Okay the midwest is going to blow up this season!
Hey all thanks for the props on the Marquette Park.
Hey michiganjibber
I smack you with this
LINK
Now what were you saying about my icy jumps?
As for the rest of you here is the dl on the Midwest Open.
yes there will be an Event at Marquette Mountain, Michigan in place of the now extinct Midwest Extremes; yes it is called the Midwest Open. The tentative dates of the event are March 16 -20 respectively. Athletes expected are as fallows………….. Screw it I am lazy and will copy paste an email to me (Stu Epps) from Eric Iberg……
“Stu,
i will talk to rossie tonight, but i am sure he will not be able to commit til the end of oct.
i am looking to do the event march 17, 18, 19, and 20. qualifications on thrus for slopestyle final(on friday), then slopestyle final friday, half pipe final saturday and big air sat. night under the lights.
i think a 4 day event is a must to make it flow smoothly. it allows everyone to recover from every event and put on the best event for us(athletes and organizers)
i can confirm athlete representation right now. my goal for athletes is Tanner Hall, JP Auclair, Boyd Easley, Grete Ellission, TJ Schiller, Sean Field, Kye Peterson, Sean and Cal Pettit, Phil Belanger, Phil Larose, Phil Dion, Sarah Burke, Greg Tuffelmyre, Omar Otte, Nick Mercon, Matt Sterbenz etc.. I can gauntee i can get more as well. this is hugh for the exposure of the sport for 'local media' newspapers and news channels and radio.
I can help with sponcers as well. if we can lock down the dates i will go after red bull, oakley, armada as the major sponcers for this event. D-Structure pro shop in quebec will also want to be involved.
media exposure we can start on right now if we have dates. i can get freeze to do a write up before the event in a january or febuary issue. as well as get staff photographers from freeskier and freeze at the event. we get dates soon enough i can get plake to come as well and host an rsn episode from your mountain.
i am working on getting a televison program(Fox Sports Net) for the event as well if you are interested. it would be done by the guy who runs the American Freeski Tour that started last year.�
Take it for what ever you want.