Papasteeze Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 For anyone that is interested: http://www.nextsnow.com/NextSnow_ZSpace/Ki...l_finalists.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hstove Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 was he steven larrick? i dont know nipples real name, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTmark Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 yep. steven is nipples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 he was 46th out of 155 made the cut and got to compete in the final 5 events for a total score of 9 events. It's awesome how well they treated these kids. It's really interesting that nearly all the finalists were skiers. watch some of those names at the top, you'll likely see them again in the future. Berkley Wilcox, Walter Woods and Cameron Schuster were standouts in my mind. Great personalities and unbelievably talented skiers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 isnt the pool of skier applicants larger? dont you think moguls and slalom favor skiers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidude Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 isnt the pool of skier applicants larger? dont you think moguls and slalom favor skiers? I forgot it was the 4 or 5 events or w/e...Bumps would be rather painful on a board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 isnt the pool of skier applicants larger? dont you think moguls and slalom favor skiers? NOOOO!! at mountain creek qualifier for example, steven was one skier of 34 snowboarders. The ratio at the other 3 events was 4 or more riders to 1 skier. Peter Pape of Big Boulder PA scored a slalom time of 3 tenths a second behind steven on a board. He was scored accordingly. Each discipline was rated separately. for example the judges recognized that a 5 on a board is relatively equal to a seven on skis. This event was judged entirely different than other competitions. There were a total of 9 scores added to gether for the finalists. Falls and sloppy landings didn't necesarily count against you. The comp wasn't that regimented. a sloppy corked seven was better than a steezy 5 with a grab for example. They were looking for all around snow experts. For example in stevens score, you'll notice that he was weak in the super pipe and the big mountain exhibition. (experience) BTW - Billy Keil of Big Boulder who qualified at Shawnee because Nipples decided to represent whitetail instead made it to the 25th position and subsequently onto the NextSnow team. So while Steven was chosen over Billy in the qualifier, the judges at the nationals ranked him over steven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibhusky Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 What is the difference between this event and the NextSnow All Stars which was in Keystone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 a sloppy corked seven was better than a steezy 5 with a grab for example. a tragic truth of most contests Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 What is the difference between this event and the NextSnow All Stars which was in Keystone? I'd like to know as well... I really don't read this forum, but when I saw sib post, i knew it had to be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 a tragic truth of most contests Yeah but in this contest they made it clear on how they were being judged, unlike other competitions I'd like to know as well... I really don't read this forum, but when I saw sib post, i knew it had to be good The NextSnow all stars was a show for last years Nextsnow team (25) and this years super-qualifier winners (there were 3 of them with 4 winners each) to produce a one hour NBC TV show to be broadcasted before the opening of the Olympics. The nextsnow competition that steven was in is the regular annual competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibhusky Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 The nextsnow competition that steven was in is the regular annual competition. On the sheet it had something about Vermont up there on the logo. Was this a regional competition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 On the sheet it had something about Vermont up there on the logo. Was this a regional competition? I am not sure what sheet you are referring to - there were 3 superqualifiers for the Keystone event, I don't remember the 3 locations, one was in the west , mid west and one here in the east.. The annual NextSnow National competition was in Killington March 2-5th to name the 2006 team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 The link in my signature has a big air video that was just uploaded. Nipples is about half way through the video light colored pants and reddish bottom of his skis.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 more wars Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 those kids are going freakin huge... they are all like 10-12, seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Yeah but in this contest they made it clear on how they were being judged, unlike other competitions what was the wording? "stylish acrobats need not apply"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 what was the wording? "stylish acrobats need not apply"? yeah.. spinners and one footed sliders only! It was a great competition. Take time to look at all the categories they were judged in. Steven did well in moguls, slopestyle, big air, slalom - so so in Big Mountain, Half-Pipe and carving.. those kids are going freakin huge... they are all like 10-12, seriously? Most of them in that video are 12 and 13 - steven is 12 - he is no stranger to spinning at 50' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 planker Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 those kids are going freakin huge... they are all like 10-12, seriously? This was his February training grounds in Breck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 (edited) I metioned a pic of the nextsnow team - notice all the battle wounds and goggle tans. These guys and gal are the future.. Billy Keil of Big boulder is at the bottom right hand side. First time a PA kid has made the team Trying to find another pic... Trying to find another pic... Edited March 16, 2006 by Papasteeze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 more wars Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 I metioned a pic of the nextsnow team - notice all the battle wounds and goggle tans. These guys and gal are the future.. Billy Keil of Big boulder is at the bottom right hand side. First time a PA kid has made the team Trying to find another pic... Trying to find another pic... they all need haircuts. freakin ruffians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted March 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 they all need haircuts. freakin ruffians it's funny how things come full circle. Bell bottoms and long hair... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 not sure if this link will work... http://www.photoreflect.com/scripts/prsm.d...bum=0&adjust=-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I guess long hair is the style for little boys these days... It's newschooler freestyler thing. nips cut his hair for summer............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidude Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 It's newschooler freestyler thing. nips cut his hair for summer............ Actully it has nothing to do with freestylers...Its the 'cool' thing to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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