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KOS winners.....a little upset

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Blandct
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a little bumbed that hornbeck didnt get in...
Nov 11 2008 11:33PM
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Greenish
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hornbeck or walker instead of kenworthy?
Nov 11 2008 11:36PM
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sander_h
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could it have been more predictable? like i know all those entries were sick but there were some other good ones.

Nov 11 2008 11:39PM
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phishfood
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what was teh song in that vid?
Nov 11 2008 11:39PM
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T-Wash
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Hornbeck deserved to go. Just too many good riders and only 4 spots.
Nov 11 2008 11:40PM
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papasteeze
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It must have been so hard to choose ..   really cool that they chose 4 to attend.   Excellent choices.
Nov 11 2008 11:40PM
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Blandct
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i dunno not diss Clarke but his edit was a little wack
Nov 11 2008 11:40PM
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Ben.
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why do so many people hate Gus?
Nov 11 2008 11:43PM
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Cant-Er
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word.
Nov 11 2008 11:44PM
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Blandct
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yea Gus gets a lot of hate...prob because hes young and people think....hell i dont really know why Gus gets so much hate he slays
Nov 11 2008 11:46PM
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Reed.
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he's got a lot of skills...but def not the style of hornbeck, who got robbed
Nov 11 2008 11:46PM
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TWoods
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exactly. he's a really good skier, but I can name at least three other submissions that should have come before him based on the grounds of "style".

Nov 11 2008 11:54PM
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shitty
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are you guys trying to say that the judging was coreupt or something...?? gus kills it.
Nov 11 2008 11:56PM
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FUUUCK
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Hornbeck brought the style but not the same level of tricks.

Yes I realize it's called king of style.
Nov 11 2008 11:56PM
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ajax
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Judging discrepancies will exist no matter what, I think the four they chose were pretty solid; it would have been so hard to judge.
Nov 11 2008 11:57PM
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Tormod1260mute
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gus is a baby and has wacky style. I saw him at freestyle ch and he look like a girl, also.
Nov 11 2008 11:57PM
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reBlocke
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Even though it's called King of Style, it's just another big air contest.  The same criteria are going to be used to decide a winner.  It'll probably come down to who has the cleanest gnarly double.  Even though Hornbeck, Walker, + Martini might be more stylish riders, none of those guys have any chance of winning a big air against the four that were chosen.  Wallisch, Gus, Cosco, and Clarke all have gnarly doubles.  

Hornbeck, Walker, Martini (and some of the other guys who entered videos were sick as hell too) are super progressive and deserve just as much respect, but you have to admit that that the big airs are currently done, the guys who are chosen have a much better chance of doing well.
Nov 11 2008 11:57PM
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IceCreamer
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lol at attempted cleverness
Nov 11 2008 11:57PM
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Blandct
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Soooo based on the nature of the event all Henrick has to do is spin his self to victory?
Nov 12 2008 12:01AM
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Ben.
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Precisely. and its not as if the doubles that they will be throwing will be hucked and hideous. all 4 of them will have grabs and stomp the shit out of them.

also how much you wanna bet that assuming the jump is big enough, harlaut throws down the sw 14 or 16
Nov 12 2008 12:02AM
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eheath
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Walker/hornbeck/martini > Gus.


Not hating on gus, but its king of style and those other guys have better style.



And to the guy who said the winner will do a double, i'm pretty sure the king of style is different, didn't richard permin win with a switch 7 or something last year? I'm pretty sure style is very heavily weighed.
Nov 12 2008 12:07AM
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JuliusJ
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hopefully henrik can "progress" a little more and spin a 1800!
Nov 12 2008 12:07AM
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Elg
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Switch!
Nov 12 2008 12:11AM
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Ben.
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ill agree to walker and hornbeck. martini... meh, just not a fan. hes sick, but i dont think his style is any better than gus's.
it doesnt matter though wallisch will win
Nov 12 2008 12:11AM
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MC_POUTINE
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im gonna laugh when people start to hate on henrik
Nov 12 2008 12:13AM
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crazyfuck
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Gus threw a double, Hornbeck did not. there's your reason. Hornbeck got robbed.
Nov 12 2008 12:17AM
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stormtrooper
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i didnt no henrik got in
Nov 12 2008 12:23AM
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Jwalk
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It would have been such a hard decision
Nov 12 2008 12:24AM
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FUUUCK
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got invited a while ago
Nov 12 2008 12:25AM
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bpalmer
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i wonder if anyone realizes that hornbecks edit had only 7's in it, but in turbo and the extras he does sw 10, rodeo 9mute to japan, cork 9 into pow, etc etc. all stomped as fuck. sucks that he went for the style thing and got robbed.
Nov 12 2008 12:27AM
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TWoods
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last permin won it with a sw 7. It's not just another big air contest.
Nov 12 2008 12:28AM
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zues
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where is my boy hornbeck?
Nov 12 2008 12:34AM
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Deletedtoday
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cosco deserved it the most i think his video was way sick props
Nov 12 2008 12:38AM
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mBall
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yes!!! i so wanted henrik
Nov 12 2008 12:38AM
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Flyhigh
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Hornbeck got robbed.

Like most others have said, nothing against this Gus guy, but I don't think he's there yet... a number of those other entires sure trumped his. Definitely some corrupt shit going on, right Rich P? Once again, the right sponsors and the inside hookup seems to be more important then skills, even in an open voting situation.

Again, Hornbeck got robbed.
Nov 12 2008 12:40AM
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cfox
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ok clarkes edit was the worst ever cosco i thought was good but not that great style def doesnt have anything on hornbeck or walker which should have been in it. and gus's was pretty good but could have been better. And personally i think henrik has better style then all of them other then besides maaaybe wallisch and what happened to henrik's edit anyway will he still go to the comp?
Nov 12 2008 12:43AM
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KAS
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They are gonna look for biggest tricks and Hornbeck, as much as I would like to see go, only did up to a 7, sick 7s and all that, but I guess just not what they would be looking for. Gus was doing doubles off of several jumps, flips off rails, plus 9s and 10s. (I think 10s)
Nov 12 2008 12:45AM
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shitty
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= the reason for my little "coreupt" question comment.
Nov 12 2008 12:52AM
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CMF
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i'm not hating on him. i just think that he doesn't have as polished a style as some of the others. however, i am very happy for the kid, props to any NSer getting a big break, we should all back them 100%.
Nov 12 2008 1:05AM
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hollygrove
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HA.
ironic.
kenworthless in a king of style competition.
i can only giggle.
Nov 12 2008 1:06AM
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TWoods
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as was said above, it's not like other big air contests. Last year, permin won with a sw7, there were 10s and roo flips being thrown.
Nov 12 2008 1:09AM
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holyDINOSAURS
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cause his style sucks.
Nov 12 2008 1:10AM
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Ben.
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this is one of my problems with skiing. gus and clarke have style. so they dont have crazy ride away but that doesnt mean they have no style, its just different. but apparently just because they dont look thug enough on their landings they cant be in the comp? im not in any way hating on wallisch or hornbeck, they are some of my favorite skiers, but there are other styles out there.
Nov 12 2008 1:12AM
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eheath
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Clarke has style, gus kind of has style.
Nov 12 2008 1:14AM
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Ben.
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hahaha whats wrong with his style?
Nov 12 2008 1:19AM
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Deletedtoday
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dont be such a bitch dude
Nov 12 2008 1:23AM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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:'( Horbeck i was pullin for ya man!!! All i know is i would hate to be a judge to pick 4 out of all those submissions.
Nov 12 2008 1:27AM
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eheath
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His style = 1/2 of most others style.
Nov 12 2008 1:28AM
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Ben.
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hahaha way to not answer the question but ok. i know you hate him
Nov 12 2008 1:29AM
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TWoods
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it's the difference between being able to do a trick, and doing a trick in a smooth, controlled, individual, or otherwise aesthetic way.

I don't hate gus, I don't hate his riding, but he doesn't have that extra aspect of control that others do IMO. I like watching him ski, but he I don't think he should have gone before some of the others.

either way though, good job gus.
Nov 12 2008 1:33AM
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eheath
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That was blatantly my answer, his style is half of what others are.
Nov 12 2008 1:34AM
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