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I vote Yay for text votes!

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KillerMonkey
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To all these people against the text voting thing, here is my rebuttal:

I think giving the vote to the people instead of a few select judges is great for a big air contest because it gets rid of the "Spin to Win" format. "Spin to Win" has dominated the past couple of years as the only way to win a big air contest, it was whoever could get the most technical spin and grab together and we all agreed that it was crap. Remember what happened at the last x-games when they cut the slopestyle into a big air for skiing. How many 1080's did we see? Now when we leave it up to a bunch of normal people it changes things up. Most people dont care if you do a super technical cork 12 or whatever. Its now about who can throw the most WOW factor trick and the smoothest and the best looking trick out there. I mean sure when you get together with a dedicated group of freeskiers such as the newschoolers community then we will all cry foul play when a double front superman beats the a double flip. But really, who didnt think the double flip superman was WOW... I know many of you will think that this will stop the progression of the sport. I think we have gone a long way since the 1080s to these double flips, but personally I wouldve given the vote to a super sick 180 shifty or something like that over a double flip. So let me know what you guys think.
Jan 26 2009 12:20AM
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KillerMonkey
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Why all the hate and all the hate for simon? Im just expressing my opinion and not trying to convert you guys. And all the hate on simon is really lame guys... if you dont know how amazing of skier and person he is then..... well I dont know. He did donate all of his winnings to Riley so give props where prop is due and stop hating on the dude. Anyways, I think a lot of you guys are misreading what I wrote, I dont think text voting would be good for all skiing events. It is obvious it would not work in other situations. I said originally that text voting would be good for a Big Air comp because my problem is that big air these days has evolved into a Spin to Win contest. Now there is also a lot of controversy over what people think is style, steeze, wow factor, and etc. Just know that everybody has a different meaning of what those things are. What I am trying to say is that I think Big Air should be more of a style contest instead of a technical contest. Just personal opinion, I dont expect all of you to agree but there is no need for hate.  


Jan 26 2009 4:40PM
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gabfreeski
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Dumont should not make the podium he should be 4th because his double front are not innovative like the jon's tricks
Jan 26 2009 4:48PM
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TOAST.
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You contradict yourself so much.  That right there is style the only thing to add to quality grab and landing is a nice slow rotation. 

Im pretty sure if simons double was the sloppiest thing ever thrown on skis he would have still one.  Im not to sure that its the fact that it is because they are American I think it is just bigger names that get hyped a lot.
Also no tricks should be alowd before the jumb except for a revert.

Jan 26 2009 5:19PM
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ASkierNamedJaymz
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I agree with most of your.  this sucks for a really technical comp.  but on the plus side. it gives our sport more light.  makes people like us more, look at us.  so in a sense it does progress the sport as much as a switch 12 grabbed.
Jan 26 2009 5:26PM
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IceCreamer
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haha
Jan 26 2009 11:34PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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simon was mean to me
Jan 26 2009 11:36PM
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Ski311
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Big Air at Xgames 13 was not flawed. It was a BIG air contest and the voting system was solid. What fuct everything up was having the gap jump too close to the money booter on the slope course. Made it to hard to get set for, "spin to win" "the money."
Jan 26 2009 11:41PM
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ski_ENDUB
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Are you retarded? seriously, are you?
Jan 26 2009 11:46PM
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MiniMeDanny
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yo KillerMonkey. i got a feel for what your saying although i can understand how the majority of the newschoolers community may not understand the different angle that you're taking with your point of view

let me put it this way

this event should not be valued by those who have any involement in the world of freeskiing, the format was based on text voting and for that reason alone, it is stupid to argue about the winner of this event

the x-games big-air was an event, not a competition

the fact that our sport was show cased to such a significant number of people that night through public television is amazing and i'm sure those who voted enjoyed having a say in deciding the winner of this event

with that said. this event was judged by the public and was based on the trick "they" liked the most

i think that this was good since although it should not be valued as a big air competition, it was a public spectacle that may allow us to understand how the general public interprets our sport..



jah blaze.
Jan 27 2009 12:14AM
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mtsteez03
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 i think its gay last year was better when it was half judge and half txt voting
Jan 27 2009 12:23AM
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