Andy Mahre & Pep X-games footy

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Return from the dead?

Oh god not again

RubberSoulhasn't anyone asked pep or andy about the runs? honestly i bet it was flowy and shit but, especially nowadays, i think itd probably be pretty underwhelming after all the build up

i know that's sorta sacrilegious to say 'round these here parts, but you know..

yeah you're looking at it wrong

tacobellslayeryeah you're looking at it wrong

So wrong it hurts.

I also want to finally publicly claim responsibility for those guys being there.

I was on the X-games selection committee for a few years, and the first time they had me they said "We want to take everything into account - movie segments, contest results, style, tech tricks - everything"

I was like "Guys, I think I'm going to really fuck up your selection process, because I have a very strong opinion about what makes the best skier."

My votes were extremely high for Pep, Pollard and Andy. My logic was that I felt that if you were judging skill, I completely believe that it takes every ounce as much skill to do a super stylish cab 3 as it does to do a big cab 10 (which was a big trick then). So I made my voice heard.

Pep and Andy made it into X that year. I think a lot of the athletes were pretty angry, and I eventually fired myself from the committee and suggested that they just start choosing everyone from competition results instead of trying to have true, deep, slow, smooth style count.

I defend my position to the core because frankly for anyone who has played Amped 2, you will know that a fucking video game can score style really high using only math, because it treats slow smooth motion as a multiplier vs. only one part of the score.

jensenIt was so underwellming when it happened that it was overwellming. That was the whole point. It was a bunch of zero spins, and floaty mellow spins on Hellbents. Basically like giving a big "F you" to the x-games.

tacobellslayeryeah you're looking at it wrong

Mr.BishopSo wrong it hurts.

guys, i understand the entire thing. im not missing the point, i remember it happening and i thought it was cool (though i can def understand some people being pissed about it)

im just saying that that was years ago, and things have changed since then. after all this build up, if you ever see it again, i really doubt it's going to be as amazing as you remember it. some things are better left in the rose-hued nostalgic memories you already have

re: the stuff you said about the selection, bishop, that's really cool. i also agree with your point about the amped 2 system haha. quantifying anything in skiing lends itself to problems though haha

Mr.BishopI defend my position to the core because frankly for anyone who has played Amped 2, you will know that a fucking video game can score style really high using only math, because it treats slow smooth motion as a multiplier vs. only one part of the score.

Haha, epic comparison!

Amped 2 might be the best video game I have ever played. I still play it fairly regularly.

.[sanhedrin].Amped 2 might be the best video game I have ever played. I still play it fairly regularly.

It's disappointing how awful Amped 3 was though. I still never was able to get ranked better than #3 in the world in Amped 2.

VANULARI remember them pep does a sick right cork five opp blunt in a grey puffy

One or both of them had no poles if I remember correctly.

Mr.BishopSo wrong it hurts.

I also want to finally publicly claim responsibility for those guys being there.

I was on the X-games selection committee for a few years, and the first time they had me they said "We want to take everything into account - movie segments, contest results, style, tech tricks - everything"

I was like "Guys, I think I'm going to really fuck up your selection process, because I have a very strong opinion about what makes the best skier."

My votes were extremely high for Pep, Pollard and Andy. My logic was that I felt that if you were judging skill, I completely believe that it takes every ounce as much skill to do a super stylish cab 3 as it does to do a big cab 10 (which was a big trick then). So I made my voice heard.

Pep and Andy made it into X that year. I think a lot of the athletes were pretty angry, and I eventually fired myself from the committee and suggested that they just start choosing everyone from competition results instead of trying to have true, deep, slow, smooth style count.

I defend my position to the core because frankly for anyone who has played Amped 2, you will know that a fucking video game can score style really high using only math, because it treats slow smooth motion as a multiplier vs. only one part of the score.

Bishop takes courageous yet unpopular vote that ultimately costs him re-election based on 200,000 point cork 3 to pillow line in Amped 2.

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Yo!

Glad this thread is still going!

coldsmoke20Glad this thread is still going!

OP! I thought you finally fucking found the footy!! ahhhhh!!!!