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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
class act to whoever made the call on the front page. sammy didn't qualify, big fucking deal. move on to what really happened, andreas won his first gold medal. im a huge sammy c fan since i ride at his local resort but im the first one to tell you to move on. there are always discrepancies in judging, we all know they are going to happen but its just a part of it. andreas deserves major recognition for his win ?(his run was ridiculous) and you put sammy gets screwed on the front page? i guess it captures the immature nature of the site though so maybe it is appropriate
Jan 28 2008 2:45AM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
sorry, this was meant for site discussion
Jan 28 2008 2:45AM
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jergriff
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you're stupid
Jan 28 2008 2:47AM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
explain much?
Jan 28 2008 2:49AM
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Danger.
Posts: 3476 - Karma: 58
shut up
Jan 28 2008 3:03AM
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Powforbreakfast.
Posts: 2226 - Karma: 417
i can definately see your side of the view, and as much as i like hatveit, i'm still bummed it didn't turn out for sammy.  however, putting a picture on the login page of sammy isn't suggesting much.  sure, maybe a few people though sammy got jipped, but then again there's the possibilty that it was a better shot than one they had of andreas.  It's just a picture, and no one said anything suggestive about the front page shot.  it's just a good picture.
Jan 28 2008 3:09AM
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Powforbreakfast.
Posts: 2226 - Karma: 417
also can't forget about last year, when they put one up of mahre... same issue if you're going to look at it that way, really.  no one has anything against andreas.
Jan 28 2008 3:11AM
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eheath
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Pretty sure he fell on both of his qualy runs? How did he get screwed?
Jan 28 2008 3:12AM
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KurraK
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The fact that its more threads about Sammy not qualifying than Andreas' win says the most.
Sammy fell on both of his run, cant complain about the judges...
Jan 28 2008 4:16AM
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farmskier
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I'm pretty sure he was referring to the comment on the front page more than the picture itself. 
Jan 28 2008 4:22AM
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Keenbo
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right on brian...i agree with you 100%.  it would have been way fun to see sammy rip the coarse apart but  im super stoke that andreas won... that run was epic.
Jan 28 2008 4:31AM
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.makuma.
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i understand what your saying, but thats not the site being immature, its their opinion that sammys run was better than andreas'   thres no need the freak out about it
Jan 28 2008 8:46AM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
actually its their opinion that his qualifying run was better than olenicks. and i understand that part of the reason its the cover photo is because it is a super dope shot, but the caption just isnt necessary
Jan 28 2008 3:07PM
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LPT_311
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I guess i can see where your coming from, But maybe they just had a better shot of sammy than they did of Andreas
Jan 28 2008 4:20PM
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Powforbreakfast.
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i didn't see that beforehand, and i retract my statement.
Jan 28 2008 4:22PM
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freezed
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yeah I was pretty surprised to see that there too. 
Jan 28 2008 6:52PM
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tjski
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cool picture, bad caption........now if they wouldve put a picture of travis rice up and said he got robbed, it wouldve been a good caption....
Jan 28 2008 7:26PM
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abek
Posts: 1255 - Karma: 1,587
yeah dang i was so pissed.  that double rodeo 10 was sooo money. much cooler than a 12 even if it was switch and backside
Jan 29 2008 2:08AM
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skodeo7
Posts: 14949 - Karma: 9,234
I agree. How about we toss up a pic of Kevin Pearce and say that he got robbed? The caption is totally wack. Sick pic though.
Jan 29 2008 10:39AM
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ESB
Posts: 9274 - Karma: 10,648
Agreed.
Jan 29 2008 9:47PM
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beermuscles
Posts: 1821 - Karma: 100
what about that sarsa guy? i didnt see much of the rest of his run but a 3 with one foot strapped in?
Jan 29 2008 11:05PM
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Mr.Bob_Dobalina
Posts: 2442 - Karma: 36
i didnt see the caption until seeing this thread, and i find it incredibly disrespectful, just as many of the people found the booing of tanner disrespectful after simon's run in pipe. Just as tanner worked extremely hard for his victory, Andreas trained extremely hard for his as well. The way the front page dwells on someone who could have been a contender, had he not fallen, detracts from the victory that Andreas Hatveit rightfully earned. Maybe if Sammy had been able to nail down a run, he could have placed in the comp, but since he didnt, how about we direct some of the attention and appreciation towards the people who did nail down their runs, specifically Andreas Hatveit.
Jan 29 2008 11:17PM
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