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elhombredeski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 262 Location:	Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 10:37 PM GMT US snowboarders up on dope charges Quote: US snowboarders up on dope charges By MARK HOTTON in Queenstown - Two high-profile United States snowboarders, one understood to be a Winter Olympics double medallist, will appear in court next week charged with possessing cannabis. The pair, aged 26 and 21, were arrested in Wanaka on Saturday night after being stopped for random roadside breath testing. Sergeant Paul Crosswell, of Wanaka, said the pair were allegedly caught with "not an insignificant amount" of cannabis in their car. They will appear in the Queenstown District Court on Monday. The 26-year-old man has been called an influential snowboarder, while the younger man, who has visited New Zealand before, is vying to represent the US at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next year. It was not known whether they were in New Zealand as part of the US snowboarding team ahead of this month's Winter Games. Neither US snowboarding halfpipe head coach Mike Jankowski nor representatives from the United States Ski and Snowboard Association in Utah could be contacted yesterday. The pair are not the first high-profile Americans to face drug charges while visiting New Zealand. In a much-publicised case in 2000, US billionaire philanthropist Peter Lewis received a discharge without conviction when he paid more than $50,000 to charity after admitting importing more than 23g of cannabis.

jgreco Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 603 Location:SoVer	Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 11:46 PM GMT danny and...... __________ i love skibin!

jgreco Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 603 Location:SoVer	Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 12:49 AM GMT littering and? littering and? __________ i love skibin!

elhombredeski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 262 Location:	Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 8:01 PM GMT Quote: No US contact with pair www.stuff.co.nz - Last updated 05:00 08/05/2009 United States snowboarding officials are yet to contact two high-profile American snowboarders facing cannabis possession charges after being arrested in Wanaka at the weekend. When contacted in Utah yesterday, United States Ski and Snowboard Association spokesman Tom Kelly said the organisation had not had any contact with the pair since their arrest. "The only thing I know is what was in emails we've received from media outlets. We haven't had any other contact, so I've got no more details." The 26-year-old and 21-year-old snowboarders, one understood to be a Winter Olympics double medallist, were arrested on Saturday night after allegedly being caught with a "substantial" amount of cannabis. They will appear in the Queenstown District Court on Monday.

tom durgin Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Dec 23, 2005 Posts: 832 Location:Newbury Center, VT	Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 8:26 PM GMT Geeze! Snowboarders smokin' dope - who woulda thunk it? I wonder just how "random" the stop was, especially if the hired car had a rackfull of snowboards. The cops must have thought, "easy pickings." I'm sure some sanctimonious Olympic officials will want to punish them.

rstuthill Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 03, 2005 Posts: 1631 Location:Bolton, CT	Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 12:50 AM GMT No sanctimony needed. It's on the list. Two year competition ban.

elhombredeski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 262 Location:	Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 5:27 AM GMT Who Did It!!!

mapnut Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 31, 2002 Posts: 3993 Location:New York City	Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 12:38 PM GMT Interesting that the names are not given. Is that the journalistic standard in New Zealand? Not only innocent until proven guilty, but private? Maybe not a bad idea. My local paper has a "Police Blotter" which publishes the name of everyone who gets arrested, and never publishes if they're found not guilty.

z1000307470 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: May 07, 2004 Posts: 331 Location:Bergen County, NJ	Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 3:44 PM GMT Quote: Interesting that the names are not given. Is that the journalistic standard in New Zealand? Not only innocent until proven guilty, but private? Maybe not a bad idea. My local paper has a "Police Blotter" which publishes the name of everyone who gets arrested, and never publishes if they're found not guilty. Both of the local papers here never publish names in the police blotter. They print the age and residence. It is mostly DUI and weed arrests with the occasional outstanding warrant thrown in for fun.

jgreco Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 603 Location:SoVer	Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 3:47 PM GMT ESPN/EXPN speculated danny and louie vito, since they were supposed to be traveling together. __________ i love skibin!

elhombredeski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 262 Location:	Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 1:31 AM GMT "Dope-smoking snowboarders get diversion New 11:39AM Monday Aug 10, 2009 Two United States snowboarders - one believed to be a former Winter Olympics medallist - charged with possession of cannabis in Wanaka have been given diversion. The duo was stopped by police during a random breath-alcohol check on August 1 and were found to have a "significant amount" of cannabis in their possession. Both men, aged in their 20s, who told police they were in New Zealand as tourists, were due to appear in Queenstown District Court today. But a police spokeswoman said the pair had been given police diversion and so did not appear in court today. If diversion is completed satisfactorily the pair will avoid having convictions to their name. They were granted name suppression." - NZPA

elhombredeski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 262 Location:	Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 4:25 PM GMT Edited: Aug 20, 2009 - 4:33 PM GMT US star charged "Olympic snowboarder drives up main skifield trail A high-profile United States snowboarder has been arrested after a crazy stunt that allegedly endangered skiers and boarders at Cardrona Alpine Resort on Monday this week. Double Winter Olympic medallist Danny Kass, 26, drove his van up a crowded main trail at 9.30am. Kass, a finalist at Cardrona’s Burton NZ Open last weekend, allegedly got the van jammed in snow on the way up. And that’s when disaster could have struck, according to Wanaka cop Mike Johnston. “The vehicle ended up getting stuck on an angle and because the snow conditions were soft, if the vehicle [had] rolled over it would be a great big metal missile screaming down on its side or on its roof – down through the middle of the skifield – until it stopped against something solid. “He’s put a lot [of people] at risk.” Pro rider Kass is thought not to be entering the Winter Games – halfpipe events are on at Cardrona next week – but “he won’t be back” at the skifield, Cardrona manager Gary Husband says. Kass initially spoke to Cardrona staff about having his conspicuously-painted van towed to the halfpipe for a promotional photo shoot. But then “the driver has taken the liberty of thinking that he had permission to [drive] the vehicle all the way through”, Johnston says. “Now whether he had permission or not is irrespective of him putting members of the public’s safety at risk.” With chains on his van, Kass allegedly drove up past the carpark, beside the ski patrol hut next to the base building and up past the queue to MacDougall’s quad. “He’s basically driven up the middle of the main MacDougall ski route. And there’ve been members of the public coming down through that,” Johnston says. “To have a completely alien-type vehicle in that environment with no warnings at all to anybody causes huge concern.” Skifield staff contacted police once they saw what was happening, frantically organising a groomer to build a snow barrier to prevent the van from sliding. Kass was breath-tested but wasn’t under the influence of drugs or alcohol, Johnston confirms. He was charged yesterday with endangering the safety of the public and is scheduled to appear in Queenstown District Court on Monday. Husband won’t comment because it’s now a court matter." Danny Kass (USA)

ChrisMcD Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jun 07, 2002 Posts: 64 Location:Charleston, SC	Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 7:02 PM GMT I love the way these guys stay away from stereotyping snowboarders, everyone knows you don't carry when you go over international borders. You smoke before you go. Where's Claudine Longet when you need her!

skipatrol40s Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 29, 2002 Posts: 1318 Location:	Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 2:55 AM GMT Most police officers know that a car with snowboards on the roof rack have an 87.7 percent chance of cannabis inside the car. Of course everyone also knows that when a number ends in the digit 7, the number is complete BS.

elhombredeski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 262 Location:	Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 9:39 AM GMT A double Olympic medallist spent his last day in New Zealand in the Christchurch District Court.

rickbolger Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 1527 Location:Great Gorge, NJ	Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 3:32 PM GMT Quote: A double Olympic medallist spent his last day in New Zealand in the Christchurch District Court. Must've had Judge Ito. Judge Chamberlain Haller would've clobbered him for wearing those sunglasses.

elhombredeski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 12, 2004 Posts: 262 Location:	Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 3:57 AM GMT "TOWN OF BRECKENRIDGE TO VOTE ON LEGALIZING POT August 31, 2009 SAM Magazine—Breckenridge, Colo., Aug. 31, 2009—A petition seeking to effectively legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults in the town of Breckenridge received enough support to place the issue before voters on Nov. 3. The measure would repeal local penalties in the Breckenridge Town Code for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults age 21 and older. The drive has been led by Breckenridge town councilman, local writer and TV personality Jeff Bergeron (aka “Biff America”) and a local attorney. The Breck Town Council voted against approving the measure at an August session, as members said they were reluctant to place the town’s laws at odds with state and federal regulations without getting the voters’ support. If the past is any precedent, that support will be forthcoming. In 2006, 72 percent of Breckenridge voters favored a statewide proposal to decriminalize marijuana possession. The petition in Breckenridge, if it becomes law, would follow a similar measure in Denver, where the relaxation on the penalty for possession of marijuana has led to a reduction in the number of prosecutions. It also follows the announcement that the Obama Administration will not pursue most federal regulations regarding marijuana. However, marijuana would still remain illegal at both the state and federal levels, and enforcement of the law would be at the discretion of the Breckenridge Police Department. A department spokesman said that possession of small amounts of marijuana has not been a top priority in the recent past, and that will remain the case regardless of the vote in November."

sully Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 20, 2006 Posts: 404 Location:	Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 4:13 AM GMT Go Danny!!!! Anyone that has seen the Danny and the Dingo on Fueltv would know that this is definetly within The realm of Danny. It prob wasn't as bad as ppl make it out to be. And not 88% of snowboarders do drugs in New Zealand whatever genius said that might wanna retract that statement.

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