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VIDEO: Torin Yater-Wallace medals a Silver at Winter X-Games 15

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Obsessedwski
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Congrats buddy, you KILLED IT.

Jan 29 2011 12:11AM
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PapDaddy
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where's the video.
Jan 29 2011 12:12AM
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Obsessedwski
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Oh noes, embed fail. Try #2:



Here's the link if that fails too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4GD43lf4hY
Jan 29 2011 12:12AM
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Obsessedwski
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Jan 29 2011 12:12AM
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Obsessedwski
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Jesus Christ, apparently Youtube has a "new" embed code that doesn't necessarily work every time.
Jan 29 2011 12:13AM
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Emma_Watson
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Did dumont bitch and moan again?
Jan 29 2011 12:15AM
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d-rok
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im stoked fo the kid, he,s definetly amazing at pipe his alley-oop dub flat was stomped as shit, he'll definetly be the best soon, but the fact is, he did not go switch then he grabbed on his 2 first hits and thats pretty much it, in my opinion grbbing is pretty much mandatory, can anyone podium in slope for missing a grab? should be the same for pipe
anyway pipe skiing is going on an other level, hopefully dorey can lay down a pipe run to give the others a run for there money
Jan 29 2011 12:27AM
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ch@se
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Annnnnnnd Dumont is still a BITCH. Instead of being over there congratulating and being stoked for the kid he was pissing his pants talking to his agent or somebody.

Congrats Torin!
Jan 29 2011 12:45AM
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-KYLE-
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do birds fly?
Jan 29 2011 12:45AM
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PapDaddy
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what a little baller. so jealous.
Jan 29 2011 12:57AM
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NickSki.
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maybbbeeeeee

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Jan 29 2011 1:00AM
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LemmiwinksVT
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If you huck a pencil spin with no grab, you prolly shouldn't get in the 90's
Jan 29 2011 1:03AM
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array.
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as usual
Jan 29 2011 1:04AM
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array.
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as usual
Jan 29 2011 1:04AM
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03gade
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yeah i agree, 2 doubles and a switch trick beats 2 switch tricks and a double anyday, simon shoulda won, with his amplitute, rolland second, and the other kid third (or duncan adams)
Jan 29 2011 1:43AM
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ryano
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i dont man. i feel like going switch out of a pipe is harder than throwing two regular doubles. just because doubles are the common thing to throw now..

i think simon should've gotten 2nd. but not first.
Jan 29 2011 2:28AM
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jreilly
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so stoked for torin but dumont deserved 2nd
Jan 29 2011 2:43AM
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Samsquanch
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So fucking sick...glad he placed
Jan 29 2011 3:24AM
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drumbumocdp
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Not hating on Tornin. Hes the man for even getting into x, never mind getting in the top 3, but some of his spins werent even grabbed...
Jan 29 2011 8:49AM
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dave44
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Nah. Rolland deserved first, Dumont shoulda had second, not Torin. No hate on Torin, I just think no switch hits and missed grabs shouldn't have beaten Dumont's run. I didn't see Duncan Adams' run, so I can't judge who shoulda taken third, but when I watched Torin's run I couldn't help but notice how smooth his landings were. Reminded me of Tanner in 09, except he was landing a little further down the pipe.

Props to him though, he gonna be a force to be reckoned with. If he keeps this up 2014 will be insane
Jan 29 2011 9:38AM
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WVskiing
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dumont IMO should have got first. He did everthing the same with better style. Rolland did a mute grab every hit. Dumont was mixing up grabs. And he doesn't have the fag fifi voice
Jan 29 2011 10:15AM
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Matty_C
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wrong, wrong, wrong, and pathetic.

Dumont missed his grab on his 12 and landed a little untidily.

Dumont's only switch hit was last hit.

Kevin had 2 switch hits, in the middle of his run, and still kept the amplitude for a PERFECT dub 12 last hit.

Kevin's run included mutes, a safety and a blunt- dumont only grabbed mute and tail.

Do I need to say anything about your comment on Kevin's voice? No.

Jan 29 2011 10:32AM
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alexat955
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dumont looks sooo pissed. but I'm stoked for torin he's a cool kid
Jan 29 2011 11:01AM
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D-40
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Torin = STOMP MASTA
Jan 29 2011 11:07AM
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monkatizer
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choose the OLD embed code then choose the smallest screen for ns
Jan 29 2011 11:09AM
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Maximumsushi
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Judging in skiing is always far from perfect. You can't please everyone, but generally the judges in the X Games are pretty on.

That being said, there is no way that run should have scored silver. Ever. I've seen every winter X Games pipe, and that's the worst display of judging. That run was good, but with a lack of grabs and switch tricks, it shouldn't have medaled.

The worst judging ever was the text vote big air from two years ago.
Jan 29 2011 11:31AM
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123ski
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Torin's run was awesome, I think it really helped that he was in front of a REALLY LOUD LOCAL CROWD and that his alley-oop double flatspin (not a double that everyone is doing) was really high and on his last hit. Its not always what you do throughout your whole run that counts but what the judges remember from your last hit and how loud the crowd is when you stomp that last trick.
Jan 29 2011 12:26PM
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faux_real
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I agree, but as someone who has also seen every x games pipe, i've seen this happen before. the order of your runs matter. it's not in the official judging criteria, but improving between runs is a huge deal. simon peaked in his second run; torin peaked in his final run. that matters psychologically for the judging. also, torin stomped his run as best he could. sure he missed some grabs, but no one was expecting him to do better. torin exceeded expectations, dumont did not. the judges could have seen a better run from him.

Jan 29 2011 12:26PM
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B.Snow
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Agreed... Torin's double was super sick too
Jan 29 2011 12:43PM
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airic
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It makes me wonder how much of Torin's score was about increasing the entertainment factor of the X-games; like "let's see Dumon't reaction if we do this!"

Jan 29 2011 2:21PM
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CAPITA-DEVOURS
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anybody know what he was riding to? i wanna hear what got him that amped.
Jan 30 2011 9:29PM
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SkiThe603
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Two things:

1. Look at Dumont's face at 1:37 and that answer the quote.

2. Torin is sponser by, quess who, Target, i wonder who their first big sponser was?? Oh Yes it was Simon Dumont

Jan 30 2011 9:32PM
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Tremblantskier
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I dislike Simon Dumont for ditching Level 1, and yes,for being a little bitch when he loses... But he deserved second. The judging was questionable as per usual..
Jan 30 2011 11:35PM
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03gade
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maybe i was wrong about dumount over rolland, but i think everyone agrees that torin did not deserve the silver
Jan 31 2011 9:27AM
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