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midwestfreeski3
Posts: 141 - Karma: 11
Check you Jon Olsson's video blog for him and Andreas testing out the slopestyle jumps. 
http://www.jon-olsson.com/videoblog/?p=62

Jan 23 2008 3:34PM
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VTtreeskier
Posts: 1833 - Karma: 64
Nice, its sweet to have his blog before x, real informative
Jan 23 2008 3:41PM
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midwestfreeski3
Posts: 141 - Karma: 11
Ik I love getting to see and know the course before its all aired
Jan 23 2008 3:49PM
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ValPow
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yeah such a good idea and he does it so well
Jan 23 2008 3:53PM
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mike11
Posts: 150 - Karma: 65
that battleship looks sick in SS
Jan 23 2008 4:03PM
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Ahmets_Brother
Posts: 20283 - Karma: 5,931
Those blogs are awesome
Jan 23 2008 4:05PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
I know its been talked about before, but i think it's an interesting move from Smith to Giro for Andreas..SMith was a dope company for him
Jan 23 2008 4:07PM
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DrewR.
Posts: 976 - Karma: 5
those jumps look super nice
Jan 23 2008 4:11PM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
Thanks Jon for all the updates. Looks like a really flowy course really nice looking. But Ill say it again, rail skiing is a big part of skiing and the rails could definitely be better.
Jan 23 2008 4:18PM
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NowBetterTasting
Posts: 246 - Karma: 116
Big ups to Jon and crew for doing these blogs!
It's definitely a different look at X

Keep them coming!
Jan 23 2008 4:28PM
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skituner
Posts: 1162 - Karma: 127
i love the vid blog, new post are the highlight of my day. jon is the man
Jan 23 2008 4:35PM
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Mezmerize19
Posts: 6475 - Karma: 18
"yeah last two jumps had a bit of wu tang on it"
Jan 23 2008 4:37PM
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ScrappyJoeYoung
Posts: 1407 - Karma: 1,277
it looks so ridiculously nicee
Jan 23 2008 4:45PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
looks super! the song i thought was going to go into some kick ass song but just kept going lol
Jan 23 2008 4:51PM
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Whitlock
Posts: 306 - Karma: 10
word.
the course looks so sick too
Jan 23 2008 4:56PM
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ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,570
"I heard yeah last two jumps had a bit of a kink on them"

But that blue rail with the huge drop looked SICK
Jan 23 2008 5:20PM
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Alex_G
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ahahahahaha wu tang....
Jan 23 2008 5:27PM
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carbon.pulse
Posts: 3348 - Karma: 22
Thats what jon said, andreas said they had a bit of wu tang on them.
Jan 23 2008 5:33PM
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thejackal1177
Posts: 3434 - Karma: 2,724
wutang at x games. sick! ha i wish we couldve seen more rails
Jan 23 2008 5:42PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7488 - Karma: 3,622
the jumps look sick! pretty big to
Jan 23 2008 5:58PM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
was that a zune banner on the side? hells yeah.
looks sick and as usual they make it look easy.
Jan 23 2008 6:12PM
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currentwestman
Posts: 3292 - Karma: 330
cmon jon, u said it yourself, ur gonna complain until its perfect so can you pleeeaaase complain for some more rails?!?

besides that tho it looks sick, cant wait for ss
Jan 23 2008 6:17PM
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Bepo
Posts: 8195 - Karma: 17
a nice urban down rail would be so prime.  I agree that the rails are lacking.
Jan 23 2008 6:31PM
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Treestman
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 300

jon wouldnt push for rails, because he doesnt specialize in rails, hes gonna take x with his jumping ability

Jan 23 2008 6:38PM
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midwestfreeski3
Posts: 141 - Karma: 11
yea what the fucks up with the whole no rails thing.  Does anyone know how many there are going to be for sure, I only have seen 2 ?
Jan 23 2008 7:00PM
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montanaskier
Posts: 383 - Karma: 13
looks like finally an x slope course where speed won't be a big limiting factor
Jan 23 2008 7:03PM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7382 - Karma: 145
Looks like a pretty shitty course.  The jumps are prime and huge.  But the rails look like complete shit.  I mean boxes.  The first battleship is pretty dope nice take off, real mellow, gap-able top, and long down.  But then the next up box looks so friggin gay.  Its just like a big awkward stub.  Maybe some snowboarders will flip out but for skiers its gunna launch really awkard and since its a box its hard to spin out of.  I think people might just bonk as they air over or just air over.  But then the jumps are big and amaxing and perfectly groomed.  But they are also all very similar in shape and size and there are like no options and no rail jump rail jump back to back thing.

I think that the rails are gunna be ignored by the judges.  Rail masters like Gagnier and Ahmet (hes in it) don't get any cred for hard tricks and don't have the rails to show their true skill.  Meanwhile, acrobats like jon olsson have all the room to show case their front flip - misty with no grab.  And then the judges will give it to them in the end.

Seriosly I want a long ass urban RAIL! And I also want someone to just switch zero the jumps WITH A GRAB! and skip one to hand drag the table.

But yea, I can't wait to see this. 
Jan 23 2008 7:12PM
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Billy_B
Posts: 1019 - Karma: 185
those jumps are a lot bigger than the other years
Jan 23 2008 7:50PM
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rossiskier93
Posts: 781 - Karma: 103
i know finally.. no more... "it snowed here in aspen and that means no slopestyle"

no shit its colorado
Jan 23 2008 7:54PM
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Julien.
Posts: 686 - Karma: 59
hahahaha, tooo much WU-Tang
Jan 23 2008 9:17PM
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JEWbacca
Posts: 1391 - Karma: 30
looks good to me
Jan 26 2008 6:34PM
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a.jamieson
Posts: 268 - Karma: 51
I agree fucking lacking in rails and too much wu tang on the last two jumps.
Jan 26 2008 7:52PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
ik, the last two had a little wu tang on them
Jan 26 2008 8:03PM
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jack.whelan
Posts: 1504 - Karma: 122
call it contraversial, but i think having speed difficulty issues is a good thing. last year sammy colby and the man candide had no probs with speed cos they stomped the shit outta all their jumps, same with shaun white and andreas wiig in the snowboarding. if you wash out a little on a trick, its game over for you whether can keep your speed or not. making the course demand inch perfect runs, means there will be less discrepancy/people feeling robbed when the scores come out. if simon was to pull out a sick run this year, but slightly sketch one of his landings, people will say simon got robbed, again, whereas last year, if you sketch a landing, then you have to skip a jump to get speed for the next. run over, nul points. i think the slope course should reward the flawless, and punish the sketchy.
Jan 26 2008 8:11PM
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snowbird4life
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way to call out simon about snaking people in pratice
Jan 26 2008 9:17PM
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JEWbacca
Posts: 1391 - Karma: 30
yee
Jan 27 2008 10:53PM
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