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The Crystal Thread

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cobra_commander
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Discuss it in here all you little shit heads.
17 years ago
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MadSteezin
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lol! but now that you made this i wont post in here.
17 years ago
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coolhandluke
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^ too late.
17 years ago
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Brit1275
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too bad billy's more of a little shit head than anybody.

but yes, all in one thread is agreeable, good call billy.
17 years ago
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Literature
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A shithead with connections.....
17 years ago
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skibum193
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haha... please, dont be jealous of billy
17 years ago
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=nick=
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forreal...
17 years ago
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Literature
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Not jealous, but stating facts.

But I wish I had his high school schedule last year. That would have rocked my socks off.
17 years ago
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cobra_commander
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my official schedule sucks. The one I go to is not so bad.

but back to crystal:

where are all you little shits who ski hard at crystal:

Junior Boys Finals
1. Mike Mandahl- Alta/Snowbird 71.83
2. Ryan Sullivan- Whistler/Blackcomb 70.75
3. Lloyd Dahlem- Crystal Mountain 69.92
4. Tim Hiatt- Tamarack 66.50
5. Andrew Pollard- Alta 64.50
6. Alex Anderson- Snowbird 63.50
6. Norm Griswold- Crystal Mountain 63.50
8. Jake Balzarini- Whistler/Blackcomb 62.50
8. Christian Mandahl- Alta/Snowbird 62.50
10. Jehren Boehm- Squaw Valley 60.58
11. Henry Gates- Snowbird 58.75
12. Casey Rose- Alta/Canyons 57.83
13. Payton Covlin- Crystal Mountain 56.58
14. Jordan Ling- Whistler/Blackcomb 55.84
15. Colston Beatson- Red Resort, BC. 54.58
16. Taylor Lyman- Snowbird 53.41
17. Shane Schorzman- Crystal Mountain 53.00
18. Riley Rose- Alta/Canyons 52.66
19. Frazer McGraw- Whistler 49.25
20. Will Greenwood- Crystal Mountain 44.83
21. Adam Sandoval- Snowbird 43.34
22. Ben Greenland- Tamarack 43.00
23. Leo Ahrens- Alta/Snowbird 38.17


only 2 of you can make the top 10 at your own mountain?


17 years ago
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j.bird
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jesus, why so many kids from utah?

17 years ago
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Ryanvdonk
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haha, oh boy
17 years ago
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fappy
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here, this should cover it all:

(bunch of kids talking about how they grew up on crystal, how it's where they learned to ski, and that it will always be their mountain)
(mild discussion begins on progression of skiing)
(bitching about park begins)
(more talk about progression)
(more whining and crying)
(discussion about liabilities of having a park)
(concludes with general consensus that management are assholes)
17 years ago
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mtbakerteacher
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And the progression talk would include personal growth in terms of tricks "learned".
17 years ago
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sdfjklioeur
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haha, nice
good for lloyd though, that kid rips.
17 years ago
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Sholte
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man i wish i could have entered the comp.
17 years ago
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SirFryanator
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I was in canada.
17 years ago
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coolhandluke
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since this is the "official thread":

all those runs that don't have names on the map

constant blog of conditions and ramblings


(all thanks to Kkz)
17 years ago
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cobra_commander
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Qualifiers:
1: Tyler Ceccanti (30.31)
2. Josh Anderson (30.25)
3. Mike Vaughan (29.94)
4. Larry Segal (29.69)
5. Athan Merrick (29.06)
6. Nick Frey (28.31)
7. Marcus Waring (28.25)
8. Issac Walden (28.00)
9. Andy Devore (27.81)
10. Elliot Marsh (27.56)
11. Reed Purvis (27.31)
12. Mathew Jackson (25.31)
13. Liam Bailey (24.81)
13. Duncan Morel (24.81)
15. Abbot smith (24.31) 
16. Toby Salin (24.19)
17. Zach Barrret (23,75)
18. Tom Walgreen (20.94)
19. Steve Pearson (20.88)
20. Ryan Prentice (20.69)
21. Kyle Bakken (20.56)
22. Jeff Quande (20.31)
Cut-
JD Thompson
JamesAlen Hessen
Dustin Briedwell
Bill Hansen
Ryan Bougie
Caleb Cole
Jordan Cropper
Casey Bayless
Ricky Ceccanti
Jeff Mcdonald
Buddy Blackwelder
David Roberts
Alex McDonald
17 years ago
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=nick=
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yea kyle.
17 years ago
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sdfjklioeur
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arg i was so pissed, podium run then ate shit offa my bottom hit on friday, then moved up 12 places yesterday to 9th. won some skis in the raffle tho so im happy.

tyler killed it yesterday
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cobra_commander
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been posted on Crystal site. Tyler won obviously. He kills it, and the rest was pretty much am's But props to josh for 8th or 9th or whatever.
17 years ago
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MadSteezin
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I saw kids all over with twin tips. Theres never that many kids like that.
17 years ago
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Old_School_Eddie
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1

Tyler

Ceccanti

Crystal

30.31

41.00

71.31

2

Mike

Vaughan

Alpine Meadows

29.94

37.63

67.57

3

Elliot

Marsh

Crystal

27.56

35.88

63.44

4

Athan

Merrick

Whistler

29.06

34.06

63.12

5

Nick

Frey

Squaw Valley

28.31

30.63

58.94

6

Reed

Purvis

Alpental

27.31

30.31

57.62

7

Liam

Bailey

Kirkwood

24.81

31.75

56.56

8

Josh

Anderson

Crystal

30.25

25.31

55.56

9

Kyle

Bakken

Mt. Baker

20.56

34.19

54.75

10

Larry

Segal

Squaw Valley

29.69

24.13

53.82

11

Steve

Pearson

Crystal

20.88

29.69

50.57

12

Marcus

Waring

Blackcomb

28.25

22.25

50.50

13

Andy

Devore

Hot Dog Mt, WI

27.81

20.56

48.37

14

Zack

Barrett

Mt. Baker

23.75

24.25

48.00

15

Issac

Walden

Kirkwood

28.00

18.88

46.88

16

Abbott

Smith

Unknown

24.31

22.13

46.44

17

Duncan

Morel

Alpine Meadows

24.81

18.63

43.44

18

Mathew

Jackson

Squaw Valley

25.31

16.88

42.19

19

Tom

Walgreen

Mt. Baker

20.94

20.94

41.88

20

Ryan

Prentice

Mt Hood Meadows

20.69

18.25

38.94

21

Jeff

Quande

Crystal

20.31

16.56

36.87

22

Toby

Salin

Whistler

22.50

0.00

22.50
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Old_School_Eddie
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ok, so that didnt work too well...  Sorry about the long scoring input.

The skiing was pretty rough.  Dust on crust.  Probably about 6 inches on ice pack.  For the finals, most of the snow in the steep sections feel off so the skiing was technical.

To say that Tyler is a pro and the rest are ams is is slight overstatement.  Tyler rips hard and he knows I am a big fan.  The field seemed relatively weak this year, but I am guessing some of that was due to conditions and an appearance of weak skiing.

Summit/Alpental riders: JD Thompson - went for a cork three in the semis and crashed.  Reed Purvis - placed 11th day one and moved to 6th skiing a technical line in a conservative way.  Any DeVore(me) - placed 9th day one and moved to 13th trying to go too big on day two and not quite being able to hold up on the stiff impact.
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=nick=
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JD fuckin kills it.
17 years ago
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mtbakerteacher
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That's funny that Kyle entered from Baker. Rep that shit!
17 years ago
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cobra_commander
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yeah he does, I knew he would have had to crash to not make finals.
17 years ago
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sdfjklioeur
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yea, tc aint pro but he kills it forsure.
jd is a savage tho, he had to work and shit the day of the comp and still made it up.

did you crash off the 40 footer at the bottom of the king?

17 years ago
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Old_School_Eddie
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Yeah, I did crash on that 40 footer.  I sent it pretty big.  I thought that high speed would set me up with a better landing and I was wrong.  It was really stiff and bucked me pretty good.  The only guy that landed that cliff stopped and dropped which helped him match the angles.
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sdfjklioeur
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wut color was ur coat? i was the guy in the bright yellow green camo.

did you get that one award or wutever they made in place of the sick bird award?
17 years ago
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Sholte
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such a good comp.
17 years ago
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Old_School_Eddie
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I think I had on my browns.  I did not get the Sick Bird.  I think it was actually given to the wrong skier.  Should have gone to Zach from Mt. Baker.  He went the biggest and did it pretty clean.  The guy that got sick bird (rabid raven) did the same thing I did on the 40 fter.
17 years ago
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coolhandluke
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my dad is keeping the rumor mill alive........

riding Rex with a 'troller yesterday:

kirchner is still waiting for liver transplant, but has bounced back previous surgeries

kirchner is trying to buy crystal personally away from boyne
17 years ago
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Literature
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Things were mad slushy up there today, but I had fun tearing round.

When buying my ticket, I got this from the lady at the window:

"Do you have a leash for your snowboard"
"What??"
"Do you have a leash for your snowboard?"
"I ski."
"Oh."

Thank you Crystal for stereotyping me based on my age and baggy outerwear. I appreciate the fact you cannot delineate between ski and snowboard boots when walking up to the window.
17 years ago
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sdfjklioeur
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lol because they are trained to look at the boots of every kid who walks by

it must suck being stereotyped right?
17 years ago
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laughdamon
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Haha, thats funny. 

They're pretty clever over at Boyne's though, I think they realize in a couple decades most resorts won't be able maintain operations, so they sell their stake in the place but keep running it.  Sounds like a win win to me.  If Kirchner was smart he'd let the big development company buy it up.  I wonder if they'll give him a family discount...
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