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Big Air, Can it last?

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EMK
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So It's obvious to us all that the rest of the big air competitions this year are going to a battle of the double cork 1260 just like how a few years ago it was the switch 1080. Now soon enough i'm not going to be the only person bored to death of this trick. But then there will come next season and people will have to either keep doing dub12s or step up to another big trick that will involve more spinning or flipping than the last one. I don't see this as good for our sport, and it will soon become normal to do this new trick it in turn will become the new sw10 and it will be lame too.
If big air keeps going like this it will become just like any other gymnastic sport and how ever incredible or difficult the tricks are they are going to be no more impressive. So what i ask is can big air contests change and bring back the "free" spirit of our sport, will they die all together or will they become a sport of there own while free skiing continues to progress in more interesting and less obvious ways?
Oct 28 2009 4:06PM
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bananas
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OH MY GOD IM QUOTING CHUG :D
Oct 29 2009 10:22PM
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chicken
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so your saying a random ass park skier should be able to roll up to a comp, do a dope styley rodeo 7, and beat all the pros?

or do you have to do a double cork 14, turn pro, get invited to a pro comp, and THEN do your dope styley rodeo 7?

Oct 30 2009 3:15AM
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AndrewNZ
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I think the progression is in the 90's.

The day I see some white boy afterbang a 990 from a 80fter, land on his edge and just bang the shit out of the landing..

Screw dirty 180's, 360's, 540, 720, 900's, 1080's, 1260's and 1440s

Some dude will bang a 90 and will be sick as... 270, 450, 630, 810, 990, 1170, 1350, and the dope as heck 1530.

So yeah, get those edges sliding.

Im kidding. Spin to Win
Oct 30 2009 3:28AM
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mer-man
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ow thats actually a pretty good point
Nov 10 2009 11:19PM
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jeR.
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nah im just saying from the grassroots level up to the pro comps judges should place more emphasis on style rather than just whatever double is the flavor of the month (dub 12s, kangaroos). this would make it so that you would not need to throw the biggest tricks to advance through comp levels, you could win by having incredible style and control in the air and on your landings. you wouldnt necessarily need to through the dub 14 in order to become pro. although i think t this would end up working out that in order to be a competitive pro you would need to be able to throw the biggest tricks with the most style, as there would be an increasing number of skiers who could do smaller tricks like rodeo 7s with style because that is what judges would want to see. i think this would add more diversity of tricks to pro comps because although they are sick it gets a little repetitive seeing one dub 12 high mute after another


Nov 19 2009 8:46PM
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-=koLLac=-
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Whoever said that they were sick of people complaining about this I agree.

If everybody did 720s or lower then we'd all get sick of 720s or less and bitch about the fact that nobody has the balls to do something more complicated.

I'm excited to see anybody push the sport further - be it the sickest tweaked out rodeo 5 pointing at the dude who's doing the follow cam through the air - or a sw1800. Because after the "huck phase" mentioned above, all these tricks are refined and made look sweet. WIthout people pushing for more rotation /invert /grab combos the "jumping" component of the sport would completely stall.

Progressing on rails in the urban environment is cool shit, but if that's all we focused on then what the hell do we even ski for? We can just all buy a pair of rollerblades and go slay the streets - they're more portable anyway and we don't have to worry about the cold.

Nov 19 2009 9:40PM
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ski_ENDUB
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WIN. I think that contests like freestyle.ch do a good job on getting both technical and style jumps because they score both. It really depends on the format of the competition.
Nov 19 2009 10:27PM
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fcskier27
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the thing about big air is that it is a lot like gymnastics. there's a certain way to do a big trick and the one who does it best usually wins. thats why big air competitions should change to big mountain/air competitions. that way theres more variety in each line and the tricks you through off each feature would be different. For example: some one could take a big cliff and through a sick cork 5 or 7 at the bottom of their run or someone could run a pillow line and through a few ones on the way down. both of those are nasty.
Nov 19 2009 10:35PM
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--ski--
Posts: 1670 - Karma: 817
big air will last forever, its what show cases the skiing to a wider range of people espcially the people who don't love skiing. And being showcased to these people is probably where money sponsors and that shit comes from. In my opinion big air will last for longer than pipe/park because of this.
Nov 20 2009 2:04AM
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Su[G]ar
Posts: 564 - Karma: 38
it will probably be like snowboard.

other dubs... tim has learned dub rodeo, dub misty and misty to back are coming along...
Nov 20 2009 7:17AM
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DedicatedPicturs
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I want more butters and screaming seamen grabs and I want to see some nollies and shit of big jumps!

Anyhow, I don´t see why a dub cork 12 shouldn´t be allowed to win, as long at is stomped like hell and has a sick grab. Because it is in fact a lot harder than many other tricks and that will always count for something in a competition. However, way to often, sleezy ass dubs with the infamous "taking hold of your skis underneath your binding and trying to spin as fast as possible" grab, and hand drag landings, beat some of the best 9's I´ve ever seen.
Nov 20 2009 7:51AM
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fricino13
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u are wrong imho.. full = backflip 360.. double full = backflip 720.. so in this term dub cork 14 is double full double full...

Nov 20 2009 8:11AM
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Mr.Huck
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That is a really great idea!  You'd have to stomp the last guy's trick and then do your own.  Then the next guy would have to do yours.  Get a P+I+G and you're eliminated.  That would be pretty fun to watch. 
Nov 20 2009 9:34AM
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snomaster
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when I watched the WSI big air in 2006 the finals was a 5, 7, 9 contest.

nobody should be that worried about this though. like Chug said, big air shows bring in money. I feel like there are way more other contests to keep the rest of us happy in the winter anyhow.

and I would MUCH rather see a big air comp than a rail jam.
Nov 20 2009 9:44AM
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.brian
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people would die in 300 ft jumps
Nov 20 2009 10:13AM
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