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BlueSteele
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I went to the USO big air wondering what I might see. The jumps these days are getting so massive I wonder when people will find a stopping point and say "that tricks just too big". TJ schiller threw a switch 14 as easy as I make toast. Is the 16 as realistic as it seems? when will they stop?
Jan 21 2007 6:24PM
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nitsua
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these days you cant even win a big comp unless u have a cab 12 or 14 in your bag.
Jan 22 2007 11:18AM
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ajjackson
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I have a huge amount of respect for the guys who can throw down huge spins, i just prefer other things. At some point though i think there has to be a limit because in order to add in more rotations, the spin will have to be faster, and the speed they're going to clear the jump will become too much, and if they mess up slightly, theyll be dead.
Jan 22 2007 1:23PM
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freestyler540
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I dont like big tricks. I love stylish tricks. You dont have to spin a rediculous ammount to look cool. My favorites are rodeos 5 and d spin7

Jan 22 2007 3:18PM
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bangarangmules
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wow that was 12 years ago

Jan 22 2007 3:29PM
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matthasaurusrex
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that aerial comp was sick...


Jan 22 2007 3:32PM
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soulskier
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it is very possilbe, someday, when jumps get even bigger, i'm sure people will be throwing down 2160's with steeze
Jan 22 2007 5:32PM
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zemke
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are you kidding?? have you not heard of david c?!
Jan 22 2007 7:38PM
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BlueSteele
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i can even do it left handed
Jan 22 2007 8:24PM
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BlueSteele
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no, my friend got it on camera and we are pretty sure it wasn't 16. could be wrong since it was hard to see the lip though
Jan 22 2007 8:29PM
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BlueSteele
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i see kids throw 10's at keystone and breck. this guy sam can even do a switch 14. its pretty sweet but its hard for anyone to make them look stylish unless your tj
Jan 22 2007 8:33PM
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M+M
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is it possibal, no, there are laws that dont let people spin over a 1440, or you just go bigger and spin that extra 180 and the impossibal is now possibal
Jan 22 2007 9:11PM
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1080chubs
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actually, it was on MSN one day that some dude did a quad-backflip 1800. however, the aerials has limited the ammount of legal flips to only 3, because 4 would be like overly progressive or something, i think because they considered it rediculous. but theres an idea of the same thing in a different discipline
Jan 22 2007 9:42PM
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Black-Bandanna
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If you gave me a big enough jump, I'd give you an 1800.

And I wasn't hating.
Jan 22 2007 9:48PM
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winterkid33
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itll just take bigger jumps and more insane air time to make a 16 or 18 look sick which will require alot more skill. skiing has been around for 10 years (freestyle that is) and we are already up to 16s theres no reason to believe people wont go bigger. in the next few years 16s will be thrown off 160 ft jumps like nothin. that candid jump for example. sammy threw a super slow sw 9. he coulda easily grabbed a sw 14 off that maybe more. well just have to see. as long as its hucked and has style it doesnt matter.
Jan 22 2007 10:04PM
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winterkid33
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^ not hucked that is of course
Jan 22 2007 10:05PM
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Alex_thedroog
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I would rather see a steezy ass 1 then a gay fucking 1800 any day.
Jan 22 2007 10:56PM
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BlueSteele
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ya at the first big air auclair won with just a 360 mute
Jan 23 2007 12:00AM
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ThaLetterM.
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pretty sure he was kidding, as was I
Jan 23 2007 10:37PM
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Squirrel_Murphy
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hell yeah it can be done with style! Just ask Brian Boitano.

There needs to be a flip2win contest
Jan 23 2007 10:40PM
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BlueSteele
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didn't catch that. its that whole computer sarcasm thing. don't take that tone with me, right?
Jan 23 2007 11:00PM
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nleboe
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i still think 14's are pretty gay.
Jan 28 2007 2:59AM
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BlueSteele
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i think there should be a fourth dimension so we can invent more tricks
Jan 28 2007 3:21AM
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nleboe
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spin to win is gay, and i can stomp cork 10's
Feb 13 2007 12:19AM
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