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14024618:THUGwife said:
Really not sure about that opp carve cork 3...
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Finn was not carving when he took off.. It's hard for me not to biased because Ferdinand might be my favorite skier to watch rn, but there were some seriously sketchy calls against him. Finn is good no doubt, but there isn't anything I really enjoy about his style so I am bummed he gets to move on purely from the perspective of I'd rather watch Ferdinand ski.
 
Almost had to stop watching after Finn got that call on the R5 tail tap... wouldn't have even called that good on defense
 
14024630:Billiards. said:
Finn was not carving when he took off.. It's hard for me not to biased because Ferdinand might be my favorite skier to watch rn, but there were some seriously sketchy calls against him. Finn is good no doubt, but there isn't anything I really enjoy about his style so I am bummed he gets to move on purely from the perspective of I'd rather watch Ferdinand ski.
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Maybe it looked more carved from Joan's POV though
 
Very excited for Colby vs vinny cash

I think it’s gonna come down to Colby vs Finn and we have another 20 minute game with insanely tech rail tricks with Colby becoming a complete savage and taking home the the dub
 
Finn called almost everything to the right instead of unnatural. Some of these calls are getting a tad bit too loose
 
14024670:_money said:
Finn called almost everything to the right instead of unnatural. Some of these calls are getting a tad bit too loose
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In the end it's up to the skiers if they want to call it L/R or unnatural. In the grand scheme of things, if you're doing a unnatural trick that's more difficult than like a cork 7 or 270 on, it's in the skiers best interest to claim it as unnatural, then if the opponent spins the other way naturally, they have to try the trick the hard way too.

In the end, the level of skiing in the SLVSH cup is beyond having a weak unnatural side, most of these guy can do basic tricks both ways and likely will succeed on harder tricks no matter what direction. There are tons of different variables in this situation and for the most part skiers spin the same way naturally, but it's always different each game and I would expect the distinction of L/R or Nat/Unnat is depended on the skiers.
 
14024690:Colingarnes said:
The real OGs do. Left foot forward on rails too. I dont get how tf you guys do it otherwise.
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Oh really?

"Otherwise" is why there's a term un-natural.
 
14024742:john18061806 said:
he called anti-carve not opp carve meaning no carve on the takeoff.
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You know what meant by anti carve. He did it wrong. And if he specifically called not carving on a cork three than he's actually whack.
 
14024770:Billiards. said:
You know what meant by anti carve. He did it wrong. And if he specifically called not carving on a cork three than he's actually whack.
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yeah I'll give you that... yeah

kiwis have a slightly different dialect so that's what I was thinking when he called anti-carve and took off straight. Big ups to Ferdi for being honest when he didn't get a grab. Smoothest skier out there.
 
14024742:john18061806 said:
he called anti-carve not opp carve meaning no carve on the takeoff.
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Ah my bad. Didn't even realise this was a trick. The way he turned slightly left before going straight and then spinning to the right threw me.
 
14024881:THUGwife said:
Ah my bad. Didn't even realise this was a trick. The way he turned slightly left before going straight and then spinning to the right threw me.
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Yeah it was a pretty sus call. I feel like a lot of the calls went Finn's way but he was absolutely dominating that game no question about that. As much as I love Ferdi, Finn was the clear winner of that game no doubt about that. I'm really excited to see Colby vs. Vinny and see one of those guys go up against Finn. It'll be a game for the books.

But can we get some hype for Ferdi's dub 7?? that was the most proper axis I've seen since Frej Jonsson did the first one at JOI back in 2012. It wasn't a whackass chest down dub flat 7 that everybody and their mom seems to do these days, no, that was a LEGIT dub cork 7.
 
14024638:Swandog7 said:
Almost had to stop watching after Finn got that call on the R5 tail tap... wouldn't have even called that good on defense
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yeah he specified tapping the knuckle and that boy was nowhere near the knuckle when he tapped, it was such a dank trick regardless but come on Johan (even tho Johan is ever skier's secret crush)
 
14024885:john18061806 said:
Yeah it was a pretty sus call. I feel like a lot of the calls went Finn's way but he was absolutely dominating that game no question about that. As much as I love Ferdi, Finn was the clear winner of that game no doubt about that. I'm really excited to see Colby vs. Vinny and see one of those guys go up against Finn. It'll be a game for the books.

But can we get some hype for Ferdi's dub 7?? that was the most proper axis I've seen since Frej Jonsson did the first one at JOI back in 2012. It wasn't a whackass chest down dub flat 7 that everybody and their mom seems to do these days, no, that was a LEGIT dub cork 7.
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yeah that dub cork 7 was fuckin out of this world, such a cool rotation.

Finn is fucking good. Ive never heard of him before this contest season. NZ's got some park prodigies comin outta there, super good skier.
 
14024678:eheath said:
In the end it's up to the skiers if they want to call it L/R or unnatural. In the grand scheme of things, if you're doing a unnatural trick that's more difficult than like a cork 7 or 270 on, it's in the skiers best interest to claim it as unnatural, then if the opponent spins the other way naturally, they have to try the trick the hard way too.

In the end, the level of skiing in the SLVSH cup is beyond having a weak unnatural side, most of these guy can do basic tricks both ways and likely will succeed on harder tricks no matter what direction. There are tons of different variables in this situation and for the most part skiers spin the same way naturally, but it's always different each game and I would expect the distinction of L/R or Nat/Unnat is depended on the skiers.
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I always figured that when L/R was called it was when the skiers had the same natural spin direction and when Nat/Unnat was called it was because they don't... unless their opponent is a dick
 
14025066:Colingarnes said:
Semis and finals are every other day. Mon wed fri
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I’m so accustomed to slvsh everyday this is a shock and I’m not ready for it.

-offended slvsh watcher
 
14024678:eheath said:
In the end it's up to the skiers if they want to call it L/R or unnatural. In the grand scheme of things, if you're doing a unnatural trick that's more difficult than like a cork 7 or 270 on, it's in the skiers best interest to claim it as unnatural, then if the opponent spins the other way naturally, they have to try the trick the hard way too.

In the end, the level of skiing in the SLVSH cup is beyond having a weak unnatural side, most of these guy can do basic tricks both ways and likely will succeed on harder tricks no matter what direction. There are tons of different variables in this situation and for the most part skiers spin the same way naturally, but it's always different each game and I would expect the distinction of L/R or Nat/Unnat is depended on the skiers.
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I mean I understand your logic but why doesn’t BATB (or any game of skate) call nat/unnat? They just say front or back if they want to spin. It would be pretty fucked for someone to look at the opponent, realize he can’t backside 360 for example and say “do an unnatural 360” like no. Just say front or back side...

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14025188:DesertStix said:
I mean I understand your logic but why doesn’t BATB (or any game of skate) call nat/unnat? They just say front or back if they want to spin. It would be pretty fucked for someone to look at the opponent, realize he can’t backside 360 for example and say “do an unnatural 360” like no. Just say front or back side...

**This post was edited on Apr 16th 2019 at 7:55:10pm
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You're comparing skateboarding and skiing, very different my dude.
 
14025188:DesertStix said:
I mean I understand your logic but why doesn’t BATB (or any game of skate) call nat/unnat? They just say front or back if they want to spin. It would be pretty fucked for someone to look at the opponent, realize he can’t backside 360 for example and say “do an unnatural 360” like no. Just say front or back side...

**This post was edited on Apr 16th 2019 at 7:55:10pm
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imagine calling unat back side lol
 
That was a real good game but there were some questionable calls. Colby’s 5 swap didn’t even touch the rail, while it looked like Vinnie at least made contact
 
I think that is going to go down as one of my favorite slvsh games ever. The willingness of both skiers to embrace the difficulty of each other’s tricks was incredible to see, and I loved how they both were super strategic in their use of the set and trivia crack rules. So sick to see Vinny lacing og tricks and Colby coming right back, and Colby going nuts on the tech and Vinny sticking right with him. Love how they could be serious about the game and give it everything they had, and still come back together in the end and give each other that praise, and of course Woodsy reffing is just icing on the cake
 
What a crazy game. And Woodsy is really the best ref. It seems like anytime I doubt one of his calls he gives an explanation that sways my opinion.
 
14025364:chubbspeterson said:
only took colby 7 trick sets to beat him. vinni can only do his stupid weird shit that he has to explain what it is
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Partially I think that's because vinni started going with his weird stuff , so Colby just fucked him up
 
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