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Grand Prix Mammoth 2012 ?

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polmei
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any news about this? like who completes?
pictures of the slope course?

remember its a FIS comptetition..
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/1228.html?event_id=30230&cal_suchsector=FS
Feb 28 2012 12:01AM
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polmei
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nobody knows anything?
Feb 28 2012 9:20AM
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K-Thomas
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wasn't aspen open this weekend too? no coverage for either?
Feb 28 2012 11:00AM
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YUNG_milksteAk
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Lots of kids I know are doing it. It's a ussa comp. probably no tv coverage.
Feb 28 2012 11:35AM
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reverendwrong
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http://usfreeskiing.com/news/final-sprint-us-grand-prix-stop-boasts-big-names-mammoth-mountain-0



It's been upgraded to a world cup event, so this is the first olympic qualifying event for slope (2nd for pipe) ever. Everyone who made finals from X and Dew are here, along with a number of up and comers invited off the USSA list.Think of this as a comp that is as big as Dew tour if not bigger.

The course is fucking massive. 3 rails into the biggest 4 pack in a slope comp ever. The jumps are like 65, 75, 80, and 85ft respectfully from what I've heard, I don't know the exact measurements but from hitting them HOLY SHIT they are big.

Feb 28 2012 12:42PM
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OleKr
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Actualy it's the second FIS slopestyle comp. IT was FIS WC slopestyle in Jyväskylä Finland last weekend. Not many of the big names there but, AJ Kempainen,Pk Hunder, Colby West,Jesper Tjäder and Kai Mahler was there. It was kind of mini slopestyle with small jumps and funny rails. It was hard for the big guns to hit the slope in the beginning since they all where known to ski the big kickers in usa for the last two months but after some days of practis they were all in to the mini jumps. Cool comp but hopefully not the way FIS wil keep their slopestyle courses in the future.

Feb 29 2012 4:23AM
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Mike-O
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Like said, it's the 2nd FIS competition.

Here are the Top 3 runs from the first one from Jyväskylä, Finland. I for one am glad that smaller hills can get a chance for putting up comps that are creative and have good flow instead of just "BIG KICKERS".


http://fisplayer.infrontams.tv/freestyle/?id=49
Feb 29 2012 4:40AM
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.ZT.
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http://freeskier.com/stories/checking-russ-henshaw-us-grand-prix-beyond for grand prix and http://freeskier.com/stories/gus-kenworthy-emilia-wint-win-aspensnowmass-open-slopestyle for snowmass open. btw mammoth grand prix will be on tv look it up.............
Feb 29 2012 7:45AM
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MaryO
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The GP isn't televised live from what I can see. T.V. dates are for March 10 and later. Freeskier twitter page will have Live streaming of the scores though

Halfpipe qualifications are happening today.

Feb 29 2012 10:30AM
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MaryO
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Nevermind what I said about qualies today.....

http://ussa.org/events/mammoth-mountain-grand-prix

"**Due to weather all competitons for today (2/29/12) have been postponed. More information at the Rider Meetings tonight in the Mountainside Conference Center."

Feb 29 2012 10:33AM
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