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justins_ski
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Next season there should be amateur and pro divisions... trying to compete against Jeff Thomas throwing switch rodeo 7's is ridiculous. It was a fun time though.
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Mar 30 2003 5:59PM
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Jeff_Thomas
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The pro and am setup is normally better I agree...not age groups
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Mar 30 2003 7:00PM
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linkray
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i agree it would work better, but how many people goto the even that are actually PRO, i mean maybe a few, i guess if your good you just enter the pro division.
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Mar 30 2003 10:57PM
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BMit
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doesnt the pro division just mean invers are allowed? i dunno... maybe im wrong
Mar 30 2003 11:26PM
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Jeff_Thomas
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Normally it refers to money or prizes (schwag)

Pro- Money (biggest Prizes)
Am- Schwag
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Mar 31 2003 1:32AM
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gambino500014
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yea there wasnt too many pros and it woiuld have been a good time if there was only 5 of them dont you think.....
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Mar 31 2003 6:42PM
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Caden
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for ottawa i would classify pro as anything more then 540 with a solid grab in it.



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Mar 31 2003 7:31PM
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gambino500014
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i think its a little more safe just to classify pros as... ummm mabye pro's ?
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Mar 31 2003 9:30PM
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Drail
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well, if you wanna get all fucking technical about it a pro skier is a skier who gets paid. ski instructors are 'pro' skiers.


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Mar 31 2003 10:01PM
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YellowPants
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Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't automatically classify a ski instructor as a 'pro'. The reason being that they get paid to *teach*, not to *ski*.

I would say that a 'pro' is someone who gets paid to ski (to compete, film, etc) - not to teach others.
Apr 1 2003 10:58AM
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MacMahoooon
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Daryl...does that make me a 'pro' since I am paid to ski as a skipatrol?

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Apr 1 2003 2:29PM
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Drail
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yea dude... and um, ski instructors are 'pro' skiers if you wanna get technical. park skiing isn't the only aspect of this sport called skiing. it's not even close to being the leading aspect either (soon, but not right now). why the hell do you think ski instructors are called ski pros sometimes.

the ski world isn't revolved around jumping.

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Apr 1 2003 4:37PM
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Caden
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footage, anyone?



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Apr 1 2003 8:30PM
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Super-man
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i hate to burst everyone's bubble, but freestyle skiing is an amateur sport, there is no porfessional freestyle skiing league where ski clubs pay millions of dollars to their athletes. The word 'pro' is overused by the public to describe anyone that is really successful at the sport. It's a generalization and nobodys complaining about it.


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Apr 1 2003 9:31PM
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Pipe_Munky
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so does that mean im pro darryl? that's super!




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Apr 7 2003 9:41AM
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Howell
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ur an idiot super man, anything that is done by anyone, as long as that person is getting paid to do the service or act or wut it may be, is a professional in that sport or wutever is it.
Apr 7 2003 6:08PM
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Super-man
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Go out and do the research Howell - a sponsorhip is different from getting paid, Government support is there to keep the 'pride and joy of the nation' above the poverty line. and don't be so cocky, girls 'll think you're compensating for something.

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Apr 7 2003 9:26PM
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Drail
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yea - superman's right dude... that shit's amature sports... you win a big competition and what do you win? a pretty f.i.s. gold metal. no novelty size checks there.

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Apr 8 2003 2:05AM
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CapitalH&C
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The whole pro vs Am is pretty washed out these days. Traditionally a pro is somebody who earns a living (or at least try's to) at their sport but now that we have NHL players in the Olympics it's all gone to shit. That's why we went with age categories. We may use pro and am categories next year as a skill level measuring stick for the competitors. It will make it more comfortable for skiers over 16 to compete if their not overly confident with their skill level, of course the prizing will be better in the pro category.
Apr 9 2003 11:08AM
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Mike_Crichton
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True, Darryl, but a lot of World Cup competitions are now giving hefty pay cheques to the winners. Not quite X-Games level, but getting up there.
Apr 9 2003 11:10AM
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Drail
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really... i didn't know that. that's pretty good for them.

Darryl Hunt

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Apr 9 2003 4:47PM
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Caden
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i think if it's age again you should include 16 sor it's 16 and under... 15 is kinda random for the cut off age...



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Apr 9 2003 8:34PM
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Howell
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i like ur thinking caden, haha and wut are u talking about, u can be pro at wutever u want to be as long as u get paid for it, or if u want to break it down, as long as u can live off it, ur pro,
Apr 9 2003 10:29PM
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