US Slopestyle Team Predictions

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Insane

Does anybody know when the US ski team for slopestyle is going to be announced? Also, who do you think will be on the inaugural team?

I'm guessing Bobby Brown, Gus Kenworthy, Alex Schlopy, and Tom Wallisch.

Jul 12 2011 12:39PM

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PJS.

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Torin.

Jul 13 2011 10:33AM

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Tanner-D

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I think as long as Torin Yater Wallace continues to progress at his current rate he is one of the most likely candidates to be on the slopestyle and pip team

Jul 13 2011 10:53AM

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Balzberg

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I do realize that, and please excuse any ignorance of mine. When I said Denmark, I was thinking that there must be people who frequently go South to the Alps, or North to other parts of Scandinavia to rip up the parks. I could be completely wrong though. Please tell me if you think there's any possibility of a Danish team. I would be interested to know.

On another note, do people think that there is any possibility of a Japanese or Korean team?

Jul 13 2011 11:11AM

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Maximumsushi

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As far as I know, there isn't much of a Danish ski scene. There are a few skiers here, but the level of riding is nothing close to what you'd find in Sweden, Norway, or Finland.

Everything is still fairly far out to speculate, a lot can happen in two and a half years, I wouldn't write any country out right now but I'd say it would be extremely unlikely if there were any sort of Danish slope team. As for Korea and Japan, I have higher hopes.

Jul 13 2011 11:48AM

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Balzberg

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I think there's a ski scene in Japan of some sort, as the videos/articles I've seen about Japan indicate some truly amazing terrain there. From what I've seen, I think there also may be some decent parks in Japan. With the Nippon Open and Joetsu Kokusia, there must be. I've seen very little videos from/of Japanese skiers though. From Salomon Freeski TV, and a couple of other videos though, I think we can safely predict that some sort of Korean appearance in halfpipe or slopestyle. As you said though, a lot can happen in two years. This couldn't be more true, and I hope that in 2014 that it ends up surprising us all.

Jul 13 2011 12:38PM

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