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albatross.
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What the fuck is going on this year? First they cancel girls qualifiers, then boys under 13, now they relaize at the last second that they had absolutley no insurance for the event, so it is now sanctioned under FIS (BC freestyle) which means everyone is now going to have to buy the FIS insurance, and the event will run under FIS protocol.

BALLS!

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Apr 1 2005 1:19PM
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chillonhill
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This is either a April fools joke or a malicious scam by intrawest & FIS together

Apr 1 2005 1:25PM
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albatross.
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no april fools joke, i have the sheet

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Apr 1 2005 1:27PM
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chillonhill
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1st & 2nd yeah, No wonder insurance company's keep having record profits, If it's true This totally sucks.

Apr 1 2005 1:28PM
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albatross.
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Apr 1 2005 1:34PM
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chillonhill
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Tis a black day in WSI history then.

Apr 1 2005 1:35PM
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albatross.
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If you find it hard to read, W1 is the group putting on WSI this year, and that is an agreement between them and BC freestyle, i cut out the signatures at the bottom but its all signed

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Apr 1 2005 1:35PM
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chillonhill
Posts: 1314 - Karma: 125
So if you want to win pull off some DTSpreads I guess. Kidding, Freestylers are all D-spinning now.

Apr 1 2005 1:38PM
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skier_boy26
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wow, im glad i didnt try to enter this year. thats pretty messed up.

Apr 1 2005 1:48PM
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pikupfulofsnow
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so, how much is the total cost to enter?

Apr 1 2005 1:49PM
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estaked
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whats that smell?

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Apr 1 2005 2:00PM
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Kev
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you would think for such a big event they would have there act together.... apparently not, fis sactioned event will suck.



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Apr 1 2005 2:04PM
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d-loc
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WTF are you talking about almost all insurance companies are broke and going bankrupt... do some research before running ur mouth.

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Apr 1 2005 2:28PM
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chillonhill
Posts: 1314 - Karma: 125
Not, they just raise the rates & make more money every year, believe it or not!

Apr 1 2005 2:29PM
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chillonhill
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Ever look at the dow / nasdaq / S & P
They want the general public to maybe think that

Apr 1 2005 2:34PM
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johnnypsunami
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actually its quite the contrary d-loc. that guy has is right. You need to inform youself.


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Apr 1 2005 2:43PM
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skibum193
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wow, that is retarded. usually whistler has their shit together


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Apr 1 2005 3:24PM
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360spins
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Whistler has nothing to do with it (nor Intrawest for that matter), W1 is the outside body and event organizer, and they are a whole different company putting the event on, and its their insurance that is meaningful. WB's does not cover outside events.

Confusing - a bit. Rocket Science - no.

And insurance companies are making money hand over fist.

BTW - I wouldnt be surprised if the BC Freestyle insurance, which is a part of a national organizing body, limits inverted aireals.

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Apr 1 2005 3:44PM
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estaked
Posts: 7388 - Karma: 79
it just seems this has to bs i mean w1 would have to inform the competitors of this change so i think april fools too so ya i say BS

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Apr 1 2005 4:01PM
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chillonhill
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Quite possibley B.S. WSI & FIS yucks!

Apr 1 2005 4:03PM
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albatross.
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its not BS, i showed you the sheet. Fortunatley insurance shouldnt be expensive.

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Apr 2 2005 1:54AM
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lanks
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all i know is, a girl i know got screwed out of a spot in the wsi, so someone is doing a terrible job orgainzing this year.


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Apr 2 2005 2:12AM
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chillonhill
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Oh well I believe you then! Whats the use of signing waivers if its always complicated these days

Apr 2 2005 2:22AM
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estaked
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i take back what i said it unfortunally isnt bs... thanks dave and ace for clearing it all up for me :P

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Apr 2 2005 2:23AM
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trevorwoulddoit
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It's dead true.



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Apr 2 2005 2:28AM
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chillonhill
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probebly The start of the road to Olympics 2010

Apr 2 2005 2:28AM
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Anathema
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yeah poor jayleen man. stupid idiots. she rips too man.

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Apr 2 2005 2:42AM
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hemlockjibber8
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didnt ICBC (insurance corp of BC) have millions in profits this year. i want to say $300 mil, but maybe it was $3

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Apr 2 2005 4:01AM
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albatross.
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^i would say around 300 is about right

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Apr 2 2005 12:33PM
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chillonhill
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Yeah 3 mil is peanuts for a corp, They would be freakin out bad

Apr 2 2005 12:37PM
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DynastarriderGP
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i'm sure it will still be sick.

Apr 2 2005 1:55PM
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french_fry
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I only live 10 blocks west of them, so i should go there and "say hello".




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Apr 2 2005 2:07PM
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freeskier1316
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I WOULD RATHER SEE IT BE CANCLED THE FIS RUN IT


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Apr 2 2005 6:08PM
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chillonhill
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For Halfpipe to be an official sport recognised by the Int Olypic Comitee I think It has to be sanctioned by the FIS, It sucks but what can anyone do about it. Nothing

Apr 2 2005 6:15PM
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thomas_skier
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maybe d-loc should apologize for getting belligerent on that guy about insurance company profits. soon as the record was set straight, he disappeared. what do you have to say d-loc?

Apr 2 2005 7:01PM
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chillonhill
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Come back D-Lock I miss you telling me off!

Apr 2 2005 7:08PM
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Saba
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as far as I know theres still a girls qualifier...no one has called to tell me otherwise and I spoke to the woman running it two days ago.

Apr 2 2005 7:09PM
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ineedarealname
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there isnt a girls qualifier because two girls from vernon were supposed to go for slopestyle but qualified girls got shanked out of it. now its only the guys.

but ya BC freestyle sanctioned event wont be super good, every comp they have sanctioned this year has been no inverts in slopestyle.

Apr 2 2005 8:31PM
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towelcall
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sounds like saba just got fucked over shit sonthats some funny shit

Apr 2 2005 8:40PM
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Sanchez
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First of all, it's not "FIS" that is sanctioning the event. It's the CFSA, which stands for the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association. This isn't the first time that they've sanctioned the WSI and other events that you probably weren't aware of (i.e., Snow Jam), and probably won't be the last time.

Instead of complaining, you guys should be ecstatic that they are taking a risk, stepping up offering to provide insurance since it may otherwise have been cancelled. Or, almost as bad, been subject to monster entry fees for all of the athletes in order to afford to buy insurance from some other company who knows nothing about freestyle skiing.

As for the mismanagement of the event, if that's occurring, then that's the fault of the event organizers, not FIS or the CFSA or the CIA or the NSA or whoever else is part of the big conspiracy.

The whole "FIS sucks" mentality is sooooo old, please get over it!

Apr 2 2005 8:49PM
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$1080PLP$
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go fucking crawl in a hole and die. my parents own an isurance angancy and post 9/11 insurance companies have had a super hard time turning a profit and this trickles down to agencys too. and I have watched all of this first had i have watch multi million dollar companies go down the drain expecially post 9/11 and high risk insurance markets (i.e. ski resorts, rafting compaies, most recreational activies) are getting DROPED compleatly by companies. fewer and fewer companies offer insurance to places like whistler (surprised that INTERWEST doesn have its OWN insurance that it backs and has to go through FIS to get insurance for the comp i smell a favor going on here ) also rates have sky rocketed for them too i won't go into the exact amounts that rates have gone up for these people but lets just say i know rafters that pay twice as much as then did 2 year ago for insurance.



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Apr 2 2005 8:50PM
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$1080PLP$
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if you want to point a huge finger at why this is all happening point it at Bin lauden and the terrorist actvities of 9/11.



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Apr 2 2005 8:57PM
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chillonhill
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Why then would insurance shares of most companies gone way up 1 example only
Industrial Alliance Canada worth 35.00 about
2 years ago now worth almost 60.00 oer share
Has nothing to do with 9/11. Thats another lame excuse to jack rates up. Blame it all on 9/11 Insurance company's like to charge rates but really fear having to pay out a friggen penny, Your all like a bunch of egotistical Laywers who like to play golf and reap rewards But God forbid if you must pay out, That hurts the bottom line for rich families like you!

Now back to the real topic Canadian freestyle isn't as bad as FIS (However they follow the exact same protocol) International standards So be it! Its all the same crap I know what I'm
talking about buddy,

All I meant to say in the begining was It's a Black day for what used to be the WS1,
A free fest of insane partying & skiin' & boarding
Most good freeskiers quit moguls cause of stupid rules. Whats next " Drug Tests"

Good day!
next they'll be testing for drugs right

Apr 2 2005 9:33PM
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yetigonecrazy
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Sanchez- whats the difference in policies between the CFSA and the FIS? are they more lenient towards, say, inverted aerials? and is the judging any different, are they looking for technique or style? just curious is all..



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Apr 2 2005 11:26PM
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chillonhill
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Thats a good question cause the airials do triple flips with 3 4 & even 5 spins (full/full/full)
shit like that & the moguls comps (Jenifer Heil)
do flips in the bumps & d spins so why would they not be allowed in slopestyle.
It's too confusing

Apr 2 2005 11:41PM
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guddgulf17
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in the bumps, a dspin is considered off axis. if you tilt your head to the side while doing a backflip, it is considered off axis. it isnt, but that is how they classify it. a good deal of insurance companies are just out to scam people. insurance is a business that makes its money on not paying out. if they paid every claim, they wouldnt make any money. i personally believe it was ridiculous for 1080 to blame bin laden for all the car accidents, deaths, and fires that make up a good deal of the pay outs in insurance. he had absolutley nothing to do with a good deal of them.

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Apr 3 2005 12:04AM
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fr33rid3r
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d-loc you are a deuschbag. a total dickhead. and completely wrong.

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Apr 3 2005 12:52AM
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Sanchez
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"It's a Black day for what used to be the WS1"

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the first couple of years that the WSI was around the CFSA sanctioned it. Nothing's changing, you're just hearing about it now.

As for the difference between FIS and the CFSA, there are BIG differences if you know the organizations. For example, when it comes to judging, the CFSA is actually taking proactive steps on a year-to-year basis for improving pipe and big air judging, while the FIS guys are a lot slower because of the international bureaucracy.

As for the stock price, that's in and of itself is not necessarily an indicator of a company's profits.

Apr 3 2005 1:42AM
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$1080PLP$
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you amuse me..... canadian based comapny of course they won't be effected insurance companys make their money in the stock markets investing and more then likly they invest heavly in the canadian market over the US. i guess it comes down to if its an american traded company that insures FIS or canadian or french or whatever. but i can tell you from first had experance that 9/11 caused a big upheavle in the recreational insurance industy due to its high liablity.

Golf? pfff fly fishing my lad. And its rich families like 'yours' not rich families like you. NICE ASSUMPTIONS ASS.



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Apr 3 2005 3:36AM
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J.D.
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Actually, I might point out that your America-centric way of looking at this is making you look like the ass, here. We're talking about an event in Canada and a Canadian insurance company, and you immediately assume that if it's wrong when applied to the USA, it's wrong overall? Pay attention to context, please.

Sanchez seems to have shown up for no better reason than to post about all of this, so I'm going to leap to the conclusion that he's in some way associated with CFSA or something relevant to the situation and hopefully has some inside info. What means this for the way the comp will be run? I remember the FIS running a pipe comp a few months back at which everyone was surprisingly happy with the judging, so let's not strike up the torches and storm the castle in a peasant revolt just yet...

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Apr 3 2005 3:46AM
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$1080PLP$
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also might point out that insurance covers across borders and FIS is a multi national corporation thus who knows who they use.



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