Nippon Open athletes

japanair

japanair

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Does anyone know how many of these guys will actually show up to the Nippon Freeski Open? These are the invited athletes:

http://nfo.jp/2008/athlete/

Men’s SLOPE STYLE

Charles Gagnier / CAN / Salomon

Andreas Hatveit / NOR / Rossignol

Sammy Carlson / USA / Salomon

Simon Dumont / USA / Salomon

Peter Olenick / USA / Ind

Jon Olsson / SWE / Oakley

Candide Thovex / FRA / Rossignol

TJ Schiller / CAN / Armada

Colby West / USA / Volkl

Jossi Wells / NZL / Atomic

PK Hunder / NOR / K2

Jacob Wester / SWE / Armada

Corey Vanular / CAN / Dynastar

Mike Riddle / CAN / Dynastar

Laurent Favre / FRA / Scott

Anders Backe / NOR / Head

Sean Decker / USA / Dynastar

BB Stian / NOR

John Spriggs / USA / Rossignol

Yuta Ueno / JPN / Atomic

[/list]

Men’s SUPERPIPE

Simon Dumont / USA / Salomon

Tanner Hall / USA / Armada

Peter Olenick / USA / Salomon

Mike Riddle / CAN / Dynastar

Kevin Rolland / FRA / Rossignol

John Symms / USA / Salomon

Colby West / USA / Volkl

Jossi Wells / NZL / Atomic

Andreas Hatveit / NOR / Rossignol

Matt Phillipi / USA / Volkl

Sammy Carlson / USA / Salomon

Stefan Thomas / USA / K2

Dan Marion / USA / Dynastar

Candide Thovex / FRA / Rossignol

Brent Abrams / USA / Salomon

JP Solberg / USA / Fischer

Laurent Favre / FRA / Scott

Charles Gagnier / CAN / Salomon

Corey Vanular / CAN / Dynastar

Yuta Ueno / JPN / Atomic

[/list]

BIG AIR

Charles Gagnier / CAN / Salomon

Jon Olsson / SWE / Oakley

TJ Schiller / CAN / Armada

Jacob Wester / SWE / Armada

Sammy Carlson / USA / Salomon

Simon Dumont / USA / Salomon

Andreas Hatveit / NOR / Rossignol

PK Hunder / NOR / K2

Colby West / USA / Volkl

Peter Olenick / USA / Ind

[/list]

Women’s SLOPESTYLE

Sarah Burke / CAN / Roxy

Kristi Leskinen / USA / Ind

Grete Eliassen / NOR / Head

Vanessa Coletta / FRA / Roxy

Virginie Favre / SUI

Anna Segal / AUS

Michelle Parker / USA / K2

Ashley Battersby / USA / Line

Maiko Hara / JPN

Keri Herman / USA

[/list]

Women’s SUPERPIPE

Sarah Burke / CAN / Roxy

Grete Eliassen / NOR / Head

Jen Hudak / USA / Salomon

Virginie Favre / SUI

Mirjam Jaeger / SUI / Nike

Kristi Leskinen / USA / Ind

Rosalind Groenenwoud / CAN / Trennon

Em Lonsdale / GBR

Angeli VanLaanen / USA

Jess Cumming / USA / Roxy

[/list]

 
Apparently he's quit competing completely (freestyle, at least).

As for the Nippon Open... I bet it would be a dope comp if they all showed. But the NA Open clashes, so... we'llsee
 
yeah does anyone know whos gunna be there? It seems like everyone would go to NAOpen instead cause of how its set up at the same time, but idk. someones gotta know something about this
 
Jossi will be there, I know that. He'll probably dominate with all the big names going to the NA open. Not like he wouldn't already, haha
 
I have a feeling that only these guys will show up:

Jossi Wells / NZL / Atomic

Jacob Wester / SWE / Armada

Corey Vanular / CAN / Dynastar

Laurent Favre / FRA / Scott

Anders Backe / NOR / Head

Sean Decker / USA / Dynastar

BB Stian / NOR

John Spriggs / USA / Rossignol

Yuta Ueno / JPN / Atomic

Men’s SUPERPIPE

Kevin Rolland / FRA / Rossignol

John Symms / USA / Salomon

Jossi Wells / NZL / Atomic

Matt Phillipi / USA / Volkl

Stefan Thomas / USA / K2

Dan Marion / USA / Dynastar

Brent Abrams / USA / Salomon

JP Solberg / USA / Fischer

Laurent Favre / FRA / Scott

Corey Vanular / CAN / Dynastar

Yuta Ueno / JPN / Atomic
 
The only reason I narrowed the list down to that many people was because the nippon open was scheduled first, and the original list was the qualified athletes. Now the NOA started up, and they came up with a list of pre-qualified athletes, since some of the names seemed to be missing that would naturally be on the NAO list, someone must have spoken to each athlete on the NAO invite list to confirm their arrival. So, if they were confirmed to be at the NAO, then they would be forfeiting their seat in the Nippon Open, thus the reason their name was removed from the list in my opinion. On top of that, I removed Candide and TJ for obvious reasons.
 
these are the confirmed athletes for the euro open in laax.. there should be more coming:

Name

Nation

Russell Henshaw

AUS

Martin Misof

AUT

Charles Gagnier

CAN

JF Houle

CAN

Philip Casabon

CAN

AJ Kemppainen

FIN

Kalle Leinonen

FIN

Richard Permin

FRA

Tobias Reindl

GER

Anders Backe

NOR

PK Hunder

NOR

Jacob Wester

SWE

Name

Nation

Rosalind Groenewoud

CAN

Emma Lonsdale

GBR

Grete Eliassen

NOR

Virginie Faivre

SUI

Sofie Windstedt

SWE

going to be sick
 
Tanner Hall=not competing except Xgames

Matt Phillippi=hurt

Sammy Carlson=maybe hurt, just tweaked his knee at Red bull playstreets

PK Hunder=probably still hurt from Xgames

TJ Schiller=hurt

That's all I can say for who probably won't be there.
 
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