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yeah ski and liftguy............... there is always 2 sides to the story. Could be that the employment stipulations regarding attendance were layed out initially and this kid never imagined that he would actually win and need this much time off? He told me about the employment situation at the regionals, I didn't think much more about it until I heard the Sports radio story at the Championships and how they thought it serious/funny/weird/dumb/unusual enough to put the ski resort employer on the radio. I met his family and all that and what I know, is his side, which in basic terms he was told if he wanted to compete on weekends he could but that Sno needed him to work and he had to choose one or the other. So maybe chronic absenteeism? I dunno..... I can you tell you that this family has been going there for a very long time and is very happy that it was sold to the new owners.

hahahah well if it does happen I am going to claim that I called it first! woot!

Oh Ok.... well you seem to be representing the scene for sno - so in the category of - I think you should know............... Apparently - you HAD an employee there who also competes in park. He won his regional division and was sent to represent Sno at the National Championship event that will be televised in April called the Jeep Terrain Park Challenge. NOW.......... word has it, that Sno would not secure this employees job and allow him to take time off to go to this event. A radio show out of San Frnacisco caught wind of this and decided to call this boss and put him on the air... I don't know exactly what happened with the radio show or whether they got a hold of him or what. There just seems to be something really wrong with this whole picture and thought you should know. I hope that that kid gets his job back and any other deserving perks for someone who has spent thier life there along with representing Sno on a televised National level should get. capiche?

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http://newschoolers.com/web/content/blogs/...6/entry_id/861/ Notice some important info like 34 dgrees and winch groomer. CB take notice. Your park this year had to be of the poorest quality that we went to this year. That is really disappointing considering how big of a machine you have there.

Piche? consolation prize? lol.. nooooo............ The Sno Mountain Race would have been a lot more fun...

wait..................... since when did CB ever announce what they were closing in advance? Correct me where I am wrong, all ski resorts close with threat of lightening

Camelback doesn't care about quality, only quantity of sales. Didn't you get the memo?

Just a footnote, I am fairly certain Ridge would have declined any post season races.

Well if what you say is true, then why aren't those divisions penalized or why isn't everyone padding thier enrollment. I do see your point though if that is the way it is. What is the point of the state team anyhow? Is this the way every state appoints thier team?

THe Derbie results are posted now, Ridge missed the state team (whatever that entitles you to) by one point. http://paracing.org/mambo/index.php?option...5&Itemid=46 BTW edit......................... props to Blue for getting a ton of swag together to hand out for the derbies, I think I heard 20 pairs of skis? !!!!!!!! wonder if there were any twins in there.

Sure they could. Just base it on quotas the same way they do on figuring out how many from each division go to the Derbies. Being new to racing I just sort of equate a state team to like any other sport where season standouts are named to all-stars.

Hey Lift guy.. answer this question..

JUST IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tom Wallisch invited to the JOI invitationals... How freakin sick is that? Congrats Tom! wooooooot! http://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthr...read_id/286667/ EDIT: here is what this means.

well said....

I agree the J4/5 race score formats are ok - however I think oveall season cumulative scores would a better indicator for the formation of a State team. Of course I am biased, but in Ridges case, he apparently had a rotten weekend, not sure why, he isn't talking about it.

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Who is the guy that got interviewed by a San Francisco radio station last Firday?

fastest.............. naa... they combine the SL and GS scores for that standing. Then for the Derbies, they start all over again cummulatively, not best race or anything like that. Ridge didn't have a good weekend.

Here is a question. I am curious, do you know the guy in your department that was interviewed by a San Francisco radio station for not allowing an employee to have time off to attend a National Championship competition? I'll try to get the sound bytes for posting. Funny stuff..

not true, carving the take off makes a stylee cork look even better

Kind of hard to decipher the cut and paste, essentially the last number is the best run score. Jeep Terrain Park Challenge CHAMPIONSHIPS Sugar Bowl, CA - 3/10/2007 FINAL RESULTS SKI WOMEN Ranking from Super Final 1 1 Kristen Strobel 17 Northfield, MN 8.6 7.5 7.6 23.7 0.0 23.7 2 3 Jamie Duby 18 Marquette, MI 6.1 6.0 6.4 18.5 6.3 6.5 6.2 19.0 19.0 Ranking from Qualification 3 4 Veronica Kelly 17 Lanesboro, MA 5.0 5.0 4.5 14.5 3.2 3.0 4.0 10.2 14.5 4 5 Kate Wehr 22 Germansville, PA 4.5 4.0 3.5 12.0 4.9 4.6 4.4 13.9 13.9 5 2 Callie Heckman 16 Twin Peaks, CA 2.0 2.0 2.0 6.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 6.5 6.5 SKI MEN Ranking from Super Final 1 8 Zane Paquet 17 Marquette, MI 8.1 8.5 7.8 24.4 0.0 24.4 2 9 Austin Stewart 17 Fayston, VT 6.9 7.5 7.1 21.5 7.9 8.4 7.6 ## 23.9 Ranking from Qualification 3 10 Kenny Sokolowski 18 Big Bear City, CA 4.8 3.5 4.0 12.3 6.0 7.0 6.1 19.1 19.1 4 7 Steven Larick 13 Landenberg, PA 5.3 6.2 5.5 17.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 19.0 19.0 5 11 Andrew Featherstone 20 Red Wing, MN 6.0 7.0 5.8 18.8 2.0 2.0 2.1 6.1 18.8 6 12 Jordan Seldin 22 Salt Lake City, Ut 5.0 4.0 4.3 13.3 5.5 6.0 6.1 17.6 17.6 SNOWBOARD WOMEN Ranking from Super Final 1 18 Erin Ducker 16 Petoskey, MI 5.9 6.7 6.8 19.4 0.0 19.4 2 15 Heather Baroody 19 Littleton, CO 5.1 5.6 6.3 17.0 6.2 6.2 6.5 18.9 18.9 Ranking from Qualification 3 16 Sarah Jann 20 Minneapolis, MN 3.8 4.7 3.7 12.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 11.3 12.2 4 14 Becky Slattery 20 Gilead, ME 4.0 3.8 4.1 11.9 3.5 3.0 3.2 9.7 11.9 5 17 Jenna Klein 20 San Diego, CA 2.7 3.0 3.4 9.1 3.8 3.6 4.2 11.6 11.6 6 19 Stef Clare 18 Bushkill, PA 2.7 3.5 3.6 9.8 3.2 3.0 3.5 9.7 9.8 SNOWBOARD MEN Ranking from Super Final 1 25 James Nelson 21 Holly, MI 7.5 7.3 7.3 22.1 7.1 7.0 7.1 21.2 22.1 2 26 Joseph Mango 18 Joe Mango 6.9 7.8 6.9 21.6 0.0 21.6 Ranking from Qualification 3 27 Mark Wilson 15 Virginia, MN 4.8 4.5 5.4 14.7 8.0 8.3 7.7 ## 24.0 4 21 Aaron Tobler 17 Montrose, CO 5.1 5.9 6.5 17.5 6.9 7.5 7.1 21.5 21.5 5 23 Dylan Peters 13 Williston, VT 5.0 5.0 5.5 15.5 4.7 4.0 3.7 12.4 15.5 6 22 Jake Buczynski 19 Moscow, PA 3.0 2.0 3.2 8.2 5.1 4.7 4.3 14.1 14.1

If thats all it is, then it's cool, however I am not an expert on all things park, yet. Seriously though, having spent the amount of time in the parks across the entire nation that I have and having witnessed all of the stupid stuff - there is only one program that works really well and that is park passes.

yeah, get some 80's clothes, (preferably fourescent colors) rear entry boots, straight skis and see who can be the most outrageous... Gaper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Gaper on the front of "Van der Pigge", a pharmacy in Haarlem.A gaper is a stone black man's head on the front of a building in the Netherlands. It is used to indicate that this building is a pharmacy. The literal translation of gaper would be yawner; the figure is always displayed with an open mouth. Traditionally, the man depicted is of Moorish origin. The traveling salesmen of herbs and pills, the 'forefathers' of the pharmacies and drugstores now, used to have an assistant who would play the character of an ill man of stage. After taking the pill, the assistant (typically depicted as Moorish) would all of a sudden feel much better and perform a dance. Later, when pharmacists opened shops instead of travelling through the country, the symbol of the Moorish man (often depicted with a pill on his tongue) would tell the illiterate audience that this was the home of a pharmacist. Nowadays these symbols are rare, next to collections in museums fewer than 50 can be seen on houses

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