Restless — An Alex Hall Portrait (Full Film) | Faction Skis

Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

The Official X-Games Pipe Finals Thread

profile picture
Rogge
Posts: 5773 - Karma: 3,930
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
0 0
profile picture
AKoblitz
Posts: 1201 - Karma: 113
I'm happy for tanner, he's the man

What happened to rolland?




Jan 24 2008 11:21PM
0 0
profile picture
keystoner1
Posts: 2143 - Karma: 11

exactly..............thank you every kid i go to school with thinks dumont shoudl have won. i say amplitude can only make up for so much lack of style and variety

Jan 24 2008 11:21PM
0 0
profile picture
P3TER
Posts: 972 - Karma: 438
oHHHHH SHIT!!!!!! I HAVE COLBY TANNER AND DUMONT ON FANTASY FREERIDE!   



BOOYAKASHA
Jan 24 2008 11:22PM
0 0
profile picture
drwclrk
Posts: 1114 - Karma: 719
word on Silence- Jossi should have def been higher than 75. Props to Colby West too, congrats on 3rd.
Jan 24 2008 11:22PM
0 0
profile picture
carbon.pulse
Posts: 3348 - Karma: 22
Yeah what the fuck were they smoking. They said the thing about the shoes at least twice. Your shoes cant fucking fall off 1) because you dont wear shoes
                                2) Why the fuck would a shoe fall off. Its called a ski
Jan 24 2008 11:22PM
0 0
profile picture
A_T_K
Posts: 1403 - Karma: 12
ha! couldnt have said it better myself.
Jan 24 2008 11:22PM
0 0
profile picture
nickmcnutt
Posts: 4396 - Karma: 2,966
mike douglas is a pretty bad announcer... they need someone who doesnt do d-spins and japans off cliffs to announce a current halfpipe event.
Jan 24 2008 11:23PM
0 0
profile picture
Machete23
Posts: 444 - Karma: 9
I just wish T had done something with his victory lap. It was lame.

should have thrown something huge. Show everybody why you're getting gold one more time.
Jan 24 2008 11:23PM
0 0
profile picture
salomoNShreder
Posts: 127 - Karma: 14
How about the Judges the announcers and tanner stop being sooo gay.

TANNER THREW DOWN but hes so gay he looks like a total homeless bum and coaching simon??
i hope simon coaches tanner how to go big and not look like a bum.


the announcers

skis are now shoes???

ITS A GAME OF INCHES DUDES



the judges

simons run was so sick. soooo sick thats all i have to say
Jan 24 2008 11:23PM
0 0
profile picture
Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
yeah. like tj schiller would have been nice
Jan 24 2008 11:24PM
0 0
profile picture
AlexMartini
Posts: 2989 - Karma: 1,905
did you know dumont only skis for the money?
Jan 24 2008 11:24PM
0 0
profile picture
andy_boy
Posts: 4434 - Karma: 107
Bahahha I just sold all my Simon Dumont stock and made 17000 dollars... suckers to whoever I sold it to...
Jan 24 2008 11:25PM
0 0
profile picture
drwclrk
Posts: 1114 - Karma: 719
ehh, i can see your point, but i like douglas only because hes been in the game soo long and knows it inside out... but tj or jon woulda been nice
Jan 24 2008 11:25PM
0 0
profile picture
Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
hahaha hope it wasnt me jk
Jan 24 2008 11:26PM
0 0
profile picture
Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
bahahahah well thats fucking stupid because there are many more pipe comps than the X games.
Jan 24 2008 11:27PM
0 0
profile picture
australianjibber
Posts: 530 - Karma: -22

simons run= best left sided run of all time. thats the prestige im awarding. no way was it better than t-hall, but ill give him that honour. an amazing effort

Jan 24 2008 11:27PM
0 0
profile picture
EMK
Posts: 1632 - Karma: 669
he does strike me as a bit like the dave mirra of skiing, he loves it but thinks of it as a job rather than a hobbie hes lucky to get payed for.
Jan 24 2008 11:27PM
0 0
profile picture
salomoNShreder
Posts: 127 - Karma: 14
How about the Judges the announcers and tanner stop being sooo gay.

TANNER THREW DOWN but hes so gay he looks like a total homeless bum and coaching simon??
i hope simon coaches tanner how to go big and not look like a bum.


the announcers

skis are now shoes???

ITS A GAME OF INCHES DUDES



the judges

simons run was so sick. soooo sick thats all i have to say
Jan 24 2008 11:28PM
0 0
profile picture
andy_boy
Posts: 4434 - Karma: 107
Bahahahha too bad the stock is only worth what people are willing to pay for it, and with X Games past it's not exactly going to go up...
Jan 24 2008 11:29PM
0 0
profile picture
Frza
Posts: 438 - Karma: 10
The only thing Tanner needs to teach Simon is how to wear the gold medals around his chest.
Jan 24 2008 11:29PM
0 0
profile picture
tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
i wish pete wouldn't have fell at the end of his las run...
Jan 24 2008 11:31PM
0 0
profile picture
thatsG
Posts: 2568 - Karma: 1,772
props to both simon and tanner, but there is no respect in hatviet
Jan 24 2008 11:32PM
0 0
profile picture
keystoner1
Posts: 2143 - Karma: 11

HHHEEEEEEYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Jan 24 2008 11:33PM
0 0
profile picture
Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
hahaha, but seruisly enough ranting
Jan 24 2008 11:33PM
0 0
profile picture
EMK
Posts: 1632 - Karma: 669
yeah but you get dividends when they win n stuff, so he could go up.
Jan 24 2008 11:33PM
0 0
profile picture
andy_boy
Posts: 4434 - Karma: 107
I'd rather win dividends from slope tomorrow. I'll worry about Dumont later.
Jan 24 2008 11:35PM
0 0
profile picture
Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
you may find the price of ALL stocks will go up over time. SO making 17k today for a quality stock may mean you forego $30k in 4 weeks time if he throws down in the other comps to come. Dividends also get paid based on other factors than comp results.
Jan 24 2008 11:35PM
0 0
profile picture
atnum.
Posts: 90 - Karma: 21
That was weak shit to boo tanner and throw shit at him on his way down. Im not a huge Tanner fan, I prefer to root for the upcoming guys, but I will say that he threw down. The only reason those people were doing it is because of last year, which i will admit, i think Simon should have won, but Tanner had it this year. He had way more hits, spun both ways, grabbed well and varied his grabs, and while he may not have had the amplitude Simon had (which was huge), he was still getting a lot of air. But honestly, I think most of us know that Tanner had that one in the bag from the qualifying rounds. I was hoping Jossi would get up on the podium, he's a solid skier, and Pete had a sick last run until he lost it, I think he could have taken it if he stomped all of the hits on that last run, same with Andreas, I thought he'd get a better score with that last run, but there's always next year.
Jan 24 2008 11:36PM
0 0
profile picture
Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
danm i should have bought tanner a long time ago.
Jan 24 2008 11:37PM
0 0
profile picture
chitownskiier8
Posts: 399 - Karma: 24
i really liked simons run, and thought it was equal to if not a tad better than tanners. it seemed like they had the whole contest already figured out though, that tanner was going to win. but the one thing that i really got sick of was all of the ass kissing the commentators did to tanner "well his run was great, but it just didnt have the fluidity of tanners" or "well he just didnt do it as good as tanner" or "tanner is about to break a record for most winter x gold" which i heard at least 30 times. but overall, i liked watching it, but thought that simon maybe should have won
Jan 24 2008 11:37PM
0 0
profile picture
Matty_C
Posts: 2598 - Karma: 236
anyone else think that andreas is MASSIVELY underappreciated in the world of pipe? i mean colby's run was solid and i like colby, but it was nothing special. andreas had 3 switch hits no? including the only 1st hit switch. but apparently that counts for shit.
Jan 24 2008 11:39PM
0 0
profile picture
J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,142
I don't think we're paying dividends until the bugs are worked out.
Jan 24 2008 11:39PM
0 0
profile picture
Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
thats definitely a fair call - some of the prices are definitely wrong
Jan 24 2008 11:43PM
0 0
profile picture
ScrappyJoeYoung
Posts: 1407 - Karma: 1,277

tanner killed it, all you haters need to watch and compare tanners run to simons. simon- 5 hits in a gigantic 200+ superpipe, nearly same run but new grabs and instead of a 5 first off threw a 9, he also threw same tail blunt twice in the run. tanner- mixed up his whole entire run from last year, he even got the grab on his 12 on his 2nd run, grabbed like every single trick with a different grab. he spun like 2-3 hits liftside spinning, he deserved it soo much more! oh and by the way tanner got in 7 hits, and mixed up his run from last year, simon kept nearly the exact same run

Jan 24 2008 11:44PM
0 0
profile picture
hendrik.
Posts: 6715 - Karma: 267
HELL YEAH COLBY!





and props to tanner... he's been working fucking hard.
Jan 24 2008 11:44PM
0 0
profile picture
Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
 havit was throwing down tonight. i was sure he had third. cobly was good but hatvit had him.
Jan 24 2008 11:44PM
0 0
profile picture
-dva-
Posts: 1530 - Karma: 23
indeed, in my predictions i had him on the podium (as he should've been).  i thought colby slayed, but andreas is definitely underrated
Jan 24 2008 11:44PM
0 0
profile picture
lsquared
Posts: 528 - Karma: 11
I agree...I also thought Jossi was a little underscored.
Jan 24 2008 11:45PM
0 0
profile picture
atnum.
Posts: 90 - Karma: 21
Im confused, what's all this talk about stocks and skiers? And yea, I felt like Andreas should have been up there, he had a sick last run, but the good thing about winter x is that it happens every year, so theres always next time.
Jan 24 2008 11:46PM
0 0
profile picture
BravoWhiskey5280
Posts: 4020 - Karma: 520
totally...andreas just needs more amplitude and he will be a big competitior(not that he isnt) but i have a feeling he is goin to through it down in slope style...wats wit jossi's score....that was b/s
Jan 24 2008 11:46PM
0 0
profile picture
atnum.
Posts: 90 - Karma: 21
I agree, I think the judges were the huge factor in this event, they seemed to get too caught up in the Simon/Tanner rivalry when there were other skiers throwin down pretty hard. They may not have gone as big as Tanner and Simon, but Jossi and Andreas both deserved scores higher than they got.
Jan 24 2008 11:54PM
0 0
profile picture
Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
man that is true i was sure andreas and jossi where going to podium
Jan 24 2008 11:57PM
0 0
profile picture
GGreene
Posts: 993 - Karma: 42
simon should have won that
the judges suck
Jan 25 2008 12:02AM
0 0
profile picture
AlexMartini
Posts: 2989 - Karma: 1,905
i agree their runs were sooooo dope but the whole time im watching them im just thinking, GO BIGGER! if you look at a judging sheet im pretty sure amplitude is 25% of the scores
Jan 25 2008 12:03AM
0 0
profile picture
skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
Like I said in a thread that has since been deleted, spinning both ways is KEY. It changes the dynamic of a run so much.

If you look at past runs of Dumont, his only rightside spin was only like 6-8 feet out, if that. Big difference.

It's 2008. Spinning one direction does not suffice. PERIOD
Jan 25 2008 12:08AM
0 0
profile picture
Schoening
Posts: 14332 - Karma: 1,268
I thought Grant Domer should have won.
Jan 25 2008 12:09AM
0 0
profile picture
Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
why cant we all be happy with the comp tonight.
Jan 25 2008 12:10AM
0 0
profile picture
eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 730

D-spin actually made a good point for once saying how the crowd doesnt know the difference of spinning both ways it all looks the same to them

both their runs were amazing but anyone who says simon should of won is ignorant . Spinning both ways in the pipe puts you at a different levl from the beginning , plus  2 more hits. I think simons last run probably should of scored a lil higher though

Jan 25 2008 12:15AM
0 0
profile picture
Reptar.
Posts: 1509 - Karma: 34
wow. The three people that should be up there would be Tanner, jossi and andreas. I dunno which order, but those three fersher.
Jan 25 2008 12:16AM
0 0
profile picture
Kevski
Posts: 7056 - Karma: 2,785

Why can't you guys be happy that you saw it? I'm so pissed right now it's not even funny.

Jan 25 2008 12:18AM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)