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Ski big air pissed all over snowboard big air

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boulderin
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i almost felt bad watching the boarders. so weak. nobody could land a trick

Jan 31 2010 4:37PM
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roor
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well there was no real big name snowboarders there except for t rice and he fell during semi, same thing with slope style too. As much as i hate him white would dominate.
Jan 31 2010 4:44PM
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peyton
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this thread has already been made.
original thread is called "skiers are amazing."
not hating just informing you
Jan 31 2010 4:46PM
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tride
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So what, skiers also fell on simple tricks like 270s off. Quit acting superior, boarding is sick, skiing is sick.
Jan 31 2010 4:47PM
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billay
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mos def, not nearly on the same level
Jan 31 2010 4:47PM
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Ben.Mcdonald08
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in all honesty, the skiing tricks just looked so much bigger, and were so much smoother than the boarder tricks. I preffer watching boarding for pipe, but the men skiing big air was so sick while I got bored of the border big air, and actually ended up turning it off a few minutes in.
Jan 31 2010 4:51PM
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BootySpunk.
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Boarder slopestyle is so damn boring...Can they at least land some tricks?
Jan 31 2010 4:54PM
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BReed
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i wouldnt say that ski big air pissed all over snowboarding big air... the kid that won snowboard big air did double corks 2 different ways. (backside and frontside)  which technically in skiing terms he did and unnatural double cork. i know its different for boarders but its still fucking nuts.  
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4873682
Jan 31 2010 4:57PM
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.jr
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haha no kidding, I watched at least 6 runs in a row where they boarder couldnt even complete the run. the guy who yelled was the best

Jan 31 2010 5:08PM
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MrLarsen
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No big names? You mean no shaun white? You're pretty much as ignorant as espn...
Jan 31 2010 5:11PM
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PaleCelery
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What was the winning trick(s)?
Jan 31 2010 5:14PM
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MrLarsen
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Halldor Helgasson did a fs dub cork 10 and a bs dub cork 12
Jan 31 2010 5:16PM
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BootySpunk.
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Ha seriously...I don't even snowboard or follow it but I recognize most of the guys competing in big air and slopestyle.
Jan 31 2010 5:19PM
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MrLarsen
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Kinda my point :P

Horgmo and Helgson are so stylish to watch when they're putting it down, just go watch black winter..
Jan 31 2010 5:27PM
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Ben.
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eero ettala, halldor helgason, torstien horgmo, etc. etc.

those arent big names?
Jan 31 2010 5:31PM
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roor
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well considering he won last year and has a assortment of dubs and add trice to the mix would have made a much more exciting show.
Jan 31 2010 5:39PM
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gypsytown
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do you guys know how hard it is to spin like that and then just come out of it like nothing? snowboarding isn't like skiing were you can just untuck your legs and slow the rotation, you pretty much have to land perfectly to even land at all
Jan 31 2010 5:41PM
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MrLarsen
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Well, T Rice didn't make it to the final, he got 15th in the slopstyle prelims and got 4th in the first semi heat in big air.. So he just wasn't good enough. He's probably the best all around snowboarder though.
Jan 31 2010 5:52PM
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MrLarsen
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Quote fail.. was meaning to quote roor right there..
Jan 31 2010 5:53PM
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roor
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^ you got me there i haven't been paying attention except for the finals but you got to admit that white would have made thing more interesting. Im going back to lurking before i get myself in more trouble pce 
Jan 31 2010 6:04PM
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grambo
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Is there a vid of Helgenson's winning dubs? He slayed in Black Winter, would like to see it. I agree that overall snowboard big air was awful other than the top few riders. Too bad T-Rice wasn't landing his stuff.
Jan 31 2010 6:38PM
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steezemonkey
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ski = good snowboard = bad and there is nothing else to it
Jan 31 2010 6:59PM
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VT_scratch
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well said
Jan 31 2010 7:00PM
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OnePlank
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people give travis rice way too much credit. halldor killed it. ive watched his stuff for a few years now and knew it was only a matter of time till he made the big stage. and shaun white needs to go die. no one needs to win everything
Feb 2 2010 10:56PM
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AMcCraw
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haha no big names. Halldor is the next big thing in snowboarding. he is unreal. Watch this if you still doubt

me.
Feb 2 2010 10:59PM
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special_k10101
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granted the skiers fell on some reasonably easy stuff in slopestyle, and the conditions were fairly bad during snowboard slopestyle, but there were something like 9 runs with falls on them in a row, it got kinda boring.
Feb 2 2010 11:03PM
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