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Fed up with x-games commentators

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camelbackfreeski
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so besides the overall poor performance of the x-games commentators (including mike douglas, sorry mike you're a sick skier but you can't talk) Sal Masekela has to take the cake.  The words that come out of his mouth astound me.  In watching snowboard superpipe, he was astounded that the bindings of one of the rider's board "broke."  You can clearly see that he unstrapped them in order to walk to the top of the in-run.  anyway, here's my biggest complaint:

Sal- " ok, so Shaun White has clinched the gold medal, it's time for his victory lap.  He's about to go to Vancouver, he's on the top of his game, I don't see why he shouldn't go for perfection on this run."

Ok so here's the problem.  Why are the commentators so obsessed with perfection??? 

aside: they should not have given out a perfect score at ski big air, granted it was a crazy trick, but who's to say that someone isn't going to go after him and do the same trick with a longer grab, higher, longer etc.  Perfection is an absolute statement, and in the sense of subjective judging, it's isn't possible.

Ok so back to why Shaun White shouldn't go for perfection.  The simple fact that he is going to the olympics is the main reason why he shouldn't.  He is going to represent his country on the world stage in less than a month.  That should be the most important thing on his mind.  God forbid he got hurt and couldn't compete.  There is no reason to strive for a personal goal when your country is on the line.  Don't tell me that it would be practice for him because he's had enough practice on his damn private halfpipe (skiers don't have private pipes, they ride/train/live together.)  Especially after just about knocking his head off in practice, Shaun White should have taken his gold and straight aired down the pipe.  As much as I honestly don't care for Shaun White, I want to see him succeed for the sake of our nation and quite honestly his own health.  I remind you of the words of the late great John F. Kennedy:
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."


Jan 30 2010 2:08AM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Sal hates douchebag Shaun and hates AMURICA is the obvious reason. He wants him to hurt himself.
Jan 30 2010 2:13AM
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shr@gler
Posts: 1233 - Karma: 912
Are you trying to say Shaun White will be assassinated???
Jan 30 2010 2:14AM
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g.rich
Posts: 247 - Karma: 9
haha the commentators are hilarious. it's pretty funny listening to something and being much more in the know...i know what you mean though it's pretty fucked. i'm sure their breakdowns got more people stoked about the sport though. my roommate who doesn't do any skiing or snowboarding was soo stoked on everything after watching the big air final jam just because of how crazy they threw down.
Jan 30 2010 2:17AM
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PaleCelery
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I didnt read your thread because I dont really care about what you have to say, but my favorite line from the x games was when bobby brown just did some crzy flippy spinny helicopter maneuver (thats what you kids call it these days right?) and the announcer goes

"AND SHAUN WHITE STILL HASNT COMPETED YET!'

I loled
Jan 30 2010 2:18AM
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family_vacation
Posts: 6200 - Karma: 7,840
Sal is an idiot. What the hell does he have to do with snow sports anyways?
Jan 30 2010 2:19AM
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shr@gler
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That shit makes me want to be on the grassy knoll
Jan 30 2010 2:20AM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Choose your weapons well.

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Jan 30 2010 2:23AM
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PaleCelery
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intervention with the acog and silencer with stopping power and steady aim
Jan 30 2010 2:36AM
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scratchproteen
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God I love the bitching people do about the x-games every single year....it seriously happens every single year on NS at least for the 6 i've been around here. They obviously get paid to say things over and over again. Deal with it and have fun watching some sick riding.

Now I really don't care about the skiing or the snowboarding


When is Freestyle Snowmobile Finals? That is the only thing that matters because nothing else compares to the shit those guys do.
Jan 30 2010 2:40AM
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shr@gler
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Jan 30 2010 2:43AM
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Joshua.
Posts: 2957 - Karma: 6,230
bling...
Jan 30 2010 3:49AM
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nickyp
Posts: 5673 - Karma: 215
bahahahahahahaha. That's made my week. And the fact that it was devoid of any irony whatsoever makes it that much sweeter.
Jan 30 2010 4:58AM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
well obviously since it has the acog and silencer on it
Jan 30 2010 5:39AM
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UNREAL
Posts: 3989 - Karma: 23
lol
brutal set up
intervention with FMJ
stopping power pro
sleight of hand pro
steady aim pro

is plenty more rape
Jan 30 2010 9:34AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,273
absolutely everything

the xgames would suck without sal
Jan 30 2010 9:47AM
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babujib
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heres what they dont tell you,
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were doing it to save our planet you idiot.
Jan 30 2010 9:55AM
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Commonwealth
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You sound like a pussy. So shut the fuck up.
Jan 30 2010 11:50AM
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THATS_STREET
Posts: 2250 - Karma: 33
havent been watching. just saw the skiing prelims the other morning. but todd richards is usually a pretty good announcer for snowboarding.

they should have a willie mcmillon/todd richards commentator team for every xgames event.
Jan 30 2010 12:04PM
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superpoluha
Posts: 1986 - Karma: 10
nah, the worst part about the commentators was the bullshit quotes like " a corck is an off axis spin" and shit like that, just gets annoying
Jan 30 2010 12:08PM
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DrZoidberg
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Hahahahaha at the Sal comaprison pic. At the op, watch it on mute and commentate for you and your friends. That's the only solution.

And guys, Fall camo intervention with fmj, scavenger, stopping power and steady aim, claymores and stun nades all day.
Jan 30 2010 12:10PM
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+[wall.e]+
Posts: 1928 - Karma: 18
Haha, that made me laugh.

The commentators do the best they can. I mean yeah, most of them sound like D-Bags and I personally cannot stand "Uncle E" or whatever the fuck that guys name is. But you have to take what you get because aside from scattered Dew Tour coverage this is about the only thing to showcase our sport. So I am willing to put up with retarded comments for a couple of hours in order to see some sick stuff being thrown down.

On another note, to the OP, I agree with the comment about perfect scores. Such a valid point, what if TJ had come down after Bobby and thrown a SW1440 Dub Misty with a double grab and stomped the piss out of it?

Its hard though because that trick blew my mind, and subsequently I blew my load in my pants with excitement.
Jan 30 2010 12:15PM
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Commonwealth
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.....well, that IS hat a cork is....
Jan 30 2010 12:18PM
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pornwallis
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^ haha this
Jan 30 2010 12:45PM
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MrLarsen
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You know that gun is actually not allowed to be used on humans under the geneva convention :P
Jan 30 2010 1:06PM
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GreekAR6
Posts: 527 - Karma: 11
Why is that the most annoying part?  I'm willing to be that a good part of the people watching xgames have no idea what a cork, misty, or rodeo is... one of the reasons xgames is sick is because it gives our sport some much needed exposure.
Jan 30 2010 3:41PM
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thebeesknees
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we will see how the commentators do on slopestyle in t minus 12  minutes
Jan 30 2010 3:48PM
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timmi
Posts: 12874 - Karma: 3,460
you guys understand that the X-games isnt for us, right?
its for average joe who wants to see some flippy trick, and therefore the commentators use phrases and such that they would understand.

Jan 30 2010 4:15PM
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J.D.
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I just can't stand the way US TV has such a hard on for the US athletes and only the US athletes. The way the comps go down actually reinforces this. Yeah, Bobby Brown is good... but do we really need to hear his name every time anything remotely to do with skiing comes up on the broadcast? Every women's boarder X run is like an experiment to see how many times the words "Lindsey Jacobellis" can be used within the span of one race. I could go the rest of my life without hearing "Levi Lavalee" ever again. And, obviously, Shaun White is the biggest one. Same thing with every other sport... I'm sorry but I do not need to see every tennis match Venus and Serena play, and I need to see Taylor Dent even less. Talk about someone else for a fucking change.
Jan 30 2010 4:32PM
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Snowgoner
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yeah, it's such a shame that America crushes every country at sports, and America is proud of the athletes we produce.

Jan 30 2010 4:39PM
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Mr.Panda
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Too bad the Spaniards are better at us in Basketball in almost every way at international comps; the Aussies outside of Phelps are way better swimmers; the Japanese, Dominicans, and Chinese are far FAR better than us in baseball; the Canadians, Czechs, Russians, and Sweds crush Americans in Hockey... I could keep going but I think you get the point don't you?
Jan 30 2010 4:42PM
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sowstochd
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TANNER HALL LIKE A NERVOUS CAT
Jan 30 2010 4:42PM
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pmw
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its been proved, fmj doesnt do shit. intervention with acog is best
Jan 30 2010 4:49PM
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ski_ENDUB
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WIN!
Jan 30 2010 5:06PM
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Clevinger
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Why ever not?
Jan 30 2010 5:19PM
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Calb3rt
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i can ignore the commentators. its the absolutely horrible videographers i cant stand. in half the shots you cant even see the riders
Jan 30 2010 6:07PM
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Gameboy
Posts: 2657 - Karma: 127

hahah yes

In my opinion, it was at Ski big air when BB landed his sw double misty 1440 and mike D start to scream and said that we never saw that before and the other guy say:

What, A triple?

he didn't even pay attention to what he supposed to comment

Jan 30 2010 6:13PM
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LMPJibbin
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hahahahaha

Jan 30 2010 6:28PM
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mezzy
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they do that cuz half of the people watching dont know anything about skiing. what gets annoying though is EVERY time the say a guy is dropping in switch they throw in the "or backwards" part...
Jan 30 2010 6:31PM
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superpoluha
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no i know why they do it, but its not a good enough reason to. and throwing in shit about Shaun White every 4 seconds makes me want to kill a baby
Jan 30 2010 6:38PM
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gnarles.
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hahaha every time a skier lost there ski the commentators where like OMG he just lost his shoe. Well he is going to losse know loosing a shoe makes you loose style points. Thats pretty much what they say
Jan 30 2010 6:40PM
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Mr.Panda
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Look at the vid of Shaun White's practice run wreck and then look at the comments.
Jan 30 2010 6:41PM
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UNREAL
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hmm but acog site is unnacurate as fuck
k so switch FMJ for extended mags...
there
Jan 30 2010 6:46PM
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skiierman
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hahahaha, incredible.
Jan 30 2010 7:02PM
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MrLarsen
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Something about it being inhumane... a 12.7mm shell will basically split a human body into two pieces if fired into the stomach area, atleast that's what I was told when served my time in the army..
Jan 30 2010 8:12PM
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srtmc5430
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haha the pictures are fuckin hilarious
Jan 30 2010 8:24PM
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ISkiSwitch
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I'm just not a big fan of them consistently talking about the Snowboarding competitions coming up RIGHT AFTER the ski ones in the middle of skiers runs...

blah blah blah, TJ Schiller just threw a 1620?!?!?!



Are you watching this Shawn White?

Don't forget to watch Shawn and the other boarders go up for battle in the half pipe, next.
Jan 30 2010 11:23PM
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.Asain-Skiier
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a cork is like cork screw for wine.
Jan 30 2010 11:32PM
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mezzy
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dont forget soccer, EVERYONE is better than us at that...
Jan 31 2010 12:14AM
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Mr.Panda
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The United States has soccer? What is this soccer you speak of? You mean Futbol right?

And I didn't bring up NFL because we are the only country that has that really.

And hell, even in things like MMA and Boxing. MMA outside of Brock and BJ Penn the 3 other champs in the UFC are 2 from Brazil and 1 from Quebec. Boxing the best pound for pound boxer many think right now is Pac Man and he is from the Philippines.
Jan 31 2010 12:17AM
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mezzy
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haha ya futbol. one time we made it to the quarterfinals in the world cup once, every other time we didnt get close though... we failed at that so they made our own version called 'football' so we can say that we're the best in the world at it cuz no one else plays it
Jan 31 2010 12:19AM
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