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New leaders?No more Simon vs. Tanner

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s.g.
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Well,I'm pretty much sure that next year is going to be about Jossi and Riddle.
Mar 30 2008 5:16PM
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Elg
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you're talknig about in the pipe, right?
Mar 30 2008 5:22PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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except tanner still slays harder than them, maybe. You just have to wait till x-games because tanner doesn't do any others, my bet is he will still win though, he was doing better stuff at x-games than anyone else the rest of the year.
Mar 30 2008 5:26PM
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keystoner1
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yeah tanner is so legit at pipe. and everyone underrates andreas. he kills it and he barelt even rides pipe
Mar 30 2008 5:29PM
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Edward.
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i concur
Mar 30 2008 5:30PM
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Bugler
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Depends if tanner decides to skip almost every event again in 2008-2009

Hopefully he doesn't.
Mar 30 2008 5:30PM
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skodeo7
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I completely agree, I was going to say Andreas. He is such an underrated skier.
Mar 30 2008 5:38PM
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troublemaker3
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tanner skiis pow all year while every other park skier is training, then tanner shows up to the x games and slays everything. its going to be this way untill he is done
Mar 30 2008 5:43PM
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ben_southworth
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bobby brown vs. gus kenworthy in a couple years
Mar 30 2008 5:43PM
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-+Siver+-
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andreas even though tanner is still on top right now
Mar 30 2008 5:58PM
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Sun_Ra
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Tanner skis pow during the year but he trains really hard to ski park/pipe during the summer at SNOWPARK NZ. I believe that Tanner and Simon will still be on top but this year but they won't be alone in their battle for the X Games gold. And as you said with Andreas, I have to agree that he is an excellent pipe skier, he's got the tricks but usually not quite enough amplitude.
Mar 30 2008 5:58PM
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Dr.Scholl
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i half agree jossi is killer
but dumont is still throwing down so hard it makes me cry of joy every time i watch him
Mar 30 2008 6:02PM
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bfnradford
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the field is just much deeper now
Mar 30 2008 6:08PM
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DirtyDiabetic
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West VS. Olenick
Mar 30 2008 6:11PM
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sirskizalot
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ya
Mar 30 2008 6:16PM
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shabinka
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Whiskey Flip ftw.
Mar 30 2008 9:08PM
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*DrewT*
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halfpipe skiing is growing up, there's more people throwing down.  There won't really ever be anyone who dominates the pipe scene to the extent that Simon and Tanner do.

Here's my list of people to watch from what I've seen this year (Minus the already stock names)

-Xavier Bertoni
-Kalle Leinonen
-AJ Kempainen
-Matt Hayward
-Justin Dorey
-David Wise
-Jossi Wells
-Tucker Perkins

Mar 30 2008 9:15PM
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Silence
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Once Jossi's knee gets better, he will blow this year apart (back in NZ)...I'm going to say Jossi and Andreas will be the 2 best slope/pipe skiers in the world this time next year...I'm sure Simon will stay up there in pipe, but people will surely catch him
Mar 31 2008 7:06AM
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CFD
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simon and tanner have owned x games pipe since i started paying any attention to it. it will be weird to have someone else win

Mar 31 2008 7:11AM
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B-Haag
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i agree with this jossi will slay as well though
Mar 31 2008 7:27AM
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unchyll
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Yeah i agree that jossi is gonna be up there but the truck drivers and unatty spins their throwing are gonna be around for awhile
Mar 31 2008 7:33AM
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Pklink04
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its a half pipe, you cant just throw one big trick that only you can do, barely land it, and have an average run for the rest of it and expect to win, maybe in a quarterpipe comp that can work
Mar 31 2008 8:16AM
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Ryanvdonk
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umm, no, you're misinformed. tanner was at copper the first day they opened their pipe, and was there until breck opened their's. where he stayed except a few breaks, for urban ive heard, and he took that trip right before. he trains extremely hard, and is dedicated to progressing the sport.
Mar 31 2008 9:16AM
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Ryanvdonk
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the scarey thing for everyone else is that andreas hardly trained for pipe at all this year, since he was always at keystone slaying the jumps. if he worked at it he would dominate. and justin dorey is gonna be one of the heavy hitters soon too, since he goes huge, and unlike mr target spins both ways...and switch.
Mar 31 2008 9:19AM
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*GP*
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You've really never seen Simon spin both ways or have a sw hit in the pipe? You're wylin.

Mar 31 2008 2:05PM
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vosgcone
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Candide come back?
Mar 31 2008 2:15PM
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punkrock32
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Only problem with this is they dont or at least Bobby doesnt ski as much pipe as he does slope.  There are so many good kids in slopestyle that there just isn't the same kind of rivalries created in slopestyle as in pipe because every event the slopestyle podium changes.  How many up and coming skiers do you see in pipe? Not as many, therefore guys like Hall and Dumont dont have the same # of people to compete with (in pipe).  Bobby and Gus will both be at the top within a few years and will no doubt win a lot of events, its just too difficult to win xgames, or us open slopestyle multiple years.

Mar 31 2008 2:46PM
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J.D.
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Stop kidding yourself. There is no one who is on Tanner's level. No one.
Mar 31 2008 2:55PM
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ZavierV
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Mar 31 2008 2:58PM
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NickMartini
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No one even compares to Tanner, at all, not even close. Simon will never even be as good as tanner
Mar 31 2008 3:44PM
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i.ski.troll.
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i dont like tanner. 
Mar 31 2008 6:16PM
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i.ski.troll.
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its gonna be simon and jossi
Mar 31 2008 6:18PM
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Silence
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^ Thats not the point of this thread
Mar 31 2008 6:19PM
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PeterTosh
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jp solberg is king
Mar 31 2008 6:23PM
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C-Burg
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i think that people are catching up to simon, it seems like is run has been close to the same the past 2 or 3 years. I think you can no longer rely on how big you go, but being technical and going big
Mar 31 2008 6:40PM
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Crack.
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jossi did kill it this season but i dont know. Tanner has been doing alot of backcountry stuff so maybe someone can come in and take it. Olenick has potential but it has not shown
Mar 31 2008 8:07PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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catching up to simon? tanner is the only one people will ever have to catch up to in pipe, honestly, simon is dirt at pipe, he boosts so high, but his runs dont have enough variety, he rarely spins right, he does normaly have less hits in his runs too. Soo what, last year tanner and simon had there 12's this year a few more had 12s, what people need to focus on is variety, showing that you can kill every aspect of pipe, going as big on both walls, spinning both ways, throwing inverts, alley-opps, ect. something tanner has proven to do year efter year
Mar 31 2008 8:29PM
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.Capn.
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I think if simon could do something with his first hit which is always huge, other than that truck which has been a main stay for what three years now? But if he could pull of a nice crowd pleaser compareable to a whiskey flip or atleast something inverted he will stay in the top another year. I give tanner another year forsure. But after that id look for the new guys to come in and kill and thoes two to become more of film skiers than comp skiers.
Mar 31 2008 8:48PM
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Reptar.
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Mar 31 2008 8:52PM
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BMskier
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i agree. simons first hit  needs to show something bigger than just his amp. i totally support simon more than tanner, but simon needs to just make his runs more technical and stop trying to impress the crows and start showing the judges what he can really do. he has the potential to do something huge on that first hit while hes boosting 25+ feet. he should throw a 12 in there or see if he can attemp a wisky cus a wisky that far out would be sick and he would have way more time than olenick to spot his landing and smooth it out. nuff said.
Mar 31 2008 9:00PM
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DeucesStreetwear
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me and a buddy were somewhat talking about this. Too bad tanner doesnt throw down in slopestyle ne more. i never understood the whole simon vs tanner. Simon practices all year round in pipe. while as said earlier in this thread tanner is out shreddin poow lines. Tanner throws down so much harder. i mean huge spins both ways and switch hits. tanner will most likely be LEADER until he retires or ends his pipe career. nough said.
Mar 31 2008 9:53PM
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huckaberry
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you never know it could go anyway

Mar 31 2008 9:54PM
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doGelyst
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tanner getting credit for spinning both ways.

I find it funny.
He was one of the last.
Mar 31 2008 10:00PM
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alaskakid
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word
Mar 31 2008 10:00PM
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Jwalk
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when i read the title i thougt joss vs riddle
Mar 31 2008 10:07PM
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Caveman.
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word olenick needs to stick the whiskey flip and nail a solid run after that
Mar 31 2008 10:13PM
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artfullydodged
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jon brogan for king of style!!
Mar 31 2008 10:15PM
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kristie
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Why do you want him to go to stupid pipe contests when he could be crushing pillows in Alaska?
Mar 31 2008 10:19PM
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FUUUCK
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thats like saying why doesn't ferrari stop making sick cars when they could make awesome SUVs?

it's because he does it better than anyone else you dumb ho.
Mar 31 2008 10:36PM
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FUUUCK
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i take back the dumb ho comment, that wasnt very nice of me.
Mar 31 2008 10:38PM
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jahmin44
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for x games i think it will come down to"
simon
olenick
west
jossi
andreas

and probably a few other's.

Mar 31 2008 10:57PM
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