstrong
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teej seams to change sponsors alot
Oct 5 2010 2:55PM
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BWalmer
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Maybe he didn't like the product or like the other products better? We'll never really know why people change sponsors, there are so many factors, money is just one.
Oct 5 2010 3:23PM
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*TURBONERD*
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good for him, stoked to see bene get signed as well, kid slayed in revolver.
Oct 5 2010 3:26PM
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smile=]
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i thought it was jib life... ahahha
Oct 5 2010 3:28PM
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blindside
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damn, I was just planning to pick up a pair of coreupt TJ pros!!
Oct 5 2010 3:32PM
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nellyyy
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I'll be honest. I was never really stoked on CoreUpt from the beginning... I was a little skeptical about a lot of the brand when they just dumped a ton of money into their team and just initially recycled Dynastar molds. Their skis might be great now who knows but I just always had my doubts. I guess that's all being confirmed since they dropped TJ and Gus in the last few months. Who knows who'll be next
Oct 5 2010 3:40PM
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Session
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K2
Oct 5 2010 3:44PM
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.[sanhedrin].
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This!

He's on the Backside (Adventure) Series Team.

Oct 5 2010 4:42PM
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Static
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Hopefully Nordica pays for some lavish trips to exotic destinations and we get some sweet ski content out of it.
Oct 5 2010 4:47PM
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samsquamch
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k2 adventure series team

Oct 5 2010 4:54PM
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wrenegade
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Hopefully Nordica fires their entire graphic design team. Bring back something like the W105 or 9.1ff!
Oct 5 2010 4:55PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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i thought they changed the name of the game or something at first.
Oct 5 2010 5:03PM
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gawd
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he was on the team already for boots.
Oct 5 2010 5:15PM
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k-fred
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nice move TJ

Oct 5 2010 5:32PM
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Dan-Man
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nope
Oct 5 2010 5:35PM
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wameron
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thank god, he deserves to be on a company that actually makes decent skis.
Oct 5 2010 5:39PM
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tom.skier
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This. However the Ace Of Spades boots look sick this year!
Oct 5 2010 5:40PM
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ButteredToast.
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Ehh idk, I had a friend that had some super bad topsheet issues with his superchargers. The ones with like the weird solid blue topsheet and the blue/red stars on the bottom
Oct 5 2010 6:37PM
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hauser
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I predict many kids with northface, full tilt, and nordica this year
Oct 5 2010 6:52PM
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Lanz
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somehow nordica reminds me of fischer..
Oct 5 2010 7:09PM
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Gharf
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you don't know what you talking about

loyalty is one thing but these guys have to live.

go explain charles gagnier that it was nice that he stayed loyal for salomon for 10 years and now he has no ski sponsor, go tell JF houle that when he had skied for rossignol for 3 years they just dumped him like crap two years ago.
go tell that to julien reignier also..

i mean come on if he saw that his opportunities were not that good with coreupt (they are not selling a lot of skis right now), he made a move to make sure that he would have a sponsor that would offer him what he needs/ deserve.


be stoked for him, since this is probably a good move for him.


Oct 5 2010 7:44PM
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jason...
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top sheet issues dont count as real durability problems
Oct 5 2010 7:50PM
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ButteredToast.
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I see the durability of the topsheet as a durability issue...

Although a small one, if the topsheets suck and aren't durable, it can be an issue.
Oct 5 2010 7:51PM
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The.Ginger
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yeah they kinda do
Oct 5 2010 8:00PM
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