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Why sig won superunknown VIII?

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SNOWPARKCHlLE
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they needed a replacement for henrik...
Apr 11 2011 4:59PM
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d-rok
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dude that argument has been said 20 million times, and the fact is, how known you are doesn't affect your ability to win the contest, your skiing skiills do
you can llook at like king of style, its not more of a style comp than any other big air, well superunknown, you dont have do be unknonwn to win
Apr 12 2011 4:43PM
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BenWhit
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this man speaks the truth
Apr 12 2011 4:45PM
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ESnake
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mais tu va tu farmer ta yeule un jour toé kalis, t'est probablement le moins bien placé pour parler du ranking ou de rien d'autre. sig a gagné that's it ca ira a l'an prochain
en attendant va donc au relais pratiquer tes cork 7, fait un superunknown l'an prochain, passe en finale pis tu va surment etre bin stocked de voir les kalis de gaper caller ke t'est a chier criss de jambon

Apr 12 2011 4:50PM
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crankdatsoljaboy
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ESnake is going wild , my panties are all wet now (L)
Apr 12 2011 4:54PM
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drumbumocdp
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he won best trick... And thats only one trick. It woulda been foolish to pick someone based off of one trick.
Apr 12 2011 4:59PM
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reBlocke
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Superunknown is cursed with the expectations from Tom. It happened that the best park skier around broke on to the scene through Superunknown, so now everyone is dissapointed whenever a Superunknown doesn't become the next greatest thing.

That said, I would have liked to see it go to someone less well known. Sure, not that much may have happened as a result of his opportunity at JOSS, but clearly Level 1 knew about Sig's riding prior to the contest. What's the point of having a contest to bring out all these edits when they could have called him up anyway? If they like Sig's riding that much, they should have let him come to the shoots like all the other well-knowns and given the SU title to someone who hasn't had those opportunities.
Apr 12 2011 5:32PM
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asapCferg
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Austin ftw- his style was so smooth and he threw down. He seemed like the popular vote to the crowd as well
Apr 12 2011 5:34PM
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TheClap.
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isnt just tom, look at all the winners....
Apr 12 2011 5:35PM
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eheath
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I think people need to actually go to level 1s website and read the whole article about superunknown. Berman explains that its really hard to be "unknown" to the online ski community, due to everyone and their mother making edits. He basically said he picked the best rider to fit the movie and i think sig was the best choice.



Superunknown isn't the same as it used to be, hasn't been the same since tom won. But i believe that just happened because skiing started to blow up more online and now there are TONS of kids who are mad good and really haven't won anything big, like sig, who are "unknown" but have been around, ya know?
Apr 12 2011 5:41PM
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monkatizer
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i second this exactly!
Apr 12 2011 5:55PM
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doGelyst
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I 2nd eheath
Apr 12 2011 6:11PM
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casual
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I agree with this 100%.

In '03 when this comp started—unless you competed at the premier level (X, US Open, etc.)—kids, even those doing pro-caliber tricks with style, were mostly only known/talked about regionally. In the last 5 years the proliferation of self-produced edits/footage has EXPLODED. Meaning, that pretty much any and everyone with a handful of hammers has posted footage in an attempt to attract sponsors, or just to get a little recognition.

I've never been to Quebec, but I know a dozen ams from the region that are murdering shit...5 years ago, none of us outside that scene would have any fucking clue what was going down up there. True "unknowns", and I'm talking about kids who are at the level to be considered finalists in this comp, are pretty much non-existent. Sig DID compete in JOSS, but the kid didn't have a major film company contract...in my opinion, that's the only valid disqualifier that actually makes sense now a days.

It's in Level1's best interest, as well as our's, that the winner be someone that will contribute to this year's project and hopefully for years to come...I think in that regard Sig is a great choice. Was he my pick? No...but, at the end of the day, the talent level is so insanely high that personal preferences have become just that. I've no doubt that Sig will step up and kill shit in whatever opps he's given as a result of this contest.

Now, if I were Level1....I'd dedicate a week or so of one filmer's time to film a mini-movie of all of the finalists each year and put that bitch on i-tunes for a lil' revenue bump...haha
Apr 12 2011 6:15PM
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Kirkley
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I really didn't want Henrik and Phil to leave...
Apr 12 2011 6:16PM
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d-rok
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yo man relax, c quoi le probleme j'ai le droit a mon opinion, stun forum sa sert a sa, pq t faché? sa doit etre pcq jtoruve sa triste que ta d dub12 ds ton video mais pas dunnat, ou que j'ai dit que sig méritait de gagner, feque la tu minsulte avec mes skills de ski c sa? scuse moi, prochaine fois j'ai un comment a dire sur quelqun qui est meilleur que moi jvais etre certain daller aprendre des double12 pr rendre mon opinion LEGIT AS FUCK
Apr 12 2011 6:24PM
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casual
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somebody willing to translate ESnake's French post?
Apr 12 2011 6:34PM
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CedrikDP
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Not a good idea ahaha!
Apr 12 2011 7:06PM
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ESnake
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ouin exactement comme ya aucune chance tu land dub 12 tu va pouvoir te farmer la yeule à tout jamais
t'as peut-être entendu que j'était wack mais la jva te donner un bonne raison de le penser :
quand tu cheke un video pis t'est pas capable de faire un esti de trick dedans tu donne pas ton kalis d'opinion parce ke tu sait pas dequoi tu parle

I'm better not translate what I've said before, it's between me and this gaper .... do like if you haven't seen anything

Apr 12 2011 7:16PM
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Kratotalaga
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 dope da dope da dope dope boy fresh
Apr 12 2011 7:20PM
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casual
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c'mon.....don't be like that. Don't be like the girls in 7th grade talking in gibberish or pig latin so the boyz couldn't understand...
Apr 12 2011 7:20PM
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Parrish
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woah woah woah, other film companies are picking off meatheads like nobodies business.
Apr 12 2011 7:20PM
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Heart
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Congratulations to Sig, even though i would have chosen Torvinen over Sig any day =/
Apr 12 2011 7:44PM
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manemis
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he is really steezy, but I am afraid he wont be that good on hudge sprig setups. Think about it, he filmed in JOSS for two weeks and the only thing he even bothered putting in his SU movie from a big setup is a corkish 7 from the JOI-jump. So if he can´t do anything sicker then that in two weeks in JOSS, I don´t really things he can pull off to much sick on the massive spring jumps.... They are quite different from the medium line in Breck.....
Apr 13 2011 5:35AM
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jokorvalde
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Sig is dope!
Apr 13 2011 11:01AM
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Brock.
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He has shots from JOSS in his edit. Definately a "superunkown".

yet again, level 1 has managed to fucked up the comp. Jack b ftw

Apr 13 2011 11:06AM
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I_liketobutter
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all the gypsies are raging.

someone said bellmare replacing b-dog? what a fucking joke,
there's nobody that even comes close to the stuff he's doing.
Apr 13 2011 12:39PM
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Downtofilm
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Threads
Apr 13 2011 12:47PM
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Billups
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Level 1 should look into renaming the contest. The whole concept of being superunknown is pretty much out the door anymore. Most of the kids in finals are known to all the people on NS, and unless it's someone that crawls out of the woodwork and really is unknown, there is always going to be people that bitch about how such and such isn't unknown, this guy is and should have won, not to mention there will always be controversy between guy number 1's supporters and guy number 2's.
Apr 13 2011 1:48PM
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412.
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it's gay cuz he was in a JOSS edit already ha. almost cheating.
Apr 13 2011 3:16PM
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Downtofilm
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i cant find the video... anyone know where it is?
Apr 13 2011 3:18PM
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loganimlach
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http://level1productions.com/featured-news/sig-tveit-wins-superunknown-viii/
Apr 13 2011 3:19PM
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Downtofilm
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it says something like could not locate.
Apr 13 2011 3:19PM
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Downtofilm
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"video not found or access denied"
Apr 13 2011 3:20PM
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loganimlach
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i noticed that too. freeskiers video player is sweet!
Apr 13 2011 3:21PM
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RubberSoul
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i think youre somewhat right but it's not just tom.. i mean corey vanular was the first winner. who are some of the others? brogan, mike clarke.. skiing's so young i feel like maybe we're just getting to the point where kids dont break out the same way they used to
Apr 13 2011 3:25PM
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585.
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yeah the KOS thing is so true. look at all of the edits that are made to get into it. park, urban, small shots of bc. all for what? to get into a spin to win contest where everyone was throwing dubs with high mutes like it their job. and kevin rolland won that comp, a skier with the least amount of "style" IMO.

/rant on KOS.

sig was in joss. he won superunknown. stop crying. get over it. PLEASE.
Apr 13 2011 3:48PM
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reBlocke
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But how is this any different than how they pick anyone to film with? It isn't, which is why Superunknown has lost some of its flair.

As for it being difficult to find truely 'Superunknown' contestants, nobody crawls out of the woods to become the greatest freeskier ever. There's always going to be some people familiar with everyone. However, I hadn't heard of Logan before he won last year. I think I might have seen 1 or 2 edits of Niklas... but anyone who even remotely follows skiing has seen JOSS videos.

I'm aware that they chose Sig because he'll make the best edition to the movie this year. However, if they were interested in keeping Superunknown's special reputation as the place where kids can blow up, they should have chosen someone less well known and then filmed with Sig in addition.
Apr 13 2011 5:01PM
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Blurst
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JD Zicat won one year and where is he now? Hell I can guarantee that most of the kids who joined this site past 2008 have never even heard that name before and JD is still an incredible skier.

Also anyone who is saying that they have not made a good pick since Tom, Logan Imlach was the perfect pick for last year. He actually contributed to Eye Trip and was an awesome contribution to the Level 1 team.
Apr 13 2011 5:23PM
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Su[G]ar
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i cant see how people are pissed because of the pick. i would love to see Sig Tveits huge 540's and 720's in pow and his insanely smooth style in urban and his effortless dub 12's in the park. i havent seen a dub 12 that effortless. Austin is extremely tech but his style and as smooth as he is, cant touch Sig Tveits style.

So happy Sig Tveit won and an extremely good choice by Level 1. I would also love to see Cedric DP get invited to some trips with Level 1.
Apr 13 2011 5:33PM
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Jaznewt
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skill wise i understand..but sig isnt even unknown...but not even close to a superunknown talent.
Apr 13 2011 6:53PM
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BiggyRag
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Bellemare is good at skiing, I've seen a couple of edits on him on the youtube, he can do like 450 on and stuff like that. I think he should cut his hair tho, they are way too long. 
Apr 13 2011 6:59PM
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crankdatsoljaboy
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ahahahahahahaah
yeah bellemare learned his 450 on this spring  ,  ITS SO SICK!^^
Apr 13 2011 7:36PM
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d-rok
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no , i do that shit in my slleep
Apr 13 2011 8:06PM
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casual
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If a flip up is your idea of creativity....well, we have different ideas about that there topic. Not to say it wasn't technically impressive, but I would never point to that as a creative trick. People have been flipping in and out of jibs for 10 years...3-4 years ago, rodeo 4's on to fd's were everywhere. With cannon boxes/rails being built in basically every major park, and kids getting super comfy rodeoing and mistying out of them, this trick was inevitable.
Apr 13 2011 9:59PM
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ESnake
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JD was accepted in a fireman school a couple of week ago
Apr 14 2011 12:14AM
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ESnake
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tout ce ke tu fait dans ton sommeil c'est des éjaculations nocturnes
Apr 14 2011 12:15AM
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skinakedfast
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something something something...stop ejauclating in your sleep? thats alll i got from that hahahah

Other note sig is awesome and has awesome style everyone needs to get over he won complaining isnt going to change it...be stoked for the kid he'll contribute some good shit this year i cant wait

Apr 14 2011 12:26AM
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skinakedfast
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something something something...stop ejauclating in your sleep? thats alll i got from that hahahah

Other note sig is awesome and has awesome style everyone needs to get over he won complaining isnt going to change it...be stoked for the kid he'll contribute some good shit this year i cant wait

Apr 14 2011 12:26AM
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will_powder
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he could do a rodeo 5 in a "wet dream" ^^^^^
Apr 14 2011 12:33AM
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TheTristanator
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imo style isnt always about not flailing
Apr 14 2011 1:38AM
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Hamster.
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Sig is the man both on and off the mountain

First of all, silky smooth style its pretty damn special. He has a big bag of tricks as well.

Second, hes a nice guy, never met him but he'll facebook chat me every once and a while and see whats up. It's been a bit since I last talked to him, but honestly one of the best ambassadors for the sport.
Apr 14 2011 1:46AM
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