So I've compared the three pipe runs in the X-games

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1st: Tanner Hall

Cork 5 far left handed safety (?), Rightside flair safety, Cork 9 (don't know what grab. tail?), Alley oop flatspin 540 japan air, 1080 ironcross

Good: A lot of travel, Maintained good amp throughout the whole run, didn't bother with straight airs (this is just subjective for me), Perfect spins, no hand drag, did one unnatural spin

Not so good: he went high, but not super high, didn't really do any "supergrabs", the run wasn't as progressive as the other two.

2nd: Laurent Favre

alley oop japan air, cork 5 crossed true nose, kicked out uncrossed mute (a lil' crossed at the end), cork 7 reverse true tail (who the fuck says blunt), fakie 5 mutegrab, fakie cork 9.

Good: really high and alot of travel on the first hit, Alot of really good grabs, skied fakie!, awesome and innovative spinns, really progressive

Not so good: flailed a little on the first hit (but whatever), lost amp thowards the end of the run, straight air with a half-stretched grab (once again subjective for me), didn't tweak that far on the fakie 5 mute.

3rd: Simon Dumont

cork 5 truckdriver, rightside cork 5 reverse mute, Cork 9 (don't know what grab), Alley oop flatspin (cork?) 5 safety, cork 1080.

Good: the most awesome air I've ever seen followed up by the most awesome unnatural spin I've ever seen, Gigantic amplitude throughout the whole run, impossible grabs, good spins

Not so good:
 
well then I'll just continue here:

Not so good (on simon): Landed far down on the alley oop 5, hand drag on the 1080 ironcross.

Conclusion: I probably missed alot of stuff but in my book simon is the winner.
 
every year around x-games a bunch of NS members turn into scientists analyzing ever aspect of skiing and then hating on judges like they've been int he game FO' 20 yurrrrs.
 
Thats the X games for you. All they do is try to make everything super dramatic to get you pumped. (Show some commercials) and then show the run. I think that they were looking for Dumont to win, thats why they made him ski last (I think.) I think that the events are just a means for a product showoff.
 
its been done, its been butcherd, and its been analized to DEATH. im sick of hearing about this judging shit.
 
simon dumont is one of the chillest, ballsiest guys out there, he was in some ridiculous pain and still beat tanner (in my opinion), i would have liked to see him win
 
fakie is a skateboard term when you turn your bodie the opposite way on your board and you do the trick on the nose of your board... switch is the opposite stance to which you normally are going
 
^ I know. But I find Fakie being the best term for skiing since it's the best appliable for going backward, since you're, like you said, standing backwards on the skateboard.

but fick it, it's been debated 1000 times before so I won't answer that subject in this thread.
 
Simon and Tanner's runs were pretty much the same. Tanner was smother on his 10 but Simon was consistantly bigger. Simon should have won
 
i saw it late so i only got to see Dumont and Hall and from my book Dumont kicked his ass. Much more steez.Tanner took it way to easy in the last run, i know he already won but he should have thrown down hard. disapointment.

Still a good show tho
 
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