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Im pretty confused about the Aspen Grand Prix?

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thebusiness19
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This might be a really stupid question, but from the recent article on NS/insta posts it seemed like it was 1. Andri Ragettli 2. Ferdinand Dahl 3. Oystein
But then there were posts pretty soon thereafter showing Gus celebrating winning the Aspen Open in Slope with Nick Goepper and Evan MC on the podium
What am I missing here??
Jan 16 2018 1:02AM
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slush8
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AFO winning was the FIS World Cup Grand Prix, GNE was an Olympic Qualifying Grand Prix held the day after.....it was to make up for one that was cancelled last Feb
Jan 16 2018 1:33AM
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slush8
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It's also confusing because Newschoolers didn't bother to do a write up on it even though it was a major event
Jan 16 2018 1:36AM
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steezerampage
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Yeah NS seems a have almost completely abandoned the comp scene.
Jan 16 2018 11:18AM
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Kretzschmar
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slush8It's also confusing because Newschoolers didn't bother to do a write up on it even though it was a major event

The Aspen Open, which I believe was the comp on Sunday, was apparently not even being livestreamed (even though they said it was going to be) therefore it's pretty hard to do a write up about it.

Note: I wasn't planning on doing the write up nor was I working Sunday. I'm going off what others were saying in our group chat in regards to comp coverage.
steezerampageYeah NS seems a have almost completely abandoned the comp scene.


Yea, we definitely abandoned it by posting 4 articles in the past 5 days about the event.




Jan 16 2018 11:59AM
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eheath
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Saturday was a "world cup" event, it was live streamed, results were posted immediately (live scoring as well) so it was very easy to cover remotely. The "grand prix" event on sunday had no stream, no live scoring and they still haven't posted official results on the ussa website. Because there was basically nothing online for the event, we couldn't put anything together.
Jan 16 2018 12:05PM
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Park_Ranger
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Why was the course so lame? It was like a flat rail, dfd, gap to down rail up top, a rail on top of a qp, and then 3 jumps that were not very big. You'd think they would up the size of things a bit for an Olympic Qualifier.
Jan 16 2018 12:14PM
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eheath
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Park_RangerWhy was the course so lame? It was like a flat rail, dfd, gap to down rail up top, a rail on top of a qp, and then 3 jumps that were not very big. You'd think they would up the size of things a bit for an Olympic Qualifier.


I'm guessing that they had a lack of snow, CO isn't doing great. Thats really the only reason it was so poor, looking forward to watching the contest in mammoth this weekend, but knowing mammoth the weather is gonna suck.
Jan 16 2018 12:22PM
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Park_Ranger
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eheathI'm guessing that they had a lack of snow, CO isn't doing great. Thats really the only reason it was so poor, looking forward to watching the contest in mammoth this weekend, but knowing mammoth the weather is gonna suck.


Word. Those will be some proper jumps
Jan 16 2018 12:24PM
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theabortionator
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Park_RangerWhy was the course so lame? It was like a flat rail, dfd, gap to down rail up top, a rail on top of a qp, and then 3 jumps that were not very big. You'd think they would up the size of things a bit for an Olympic Qualifier.




I personally thought the lack of a 3rd rail feature was a fuck up. That just doesn't make sense to me. There was a big gap when they could have had something.
Jan 16 2018 12:30PM
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SofaKingSick
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eheathbut knowing mammoth the weather is gonna suck.


??
Jan 16 2018 12:31PM
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Park_Ranger
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theabortionatorI personally thought the lack of a 3rd rail feature was a fuck up. That just doesn't make sense to me. There was a big gap when they could have had something.


I agree. It was a really awkward and small course. People didn't really throw down that hard on it either (IMHO).
Jan 16 2018 12:38PM
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eheath
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SofaKingSick??


The weather is always brutal in mammoth this time of year, snowy, windy, aka not idea for a contest. Remember the GP last year they ended up just cancelling?
Jan 16 2018 12:38PM
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SofaKingSick
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eheathThe weather is always brutal in mammoth this time of year, snowy, windy, aka not idea for a contest. Remember the GP last year they ended up just cancelling?


weird, i didnt know that. i guess im used to thinking of mammoth the way i do most of cali, like 300 sunny days a year haha
Jan 16 2018 12:41PM
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dan_swagner
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They aired Sundays Slope replay last night on NBCsports.com at 11pm EST but they don't have a replay of the event online yet.
Jan 16 2018 1:13PM
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dan_swagner
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It should be here in the next day or so

http://www.nbcsports.com/live#full-event-replays
Jan 16 2018 1:14PM
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Keith_M
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Not a full list of results, but something:

U.S. Grand Prix at Snowmass Results

Men’s freeski slopestyle (Contest #2)
1. Gus Kenworthy (USA), 95.40
2. Nick Goepper (USA), 93.60
3. Evan McEachran (CAN), 92.20
4. Quinn Wolferman (USA), 91.60
5. James Woods (GBR), 90.80

Women’s freeski slopestyle (Contest #2)
1. Sarah Hoefflin (SUI), 89.60
2. Maggie Voisin (USA), 87.20
3. Isabel Atkin (GBR), 84.80
4. Julia Krass (USA), 84.00
5. Giulia Tanno (SUI), 79.20

U.S. Qualifying Standings

Men’s freeski slopestyle
1. Nick Goepper, 160**
2. Gus Kenworthy, 140*
3-T. McRae Williams, 79
3-T. Quinn Wolferman, 79
5. Alex Hall, 57
6. Willie Borm, 50

Women’s freeski slopestyle
1. Maggie Voisin, 180** (QUALIFIED)
2. Devin Logan, 90
3. Darian Stevens, 81
4. Julia Krass, 72
5. Taylor Lundquist, 65
6. Caroline Claire, 52

*Has one top-three finish
**Has met minimum criteria of two top-three finishes
Jan 16 2018 2:34PM
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