X Games Blowing it
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Flying~Squirrel
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get used to it and quit complaining. why does everyone still have such high expectations?
FerrisBueller
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no. the jump is fucking huge in person and you can definitely go high and deep, just a ton of speed and pop trust me.
RockNRollNghtClb
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maybe because its the fucking X games?the jump last year seemed bigger
saskskierftw
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I think they shouldn't go any bigger In future years. I think we might see triple something tomorrow, but is that really good? I love watching big air, and the style that defines a skier is a big part of it for me, but will we lose that aspect of big air if they make the jumps CRAZY big? Just a thought..
garettnorthey
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Yeah personally I feel that in an event such as Big Air where progression of the sport is the name of the game the name needs to be of a big enough size to accommodate for progression of the sport. The jump this year just doesn't seem big enough to allow for that. Scotty Lago even tried to take the jump deep and he injured himself. Big Air will be kind of a let down this year.
saskskierftw
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Progression is definately good. Something new is a good thing too, but why not bring that in with a new twist on style. Oh well. I completely understand that landing a triple is a big thing on a lot of the competitors minds, and I'll definately be watching when they throw it down.
Oldmann1584
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i think he said by the time he landed in that he said 120 feet or so, which is absolutely ridiculous! everything looks small on the screen but when you see it in person its ridiculous.
ski@jaypeak2
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one more 180=/=progression
baaangthat
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yeah...but did anyone see the dildo at the bottom with the tall leather duster sporting a flask and a clipboard
CheddarJack
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One step at a time. Example: you don't go from 180s right to 900s
-Marc-
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The last couple of years they keep talking about who is going to triple first, however they never seem to build the jump big enough to do triples that look somewhat in control, it looks like Torstein's front dub 10 is being hucked hard enough and if he takes that to triple it could look even worse than last years.
SketchyMike
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ya that guy was OG
garettnorthey
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Well I guess it is big enough? They were still taking it sooo deep though. Only time you take jumps that big is when your jacked from the crowd.
pikupfulofsnow
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VIDEO?
twigflipper
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Man, I have been coming to this sight for like 9 years now off and on and just about everytime I do I like it a little less. It seems it has been reduced to boards for whiners and bashing on people. What happened to just enjoying what is and the sport of skiing. Yeah, xgames may have some flaws, but I have loved watching it since I was a little kid and still do. It is a sweet competition. Anyways, just a thought. Just enjoy what we have.
hodlekve_jibber
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Wow he hucked that triple pretty hard, almost looked like he was going to hit his head on the takeoff
I'm interested to see what this means for the skiers. The skiers generally go 10-15 feet farther than the boarders. The boarders were landing at the very base of that landing.
hodlekve_jibber
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I think the main difference will be that skiers will make better use of the poppy lip and go higher, not necessarily longer. And thus get more time in the air
Um what? You don't seem to understand how much you can pop on a snowboard.
CrotchKiller
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Hallador wasnt in Finals?
apimpnamedslick
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ESB
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Damn that triple was clean.
And just because the jump doesn't appear to be putting people a bajillion feet into the air, doesn't mean it's a bad jump, unless you're talking aesthetics. Watch that Horgmo triple and see how gently he lands.
A step-up or step-over jump like this one may not look very impressive, but it's one of the best jump shapes around. The skiers are going to tear that jump a new one.
And just because the jump doesn't appear to be putting people a bajillion feet into the air, doesn't mean it's a bad jump, unless you're talking aesthetics. Watch that Horgmo triple and see how gently he lands.
A step-up or step-over jump like this one may not look very impressive, but it's one of the best jump shapes around. The skiers are going to tear that jump a new one.
somebody is going to land to flat off it
CoachJabroni
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im pritty sure da jump is fucking huge
You're absolutely right that the trajectory of this jump is WAY off. Aerials figured out a long, long, long time ago that if people are going to be multiple flips, you need KICK.
This jump is a floaty style jump, which is wicked for spins. But lets face it, big air isn't about spins and slow style anymore (never was), it is about triples. You want triples, build kick.
That one snowboarder almost hit his head on the landing trying to get the last flip in. You'll see the same type of thing with the skiers if they don't kick the jump up before it. It'll be really hard to huck the triple in, and that is what everyone wants to see.
Seriously - if we're going to continue this trend of triples, we need jumps with shorter decks, steeper landings and WAY more kick.
This jump is a floaty style jump, which is wicked for spins. But lets face it, big air isn't about spins and slow style anymore (never was), it is about triples. You want triples, build kick.
That one snowboarder almost hit his head on the landing trying to get the last flip in. You'll see the same type of thing with the skiers if they don't kick the jump up before it. It'll be really hard to huck the triple in, and that is what everyone wants to see.
Seriously - if we're going to continue this trend of triples, we need jumps with shorter decks, steeper landings and WAY more kick.