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US Halfpipe Ski Team

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backwardsrider
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According to twitter is - jess cumming, david wise, jen hudak, torin wallace, tucker perkins, simon dumont, devin logan, gus kenworthy, brita sigourney.

ya gus!
May 26 2011 7:20PM
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TheDavisMobile
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Ugh.......eh? What about Justin Dorey
May 26 2011 7:35PM
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DERS.
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....canada

congrats to Gus!!!
May 26 2011 7:37PM
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TheDavisMobile
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Nvm, he's canadian. how do i delete.
May 26 2011 7:37PM
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skodeo7
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Wrong country brah?
May 26 2011 7:39PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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no t hall?
May 26 2011 7:42PM
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casual
Posts: 6712 - Karma: 6,746
Duncan adams? Banks? Wood? Olenick even?
May 26 2011 7:46PM
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pghjibber
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take these names with a grain of salt...

look at the 2010 "us snowboarding" team vs. the 2010 "us olympic snowboard" team and you'll notice a few things...

very few of those people made the eventual olympic squad

all this gives you is a bunch of free training and what not at the center of excellence and access to some of the training money that is donated to ussa

i'd made a much bigger deal out of those recently amed to the canadian halfpipe team as those guys are actually going to get GOVERNMENT money from own the podium

the us ski team has no national funding, it's all from private parties

even if tanner was healthy and competed last year i HIGHLY doubt he'd want to be part of any official us team until the actual olympic year
May 26 2011 7:47PM
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pghjibber
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although i do suspect dumont, kenworthy and yater-wallace are almost a lock for the us olympic halfpipe team assuming they stay healthy...

the other two spots (a team can have up to 5 guys per event) are the ones you should be discussing

assuming tanner makes a recovery, that leaves 1 spot
May 26 2011 7:49PM
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casual
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None of those guys are a lock...Olympics are 3 years away, and the way this sport has been going, it'll be an entirely new field by then...
May 26 2011 7:59PM
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Chompo.
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ehhh i feel like torin and gus will stick around along with simon.
May 26 2011 8:07PM
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lands11
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I was thinking this same thing
May 26 2011 8:07PM
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jeR.
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i hope Thall makes a comeback for the olympics.. would love to see him out there competing!
May 26 2011 8:19PM
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colleenator
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holy shittt. if thall goes on the team, armada represent. but torin! hes like 15!! fucking nuts. way to go gus :D
May 26 2011 8:24PM
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1337
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stoked on gussy and torin
May 26 2011 8:32PM
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goodiepocket
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yeaa Gus!!!!
May 27 2011 12:47AM
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TheWakes.
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im sure it will change by the time it comes around. good initial list tho.
May 27 2011 1:19AM
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blatt
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May 27 2011 1:36AM
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mackcamp
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no walter wood??
May 27 2011 1:39AM
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MaryO
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That's the first  name I thought of. As for the ladies, I just want to see one of them beat Sarah Burke. There, I went ahead and said it. No disrespect/dislike on Sarah, but we need to have USA on that podium, preferrably GOLD! Do it.
May 27 2011 7:58AM
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hawaiiansteeze
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devin's got that shit
May 27 2011 10:03AM
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Shlogan
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im not sure how old tanner already is, but with both ancles, both legs, and both knees being previously broken and being older than the rest of the field i feel like it would be almost impossible to get to the olympics. this could be an ignorant statement though, and i would love more than anything for him to be back on top.
May 27 2011 10:15AM
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nellyyy
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Walter ran into a lot of injury trouble this year. Expect big things from him in the next year though, he's definitely going to come back in a big way.
May 27 2011 4:46PM
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Mr_pretzel
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I dont think he gives a shit. As long as he isnt injured he will be there.
May 27 2011 4:48PM
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Sklar
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May 27 2011 4:51PM
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MaryO
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That's what I was thinking. Devin or Jen ftw!! As for the men, I sure hope Simon stays healthy and on top of his game by 2014!!
May 27 2011 7:48PM
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plorr
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Fuck yeah reppin Carinthia on the olympic podium would be sick.
May 27 2011 8:16PM
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Dan.P
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That would be the ultimate team
May 27 2011 8:25PM
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COpowjunkie
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walter wood should be on there fa sho, torin was a bit of a surprise for me just cause of his age.... he does throw down though
May 27 2011 9:22PM
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NickSki.
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Canada is gonna wipe the floor in 2014
May 27 2011 10:03PM
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Dan.P
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I'm backing Jossi for NZ's first gold medal
May 27 2011 11:59PM
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EmperorKuzco
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I do?
May 28 2011 12:02AM
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matthew.
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he was purchased by china
May 28 2011 1:11AM
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412.
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T-hall should just go ride for Jamacia.
May 28 2011 2:19AM
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gombo8
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i dont know who t hall is but i know who tanner hall. type the rest of the letters douchwaffle. hes getting oldish, knees are not 100%, and he hasnt competeted in a large sized event like the olympics or even something smaller like xgames for a while
May 28 2011 2:59AM
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