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Tom Wallisch & Kaya Turski in ESPN's Action Sports Star Bracket!

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schmuck
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Hey Newschoolers!

ESPN has just launched a March Madness-style bracket tournament to help determine the Top Action Sports Star, and both Tom and Kaya are in the running!

Tom has some stiff competition in the first round against Travis Rice, while Kaya is up against Carissa Moore, so help them out and click here to vote...and let the power of Newschoolers be felt! :)


Mar 20 2012 7:43PM
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OhioDreams
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Already voted for Tom and Kaya. The effort to take down Shaun White in the first round is AWESOME!! Lets go NS, make sure Ken Block beats him!
Mar 21 2012 4:47PM
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OhioDreams
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Crap, just saw that Block lost. LETS GO D-WAY!!!!
Mar 21 2012 4:48PM
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snowfinder
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no way white made it in the second round espn has this thing riggggged!
Mar 21 2012 4:48PM
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funkmaster
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Mar 21 2012 4:49PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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i swear to god block was up by at least 5% when i last saw it last night.
Mar 21 2012 4:53PM
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k.t
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hey everyone! thanks for the luvv.... thanks Schmuck for the post. Really appreciate all your support, so thank youuuuz!

kaya
Mar 21 2012 4:56PM
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Mstchief
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Tom won!! now for a even bigger challenge.... Kelly Slater
Mar 21 2012 5:03PM
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corona
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he doesn't deserve that one. It will be rather sad if he wins over Slater
Mar 21 2012 5:09PM
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Dr.Newschoolers
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Hi....She has spoken
Mar 21 2012 5:10PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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what are you saying? were trying to win this for freesking not for tom
Mar 21 2012 5:16PM
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ohboy
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Tom Wallisch is losing!!!! And Shaun White is winning!
SWING THE VOTE

http://espn.go.com/action/story/_/id/7677844/action-sports-star-bracket

Go! Go my personal army of NS!
Mar 21 2012 5:16PM
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schmuck
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Alright everyone, give yourselves a pat on the back for putting the power of Newschoolers on full display, because both Tom and Kaya won the first round! !

We're now on to Round 2, where Kaya is up against Kelly Clark and Tom is up against Kelly Slater, so keep your votes coming by clicking here, and let's help them knock off the two Kelly's! ;)


Mar 21 2012 5:25PM
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Dr.Newschoolers
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Tom is tied
Mar 21 2012 5:25PM
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ohboy
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Tom is winning!

So is Shaun White :( Vote for Kaya, Wallisch, and Danny Way!
Mar 21 2012 5:36PM
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corona
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I'm still going to vote for Tom, but no way in hell does he deserve to win against Kelly Slater.
Mar 21 2012 5:37PM
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tacobellslayer
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Can we make a separate thread to take down sean white? and make it sticky?
Mar 21 2012 5:37PM
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Ali.
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Wallisch is up by 2%!
Mar 21 2012 5:37PM
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ohboy
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Shiiittt. When Turski and Wallisch win, they are going to face each other...
Mar 21 2012 5:43PM
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Ali.
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agreed, tom is sick but not a lot of athletes can compare with 11 world titles plus the amount of dedication slater puts in is unreal. none the less voted for twall anyways.
Mar 21 2012 5:53PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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yea i know, Kaya is way more dominant, but then again she's a girl (no offence) its just the tricks arnt as big and such. MAD RESPECT FOR HER STILL, she's my little sisters idol. i honestly dont care which one wins, but knowing NS, itsll prolly be sammy tallnush
Mar 21 2012 5:54PM
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callmeteo
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sammy tallnush..?
Mar 21 2012 6:10PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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tom wallisch, im sorry, im not funny was trying to be though
Mar 21 2012 6:11PM
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Spinoza
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i like this!

Kelly Slater is way too close right now,    get voting people!
Mar 21 2012 6:22PM
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Steeze_Minister
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The fuck? I could swear white lost, fuck espn.
Mar 21 2012 6:30PM
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jibopoly23
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Done. 59 - 41 for Tom. Kaya also winning, 63- 37.
Mar 21 2012 6:39PM
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ohboy
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Yep. I'm pretty sure ESPN fucked with the vote at the end of the day.

White is winning 53-47! Keep votes coming against him, he is almost losing!
Mar 21 2012 7:08PM
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funkmaster
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good shit guys when i voted a few hours ago it was 63-37 for white, now only 51-49! get him knocked the fuck out!
Mar 21 2012 7:43PM
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MaryO
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Yeah when I checked this morning White was losing by 4%. Guess there was a last minute surge of votes??

Anyway, White and Danny Way dead even right now, Tom 67 vs Slater 33, Kaya 63 vs Clark 37!!

Mar 21 2012 8:19PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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whites loosing!
Mar 21 2012 8:27PM
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crieschl
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This one's for all the skiers who have lost to snowboarders

Mar 21 2012 9:31PM
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Goku
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Keep.Downvoting.Shaun
Mar 21 2012 9:50PM
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baethoven
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White Shaun is losing, keep up the good work NS.
Mar 21 2012 10:13PM
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plaplapla
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haha whudda noob
Mar 21 2012 10:46PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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I'm pretty sure ESPN rigged the vote. He was down by 5% last I saw, (10am eastern) and there were a ton of votes in that poll too. No way he caught up that quickly. Anyways, vote for Danny Way, and honestly I couldn't vote for Twall over Slater, but I did vote for Kaya.
Mar 21 2012 10:47PM
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MaryO
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Well that's pretty sad....sad that it could be rigged, and sad you didn't vote for Tom. Oh well, he's running away with it....for now.
Mar 21 2012 10:57PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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In no way is Tom as good of an action sports athlete as good as Kelly Slater...or T Rice. I would love to see a skier win, but I'm not gonna vote for a skier because I am a skier, I'm gonna vote for whoever is the best, and that wasn't tom.
Mar 21 2012 11:03PM
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pelle_munch
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You can't really compare man. We're voting for tom because it will help freeskiing in general, not because we don't think other people are "better" than him.
Mar 21 2012 11:05PM
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Sally*McSalad
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ya, fuck you shaun
Mar 21 2012 11:13PM
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JDUB28
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you guys realize that if both kaya and tom win they will face off in the next round...
Mar 21 2012 11:14PM
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acc
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How the fuck did Shaun White win? WTF ESPN that's bullshit
Mar 21 2012 11:22PM
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AndrewGravesSV
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whites losing!!! yeaaaa
Mar 21 2012 11:29PM
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FUUUCK
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I feel like Pastrana will win this in the end.
Mar 21 2012 11:46PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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Explain to me how an espn online contest is going to help freesking...
Mar 22 2012 12:38AM
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pelle_munch
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Exposure... popularity... etc
Mar 22 2012 1:54AM
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ski-swagga
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White 48%-52% Way
Turski 70%-30% Clark
Wallisch 67%-33% Slater
keep the votes coming NS!!
Mar 22 2012 2:59AM
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corona
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what do you mean 'sad you didn't vote for Tom'. Tom isn't even in the same league as Slater.
Mar 22 2012 10:53AM
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icon1234
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Not sure what Slater has done but to say Tom isn't in the same league as him is pretty dumb. Tom has won pretty much everything this year and has established himself imo as the best slope skier in the game right now. If Tom isn't in the same league than no one is in freeskiing at least.
Mar 22 2012 11:10AM
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ndye
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Slater's past titles should not affect the way one votes today... this is about current year accomplishments, otherwise Travis Pastrana and Tony Hawk would be winning this.  Wallisch's perfromances in the past year are incredible, he deserves the vote.
Mar 22 2012 11:16AM
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corona
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When Wallisch can be the very very top of the sport for 20 years straight then I'll say he's comparable. There are a few athletes that are just above and beyond and in a class of their own. Slater is one of them. Along with people like Gretzky and Pele. Wallisch is not even close. Yet.
Mar 22 2012 11:23AM
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corona
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Then Slater wins hands down. You can't look at 2012 yet since they've maybe done 1 comp at most and the season has barely started. So look to 2011. He was world champion. Didn't place lower than 5th, and took 5 1sts.

I'm still being a hypocrite and voting Wallisch though cause I want Freeskiing to win.
Mar 22 2012 11:30AM
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