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I has a question

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.squirrely.
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lets use tom wallisch as the example.  he probably has some sort of pass to park city b/c its his home mountain but do you think he has to pay for it?  or when he decides to ski snowbasin for a day does he have to pay normal price for a lift ticket?  or when he is competing in the x games at aspen does he have to buy a couple passes there?  not just tom like any pro. because thats the most expensive part of skiing and pro skiers usually dont have that much money so i didnt know how they did it.

sparknotes:  do pros have to pay for lift tickets

Apr 18 2011 9:58PM
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_DUSTY_
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Well if its a comp probably not since I would assume the organizers (espn for the x games) would get them lift tickets. He probably has to pay if he is just shredding though.
Apr 18 2011 10:00PM
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CousinEddie
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I has an answer.

Sponsor pays for it???

Apr 18 2011 10:00PM
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cruth
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I'd imagine the biggest pros would ski for free everywhere because it would be worth more to a resort to have people telling their friends, "I saw Tom Wallisch shredding in Snowbasin last weekend!!!" or whatever.

I often wondered about the TC crew and guys like them though?

Apr 18 2011 10:09PM
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derpina
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I'll use my bestie as an example.
Ashley Battersby gets her pass to PC for free. Like Tom, she's on the team. Obvi they don't pay for it...
Sponsor paid for her Vail Resorts pass.
Comped pass for all competitions (I thought that was obvious.)
They also pay for the price to register for comps as well as travel, etc. That's another story.

When I'm a ski tester for Freeskier at Aspen our passes are comped. I don't have a pass to Loveland but ride there for free.


Most mountains will comp passes for pros. If not, there sponsors pay.
Apr 18 2011 10:15PM
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LittleGiurk
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im not sure this goes as a general rule for pros but with your example about tom. I'm pretty sure he is sponsored by Park City so he definitely doesn't have to pay there. But he probably has to pay at other mountains when hes just going to have some fun. And if he isn't sponsored by a mountain and is filming or something the sponsors would probably pay
Apr 18 2011 10:21PM
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Skithedeep
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It is pretty easy to get heavily discounted passes if you are a "pro" or paid ski patroller at any mountain. I have gotten a lot of my lift tickets half price or more off by just showing a patrol/employee pass at another mountain, even when i was younger i would just say my dad is a patroller and show my employee dependant pass and get the same discounts. this has worked at most mountains in WA, multiple in Canada, and even a couple in Utah, you just gotta ask
Apr 18 2011 11:16PM
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Jabe
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thats what i would think

Apr 18 2011 11:38PM
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utt
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and they get to go through lift lines too
Apr 19 2011 1:16AM
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shr@gler
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im pretty sure the resorts donate a sled so the pros dont need to ride time wasting lifts.
Apr 19 2011 1:45AM
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LittleGiurk
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no
maybe during the dew tour or the xgames.
but no
Apr 19 2011 10:13AM
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GreenStezz
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When it comes to home resorts, no they do not have to pay, most "pros" are on their home resort team and season passes are given to them................

As for film crews like TC, and 4bi9 most of the time we will just contact the resort before we go and let them know that we're headed there and filming an edit......... And MOST of the time they hook it up with some passes........ That's why a lot of the time you'll see resort logos before and at the end of edits and saying thanks to people at the resort in the credits.....................

Free passes for free advertising FTW....................
Apr 19 2011 10:26AM
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Billups
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Bingo.
Apr 19 2011 10:50AM
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