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Colby West wins US open big air.

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BigZero
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Woot woot. Went sooo deep.

Feb 2 2008 10:49PM
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bp.lando
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with a switch 10!
Feb 2 2008 10:50PM
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ZavierV
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I think jossi should have won. i liked the one hand true nose ("stiffy") grab better...
Feb 2 2008 10:51PM
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thatsG
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colby is tha man. what did he win with. i missed it
Feb 2 2008 10:51PM
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Alex_G
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jossi was kind of flailing in the air a little bit where as colby was smooth the entire time.

also, whatever happened to off axis spins??
Feb 2 2008 10:53PM
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Parkboy
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they both threw huge switch tens with their own sick style and stuck it, how the hell are you supposed to judge that
Feb 2 2008 10:53PM
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ValPow
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fucking lame really, 90% of the hits were sw 10's they need to change the rules next year. Like JOI, you shouldnt be able to do the same trick twice
Feb 2 2008 10:53PM
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saucer_boy_lives
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2bi4
Feb 2 2008 10:54PM
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B.Snow
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It was super close... but sice they were buddies I thought that maybe they would do something sick like a 540 contest cause 10 after 10 after 10 was just lame
Feb 2 2008 10:54PM
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Silence
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word..definitely agree with that

HUGE props to Colby

and especially to those boys from the southern hemisphere Russ and Jossi!
Feb 2 2008 11:03PM
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ZavierV
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After seeing Colby's run, Jossi should have thrown a switch cork nine, double true nose and he would have won.
Feb 2 2008 11:06PM
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Treestman
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talk about switch ten fest...

Feb 2 2008 11:11PM
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Silence
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even Van Valin made a spin to win call
Feb 2 2008 11:12PM
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kolekaine
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its about going big not the best trick
Feb 2 2008 11:17PM
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Firegold
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I agree that they should not be able to do the same trick twice in a row once it get to the semi's and finlas. I know I would rather see some different tricks....but then again I can't do a switch 10 so kinda hard to say "Hey guys can u change it up a bit the, that trick is a bit over used tonight...yeah thanks."

Other than that I liked seeing Colby and Jossi finishing 1 and 2, it was a fun comp. They both did great and it was awesome NS set that up.
Feb 2 2008 11:20PM
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*DrewT*
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MOST. BORING. COMPETITION. EVER.

Feb 2 2008 11:25PM
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scratchskier321
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There needed to be a better jump
Feb 2 2008 11:38PM
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ZavierV
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fail. there needed to be a better trick.
Feb 2 2008 11:50PM
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ThaLetterM.
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Feb 2 2008 11:53PM
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Celone
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thats what i was thinking too
Feb 2 2008 11:53PM
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danedegruyter
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why would they do a 5 when they could do a 10???  your an idoit
Feb 2 2008 11:53PM
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lechef
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Definetely. That was fucking GAY...

Feb 2 2008 11:54PM
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bpalmer
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mike clarke should have taken it just for his second round, second hit sw cork 10 true tail. so nasty. who does that guy think he is, shiest d?
Feb 2 2008 11:56PM
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holyDINOSAURS
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yeah that was super boring to watch. i was hoping that colby and joss would do something fun at the end, but alas
Feb 3 2008 12:02AM
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Parkboy
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good for my ffl team
Feb 3 2008 12:05AM
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kryptonskier
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I was hoping they might have a real steez off: both do zeros in the first hit, both do corked spins 2nd etc, especially given that colby west said he didn't care who won after they made the final

congrats to both anyhow
Feb 3 2008 12:14AM
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XtRemE11
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yeah that was the worst us open big air ive seen, just really fucking boring and pretty much the only trick in the finals was a switch 10. jossi and colby's were way steezy and huge, but it was just boring as fuck to watch. i think the us open de-progressing or however you would say it. its gotten worse and worse over the past 4 years, they need to change how they judge competitions, or just stop competitions all together, cause they are just fucking up skiings progression.
Feb 3 2008 1:05AM
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SteezePatrol
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mike clark's cork ten should have won his heat and teh competition
Feb 3 2008 1:42AM
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bobs
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that was boring....... granted evryone is a sick skier butt if your gonna do sw 10 at least go cork or do something new
Feb 3 2008 1:53AM
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MarkieR
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i think that it is really lame that no matter how sick your trick is, if it's not a switch ten or a double flip it won't score you any points.  tonight there were a few riders who banged out some seriously nasty tricks (hornbeck, rainville, gilberti) and they didn't get into the finals.  literally every rider in the finals did a switch ten or twelve.  gilberti did a cab nine with a sick two hand tail grab, rainville did a steezy cab nine mute/tail, and hornbeck did a huge cab sev tail grab tornado spin.  and each of them stomped the landings sooooo damn hard.  any of those three riders very much deserved to be in the finals spicing up the rather bland cab ten fiasco that has become every major competition. 
Feb 3 2008 1:59AM
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ski_ENDUB
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Too bad Jon wasn't there to switch it up now eh.  sounds like a doulble flip would've been great to see.
Feb 3 2008 2:07AM
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carlcass
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Tonignt was a very bad night for skiing. A switch 10 mute grab against another switch 10 mute were the two tricks thrown in the big air finals. It feels like we were 5 years ago. Colby's jumps were big but completly unprogressive and unstiyish, and Jossi's jumps were even more unstylish.... Too bad taht we see anything new...
Feb 3 2008 2:49AM
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gibvicious
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oh yea i was impressed by that kang flip 1080 that was sick

and yea i was kinda draggin at the end of it all those sw tens got fucking BORING!!!
prbly the most entertaining parts were the multiple  guys doin it... specially that dub backflip
Feb 3 2008 3:09AM
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*PiStOl_PeTe*
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YEAH !!!! ADDING TO THE FACT IT WAS 4AM HERE !!!!!!!! BAAAAAAAAHHHHHH IM ANGRY !!!!!!   :)
Feb 3 2008 9:37AM
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CoachG
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i'm stoked for colby. he always makes podium but for once he got the gold. hopefully its the first of many cause this guy works his ass off.
Feb 3 2008 10:29AM
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blakroc
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comps arnt just to keep kids like you entertained, like they dont compete just to make kids like you happy....they do what they can to win

Feb 3 2008 11:53AM
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JGP.
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bobby brown opened the comp with a kangaroo and didnt make the finals. every single person in the top eight trew a sw 10. EVERY SINGLE PERSON!!! ahh i turned that shit off for the finals it was soo boring.
Feb 3 2008 11:58AM
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glass
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LOL so pro skiers suck my dick and can't do shit
Feb 3 2008 12:03PM
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blakroc
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haha if they suck dick u must eat asshole
Feb 3 2008 12:17PM
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glass
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YEA

look at it again you dumbshit and this time use your reading skills to interpret it in a less literal way. you'll see a hidden message; "PRO SKIERS SUCK"
Feb 3 2008 12:30PM
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OLDFRED
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colby...gooooooooo deep bro...you're sick coz i can't do swt 10s...i can only do swt 10s without the 1 in front of the 0...

...and only on the ground. in sand.

Feb 3 2008 12:54PM
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blakroc
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i think u need to read mine again b4 u say anything about me being an idiot
Feb 3 2008 2:04PM
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Lukey_1080
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i love how everytime theres a comp, people are always like......omg soo lame spin to win. Well its like that everytime and its not gonna change at these big hosted comps. thats y comps are gay
Feb 3 2008 2:11PM
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creighton
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2bi4!
Feb 3 2008 2:45PM
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CoachG
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try 08
Feb 3 2008 5:47PM
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