Tanner not competing this year...

crazy if true

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good, then he can focus and put together a fukin amazing segment.. he wins alot of comps but he gets screwed over alot too especially last x-games

 
i agree with you entirely^. if he doesnt compete he will get more time to train and fucking kill the shit next season. he will also throw down the best segment of all fucking time! cant wait till next years films

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wow..cool

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sounds like he will have a good video segment next year if he stays healthy

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"In conversation, Hall says “You know what I mean?� nearly once every 30 seconds. Interpreting what comes out of his mouth, however, can prove difficult."

Brilliant. Hahahaha. I like Tanner more every time someone writes something like this.

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three things.

one, it's cool what he's attempting to do, but he said he wouldn't do the us open last year, and out of nowhere he appeared and competed. so i wonder if he'll stick to his word this time.

two, cr said the exact same thing two years ago, but the only difference was that he'd still do the x-games. same schpeel about focusing on the bc and not focusing on comps, etc. i think cr's focus was cool, because he'd do the one big comp, and go off on his own for the rest of the year. it's really the best of both worlds.

and three, comparing tanner hall to eminem? come on.

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i trust tanner in that he will not compete this year. he also had some really good things to say, in my opinion. GO TANNER!

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I think Tanner taking a year off to "grow up" is the best thing he can ever do. He's got mad skiing skills, but the mental aspect is what has been holding him back. If he can bring that kind of mental maturity to the skiing scene he could dominate for a very long time.

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I'm amazed, only one person said that they hated Tanner. What is this world coming to?

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yeah like he was saying, how's this going to effect his sponsorship, since they wont be getting as good of exposure anymore. hmmmm. might be the right thing to do, for a kid who wants to ski, but for the business side, it might not be a smart move.

stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

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don't be a bucket head...
 
He will probly compete at least some just like the us open last year!!!

It doesnt really bother me either way!!!!

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“I got love for you, Scott,� Hall said, pulling closer to the tape recorder as if talking to Willoughby in person on the phone. “I know you don’t like me, bro, but I’ve got mad love for you because you give me more bad press and more people know my name because of you. I should just send you a bottle of champagne.�

Good move Tanner. You're above this hater bitch.

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hall says: "skiing is at a point where it really needs to be pushed outside of contests", i dont like this idea yet because skiing has developed now and for the moment i think we need to attract more publicity.

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And maybe then you'd see the light

And read the truth that you had to write.

 
for some reason I can't access the article because I have to be a registered member at the site, and im swedish so I dont have an appropriate area code and shit like that, so could someone please post the entire article? thanks

 
dbl post, good quote:

“I know you don’t like me, bro, but I’ve got mad love for you because you give me more bad press and more people know my name because of you. I should just send you a bottle of champagne.�

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oh, heree you go sweden

Hall taking a pass on Winter X Games

Freeskiing's biggest name wants to go in new direction

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Tanner Hall, at Winter X Games Nine last January in Aspen, says he doesn't plan on competing in the X Games this winter, or in any freeskiing competition, for that matter. (Mark Fox/Aspen Times file)

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By Nate Peterson

September 29, 2005

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Tanner Hall is sick of waiting. He’s sick of talking, too.

It’s been seven months since the biggest name in freeskiing has been on a pair of skis following a disastrous crash in early March. Hall broke both ankles and heels after undershooting a 120-foot gap jump near Alta, Utah.

Now, after surgery and months of rehab, the 21-year-old Hall said his body feels “basically 100 percent perfect.� It’s time, he said, to get back to doing the one thing he seemingly was put on this world to do: reinvent skiing by destroying its wholesome image.

If only winter could get here sooner.

“My cell phone has had the message mailbox full for the last five months,� said Hall, who was in Aspen last weekend screening his new film, “Pop Yer Bottlez,� which he co-produced and helped direct. “I’m over [talking]. Once it’s on, it’s back to normal.�

Here’s what not normal about Hall’s plans for the upcoming season: He doesn’t plan on entering any contests, even in the Winter X Games. It is only September, and a lot could change between now and late January, but Hall said he’s pretty firm in his decision not to compete.

“The X Games, it’s a good thing, but skiing is at a point where it really needs to be pushed outside of contests,� he said. “We need to take all this stuff that we do in parks and begin really progressing it to stomping natural terrain and cliffs and making our sport just what it used to be. ... If kids like myself, we get out of the contest scene and try to push the backcountry and the big lines, more or less, it’s going to change things.�

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Tanner Hall sails above the crowd in the ski superpipe competition at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk in 2003. (Aspen Times file)

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Hall said the decision to not compete hasn’t affected his relationship with his corporate sponsors. Yes, they would prefer to have him at events like Winter X because of the exposure it gives them, he said. They support his decision, however, to go in a new direction.

“There’s not too many people who could go up to their sponsors and ask them if they can take a year off of competing and just go for a good [film] segment,� Hall said. “Thank God that I’ve got good relationships and I’ve kind of proved that I should be able to do what I want to do. They think whatever I’m going to be doing, it’s going to be progressing the sport, and that’s all I’m out there to do.�

In conversation, Hall says “You know what I mean?� nearly once every 30 seconds. Interpreting what comes out of his mouth, however, can prove difficult. This latest news is sure to raise a few eyebrows. There will be speculation whether Hall is just trying to grab more headlines — something he did plenty last winter before his injury — or whether his intentions are genuine. What appears to be genuine is that when Hall says he is ready to have things in his life “back to normal,� he means he wants to get back to a position where his skiing does the talking for him.

Since he’s been hurt, the only way he can answer his critics — and there are plenty of them — is with his mouth. And that mouth is the one thing that got him in the most trouble last year when he drew headlines for, among other things, saying American World Cup skiers Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves didn’t deserve their seven-figure incomes, or that he was robbed of a fourth consecutive slopestyle gold at the Winter X Games because a judge scoring the event didn’t like him.

Hall’s mouth also led to him getting arrested at a bar in Vail two weeks before the Winter X Games. A verbal argument with some bouncers turned into a scuffle, which turned into the Vail cops coming to arrest Hall and some of his friends. The incident led to some in the media questioning whether freeskiing’s biggest star was helping his sport or hindering it.

Whatever beatings Hall took in print, however, were arguably overshadowed by superb skiing. Hall won the halfpipe competition at the U.S. Freeskiing Open in Vail on the same day he was released from his overnight stay in jail. He also finished second in the slopestyle at the U.S. Open to go with his slopestyle silver at Winter X.

Hall said he knows he “screwed up� last year at times, but he doesn’t feel that all of the harsh things written about him were deserved. He was cast as a “gangster� or a “punk� or a deadbeat “high school dropout� by a number of people who didn’t even know him — people whose words, he said, were written with the intent of bringing him down.

“Whenever something got a little out of hand, or a little crazy, there was always some photographer there to take a picture, or some newspaper there, or some policeman there,� he said. “It was just my luck, you know what I mean? I’m a good kid man. I’m not out there causing trouble my whole life. I’m just like anybody else. You hang out with me for one day and you’ll see what I’m like.�

In light of all the controversy, Hall doesn’t plan on revamping his image or being less candid in interviews. He is who he is, he said. Some things don’t deserve an apology. Some of his critics don’t want to admit that they have an inherent bias against freeskiing in general, but to avoid scrutiny for singling out a whole sport they pick on him.

Most importantly, Hall said, the negative criticisms aren’t hurting freeskiing. If anything, they’re doing the exact opposite.

“It just seems like everyone is looking for a reason to talk s---, you know?� Hall said. “For so long, it’s been so mentally stressful, but now it’s like, ‘Anybody can say anything they want about me, and anybody can take as many cuts as they want at me. Because you know what? Every year I’m going to be back, and every year I’m going to be in magazines, and that’s just motivation for me to put it back in everybody’s face that thinks I’m just a screwup. Obviously I’m doing something right, you know what I mean?�

Hall even took a moment to single out Denver Post outdoors writer Scott Willoughby, whom he labeled a “hypocrite� and a “backstabber.�

“I got love for you, Scott,� Hall said, pulling closer to the tape recorder as if talking to Willoughby in person on the phone. “I know you don’t like me, bro, but I’ve got mad love for you because you give me more bad press and more people know my name because of you. I should just send you a bottle of champagne.�

Just listening to comments like that, and gauging Hall’s impact on skiing in general, it’s not a stretch to compare Hall to rapper Eminem. Yes, Eminem, and not just because both have the same color hair.

Both have ignited controversy by doing the same thing: changing the accepted norm in their respective career fields. Both have used controversy as a propellant to widespread celebrity. And both have thanked their critics for providing extra motivation.

In Hall’s case, he still believes the ski industry at large is scared to accept him and those who prefer his type of skiing. There are traditionalists who believe that skiers who ride rails and drop in on halfpipes have taken the sport in the wrong direction. They hate the baggy pants and the slick attitudes. They hate that Tanner Hall has become one of the biggest names in the industry.

The division can’t last forever, however, Hall said. He believes people will eventually come around — it might just take another five to six years. Until then, he plans to continue being himself. In short, Hall is still going to spark flames, even if he doesn’t compete.

“Everyone is scared in this industry to see a change. They’re scared of The Bigger Picture [Hall’s production company] coming in making movies. They’re scared of Armada Skis. Everyone is tripping on our industry because everything is changing. But it’s going to go. It’s already been going, and there’s no stopping it.�

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i dont see what so shocking about it, he realizes that he isnt the top dog anymore and that there is plenty of talent out there. i think he will do some comps onm the side but nothing serious. he wants to focuss on his buissness and working with his dad...he is alot smarter than people give him credit for

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good article, im starting to like tanner more and more each day.

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Poor Tanner. He can never do anything right. I mean, he just shouldn't do interviews anymore. I think the reason for him not competing is probably becuase his sponsors are tired of him fucking up at every contest he goes to. Every time Tanner competes, he cries like a baby about something or just starts controversy. Again, he just did this article for the controversy.

However, with that said, I'm sure he will compete this year becuase he can't resist the $$ any more than you or I could. People have been talking about this shit for years, "oh lets push it in the backcountry" yadda yadda yadda.

I especially like the comparison of Eminem and Tanner, because they have both risen up over all the odds that they have faced. Like how Tanner made it in an all-black skiing world was dead broke every step of the way. Hahahaha.

This is so laughable. Tanner, I'll see you at X-Games!

 
t hall once again proves that he is the man. i love how people are saying he isn't on top anymore haha have you seen t hall ski? he has dominated comps and videos for years i think he is still on top and will remain on the top for at least another 2 years.

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tanner sound really well spoken. i hope he has a real good year and throws some sick shit.

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Tanner acts to black to be white.

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“I got love for you, Scott,� Hall said, pulling closer to the tape recorder as if talking to Willoughby in person on the phone. “I know you don’t like me, bro, but I’ve got mad love for you because you give me more bad press and more people know my name because of you. I should just send you a bottle of champagne.�

AHHHHHHH YESSSS TANNER

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True, but Tanner is an indespnsable asset. It's intresting because i just read an article about CEOs of big corps -- in particular Madden and Stewart -- continuing to recieve 6 figure sallerys while in jail and being offerd the same job at the same firm right after jail. The firms do this because some people are a very very valuble asset to their business. Same goes with tanner, he is number one; he is an indespnsable asset to his sponsors -- dosen't matter what tanner does, he is too damn good.

As for his decission, i'm a little disapointed that i won't have the oportunity to watch him compete; but I'm sure he will make a good segment next year.

 
tanner is a great man, cool if he wants to progress other ways, i would like to see him take back the X games title tho... tanners a good man

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Tanner can do what Tanner wants, but he's just so damn competitive that I can's see him missing the X Games.

A sad, sad day if he does.

It's called skiing, stupid.
 
The comparrison of seth when he was younger and just begining to kill it and tanner are uncanny, the attitude, and the ability. I bet he will continue to conquer shit...good show

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before readin that i thought tanner hall was a twat, but after that im startin to change my mind, if he sticks to his wword he deserves respect for pushin the ski scene further
 
sure it's cool but tanner is making it seem like he's the first person to go outside of comps and push the "backcountry scene". he's a little late, and will probably end up claiming pioneer.
 
he stopped doing comps because he stopped winning...he didnt get robbed at Xgames at all, beat straight up
 
NOW he wants to become a big line skier! It's a little late. Remember, he wouldn't even get out of the chopper in Ak. You don't learn how to ski like Hugo, Shane or Seth in a couple seasons. It takes years of learning just how to read big mountains. My advice to him is to hit the gym and gain about 20. Maybe take some steroids. Something, because if thinks that people want to see his scrawny ass, all bagged out, guerillaing down the mountain he’s fucking high. We’ve seen his mad skill on the BIG SHIT in Yearbook. WOW. He needs to stick to the park or jumps that he builds. Skiing down big mountains is not an option for him to stay alive as a pro skier.
 
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