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Why does X Games hate skiing?

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user098123
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Seriously, they show the stupid snocross over skiing, they always bash it, never give it any air time. The list goes on and on. Why can't they just realize its the new up and coming big thing and it deserves (and has earned) its time on the air?
Jan 26 2007 10:33PM
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CWilson
Posts: 131 - Karma: 10
cuz they like snocross better
Jan 26 2007 10:34PM
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eheath
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Cause a large majority of people like snowboarding, and obviously snowmobiles cause thats what they are showing, what the majority wants.
Jan 26 2007 10:34PM
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C-Burg
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shut the fuck up when they will show an hour of it
Jan 26 2007 10:34PM
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ECGove
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snocross is only good when they fall and get crushed by the sled
Jan 26 2007 10:35PM
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unchyll
Posts: 4554 - Karma: 96
^true dat
but i get what your saying like on the commercials for the xgames there like 1 2 second clip for skiing then theres like 4 snowboarding skiercross and snowmobile ones its stupid as fuck even when skiers are going bigger then the boarders
Jan 26 2007 10:37PM
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acc
Posts: 4122 - Karma: 222
snocross is like nascar...only good for the crashes. 
Jan 26 2007 10:40PM
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SilkyJohnson
Posts: 673 - Karma: 43
did anyone notice they didnt show candide's last run or did i miss something
Jan 27 2007 12:10AM
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dubage
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t's stupid cause they showed the snomotocross and we didn't get to see any of the styleish skiers runs except for luckily stefan(who was the best) and x games are stupid cause its about the hype and the advertizing and the companies, not about who's the best skier
Jan 27 2007 12:12AM
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Flo_Rida_2016
Posts: 2804 - Karma: -5
you couldnt be anymore wrong. God i hate ppl like you who think the worse skiiers are more styleish and are better. Theres a reason that the unknowns are unknown and dont throw down 1260s, sw 1080s, and double flat spins. No, its not cuz a "smooooooth 360" is more stylish; its because they cant. Period. They arent good enough to throw a 1260. You guys are hindering progression. The hype and advertising go to the best skiier. The advertisers arent going to sponsor the worst skiier. The xgames are compltely about the best skiier.
Jan 27 2007 12:16AM
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shishkababy
Posts: 114 - Karma: 112
yeah but thats not really the point hes trying to make. the point is that all skiing, sucky or not, is better than watching fricking snowmobiles drive around for an hour. i would rather watch smoooooooth 360s over 300 pound blocks of metal any day.
Jan 27 2007 12:22AM
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hartig
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They didn't really show too much. I'm pretty sure they only showed 4 runs from the first runs.
Jan 27 2007 12:23AM
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C-Burg
Posts: 4729 - Karma: 130
i look at it differently, i think that they should look at the entire run and the tricks that are thrown in succession. Andreas's 9 10 sw9 was probably the hardest combo done all night but they look and see that tanner did a switch 10 and dumont did a 1260. The only exception is something like Peter Olenick's "Whiskey Flip" which is just silly awsome.
Jan 27 2007 12:33AM
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Literature
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I don't think you are on the right path there, chief. Spin to win ruins skiing. Progression is not measured in how much you spin around.

Jan 27 2007 12:34AM
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bp.lando
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Thank You!

and they dont hate skiing!
Jan 27 2007 12:50AM
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CEDARIMAGE
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they showed plenty of skiing at the end
Jan 27 2007 1:02AM
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soulskier
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because skiing isnt as mainstream, i agree they need more airtime, but it will come
Jan 27 2007 1:49AM
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benski20
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simon should have won, that was rediculous
Jan 27 2007 1:50AM
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49566738265
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ya but dumont did 12 then alley 7 to switch 7. thats a bit harder than 9 10 9
Jan 27 2007 1:54AM
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C-Burg
Posts: 4729 - Karma: 130
no he didnt do them back to back to back, 9, 10, sw9 were the last 3 hits for hatviet
Jan 27 2007 9:33AM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 868
^plus andreas was a left 9 to right 10 to left cab 9, it was deffinately the most tech combo thrown all night
Jan 27 2007 9:44AM
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Shpadoinkle
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i said the exact same thing last night lol
Jan 27 2007 10:54AM
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fly4work+play
Posts: 32 - Karma: 10
I think you guys have it all wrong.
This is a good thing!
They put skiing on last so that you have to watch all the stupid sleds.
If they put skiing on first would you keep watching the snocross? Thus losing them advertising possibilities!
Coverage sucks, they never show all the runs even for the snowboarders.
Jan 27 2007 11:05AM
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whitewater413
Posts: 528 - Karma: 215
^ ya but id still rather watch a lot of skiing and not have to wait and watch a bunch of rednecks ride around on there snomobile
Jan 27 2007 12:21PM
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fly4work+play
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agreed
Jan 27 2007 12:23PM
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lil_cote_93
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lol
Jan 27 2007 12:23PM
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telestar6
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Yeah I noticed that too. All the sudden he has in like 5th or something and there were just 3 skiers left to go. I wanted to see him ski. Bastards!
Jan 27 2007 2:49PM
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dylanflint
Posts: 824 - Karma: 44
they put the snowmobiles on first becuase no1 would watch them if they were on after the skiing.
Jan 27 2007 3:41PM
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Mattman
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They won't show all of slopestyple, They DID show all 2 runs in Snowboard Finals.
Jan 27 2007 3:45PM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13106 - Karma: 18,908
Its simply an act to gain popularity of the X games. they cut skiing because of the future commericialision of snowboarding. People want to see injuries and snowboarding. The X games have been sold out

Jan 27 2007 4:12PM
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dwalk
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tech yes, but no height and not much style
Jan 27 2007 7:32PM
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DynastarriderGP
Posts: 8258 - Karma: 214
dumbass post
Jan 27 2007 7:35PM
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C-Burg
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are you kidding me, Andreas and not style do not go together
Jan 28 2007 2:52PM
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