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The Official X-Games Pipe Finals Thread

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Rogge
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In order to keep multiple and similar threads from popping up, lets try to post thoughts, rants, and everything under the sun in here.

P.S. Schmuck sent me a text and he's wearing the Oakley North Carolina Blue jacket so if you see him, yell to all your friends you know that guy from the internet!

Good Luck to all the athletes and media representing tonight on E-S-P-N!

Jan 24 2008 8:21PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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im the only one that put colby west as thirds in the predictions ha
Jan 25 2008 12:20AM
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quebecfreestyler
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go grab a beer and enjoy the fact that pipe skiing have just got on a whole new level.
Jan 25 2008 12:21AM
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Dr_Feelgood
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THE WHISKEY FLIP!!!!!!!!!!!!! freakin petey. a crazy kid.

Jan 25 2008 12:23AM
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Sholte
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this was the best x games yeet

Jan 25 2008 12:26AM
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papasteeze
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and that was the first night.  can't wait for slopestyle on Sunday!!!!
Jan 25 2008 12:29AM
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bobs
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word to that!


on another note....... i wish tanner had stepped out of his comfort zone on the third run.  If he turned cab 7 to 10 or alley oop 9 to 10. dayummm then again he's probably looking towards the rest of the year and a film seggy


what he said at the end was good. The mic was the place to mention left and right. Glad to hear him plugging the olympics instead of his crew.  I  wouldn't have talked to Simon right then but to each his own.
Jan 25 2008 12:30AM
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bp.lando
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if only i had seen the runs! nothing worse then being stuck in the aspen airport watching the flash bulbs go off in the pipe
Jan 25 2008 12:38AM
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Tbrody
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andreas' run was better than simon's and colby's.

the most solid example of ambi-spinning, solid grabs, a variety of spins, style, and above all style.

the wow factor should not be the judging element in this sport, we need to focus on skill

anyone with me?
Jan 25 2008 12:46AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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deff.... andreas is goin to throw down slope style
Jan 25 2008 12:47AM
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slaydave
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the x games are so gay...
Jan 25 2008 12:51AM
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123ski
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how can you say Simon had a more technical Run. Less Hits = Less Technical, Spinning one way = Less technical, Less grabs = Less Technical, Bigger Air on his first 2 hits = More Amplitude (not technical). Tanner hall Spin both ways = More Technical, More grabs = More Technical, More Hits = More Technical, New Trick (ally oop flat 3 to switch 7) = More Technical. So I am going to have to beg to differ with your comment. However, I did like Simon Dumonts run alot. If it were snowboarding halfpipe Simon would have won, cause snowboard pipe is always about amplitude. I think both athletes had amazing runs but technicality beat out amplitude this time. I thought that the least classy thing to happen to x-games was throwing snowballs at the judges and booing Tanner Hall though. T should have won and he did. And even if you think Simon should have won, you must be quite homosexual to boo the judges and Tanner. Get some Class Colorado.  On top of what I have already said here, I think that Andreas' last run should have been score higher, and I think that Colby should have gotten a higher score, although I don't know that either of them should have beat Simon and Tanner.  Although I do think that Andreas has a really technical run with all of his different grabs, and Colby has some awesome switch carving up the wall.
Jan 25 2008 12:52AM
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Sholte
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im with you

Jan 25 2008 12:54AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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that is ASPEN....read a book..i bet 85% of the people there were not from Colorado...therefore dont tell us to get class
Jan 25 2008 12:57AM
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123ski
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It was a joke you ass hole
Jan 25 2008 12:59AM
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123ski
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However, most of the kids who care enough to throw snowballs at tanner and at the judges are probably kids who care about skiing alot, and most of the kids who care about skiing alot can't make it to colorado to watch the x-games, so most of those kids were from Colorado.  Although I really was joking as it had the same rhythm as Ron Burgundy.  And also, how would reading a book help me to know that, wouldn't I have to read something more similar to an almanac?
Jan 25 2008 1:01AM
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Sholte
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soo what are youre guys thoguhts on slopestlye? who do you think will win. discuss here.
Jan 25 2008 1:05AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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the book thing was intentioned to mean that aspen attracts the most tourists than any other city in colorado...Iv lived in colorado all my life and havent been to aspen...its to expensive...but my bad
Jan 25 2008 1:10AM
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carbon.pulse
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jonsgoing to tear the course a new arsehole with dubs on 2 or 3 out of the 4 jumps. But That is just going to be it, one decent battleship jib and a 2 meter up box. The designers need to face the fact that off of EVERY feature air tricks will be thrown. First up, 360 or 540 switchups on the battleship into 810's and 990's off the up box, then into 4 jumps. But even though there is a lack of jibs I think it is going to be very good watching.
Jan 25 2008 1:12AM
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J.D.
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I'm willing to put my name in for that, I agree completely. I don't know where Lolo is, but tonight Andreas had the most interesting, most diverse run. In my book, boosting 15 feet out switch beats boosting 20 feet out reg any day, and the grab variety was nice to see.
Jan 25 2008 1:13AM
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Lilhorsey
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We are going to win. There is nothing you hosers can do abou tit. 
Jan 25 2008 1:14AM
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123ski
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Ok, so what you really want me to do is look at the 2000 Aspen Census?
Jan 25 2008 1:18AM
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Mr.Bishop
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I gotta say, tanners run was amazing. He did an exellent job of blending style, technicality, switch hits, amplitude and spinning both ways. The booing was the most tasteless shit I have ever seen in my whole life.

Badass run T-Hall, and congrats on the three peat!

Jan 25 2008 1:36AM
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Tasche
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Thank god for this event. This rivalry has put faces on free skiing and made our sport explode. Some of my school buddies who never ski know all about the Tanner/Dumont controversy.

I hope that every year the competition is this close because that means there is progression and once progression stops skiing goes the way of inline...
Jan 25 2008 1:41AM
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coolhandluke
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im sorry but tanner is a motherfucking machine in the pipe


Jan 25 2008 1:46AM
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CLang518
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dumont and hatveit both had sick runs but tanner just went bigger than everyone else...dumont had hugeeee first and second hits but after that he sorta declined.  tanner was boosting bigger toward the end of the pipe.  he deserved gold


by the way did you guys hear what he said to simon after he finished his run??  he was telling him to learn to spin both ways and he couldve won.........god i hate tanner hes good but i fuckin hate him hes such a punk
Jan 25 2008 1:46AM
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HAM*
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Dumant got robbed by the judges again. His last run was dope as hell.
Jan 25 2008 1:56AM
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kenevil
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He told Simon "You're the best halpipe skier in the world, I want you to know that, the only reason I won was because I spun both ways, not because I'm the best skier, if you would've spun both ways you would've won"

yeah he's such a punk.......
Jan 25 2008 1:57AM
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Tasche
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hey hes right. Dumont needs to be an ambi turner.
Jan 25 2008 1:57AM
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coolhandluke
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preach.



also......for those of you who havent learned math yet:
Tanner: 92.33 / 7 hits = 13.19 each
Simon: 91.00 / 5 hits = 18.20 each

Simon scored better per trick, but Tanner maximized his run within the pipe length

Its just as Tanner said: Simon is the better halfpipe skier.  But Tanner COMPETED better
Jan 25 2008 2:04AM
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babysteeze84
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Ditto - Tanner was just more technical and although Simon may have had more amplitude, he only spun one way and had less hits.  Both are great skiers, but Tanner just pulled off a more technical run.
Jan 25 2008 2:37AM
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bossass
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More coverage: http://www.redbullskiing.com/news/2008/01/tanner-takes-superpipe-gold-ag.php
Jan 25 2008 2:41AM
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Sholte
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i would say that tanner is at the top of his game now. in his pipe run he was going pretty big. and doing crazy technical stuff tonight.

Jan 25 2008 2:44AM
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Silence
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Always such Wisdom
Jan 25 2008 2:56AM
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jayhood
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as far as the top goes i think the judges got it right, now i think a couple of guys got screwed after the top two.  Tanner was out of his mind consistent all three runs, i felt like i was watching a video game.
Jan 25 2008 4:46AM
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jaylib
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I was actually pretty pumped on pete olenick's last run, he stomed that whiskey flip, and the rest of his run was turning out very nicely until his little fall. might have taking podium with that run?
Jan 25 2008 6:35AM
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jayhood
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had he stomped the run probably cause he made it on there last year with it
Jan 25 2008 6:45AM
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Pirruccio
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bring it to mt snow!!!!
we get rain/ mixed percipatation all the time!
Jan 25 2008 8:19AM
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SkierX
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Morning after...

Andreas got shafted again. The difficulty of his run is just on a whole new level.

Hall deserved gold though, as he was nearly robotic, and his run was incredible.

Freeskiing looked real good last night though, and It made me proud.
Jan 25 2008 8:39AM
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saucybiscuits
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fuckin bullshit. i was there. simon shoula won. cork 12, 20'8'' out on the first hit? Are you fuckin kidding me?
Jan 25 2008 9:07AM
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papasteeze
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I know where you are coming from, it's a crowd pleaser for sure, just like people watching a huge back flip from the lift..  The big air contest is coming up, Simon should enter that.
Jan 25 2008 9:36AM
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SkierX
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:)

First place was judged correctly.

Only person screwed by judges was Hatveit.
Jan 25 2008 10:14AM
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Ryno
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Its a halfpipe run, not a SuperHit comp.

Big deal if simon got higher then tanner on his last run, tanner still had one run left...he would have taken it back no problem. He's leagues ahead of simon as far as skiing ability goes (but they are both pinnacle ski athletes, I don't mean to sound like i'm knocking simon because he fucking kills it too, tanner is just better).
Jan 25 2008 10:14AM
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coolhandluke
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when will comp bibs be made bigger and not for spandex-wearing racers?

slimfit bib over an XXL jacket looks retarded. 
Jan 25 2008 10:16AM
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RandomHero21
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No Shit.  I said the same thing last night.  Why not at least make them bigger, or follow the ever so popular jersey trend.  At least a jersey is not restrictive and tight.
Jan 25 2008 10:26AM
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Ryno
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Its the Xgames...shouldn't they know who the athlete is? It's not like there are 4-5 guys in the pipe at one time. I dont think bibs are even necessary.
Jan 25 2008 10:31AM
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RandomHero21
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Valid point.
Jan 25 2008 10:39AM
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coolhandluke
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but think of how much money NAVY paid to get their logo on those bibs.

at least with a jersey ESPN would still have a place to stick more logos and make money
Jan 25 2008 10:48AM
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salomoNShreder
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andreas goes like 2 feet out. olenick would of got 3rd if it was clean on his last hit
jossi wels deserves some love too

Jan 25 2008 10:58AM
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J.D.
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Correct.
Jan 25 2008 11:02AM
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bobs
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Jan 25 2008 11:03AM
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