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Superunknown VIII Finalist Released one by one

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ESnake
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Yo here is the first Superunknown finalist to be released. One each 13 business day.

http://freeskier.com/stories/level-1-and-freeskier-bring-you-superunknown-viii-finalist-videos-37

Mar 7 2011 7:23PM
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ThaLetterM.
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building the lip on the outside takes away the integrity of the feature. It may be the illest 6 kink ever, but if the lip is on the outside, it's just not as legit, or for that matter, legit it all (in some people's eyes). Its like Barry Bond's homerun record: does it count? yes. Is it legit? Not really. Same goes for unshoveled stairs, and a few other things.
Mar 16 2011 7:23PM
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KellyK
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 715
ahhh gotcha. well in that case, switch up switch up 2! switch up switch up 2! yayyy!
Mar 16 2011 7:24PM
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VCharette
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look at the post on top of your last post. It's not about being different but if you're gonna go and hit some urbans at least do it completely so that the shots are really much more gnarly than in a park.
Mar 16 2011 7:28PM
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KellyK
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 715
does homeplate only have one side? no. neither do rails. hit from whatever side you want.

rails are rails. skiing is skiing. all this nitpicky shit ruins the game.
Mar 16 2011 7:30PM
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PJS.
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Mar 16 2011 7:30PM
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KellyK
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so jumping towards the stairs is less gnarly? yeah i don't get that.
Mar 16 2011 7:31PM
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loganimlach
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jumps are generally built on the outside of the stairs so that you can slide whichever way you are more comfortable, rather than putting it on the inside and sliding it lip or unnat, which is lame. if you are putting it on the outside to lip 2 onto it, more power to you.

but shovel the fucking stairs.
Mar 16 2011 7:35PM
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THUGwife
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woop woop Christopher Hjalmeby is up
Mar 16 2011 7:46PM
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jeremy.g
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idk pretty legit. but i was expecting some more legit shit for finalists.
Mar 16 2011 7:56PM
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A.Eberhard
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Just finished watching Christopher's edit. Was really good except a lot of park rails and the urban lips couldn't be bigger. That 2 on was sick, but look at that lip it's huge!
The dubs were grabbed and pretty clean along with that switch 10. I'm pretty sure this guy won the First Drop/RMU sponsor me contest. All in all good edit, great skier, but won't be winning.
Mar 16 2011 7:57PM
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ThaLetterM.
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you most certainly do not get it
Mar 16 2011 7:57PM
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EMK
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uh oh, the rulez of urban have ben badly abused again, booters on, do those rails even have steps? what side is that? the dude has good style but not like brogan good though. I'm still waiting to see some creativity(apart from that flip up)in this competition. I think that's what's gonna set people apart.
Mar 16 2011 7:58PM
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ThaLetterM.
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all of his tricks were super clean and stomped. I don't mean to hate, but am I the only one who thinks it is weird to see flat boxes in a superunknown edit?
Mar 16 2011 8:02PM
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KellyK
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lol alright buddy
Mar 16 2011 8:02PM
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A.Eberhard
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You obviously don't understand urban. It look 100x more legit if the lip is on the inside, it's just an unwritten rule no lips on outside it looks well straight up gay.
Mar 16 2011 8:04PM
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danbrown
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that was swell and all, but you can't seriously expect to win superunknown without spinning a single trick to the right in the entire edit...
Mar 16 2011 8:09PM
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KellyK
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This kid slides left foot forward. He couldn't have done that trick if he had forced himself to hit it unnatural. if you set limitations to yourself based on what some people think looks "straight up gay" you're never going to get anywhere.

so many skiers are so close minded.

and i don't understand urban, really? okay kid.
Mar 16 2011 8:18PM
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A.Eberhard
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Clearly you don't because you don't know some basic etiquette. If he slides left foot forward then go to a different rail to do that trick. Look at any professional ski or snowboard video. Do they ever put the rail on the outside? The answer it no go watch a few films and get learned.
Mar 16 2011 8:23PM
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dylanb
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or you could just do lip on and still land left foot forward
Mar 16 2011 8:24PM
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dylanb
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Mar 16 2011 8:25PM
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khai@krepela
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You can build the jump on which ever side of the rail you please, but for it to be in a superunknown edit its kinda bad form. The kid is 13 and kills it but when your filming for a high level competition I personally think that he should have build it in the middle and lip slide it. But don't get me wrong the kid is on santas sleigh.
Mar 16 2011 8:31PM
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KellyK
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Hahaha, there are so many things wrong with what you just said that i'm not even going to take the time to respond.
Mar 16 2011 8:33PM
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A.Eberhard
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Clearly you just got proved wrong. Enjoy.
Mar 16 2011 8:36PM
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dylanb
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not really. you said they put the rail on the outside. ive never seen anyone move an urban rail in a movie before.
Mar 16 2011 8:38PM
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A.Eberhard
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Ok by rail I meant lip....
Mar 16 2011 8:44PM
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dylanb
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i know im just being a smart ass
Mar 16 2011 8:46PM
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nellyyy
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I was mostly bothered by the sheer size of the lips Chris Hjalmeby built onto his rails. It just made all of his tricks look really weak. Handrail tricks are no longer challenging if the lip is only inches below the rail.
Mar 16 2011 8:49PM
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khai@krepela
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That kid slays! But the urban was really weak. Almost should have just left it out.
Mar 16 2011 8:52PM
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PJS.
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I dont think etiqutte means what you think it means...this isnt about respect or such, its about the pros doin somethin and no one wanting to do something different. Hitting it from the outside would even make it more difficult as your momentum would carry you into the stairs if you overshot.
Mar 16 2011 8:59PM
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cmo
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are you a finalist? then shut it....kid was steezy as fuck leave it at that
Mar 16 2011 9:00PM
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KellyK
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lol fine, i'll bite.

first off, to me urban is about taking everyday features that you see in the streets of the cities we live in and doing something cool and fun on them. it can be a ledge, it can be a rail, it can be a set of stairs, hell it could even be a trashcan. the possibilities are literally endless. it's not about being the next kid to do a stock trick on a handrail, its about taking a feature and making it hittable.

you said " If he slides left foot forward then go to a different rail." why the hell would he do that when he has a perfectly good handrail to do that trick on right there? because he has to do something different like put the lip on the other side? the logic behind that is straight stupid.. if he had left that feature would have won. tricks are tricks. arguing about lip placement? now thats retarted.

now i leave you with a nice video from my friend ryan paul. notice the rail at 2:25. thats a gnarly rail. ryan was having trouble with it, the rail was winning. so he jumped straight over that motherfucker. gotta do what you gotta do.


Mar 16 2011 9:02PM
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ThaLetterM.
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still not grasping it. the simple fact is, lip on the outside=pussy shit. period. It's the same in snowboarding.
Mar 16 2011 9:07PM
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khai@krepela
Posts: 148 - Karma: 791
Fuzzball could put an edit together better than that.
Mar 16 2011 9:10PM
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KellyK
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you are a complete moron
Mar 16 2011 9:10PM
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skiierman
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go watch a level 1 flick and see how rails they put the jump on the outside of the stairs. a decade ago it'd be fine but now it's not legit at all... and you'd know this if you actually hit urban before.
Mar 16 2011 10:18PM
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futurespin
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I thought chris killed it, finally a kid who was good at both rails AND jumps besides Torvinen.

But I went back and watched Torvinen's video and each time it gets better. Double tail grab cork 9, Shifty opposite tail off up rail, rodeo on, 540 switch up, flip up (first time I watched it it cut off and I didn't see him land it).

1. Austin Torvinen
2. Dane Ulsifer

So far....
Mar 16 2011 10:25PM
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jksl
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but, but he has two doubles!
Mar 16 2011 10:26PM
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Tremblantskier
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That snowboard video was so gang, I enjoyed that more then most of these videos.
Mar 16 2011 10:27PM
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yellav
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thats because these videos arent that good :/
Mar 16 2011 10:38PM
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KellyK
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will wesson in refresh. tail tap lipslide on that red rail. thats just off the top of my head. and why would you assume i've never hit urban before? because i have a broader outlook than you? your points are invalid on this website skiierman.
Mar 16 2011 10:41PM
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A.Eberhard
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Yeah, but that lip was away from the rail set up for the purpose of tapping one side and going to the other rail, not just to hit the rail itself. Even if that counts that is 1 rail of all of Refresh where the lip was on the outside.

For 2:25 of your video the lip is still on the inside of the stairs... he wasn't even hitting the rail he was jumping over it.
Mar 16 2011 10:54PM
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KellyK
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Hmm, so if you set the lip up in a certain place for a certain trick its okay? so if he sets the lip up on the left so that he can front change, pretzel 2 the rail, its alright too right? you kids are so fucking ignorant.

and for 2:25.. he was hitting the rail.. it was a frustrating rail, so he said fuck it and hucked a huge back 3 over it. my point being he did something different to get a shot at that spot. learn to read.
Mar 16 2011 11:02PM
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californiagrown
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can we all just agree that sliding on handrails is not real skiing? good. Now that that's settled lets move on to some real superunknowns who have skiing in their vid.
Mar 16 2011 11:07PM
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juanborlando
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ride on lips from both sides of the stairs only
Mar 16 2011 11:09PM
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coop-son
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When is C-Dogs gonna drop???????
or C-Dollo?
Mar 16 2011 11:14PM
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jeremy.g
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sorry dude. you are a fucking idiot. im not talking about this post in general but all your posts on the last page. if you want your urban to be legit, you shovel off the fucking stairs, and build non-mountainous lips on the inside of the rail. if its on the opposite way from which you slide, too fucking bad, you have three options. lipslide, hit it unnatural, or you walk away until you can do one of the two previous options.
Mar 16 2011 11:25PM
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ThaLetterM.
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you are just about the only person who feels the way you do. Your skiing ideologies are so unique and different. You are truly a visionary, thank you for opening my eyes.
Mar 16 2011 11:27PM
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I_liketobutter
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lulz
Mar 16 2011 11:28PM
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schwab
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way too big urban lips in that one, and yea its an unwritten rule that urban lips do not go outside of the staircase.
Mar 16 2011 11:32PM
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khai@krepela
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I would go with your stubborn more than their ignorant. Your probably defending the side jump so much because you yourself are too scared to hit a rail lip or unnaty.
Mar 16 2011 11:38PM
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