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Horrible X-Games announcers

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FerrisBueller
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Just terrible, i counted like 50 or so mess ups the entire x-games skiing competitions.

Are you guys with me on this?
Jan 31 2010 10:09PM
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wricks
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They were truly, truly terrible. Even at the end of the high air event they said that Dumont had finished third and it took them like 3 minutes to realize he was fourth. Terrible stuff from start to finish.
Jan 31 2010 10:13PM
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Leafman
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what happened to Luke Van Valin?
Jan 31 2010 10:14PM
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FerrisBueller
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they need some real skiers announcing, they called the edge of the deck coping.
Jan 31 2010 10:16PM
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peskindo
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ahhhh i was gonna make this thread earlier. not even just the mess ups, but the way they talk just really pisses me off for some reason. it sounds so packaged and fake. plus for the general public they describe stupid stuff (like what switch is). they are just bad in general.
Jan 31 2010 10:17PM
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49566738265
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That's because Rolland stopped dropping in and I think they thought he dropped out of the competition.

But Mike Douglas > you.  So STFU and stop making duplicate threads.
Jan 31 2010 10:17PM
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Delphi
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next time i hear "LOCAL BOY DONE GOOD,"  I will kill somebody.
Jan 31 2010 10:17PM
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el_chupacabra
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even then they were wrong, they were on dumonts dick so much they couldn't believe that he was actually last
Jan 31 2010 10:18PM
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OGSlopewatcherAssassin
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ONCE AGAIN, YOU'VE PROVEN YOURSELF TO BE A DUMB FUCKING FAGGOT.

MIKE DOUGLAS IS CALLED THE GODFATHER FOR A REASON.....HE PAVED THE WAY TO THIS SHIT.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE BESIDES BEEN THE END PRODUCT OF YOUR MOM GETTING HER JIZZ TANK PUMPED FULL OF SUB-PREMIUM SPOOGE?
Jan 31 2010 10:19PM
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Malcolm
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i remember a couple years ago they did a recap video of pipe and i lost count of all the mistakes they made but there were so many. they said jussi oksanen got 3rd but hes a snowboarder. but they showed peter olenick doing a wiskey flip when he didnt even get 3rd. and then the announcer kept calling 7's and 9's 560's. i really wish i wouldve saved that vid because they took it off...
Jan 31 2010 10:19PM
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bustinthejus
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Or Kevi - kevEEEEEN Rollaaand

or THE KIWWWIWIIII JOSSI WELLS!

Jan 31 2010 10:19PM
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FerrisBueller
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oh and they called Peter, Michael???? is that his brother?
Jan 31 2010 10:19PM
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butter161
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truth
Jan 31 2010 10:21PM
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Ben.
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hating on douglas and uncle e. ns has hit a new low
Jan 31 2010 10:22PM
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SteveStepp
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Terrible announcers and filmers
Jan 31 2010 10:23PM
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Vino
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Oh and he just lost his shoe...
Jan 31 2010 10:23PM
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C_Perin
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yes
Jan 31 2010 10:25PM
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Ben.
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this however is a definite valid complaint. they are professional cameramen, and they were completely missing the landings alllllll the time.
Jan 31 2010 10:25PM
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gigi.d
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For sure.
Jan 31 2010 10:26PM
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FerrisBueller
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Filmers missed a million landings
Jan 31 2010 10:27PM
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sklermang
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searchfuckingbar
Jan 31 2010 10:28PM
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WhackStyle.
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Okay threads like this really need to stop popping up.  There's two announcers.  Mike Douglas and some other guy.  The other guy is annoying as hell cause he just throws out the dumbest clechés and also doesn't really sound like he knows what he's talking about, but you really can't hate on Mike Douglas.  Mike is one of the main people of freestyle skiing and he's been around since the start of it.  Lot's of people fail to realize that Mike is in fact one of the announcers.  He does in fact knows what he's talking about and you really can't hate on him.
Jan 31 2010 10:28PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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Dont be hating on mike douglas or i will kill you, the other guy kind of sucked and yes the filmers blew ass

Jan 31 2010 10:28PM
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FerrisBueller
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oh Mike Douglas is fine. i agree.
Jan 31 2010 10:29PM
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wiglaf
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Uncle E was cool in like 2003.. now, he just seems like a dick that is semi-out of touch. Would be nice to get at least one new voice. 
Jan 31 2010 10:29PM
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ski_ENDUB
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this, announcing isn't that easy, the mistakes made are more from the wrong info given to them, and also like the athletes, they're tired as hell too it's been a long day for them. But apparently the OP can do a better job so maybe we should get him on the mike for next years X-Games
Jan 31 2010 10:31PM
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BMskier
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haha mike hahaha good one:)
Jan 31 2010 10:34PM
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el_chupacabra
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not knowing who uncle e is makes you sound retarded...just sayin
Jan 31 2010 10:34PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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yeah the other ones were bad

Jan 31 2010 10:35PM
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Username_42069
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wait how old is elias ambuhl?
Jan 31 2010 10:37PM
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Vino
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they said 17
Jan 31 2010 10:41PM
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H8CH
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Who was it that called Rolland a frog on air?? that was a bit contro !!!

I'm sorry but they both got on my tits all weekend... even douglas..... was better watching it with the sound off!!

I couldn't help laughing though every time Tanners stoke-ometer exploded this weekend... the guy is a legend

So to conclude-they should of fucked both Douglas and the other dick off and just given Tanner the mike...

Now that my friends would of been Television!! haha
Jan 31 2010 10:50PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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agreed tanner would have made a real announcer
Jan 31 2010 10:52PM
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Ar6*Steeze
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"here we are with JF houle "the cool.\

Here comes justin dorey... (and it was bertoni)

then after bobby did his double misty 1440 uncle e said "WAS THAT A TRIPLE?"

Jan 31 2010 10:52PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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yeah it was pretty bad also when they couldn't figure out tj did a 16 for a while, oh well haha
Jan 31 2010 10:53PM
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.brian
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Uncle E was terrible and annoying, but would you rather have Sal Masekela back? at least he kind of knew what he was talking about.

And the filmers missed the majority of landings
Jan 31 2010 10:57PM
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Caveman.
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yep.
Jan 31 2010 10:58PM
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Ar6*Steeze
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i though mike douglas was good but uncle e is a tard. never even heard of him
Jan 31 2010 10:59PM
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c.hale
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the filming was really making me mad. people were going out of the shot all the time, even in the slowmo shots.
Jan 31 2010 11:01PM
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Ben.
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fricken noobs....
Jan 31 2010 11:01PM
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el_chupacabra
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seriously
Jan 31 2010 11:03PM
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DaveM
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The commenting could have been better but there is no reason to make a thread like this. Mikey D is a huge part of our sport and if you cant realize that then you should GIT OUT!

Jan 31 2010 11:12PM
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ECfreeski3
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dude yeah the announcers in some events are retarded (same goes for most sports) but if you watched ski events even like 5 years ago you'd realize how lucky we are to hear mike douglas correctly (and in a reasonable amount of time) identify a "switch rightside 10 japan" while we're watching the x games
Feb 1 2010 12:03AM
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FUUUCK
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just like every year?
Feb 1 2010 12:06AM
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taylorsniffen
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i couldnt stand it when i was watching slope and pipe they were messing up names left and right. i think i heard one dude say, "next up tj walker... i mean matt walker."
Feb 1 2010 12:44AM
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Delphi
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haha I always get a good laugh out of Uncle E, but Douglas is alright by me, even though he seems like a grizzled old veteran who doesn't really understand the youngsters. Uncle E did sound like a complete idiot though. "Local boy done good," "WAS THAT A TRIPLE!?" etc, etc. They should get a fresh new voice in there who knows current skiing like the back of their hand.
Feb 1 2010 12:47AM
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steeze_pizza
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no disrespect to mike d, but i honestly can't stand uncle e. he's annoying as all get out and way out of touch. plus if you saw the powder video awards he was sort of a jerk.
Feb 1 2010 1:02AM
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hewy
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The filming for the big air was the worst. I don't know what the fuck they were doing, but it looked like a low-budget, local cable channel was filiming it
Feb 1 2010 1:04AM
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PC.
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At least they had megamo.
Feb 1 2010 2:47AM
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Thenowhereman42
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Personally I think its a classic combo. The whole point of a two announcer team is one announcer is actually legit and has street cred (Mike D, you just have to watch him ski some trees to be down for him announcing), and then one announcer has no idea about what is going on but gets all of the necessary cliches and things that ESPN wants to be said.

At least the other random guy in the X games could call a tiny bit of skiing. The guy in Dew Tour just asks Mike D about his opinion every time something happens.
Feb 1 2010 2:58AM
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*TURBONERD*
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i will too. so fucking annoying
Feb 1 2010 6:39AM
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