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Holy shit racing is crazy

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JahSpriggs
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i have mad respect for those guys in the olympics
Feb 12 2006 10:20PM
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eheath
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Yeah, racing is fucking insane, well downhill, fucking 113 km/hr
Feb 12 2006 10:21PM
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awsomecoolguy
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um nope
Feb 12 2006 10:22PM
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AwR
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i see those floaters and just wanna do the worlds biggest shifty over them and like hold it for like 3 seconds that would be bitchin
Feb 12 2006 10:23PM
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Hctiws_iks
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faster than that.
Feb 12 2006 10:24PM
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twintipteles
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hahah, alright, why don't you go slay that downhill course.
Feb 12 2006 10:24PM
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SkierJulie
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downhill is nuts!
Feb 12 2006 10:24PM
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uskidsknow
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you are a douchebag. you may not like their "steeze" but they compete on a course you couldn't ski down. These guys are ridiculous skiers. And yes, 75 mph on ice is crazy.
Feb 12 2006 10:25PM
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freeride724
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downhill is completely respectable
Feb 12 2006 10:25PM
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EastCoastPride
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right now i want nothing more than to race downhill. it is out of this freakin' world.
Feb 12 2006 10:26PM
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Edward.
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r u gonna start racing now?
Feb 12 2006 10:26PM
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skiierman
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Jesus I cannot believe it takes something like the Olympics for people to have respect for racers. Be more open minded people instead of just saying racers are fags like Tanner did a while ago.
Feb 12 2006 10:28PM
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powder99
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haha, if you don't go off those jumps in a tight form you will eat shit, the wind will catch you and throw you WAY back seat, and yes DH is kick ass
Feb 12 2006 10:28PM
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mpls1506
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those kids are fucking insane id pisse my self at that speed
Feb 12 2006 10:30PM
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Triple_Strum
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I am pretty sure I would wreck just going that fast, much less trying to make aggressive turns and catching 150-200 horizontal feet of air
Feb 12 2006 10:46PM
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wrenegade
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Yeah, those guys haul ass. They hit like 140km/h. Going fast is sweet, but that fast is just nuts. And a thin layer of spandex is all the covers you if you bail, which on ice at that speed might as well be asphalt.
Feb 12 2006 11:46PM
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C-Burg
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they are pretty insane i think that freestyle skiing and racing are just to different to compare. I give props to them for going so fast
Feb 12 2006 11:48PM
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*rkp*
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and those courses are like STRIGHT down too
Feb 12 2006 11:56PM
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ineedarealname
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racing is fucking nuts, you never really appreciate it until they get a good angle and your like, hoooollllyyy shit.
Feb 12 2006 11:59PM
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hiphopopotamus
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yea you go down a 2000 foot hill in 6:00 minutes or what ever at 60-70 miles per hour
Feb 13 2006 12:00AM
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C-Burg
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it was a two mile long run, holy shit
Feb 13 2006 12:03AM
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mattster
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i havent watched downhill racing in a while. It's definately fun to watch those guys, they rip...
Feb 13 2006 12:03AM
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NWFlow
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From some of the angles it doesn't look like they're going that far, and then the camera angles switch and it HUGE.
Feb 13 2006 12:10AM
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OAK_TREE
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i didn't get to watch the downhill today because i had to work from 6 (the time it started) to 12:30 at fucking school. this really sucks.
Feb 13 2006 12:13AM
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cobra_commander
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more like 2 minutes. but they do jumps on those courses that give them over 100 ft of horizontal flight. most kids on this sight get scared around 50-70 feet and another 30 ft and thats what they are doing.
Feb 13 2006 12:17AM
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grskier
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This has been some of the crappiest camera work I can remember, so it's nice to hear you guys actually give these guys props....

One of the DHers crashed two years ago by doing a spread or a something off the last roller in an attempt to scrub speed for a better start time....
Feb 13 2006 12:49AM
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windhamskibum
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some of the camera work was shit, but the camera they had at the last split point when they went off that jump and the camera panned after them from left to right was insane, it sounded like a freaking jet plane was going by.
Feb 13 2006 1:11AM
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$tezzyStu
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ralves should have stayed on the new skis, casue as far as im concerned he skied it smoother than anyone else i saw
Feb 13 2006 1:14AM
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g-man
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yah the downhill is gnar. most of us never get over 60 or 70 tops.
Feb 13 2006 1:18AM
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Kevo
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80+ mph on hard ice=balls of steel!
Feb 13 2006 1:22AM
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wazzucrewskier
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finally these guys get some respect. im so tired of hearing all this racers suck crap. they are just killer at different stuff than you guys. and tanner says daron rahlves sucks..... look at him ski in the park, he cant even carve.
Feb 13 2006 2:49AM
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Ski-hobo
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let me tell you man, it is one crazy ride.
Feb 13 2006 3:15AM
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RWalker
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that was fun to watch. they were mobbin
Feb 13 2006 3:22AM
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Holte
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Truly, truly crazy. And fun. Sooo much adrenaline.
Feb 13 2006 3:29AM
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Inthefridge
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Some Italian guy did a spread eagle on one a year or so ago.
Feb 13 2006 7:28AM
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mattyb.
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and another guy did a back scratcher, but the skis are like 215cm so he couldn't get it back down, his tips caught the ground and he crashed so hard
Feb 13 2006 7:33AM
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ninjea
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whatever flats your boat
Feb 13 2006 7:39AM
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IrideArmada
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i give them props but i still dont really like it that much
Feb 13 2006 8:14AM
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waterville_NH
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slalom is so much cooler than DH
Feb 13 2006 8:16AM
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chewy15
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ya i agree downhill is crazy but slalom is soo much fun, ripping through flushes and shit
Feb 13 2006 8:24AM
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AmbushClothing
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um your an ignorant fool. Try going 80, tell me what happens.

Much respect. Very Dangerous sport.
Feb 13 2006 9:17AM
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tBenz
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they got sooo much horizontal air there...thats crazy shit
Feb 13 2006 9:24AM
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40calGlockSkier
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Exactly..70mph on boilerplate...figure it out parkrats...

Since they are both A-list Red Bull athletes, here's my idea....

They both get to chug half-a-dozen Red Bulls and then get throw into the Octagon, I put my life savings on Rahlves to have Hall crying for his mommy inside of 5 minutes....
Feb 13 2006 11:05AM
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Cham
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I wish Daron Rahlves had won the race. He just seems to sum up everything good about skiing to me.
Feb 13 2006 11:55AM
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kykelly05
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after watching that last night i have a new found respect for racers..
Feb 13 2006 12:07PM
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treesmann
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downhill is cool
Feb 13 2006 1:04PM
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BCKicker540
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yea dude downhill is nuts. these guys are intense athletes, i hate to admit it but way better skiers than any freeskiers. they recover from what would be certain death for any of us.
Feb 13 2006 1:09PM
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Subjekt
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that kandahar course is fuckin ill as hell. about 3 yrs ago they had one of those lil step downs over the second to last headwall and some norwergian chick i think it was traveled over 100 yards before landing. thats like 2.5 chads gaps.
Feb 13 2006 1:11PM
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AndrewZ
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downhill racers are sweet, i think it would be so fun to try one of their courses but i would probably end up peeing just looking down from the start
Feb 13 2006 1:12PM
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Redstar
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I watched some of it, one guy was doing 127km/h, that's fucking intense. It's awesome seeing them wrecking at those speeds, sooooo crazy.
Feb 13 2006 1:19PM
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