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Hold the phone... switch rightside 14?

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FUUUCK
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I just saw stomped and noticed something...

Did Tom really do a switch RIGHT 1440 in big air qualifiers the other night and not make finals?

*slurp slurp*
Jan 31 2010 8:02PM
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BWalmer
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yes he did, and it only got like a 42, and it only got shown live (no replay) and the only comment on it was Mike Douglas saying "I don't know what that was, I have to see it again"... and then it never got shown, and it wasn't in the "Skiing Big Air makes history" recap the next night where they showed "All the never before seen tricks that got landed".
Jan 31 2010 8:10PM
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Alp1ne
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It was a combo of 2 scores and his other 2 jumps were kinda lame.
Jan 31 2010 8:12PM
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Joe_
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are there no youtube videos of this? will this footage be lost forever, just like pep and andy's xgames runs a few years ago?
Jan 31 2010 8:32PM
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nussc
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they played it tonite in one of the summary things with bobbys run and tjs they had it in low motion and put some commentary on that made it sound like they called it correctly.
Jan 31 2010 8:51PM
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BWalmer
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not great quality, but here:

Jan 31 2010 8:58PM
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faux_real
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they had a montage of ski footage during the pipe finals and they showed a better angle (and commented on it too). it was sick, but the landing was kind of sketchy . . .
Jan 31 2010 9:18PM
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Ben.
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yes he didnt make it, because thats the only trick he had, and it wasnt really clean.
Jan 31 2010 9:24PM
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pmw
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ya ive been noticing more and more tom cant quite put it together when on the competition scene, probably still getting used to skiing with pressure.

he wasnt even landing his switch dub rodeos which i have seen him stomp time and time again, other then his pretty sloppy (yet out of this world) switch right 1440, in a competition where the judges were taking style into huge consideration, and where grabs meant so much, he didnt have much.
Jan 31 2010 9:39PM
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Ben.
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i wouldnt say that, hes slayed teh first two dew tour stops, he def did struggle at x though. but thats a whole different ballgame from the dew tour
Jan 31 2010 9:42PM
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pmw
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ill re word, maybe it will help. he cant put it together in the big comps AS well as he can when just shredding with his homies, it seems thus far. obviously with 1 and 2 at dew tour he can, but even at breck (never saw the other stop) he was taking some falls
Jan 31 2010 9:54PM
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Ben.
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hes won 2 of the last three dew tour stops. and got second at the other... i dont see how thats not putting a run together.

xgames is a whole different ballgame, wayyyy bigger crowds/more pressure.
Jan 31 2010 9:56PM
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pmw
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not what i said, and if i did, not what i meant

i recognized his winning of the 2 dew tour stops, but when i was watching breck, he was having a lot of trouble sticking his dub rodeo in his first run at least. im just trying to say that the magnitude of the pressure is pretty apperant on a young guy like him. now that he has this experience, next year, my lord...
Jan 31 2010 9:59PM
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casual
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Despite your backpedalling, you're just completely wrong. shhhh.
Jan 31 2010 10:10PM
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FUUUCK
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hmmm... I hope we can find a better shot of it.
Jan 31 2010 11:56PM
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TimmyK
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Sick!  and, thats the most i've ever seen tom sketch on a landing.
Feb 1 2010 10:39AM
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