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Won the Breck Live like a Pro Contest!

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ny300z
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wow so i probably clicked the link from here so thanks newschoolers.

Got a email this morning from Brecks Marketing coordinator saying i won the Live Like a Pro Contest that Breck just had. Looked legit but i didnt wanna get my hopes up too fast.

Finally i couldnt wait for another email response and had to call this guy to verify.

He answered and confirmed i won!!!!!

3 days in Breck, airfare, lodging, shuttles and lift tickets for 2!

AND VIP on all the lifts, first chair each day and i will get to lap the park with Bobby Brown and some other pros! haha this is insane! still cant believe it.

Im sure a lot of people deserve this but man, living here on long island all i do is wish and dream to go out west to ski but lifes tough sometimes and hard to afford those trips so this is such a blessing they dont even know!

Ive only been out west to Utah once years ago and been dieing to visit Breck especially. ( i even put in applications for work out there)

TL:DR i know, just had to share my stoke with people who would appreciate it.

CLIFF NOTES- won contest, too pumped up to work now

the guy on the phone was happy to hear how crazy stoked i was!

THANK YOU BRECK!!!! cant wait this was the best news ever



Jan 14 2013 4:29PM
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Madhavok
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i think the contest was for an express lane for you and the guest to use to skip the lines as an added bonus. Not sure on the pros since they all just wait like us regular folk here at breck.
enjoy
Jan 15 2013 11:52AM
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ny300z
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thats cool with me man....thats awesome that they just wait like everyone else....and the way you guys make it sound its like you guys are always skiing with pros over there. thats really cool. i just wanna see someone throw down like that in front of me.
Jan 15 2013 11:54AM
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benlokhorst
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You are going to have so much fun man!
Jan 15 2013 12:00PM
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skicowboy
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I will share in your stoke: I just won a 6 night trip to Banff, AB on facebook!! Super stoked to get back out West!! I don't get to shred with pros, but man, isn't winning shit just fucking awesome?!!!
Jan 15 2013 2:53PM
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BNik
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Breck has no snow lololol.
Jan 15 2013 2:55PM
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ny300z
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thats crazy man congrats! id be happy winning a lift ticket let alone a 6 night trip out west or what i got. were are lucky mofos...enjoy
Jan 15 2013 3:24PM
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ny300z
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haha im sure they have a lot more then mountain creek where i go. solid 20"  base with 1 lift running on the park side
Jan 15 2013 3:26PM
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cheerio
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thats awesome yo! have fun
Jan 15 2013 3:27PM
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bdowning
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Congrats brohan! I'm from NJ, winter's beat right now! Enjoy the trip!
Jan 15 2013 3:57PM
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JWeinstock
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lucky. but have a great time out there
Jan 16 2013 7:55AM
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Furrer92
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Sick to see it go to someone who really appreciates the experience.
Jan 16 2013 12:25PM
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JakeSalvador
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thats dope man. even better that you live on long island! enjoy every moment of it opportunities like this come around very rarely so take it all in and enjoy the midwest!
Jan 16 2013 5:42PM
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galaxia
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when I was at Breck a few weeks ago, I think the base was like 25 inches.

but fuck it, your gonna have such a bomb time, Im jealous as hell dude, good luck be safe.
Jan 16 2013 7:10PM
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-emile-
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so jealous ! stoked for you
Jan 16 2013 7:13PM
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Ribss.
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So awesome to see how stoked you are, congrats!
Jan 16 2013 9:15PM
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turntwood
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I won last years version of this, and it was so so so fun. I got to take private park laps with Keri Herman before they opened it up to the public and it was so goddamn fun. If it's the same guy that emailed me last year, he's really slow with responding haha. But be stoked, so much fun. Breck is awesome. That trip was definitely one of the best experiences of my life. You gonna love it. Have an awesome time!
Jan 16 2013 9:46PM
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teineke
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I just got back from brick yesterday up top there is exposure everywhere but a little bit further on the runs and its good. Sucks imperial is still closed you need to make sure you take the tbar those runs are good.
Jan 16 2013 9:46PM
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Clark_Griswold
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I would shit my pants from stoke. I just got back from a week trip in Breck/keystone and even though there's more snow at my home mountain Colorado was a fucking awesome experience! Enjoy your trip and congrats
Jan 16 2013 9:57PM
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ny300z
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wow thanks a lot everyone, awesome that you guys can tell how excited i am. And yea the suspense of hearing back with more details is literally eating me alive Im trying to go about my normal life but its tough haha

im gonna be packed before this dude even sets a date for me


Jan 16 2013 10:35PM
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_Garagely_
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So fucking jealous. Have fun!
Jan 17 2013 12:33AM
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NSwidow
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So stoked for you man! Sounds like you'll really make the most of the trip and not take it for granted! Have the BEST time!
Jan 18 2013 8:14PM
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ny300z
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So i got the dates! Leaving in 2 weeks from today. Feb 7-10

Its starting to feel real now, already picked up some nice new poles, gloves, 2 extra goPro batteries and a ski bag haha. and work just got me a ipad2 which will be awesome for the ride to watch all my ski movies on the plane!

thanks for all the nice comments everybody! Im sure they will see how much this means to me as soon as they meet me

of course i will try and take as many pics and videos as possible and share some when i get back

question now is do i wait the 2 weeks to ski or go ski this week to warm up....hmm
Jan 24 2013 9:05AM
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skodeo7
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Definitely ski this week but take it mellow.
Jan 25 2013 9:10AM
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ny300z
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your probably right thanks

gonna be hard to ski mellow though haha
Jan 25 2013 10:05AM
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bertrenolds
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Make sure they know you are into riding groomers since there is no snow and colorado is shit right now, still better then the east thought, haha. Vail resorts as a company sucks cocks!!!
Jan 25 2013 10:12AM
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ny300z
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yea of course i win a trip out west the year there is no snow but like you said its still way better then over here.

All i need is enough snow for the park and enough to ski some trees hopefully.
Jan 25 2013 10:30AM
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deleted5
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i won that shit 4 years ago its sick have fun.
Jan 25 2013 5:23PM
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ny300z
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So i got back last weekend from my Breck trip!

wow, god i love it out there. The mountain, the town, the people! everything is awesome out there.

 Everything Breck hooked me up with was top notch. Sweet room right by main st with a 3 min walk to the lift, 4 day pass for me and my friend, ski school line passes and even some tees

 Every day was awesome, warm, mostly bluebird perfect conditions!

 They called me up the night before my "first tracks day" and told me to be at the lift at 7am before anyone was even there. And it snowed about 8 inches that night!

Me and my friend are waiting and Pat Goodnough from the Breck team walks up says hello and then a  guy comes pulling up with a snowmobile! siccccccccccccck! He says lets go to the terrain park and asks me who’s a better skier between me and my friend......of course i say i am and he says good your gonna hang off the back!

So now my friend is sitting on the sled and im hanging on a tow rope with Pat! Dude said he was gonna go full speed up the mountain so hold on......he wasnt kidding! that was probably the craziest experience I’ve had going 30+ or whatever mph UP the mountain in some pow haha. I thought I was gonna eat shit a few times, they kept looking back to see if I was still there but I made it!

Then we got to lap one of the smaller terrain parks with Pat for an hour and a half getting pulled up by the sled after every run! Cant tell ya how many laps I got in by 845 or so in the morn. He was pumped up that we were having so much fun and just rooting us on to try stuff.

 After the “hour” with Pat and the sled were up I said my thanks to Pat and the guy Kevin with the sled. We were bout to leave and Pat said shit you guys when go hit the fresh snow up top? FUCCCK YEA! So we end up going to the top of the T-bar with Pat and ripped bowls and trees all day in fresh snow!

I was dieing the whole day trying to keep up with Pat, between my legs, my breathing from the altitude and the fact I suck compared to him haha. He was carving switch through pow faster than I could go straight.

 He wanted to chill with us all day even though he didn’t have to, he was awesome, down to earth and just chill. Got to see him rip a lap in Park lane too! He kills it man.

 Day of my life, great conditions, my best friend, Pat, a sled, the best mountain I been to….what else can you ask for…..oh yea it was free! Wtf! Still don’t believe it!

Thanks to Breck, Kevin, Pat Goodnough, and everyone that works in the town. Everyone is awesome.

 I will post some pics and eventually some nice video clips.

++++Sorry for the novel

Feb 19 2013 8:24AM
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ny300z
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Feb 19 2013 8:37AM
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SloanKettering
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lucky. bobby brown is my favorite skier
Feb 19 2013 8:47AM
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slugworth
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right on mang! Bring a camera!
Feb 19 2013 8:54AM
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ny300z
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haha yea those 2 guys were still asleep or something. still appreciate it tho lol
Feb 19 2013 10:40AM
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quixotic
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Sick! seems like you had an epic trip.
Feb 19 2013 10:44AM
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Pikachu.
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so sick dude! looks and seemed like a blast!
Feb 19 2013 11:01AM
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Barmski
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They ya up at the village.....interesting. thought it would have been Mt thunder.
Feb 19 2013 12:17PM
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ny300z
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hell yea i told him hes crazy hitting that feature they made in the Sunny Breck segment haha

his part was dope. he said hes coming out with the Project Pat 2 edit soon he had a lot of footage from Level1

awesome guy man
Feb 19 2013 2:31PM
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wisconsinsteeze
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Hell yea man, stoked it went to someone like you who is so appreciative and happy to get that opportunity!
Looks like you had a super fun time!
Feb 19 2013 3:06PM
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skodeo7
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Nice dude! That's awesome you got to shred with Pat. Such a sick skier and he knows whats up. It's great you got some snow when you were out there too, must've been an eye opening experience.
Feb 22 2013 8:00PM
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ny300z
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man everything worked out perfect! it was too sick. its like Breck was trying to convince me to stay.

I even got "stuck" in Breck for a extra day because i got 3ft of snow back home. Got a whole day in

sking the bowls and the t-bar trees with some powder is the best thing i ever did. I kept telling myself THIS IS REAL SKIING! we dont get that experience over here at all.

need to find a IT job out there asap
Feb 25 2013 8:39AM
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clint
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So stoked for you bro. LIke everyones saying, good to see someone who is so appreciative and worthy of the prize win! Glad you went to Breck too! Prolly the best place for a first timer to head out to with the good people and vibes! Yeeee
Feb 25 2013 12:11PM
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Park_Ranger
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This guy. I would use the 700 to buy a 5 day ticket and a flight. Would crash on my homies couch, burn lots of nug, and not ride with bobby brown. Congrats tho, Breck is always a good time
Feb 25 2013 12:25PM
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