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So nobody really went 20 feet in the X Games pipe.

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inverted1440mute
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I was looking at some pictures of X pipe, and i noticed that the camera man was between 9 and 10 feet tall. And most of the people are around 8-9 feet tall.

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Real cool espn, real cool.

Feb 9 2006 7:08PM
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redpointist
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Maybe they do that to compensate for the angle from which the judges are watching from.
Feb 10 2006 1:51AM
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Erie
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haha so mabye last year no one got 28ft out
Feb 10 2006 10:14AM
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Dan-Man
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they could have just made the feet smaller by like an inch what dumb asses
Feb 10 2006 10:17AM
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Neffer
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if you're trying to measure how high he is you need to draw the line parallel to the edge of the pipe walls, not a straight line across from the skier to the tower.
Feb 10 2006 10:33AM
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Neffer
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so that would put jon at about 16ft, not 20 like you had in that picture.
Feb 10 2006 10:35AM
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Dan-Man
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I think he is standing on the wrong side of the pole
Feb 10 2006 10:42AM
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denver11
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you guys do realize that it starts at 3 feet...hmmmm????
Feb 10 2006 1:16PM
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*DrewT*
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I think that was more for scoring purposes. If a person was the same height as the 20 they would get a 20 for theyre height score. That's just my guess though. It was really gay how they where anouncing that they where going over 20 feet out though cause that's just a lie it looked more like 14 or 15
Feb 10 2006 1:21PM
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Petecanski
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YA! AND MAYBE THE SWITCH 10'S WERN'T ACTUALLY 1080'S!!! ummm, ya.
Feb 10 2006 1:27PM
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treesmann
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u got ESPN there!!
Feb 10 2006 1:33PM
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Erie
Posts: 1439 - Karma: 15
that guys almost 10 foot!
Feb 10 2006 1:40PM
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SkiBM680
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he must be a mutant
Feb 10 2006 3:42PM
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Switchstyle
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https://www.newschoolers.com/ns3/web/forums/readthread.php?thread_id=193278&
Feb 10 2006 3:45PM
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CooksCorner
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X games = Gay

Can we drop it now?
Feb 10 2006 4:02PM
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STAUSS
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i wonder how many times it says "gay" in this thread
Feb 10 2006 4:49PM
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justinm
Posts: 1219 - Karma: 26
actually, expn is the best thing for skiing, this even is what publicizes the sport the most and gets people from outside the ski world to actually see and enjoy the sport, stop crying.
Feb 10 2006 5:16PM
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jsg
Posts: 7701 - Karma: 535
he still went the biggest......and espn could agruge that cause where he takes off and then maybe the sign is a few feet back on a slight slope

so wher eu take off is a little lower then the hight thing
Feb 10 2006 6:44PM
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table_top08
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not to mention that you take off up the hill from that. you probably take off starting at 8 feet
Feb 10 2006 7:14PM
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edmonton_skier
Posts: 3210 - Karma: 110
.. the 3 feet are burried in the snow fomr when it got set up... its not like they made it started like that
Feb 10 2006 7:20PM
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head686
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thats pretty gay...espn
Feb 10 2006 7:36PM
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dwilmot
Posts: 128 - Karma: 31
read what i said, it explains most of it
Feb 10 2006 8:11PM
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SBP
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thats kinda stupid. im offened that they tried to trick me
Feb 10 2006 8:37PM
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