Sochi Pipe Thread

What happened in David Wise's last run?My stream cut out for a couple runs and came back just in time for Dorey's crash.

Did Wise try the same run as first time or (try to) up the ante?

 
Wow that was so fun to watch!! So happy for that podium, but also proud of how EVERYONE did under those horrible conditions. Jossi, awesome, Dorey, too bad he couldn't put that amazing run down. Blunck, underscored. Anyway. Congrats to all on the first halfpipe podium!!! Wise, RIddle, Rolland! Greatest sport on the planet!
 
I really think Wise was underscored and obviously I was super bummed that Dorey couldnt keep it together boosting to the moon.

All in all that was really boring, bad intro into the olympics with weather. Also I thought that slopestyle should have followed pipe, would have made pipe more exciting and slopestyle even MORE EXCTITING!. Slopestyle was so much more fun to watch, more dynamic, exciting, cool, rad, super, splendid, spectacular, tubular, gnarly, radical, epic, whatever words you want to use.
 
I guess... but where would you have put him? Certainly not above any of the top 4. Given the way they were scoring style and amplitude and how small Blunck was on a couple hits I'm not sure they put him in front of Bowman, either, but let's say they do - in that case he's 5th. That's like 3 points underscored. I'm not that much upset about it personally.
 
i dont know dorey but he must hate himself right now. He definetly has the tricks, but he just fucks up at the wrong time, possibly the best most unconsistent pipe skier in the game right now. When he was at the top of the pipe for his last run, i just had a feeling he was gonna bail, fuck, canadian sweep could've been awesome, i was expecting a switch double from noah bowman who easliy had the styliest run of the noght
 
If you'd switched them then pipe would have had good weather (bad snow conditions like snowboard pipe) and slope would have had shit weather.

 
The problem is that it is NEVER Dorey's day. He's been to Aspen 8 years now and not a single medal, even though he is always on top of the game, so bummed for him.
 
Nah, the replay showed the last hit was clean, it only looked like a hand drag.

I do think he was over scored a bit, 92 is the same score he got for his X-games run this year, and obviously that was horses better.
 
Given the conditions and tricks people were doing I wouldnt have minded seeing dumont and tanner compete. They would have been at least competitive and very entertaining.
 
Irrelevant. Judges score contests based on spreads set that day. So a score doesn't hold in the slightest between contests, they're all based on the talent pool that day.
 
Blunck officially on Team BroBOMB for pipe since getting screwed by Sochi judges... all others will need a chip on their shoulder to apply.
 
693938.pngDouble cork 360s, huh? Sounds futuristic. It's his signature trick too, great job Wise.

Unless this actually happened and physics is different now?
 
While his run wasn't at all near first, it seemed like a sold mid to upper 80's, which would have put him on the podium. He judges also underscored his first run, it seemed more like a mid to low 70's than the 60 whatever it was.

#blunckgotrobbed
 
Wise's winning final landing:

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Jossi's:

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the award for the most un-clutch skier in history goes too...JUSTIN DOREY! congratulations!

and Blunck sux, his run deserved exactly what it got
 
How is this relevant? Dave put down a more technical run, going bigger. That's why he won. No question he was the best out today.
 
a bit deceptive there.

Your snapshot of wise is on his impact of landing. The snapshot of Jossi is a second after he landed and shows him ridding away.
 
All I know is that Jossi won the Olympics. While unfortunate that he couldn't put a run together in the slope finals, his 'I don't give a fuck' attitude gets a huge thumbs up from me for throwing the zero's and that cork 5. Follow that up with his second qualifying run (possibly the best competition run I've seen in years), and putting down the best tech run (with so much style) he's ever done in finals. Fuck yeah man!

I'm very stoked on him right now. After years of watching him aim for perfection and give up after a slight bobble near the top of a run, not really looking like he had the love anymore, I really noticed an attitude change on his part this season. Smiling more, noticeably having fun and not giving up after a bobble.

I'd say that's been bugging me most about watching the Olympics this past week. Park/pipe competition is way too serious. Are these people even skiers? I mean, this week there were a number of skiers who were not at the level to make it to finals, and if they did make finals, no chance in hell of getting a podium spot. Yet they follow the same formula as those pushing for a spot on said podium. Even after they fuck up on a landing or whatever they just can't get out of the mentality of putting down the most tech run possible. If I was a coach of an athlete I would encourage them to express themselves. No chance at a podium spot? Why not go out and do some floaty 540's and show the world what this sport is about instead of trying to huck some crazy flippy spinny that just looks like shit? There was a huge opportunity to show not only big tech comp tricks, but also the diversity of this aspect of skiing as a whole. This is why I salute you Jossi. You know what's good for the sport, and if I ruled the world, you would be the face of park/pipe skiing. Well played sir!
 
I would argue that how you land your tricks is more important. While David Wise's trick were more technical I would argue that his landings were not nearly as consistent as Jossi's. Wise was on the edge of a hand drag on the last one since he landed so high up on the pipe. But Sage won gold for a hand drag so I guess for the olympic judges it doesn't matter as much.
 
People like you are such fucking pussies. It's the fucking Olympic Games and you're trying to tell me landings are more important than tricks? That's like saying running smoothly should win over running fast.

Wise had a wayyyyy more technical run than Jossi. Jossi was smoother sure, but no way in hell did he deserve a podium spot over Riddle or Wise. Rolland maybe, thought they had pretty similar runs but I'd still put Rolland on top personally.
 
just finished watching it on TV, and is it me or did anyone else think Riddle should have won that? I know he didn't go quite as high as Wise, but his run was more technical, more stylish, and had much better landings. Dude did two different dub 12s back to fucking back... in those conditions. I thought that was way more impressive than Wise's.
 
Pipe skiing is qualitative while running is quantitative. I find your running smooth argument silly at best. I think it is pretty agreed upon in the Newschoolers community that "spin to win" or as you call it "more technical" is not the only parameter for judging.

calling me a fucking pussy doesn't win me over to your side either.

I think that the video of Jossi's run staying a top post on the front page, while wise's has fallen further down is also indicative of the quality of his run and the general populaces opinions.
 
You're just wrong. Wise deserved what he got. Jossi looked good but his run was no where near as technical or difficult. You make it sound like wise was just hucking spins while that isn't the case at all. He was smooth, in control, and technical. Jossis run was fun to watch because it shook things up. It isn't on the top of the page because people think it should have won.
 
Man I wish the conditions were better and we had top performances to argue against rather than slow snow compromised runs.
 
kind of the theme in all ski events at this olympics.

If you saw the women's GS, it was pouring rain and rutted to the point that connecting turns took more focus than actually skiing fast. Kind of shitty, but hey I guess learning lessons from previous Olympics is hard.
 
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