How big should the perfect freestyle kicker be?

Forrest.Gump

Forrest.Gump

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i like the stadium sized "big air", it limits the speed and amplitude to a certain judgeable criteria, but then the dubs are forced, and whack af.

considering the aerial quad kicker it the ultimate in trained ski jumping, and the perfection of execution being the goal...

maybe real freestyle skiing should not encroach on real trained skiing in anyway...especially if those trained skiers are going to come up short of the quad kicker.... Let freestyle be limited to what can be safely be acquired by skiing on snow, not training into the aerials pool. Boycotting the trained skiing which is XGAMES is the start of the revolution.

you know im right... pushing my karma down doesnt help your case
 
14577711:ReturnToMonkey said:
Xgames should have a grom park at the top
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Last year they setup a little rail yard thing at the bottom next to the rope tow for the bunny hill near the xgames stuff. I never saw it open or anyone riding it though. Theres always a park open above the xgames park, bunch of rails and a couple medium size jumps. It would connect with the xgames park and make a T2B park when its open.
 
14577725:Lenny- said:
Last year they setup a little rail yard thing at the bottom next to the rope tow for the bunny hill near the xgames stuff. I never saw it open or anyone riding it though. Theres always a park open above the xgames park, bunch of rails and a couple medium size jumps. It would connect with the xgames park and make a T2B park when its open.
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I meant a mandatory, judged part of slopestyle or something
 
14577772:ReturnToMonkey said:
I meant a mandatory, judged part of slopestyle or something
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I just wish they would lap T2B more in practace. I think most athletes go to snowmass to lap public durring down time. Its dissapointing because BM has a lot more unique features and quirks and it's a longer park.
 
14577772:ReturnToMonkey said:
I meant a mandatory, judged part of slopestyle or something
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2024 x games slopestyle course preview:

8 ft dancepad

12 ft ride on box or rainbow box

20 ft flat bar

10 ft step down

15 ft tabletop

20 ft money booter
 
14577979:Poikenz said:
2024 x games slopestyle course preview:

8 ft dancepad

12 ft ride on box or rainbow box

20 ft flat bar

10 ft step down

15 ft tabletop

20 ft money booter
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i see your sarcasm and raise you,

no switch ups (unless swapping from press 2 press...),

no dubs.

35 ft money booter....
 
14577979:Poikenz said:
2024 x games slopestyle course preview:

8 ft dancepad

12 ft ride on box or rainbow box

20 ft flat bar

10 ft step down

15 ft tabletop

20 ft money booter
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Yes exactly this is what I mean. I want to see what comp circuit pros can do with that sort of set up. Also that would be so much more inspiring than dub 12s on every jump
 
secret courses, features that force freestyle and creativity, (channel gaps are a must ), no previews, no practice, all day jam, live broadcast, interactive forum community / rider judging, videography/photography contests.

pretty much, Kumi Yama!
 
I mean, most of the original triple gang learned them to snow. Somebody probably would have chucked a quad eventually even without airbags. Obviously airbags have accelerated things though.

Also the size/trajectory of jumps have been pretty dialed for a while now. The wild flat step downs over 100 feet were a cool era. But a 65-70 foot jump these days is all you really need. The big airs still get a little bigger but 80 is about as big as anything goes. People throw trips on 50 footers.

They should have a big air off a rail takeoff where you're DQ'd for hitting the rail. Sidejumping is life
 
14578028:theabortionator said:
I mean, most of the original triple gang learned them to snow. Somebody probably would have chucked a quad eventually even without airbags. Obviously airbags have accelerated things though.

Also the size/trajectory of jumps have been pretty dialed for a while now. The wild flat step downs over 100 feet were a cool era. But a 65-70 foot jump these days is all you really need. The big airs still get a little bigger but 80 is about as big as anything goes. People throw trips on 50 footers.

They should have a big air off a rail takeoff where you're DQ'd for hitting the rail. Sidejumping is life
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trained aerials should be respected.
 
14578028:theabortionator said:
I mean, most of the original triple gang learned them to snow. Somebody probably would have chucked a quad eventually even without airbags. Obviously airbags have accelerated things though.

Also the size/trajectory of jumps have been pretty dialed for a while now. The wild flat step downs over 100 feet were a cool era. But a 65-70 foot jump these days is all you really need. The big airs still get a little bigger but 80 is about as big as anything goes. People throw trips on 50 footers.

They should have a big air off a rail takeoff where you're DQ'd for hitting the rail. Sidejumping is life
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please elaborate on the "triple gang" with no *
 
Having no real limit is a cool thing to hold onto. With the new tech in grooming its awesome how more dialed in jumps can be nowadays compared to pre 2010 when they made piles of snow, carved a jump out of it and hoped it would work well enough being a 40-50’+ sized jump for the remainder of the season.
 
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