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The end of the spin to win ?

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Gharf
Posts: 1390 - Karma: 983

yeah we ve all been whining about that spin to win thing, but in the KOS comp a switch 7 double tail grab won vs a switch 12 and simon got 3rd place with a massive bio 7. colby threw an amazing switch misty 7.

after the comp tj said he sould have gone for a flatspin instead of his sw 12. maybe finally comps are taking the right direction : technical and stylish grabs to win.

props to the judges

Nov 19 2007 1:57PM
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dave44
Posts: 11052 - Karma: 113
Steeze or wheeze.

Name... King of STyLE. Anywys, it's not all about spinning.
Nov 19 2007 2:00PM
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doublexl
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god i hope people realize 12z are gay.
Nov 19 2007 2:03PM
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steezerampage
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I think him being French had something to do with it.
Nov 19 2007 2:13PM
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jhackbeez
Posts: 2136 - Karma: 258
i guess he could of won if it was like a 100 foot jump, cuz then you dont spin as fast.
Nov 19 2007 2:24PM
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Dilbert_Pickles
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im glad tj didnt win with that, although a 12 is sick it isnt that stylie

both of those 7s were sick though
Nov 19 2007 2:36PM
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eastchris
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TJ looked crazy with his sw 12. so much spinning. Not very stylish I thinkso I was happy when a slower spin won
Nov 19 2007 2:36PM
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FNJ
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i think simon should have taken second instead of tj
Nov 19 2007 5:38PM
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jos-in-nz
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go die
Nov 19 2007 5:55PM
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Dustin.
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Ya I think its just too hard to make anything over a 9 or 10 look good enough to win consistently.  On the other hand, at big air competitions, everyone in the competition can do a nice 9 or 10 so whoever goes balls out gets the points.
Nov 19 2007 6:07PM
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heFF
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king of style???i don't think tj should have placed
Nov 19 2007 6:18PM
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TechnoPotamus
Posts: 11626 - Karma: 3,522
spin to win won't ever stop because it is just more difficult in my opinion.  It's very tough to develop a dope style and throw less rotations with a sick grab but big spins are incredibly tough.  i just think there should be more comps based on style and not difficulty.  wouldn't that make the most sense?  or originality
Nov 19 2007 6:26PM
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Cataclyzm
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as long as televised comps like the xgames are around, spin to win will b what it takes to win. Judges at those comps will award more points because that's what the general public wants to see.
 
I think the smaller comps are where you're going to see smaller spins and style as more of a factor.



Nov 19 2007 6:37PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
very well put, but look at people like andrew taylor, hes throwing 1620's but he makes pencil steeze look good, sure he isnt throwing grabs in (that i know of) but still, a 16 is a 16 and its just plain nuts
Nov 19 2007 6:39PM
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footcrunk
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i like how jon got like 9th or somthing cuz he probly did a kangaroo flip.
Nov 19 2007 7:54PM
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Skipig25
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actually, double flips ended the spin to win. now it's flip to win.
Nov 19 2007 7:56PM
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Feschies
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I thought that, hands down,  the best trick was TJ Shiler's 1080 switch and 1260 switch.  Those other tricks looked really easy and TJ was spinning so fast it looked like a blur.  I thought that was really neat looking and it must be way harder to do that than those other tricks that Simon and the other random no-namers who were in the competition.  I have never heard of any of those other guys before and I am sure I won't hear much about them in the future if they keep doing 720s in competitions.  If there is ever going to be progression people need to start to spin really really fast.  Even faster than TJ because that would be naturally much harder than doing a 720 grab.  If these people making jumps need to realize that they need to be bigger if we are ever going to start seeing 1600s and 1800s.  I think these guys can do it too if the jump is big enough.  I can spin a 720 and I did not enter that compeition.  If I lived in Stokhome I would have done it.
Nov 19 2007 8:15PM
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noj1080
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so I just went and watched the vid of Andrew Taylor landing a 1620 .. that video is nuts he definately has that trick dialed and it is very impressive.  But I would not say that it looks good.  Very Impressive though
Nov 19 2007 8:24PM
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kenevil
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do you ever make non-sarcastic posts?
Nov 19 2007 8:24PM
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poofartpee
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very true...good connection to the results fo sure
Nov 19 2007 8:35PM
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Skipig25
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Welcome Back!!
Nov 19 2007 9:14PM
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Krongos
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i dont even pay attention to judging.  i watch the comps because its sweet to see that many good skiers.  the judging should only really matter to the competitors, im watching to see the tricks.  case in point that x games big air a couple years back (the sw 10 fest), pep (19th place) was my winner because that sw 7 was way nicer than any of the sw 10s
Nov 19 2007 9:18PM
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Wis_Skier_23
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yea that was a sw 10 fest.....i love watching the x games for that reason....so many good skiers
Nov 19 2007 10:32PM
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EL_FINRE
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yeah kang flips are getting kind of old when their the only thing he's throwing but its still a pretty nuts trick
Nov 19 2007 10:35PM
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SteevJee
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 tj still throws down his 12's with steeze.
Nov 19 2007 11:38PM
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FNJ
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steez to please not spin to win
Nov 19 2007 11:53PM
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skinnylove
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I sure hope it's over.
Nov 19 2007 11:57PM
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Kevski
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That's kinda true. I think he almost had it dialed enough to make it really steezy. There was an almost stylish effect from his spinning, but still remaining in his steezy mute position, and staying on the same axis (not wobbling or being pencilled out). I must say TJ is the only one so far who can make big spins look decent.
But I think Dumont should have won. That was crazy steezed out.
Nov 19 2007 11:57PM
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hollygrove
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Dumonts air was the sickest of the three. hands down.
Nov 20 2007 12:06AM
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EL_FINRE
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yeah, i thought dumont had a great run and he stomped the bejesus out of that 7, but oh well
Nov 20 2007 12:07AM
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PeteyG
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yes.... isnt it great?
Nov 20 2007 12:23AM
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CHARLES.BRONSON
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tj actually has over time, lost the ability to spin below 1080 without flatspinning.

Nov 20 2007 1:08AM
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Gharf
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he felt on hid double flip. so did jakob wester
Nov 20 2007 7:25AM
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bangarangmules
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haha

Nov 20 2007 7:36AM
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dbchili
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that's mature. im with loop digga on this one man, 12's are gay, but only because you see them too much. If they only came around once in a while then people would be like "whoa shit son, you see that?" but instead people forget that there are other ways to impress and just stick to the same tricks. Down with spin to win
Nov 20 2007 9:04AM
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JIB_NISSE
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word
Nov 20 2007 3:12PM
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*DrewT*
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TJ's switch 12 was sick, and considering the jump looked pretty damn small it was super stylie.  But seriously I don't know what he was thinking when he decided to spin a 1260 in a competition called Kind of Style...
Nov 20 2007 3:37PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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Permin slaysssssss. totally deserved it. I cant stand that switch 14 shit and whatnot. If its a king of style comp, you wanna do somethin with style.
Nov 20 2007 3:45PM
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FUUUCK
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sammy won it last year with a sw 10....
Nov 20 2007 6:01PM
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FUUUCK
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you totally had me there for three lines
Nov 20 2007 6:03PM
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CHARLES.BRONSON
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style isnt pulling on your ski as hard as you possibly can while spinning as fast as you possibly can. It is however extreme
Nov 20 2007 6:57PM
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YT.SKEEZE
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gay?...cand u do a 12?
Feb 20 2008 12:08PM
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three6steeze
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i lol'd
Feb 20 2008 12:22PM
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skiEER
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its too hard to judge is evrybody is only throwing 7s.  the evolution of the sport is harder tricks
Feb 20 2008 2:32PM
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the.flying.ginge
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dude it wasnt in  france  that has fuck all to do with it.
Feb 20 2008 2:44PM
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