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March RADNESS / Red Bull Bracket Reel

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Cheech_Sander
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Once upon a time, I shot and produced ski stuff. NSTV, x-games, even JOSS. I don't get to do too much of that anymore, but I miss it sometimes. I was lucky enough to dabble again this year through a collaboration with Red Bull.

The concept is similar to that of X-games Real Snow, but the difference is that each round requires a new edit... oh, and the kids are in college.

RedBullBracketReel.com

Eight hand-picked collegiate ski teams (Including NS' own Hood crew) compete in a battle of video supremecy. The winning team must survive three rounds of head-to-head match-ups to see who had the best day of the season.

New round. New deadline. New film.

Each round, the video with the most likes, wins. So go vote!

The winners get an all expense paid VIP trip to a mountain of their choice, and a ton of other prizes. Every team gets a GoPro, Swag, and exposure. There are other prizes for consolation round.







https://www.newschoolers.com/watch/755651.0/Red-Bull-Bracket-Reel-Trailer
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ALaw
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VOTE FOR ONE LOVE/HOOD CREW
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minnesotamaniac
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USC FTW!
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TomDavies
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i feel like hood crew is on a slightly different level than the other teams...
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S.M.G
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so bummed UVM didn't hop on this sooner
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Cheech_Sander
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LMU has doubles for days
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ALMIGHTYSOSA
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haha this is sick. Super stoked to see how this turns out.
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ALMIGHTYSOSA
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haha this is sick. Super stoked to see how this turns out.
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Sklar
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Hibbs FTW
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Skibumsmith
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UMASS blew everyone else out of the water
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p-fo
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Dawg House Riders gonna rise. Vote for ya boi to go ball out!



Round 1 here we go:

http://redbullbracketreel.com/matchup/lLnDFHZ4yMUw
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Cheech_Sander
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Also, for the record, even if teams lose, they will still be competing in consolation rounds, so expect all 3 edits out of all 8 teams. Should be more skiing and good stuff in this next round.
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DiscreteClothing
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OneLove and Hoodcrew has it in the bag. SLC for the win.
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minnesotamaniac
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Hood Crew needs some serious support from the NS community. They are getting killed by UMass right now, 573 votes to 152!
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hoodcrew
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minnesotamaniacHood Crew needs some serious support from the NS community. They are getting killed by UMass right now, 573 votes to 152!


haha popularity competitions have never been our thing, woulda been sick to win so redbull could throw us a bangin party! Getting smoked by UMASS tho, they almost showed a full ski shot start to finish in that edit!
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p-fo
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The referenced post has been removed.


So, LMU gets a heli while we get the run around for months when asking for a case of drink. "Competition" may not be the right word here...
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Cheech_Sander
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p-foSo, LMU gets a heli while we get the run around for months when asking for a case of drink. "Competition" may not be the right word here...


Any beef should be directed toward your student brand manager, sounds like he's blowing it!
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Mr.Bishop
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Cheech_SanderAny beef should be directed toward your student brand manager, sounds like he's blowing it!


BTW - I'm really excited to see this come together!
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p-fo
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Cheech_SanderAny beef should be directed toward your student brand manager, sounds like he's blowing it!


Reread what I wrote. Red Bull is giving us the run around. This is not a problem on our end. Communication is a two way street. I would not be posting about this if we were able to solve it in other ways. I'm being public with the hope that things will change, because Red Bull doesn't seem to care right now.

And I don't know the exact reasons yet, or whether it's even intentional, but one thing is very clear right now:

LMU is being favored heavily over everyone else by the people running the competition, AKA Red Bull.


This needs to be explained, and it needs to change.
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levi.
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p-foLMU is being favored heavily over everyone else by the people running the competition, AKA Red Bull.




From what I understand, each crew has the ability to work with the local/campus RedBull reps (aka "student brand managers") to make things happen, seems like some reps were more resourceful than others
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blatt
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minnesotamaniacHood Crew needs some serious support from the NS community. They are getting killed by UMass right now, 573 votes to 152!


In our defense, we were told this was a ski and snowboard edit contest.
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stupendous-man
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LMU had such a well put together edit. How does Hibbs even have knees
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plyswthsqrrls
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blattIn our defense, we were told this was a ski and snowboard edit contest.


yeah this seems weird to me. the only "edit" that even resembles a ski / snowboard edit is one love's... just my opinion though

what were the actual guidelines besides this morning / day / night thing?
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minnesotamaniac
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There is still plenty of time for Hood Crew/One Love to catch up if NS gets behind them! Over two more days of voting still.
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p-fo
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ThePeoplesChamp


From what I understand, each crew has the ability to work with the local/campus RedBull reps (aka "student brand managers") to make things happen, seems like some reps were more resourceful than others



Yeah I don't think they really made that clear to everyone else. We were just told to talk to our rep when we asked about getting free Red Bull and that's it... Oh and we knew about this comp before he did.

Basically, the central organizers have been bad at circulating important info. Annoying as fuck but no bad intent.


I also want to make a couple things clear:

I like this comp. I like the idea, and the prizes and potential exposure are so sick. I also have absolutely nothing against LMU. This is not their fault in any way, and their video is sick as fuck. I voted for it. Matt is my friend. He's the reason I'm involved to begin with.

Sorry if I came on strong, but some shit needed to be explained, and @Cheech, I thought you meant our main guy, not the campus/local rep.
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2skis1love
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Sorry we out here hustlin
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Yung_Gnarley
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is the idea to not have any skiing in the edits? cuz there's almost no skiing in the edits. just lifestyle shots... lame
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Yung_Gnarley
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only hood crew and bad boys had shreddin
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Cheech_Sander
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Final 4 is up, and these videos are way better.

Doubles off mogul jumps, chemtrails, and a hint at a boston urban session...

www.redbullbracketreel.com
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minnesotamaniac
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Second round edits are dope! Much more skiing in this round and lots of banger tricks too!
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marsland
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are the people in the edits all students or is it just the club making the edit?
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levi.
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2nd round videos are sick! Hibbs is an animal
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Cheech_Sander
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marslandare the people in the edits all students or is it just the club making the edit?


They're all students
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Ian.D
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Please vote for the best videos. The two worst videos are about to go to the finals. I go to UW so I am biased, but its sad to see the shitty videos advance due to better crowdsourcing abilities. Voting ends at 11pm western time

http://redbullbracketreel.com/matchup/elJ8g44OfA90
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Sklar
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sad to see lmu down like this :(
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JakeSalvador
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Im asian and if you dont vote for UW I may come eat your small puppies
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p-fo
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Sklarsad to see lmu down like this :(


Truth.


Dawg House Riders v LMU Ski & Board

That's the final you wanna see. Do it up NS. Help us out. All ya gotta do is watch some edits and click like.
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mBall
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p-foTruth.


Dawg House Riders v LMU Ski & Board

That's the final you wanna see. Do it up NS. Help us out. All ya gotta do is watch some edits and click like.


Wish LMU was in it with you guys. You know I support you dudes. GO DAWG HOUSE!
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