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X-Games 14 Slopestyle Course Preview

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Goodlife
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Today TJ, Sammy, and Simon got a chance to test out the X-Games slopestyle course. Here's a couple follow cams to show you what it looks like. We will have a better videos throughout the week so keep it locked to http://tjschiller.com/xgamespreview/
Jan 25 2010 9:42PM
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SNOWPARKCHlLE
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yeah 1
Jan 25 2010 9:45PM
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Swervasaurus
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First!
Looks pretty sick cant wait to see everybody else hit it
Jan 25 2010 9:45PM
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IrideWI
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course looks $$$, rail option after the log stall/tap thing looks crazy, people are gonna throw down on that rainbow-flat thing
Jan 25 2010 9:48PM
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dangerdad
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diggin all the new rail features and the jumps are pretty damn big...sweet
Jan 25 2010 9:48PM
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J-Evs
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looks real dope
rails look pretty sicm
Jan 25 2010 9:52PM
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Ben.
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hitching post? kind of odd...
Jan 25 2010 9:52PM
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weley
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sweet
Jan 25 2010 9:57PM
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FerrisBueller
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tj's run i watched today from the road. i was on the school bus.
Jan 25 2010 10:09PM
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Mike.Records
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Everything seems kinda close, but sick! The jumps seem to be a little better this year.
Jan 25 2010 10:11PM
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Billiards.
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figures the year I don't do aspen open the course is really fun looking.
Jan 25 2010 10:12PM
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garettnorthey
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Dude thats dope! Def gonna be some new innovation that will get noticed by judges this year!
Jan 25 2010 10:15PM
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B.Pol
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Correct me if I am wrong but isn't it wierd with the log stall thing in the middle of the course?
Jan 25 2010 10:16PM
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kzrstf
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did jon olsson build it? he said he could do it for free
Jan 25 2010 10:21PM
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Ski..4..Life
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looks pretty good, the stall thing is kind of odd for a slopestyle course but at least it will
give the boys a chance to show their creativity and im sure we'll see some sick tricks thrown
on the rainbow rail, looks so tight
Jan 25 2010 10:22PM
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sirskizalot
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That looks fucking sick!
Jan 25 2010 10:22PM
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jeremy.g
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damn looks a little tight coming off that first rail on the leftside. but super sick course. that rainbow is gonna be crazy
Jan 25 2010 10:24PM
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I_liketobutter
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x-games is the "biggest" and has most money sponsoring it out of any competition and they're fucking sqeezing in rails? wtf aspen, fucking push 15 more ft of snow you lazy bastards. this isn't a rail jam.

rest of the course looks tight though. i hope guys get creative and throw some crazy stuff on that rainbow feature instead of pussing out and doing the same old cork/rodeo whatever out of the cannon box.
Jan 25 2010 10:39PM
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gkenworthy
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Looks sick. Kill it boys!
Jan 25 2010 10:44PM
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.SimonB.
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dam dude, i agree with what you are saying, but y so bitter? you arent even competing and you are calling the park crew a bunch of lazy bastards. just chill....
Jan 25 2010 10:47PM
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Davy.Crockett
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it is kinda weird for a competition but i think its cool. i mixes things up and there hopefully gonna be some cool stuff on it.
Jan 25 2010 10:51PM
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swagburg
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looks awesome. the riders will definitely have to be more creative with all the new and rails
Jan 25 2010 10:58PM
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CorruptArmada
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agreed
Jan 26 2010 12:11AM
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kvan
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its gonna be interesting to see what everyones gonna throw on the stall pole thing
Jan 26 2010 1:46AM
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icon1234
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i believe it will be more or less used as a "barrel bonk" like tapping it with a spin which will still be sick. I just find it hard to believe if you were to stall on it you would have enough speed to carry through the course. Obviously i have no idea since i have barley even seen the course, but just a guesstimate.
Jan 26 2010 2:05AM
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doyle.
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looks dope, can't wait!

i'm excited to see what gonna happen with the hitchin post

Jan 26 2010 2:11AM
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chicken
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probably just 360 nose tap or 540 nose tap depending on what trick they do on the next hit. It would be cool to see some hand touch things on it though.
Jan 26 2010 2:16AM
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sick.
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Course looks sick!! Good too see the rail variation, think Wallisch has a super good chance too take it! Will defiantly be getting tech on all the rail stuff. Can't wait too seeee
Jan 26 2010 7:21AM
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TylerS
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B-Dog and Wallisch will place for sure if the judges are going to judge on creativity, which these guys have.
Jan 26 2010 7:27AM
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Blurst
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probably 360 because i don't know if people want to hit that rainbow switch.
Jan 26 2010 7:51AM
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luc
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so when did tj quit with orage? i totally missed that one...
Jan 26 2010 8:11AM
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freeskibum82
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love the hitchin post, be awesome to see some crazy corked spin with a handplant over it (calling t-wall)

i think its perfect so we'll just have to wait and see when they all compete!! kill it!
Jan 26 2010 9:12AM
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Tasche
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If that is the whole course it is pretty short, a lot of features though, and a lot of possibilities for creativity.

I don't know why they feel they have to put everything so close together, in competition the guys are going to go bigger and just like last year people are going to have trouble setting up in between features.

Should be fun to watch though.
Jan 26 2010 1:21PM
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g-man
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way mo betta
Jan 26 2010 2:55PM
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panojibber
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I don't think those jumps are big enough. They should be spinning faster, I thought dumont's sw 5 was going to be a sw 180.
Jan 26 2010 3:07PM
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STAUSS
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daaaamn erthang is biig.  sick.
Jan 26 2010 3:11PM
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JeffNH
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No hate, but i've been looking for some white/black pants like he's rocking in the vid, any idea what they are?
Jan 26 2010 3:13PM
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Eric_D
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slopestyle means rails and jumps. the past few years have lacked the rail portion and focused more on jumps imo. jumps are more of a "show" i guess but it kinna takes away the point of a slopestyle comp. the course looks rad. more of a variety to have different runs between riders.
Jan 26 2010 3:16PM
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doyle.
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i have a feeling there are going to be some fuckin sick handrags on the rainbow

Jan 26 2010 3:26PM
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Dustin.
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That makes no sense.

Course looks a lot better than last year though.  Plenty of time to grab speed for the jumps, nice and floaty.  Should be a lot better competition this year.  And if you guys need someone who can actually get a shot while follow camming, let me know :)
Jan 26 2010 3:34PM
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panojibber
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Yeah lol I just wrote an english final and my post was meant to be something along the lines of:

"I don't think those jumps are big enough, they're spinning too fast. I thought dumont's sw 5 was going to be a 180."

Unfortunately the sarcasm meant to emphasize the awesomeness of the features didn't work out when I contradicted myself. Epic fail.

Anyways, the jumps do look dope, sucked that the follow cam was so bad lol.
Jan 26 2010 3:38PM
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Ben.
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yeah. and no channel gap of death this year either with a transition going right into the takeoff of the next jump
Jan 26 2010 3:38PM
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paige.
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I agree with this. More hits than last year with more options and more room for creativity. If you want to see the guys throwing their most massive tricks of the biggest jumps watch the big air portion. Slopestyle is meant to display a skiers ability to put a run together with different tricks and elements in it. Part of this is adapting to the course whatever the course is.
Jan 26 2010 3:45PM
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WVskiing
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yeah, like why do they now put jibs in slope style coarse
Jan 26 2010 3:59PM
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stormtrooper
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They have to fit everything into a certain amount of space, you have to remember this is a highly televised event, and if they spread everything out it would take twice as many filmers and twice as of long cable cams.
Jan 26 2010 4:14PM
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Dustin.
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Ya but a better course allows people to integrate their best tricks into slopestyle, which makes for much better competition.  Last year people fought so hard to get speed and flow that the competition was much less than what it could have been.  No excuses this year.
Jan 26 2010 4:16PM
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Tasche
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no. just no.
Jan 26 2010 4:20PM
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meerkat
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so stoked to watch slope style course looks sick this year
Jan 26 2010 6:19PM
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p-fo
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hooray for innovation! bar tap and stuff should make it interesting
Jan 26 2010 6:34PM
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K.C.Deane
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way more better things to come......
Jan 26 2010 8:07PM
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OGHolliday
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Whats times will ski slope be televised? I need to see this.

Jan 26 2010 8:34PM
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