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Official X Games 2012 Hype Thread

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ShreddAZ
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Ya it's that time of year again! Athlete list seems alright this year, who would you have rather seen on it? Anyone mobbing up to Aspen? I know I am and I'm super stoked!
Nov 15 2011 7:44PM
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ShreddAZ
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Will triples be a normal in slopestyle runs this year you guys think?
Nov 15 2011 7:45PM
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easy.steezy
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Maybe in big air, but definitely not in slopestyle.  I'd be surprised if there's even one triple slopestyle, because when you only have 3 runs and you have to string together multiple difficult tricks with some style, it just isn't justifiable to bank everything on one trick.  Maybe if it's the last run and the guy knows the only way he's gonna win is if he throws a triple, but I doubt it.  Plus, the doubles looked hucked enough on the last jump (70 feet I think?), getting to a triple would be insane.  If anybody though, it'd be Elias. 
Nov 15 2011 8:03PM
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easy.steezy
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*even one triple in slopestyle.
Nov 15 2011 8:04PM
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.squirrely.
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what the top 3 for mens slopestyle should be and their runs


1st. henrik with dub 12 blunt and bios and steeze on the rails
2nd. b dog with tail presses, wierd trannies all over the course and a switch dub wobble truckdriver
3rd. jf houle with mad steezy doubles and baller rail tricks


whats actually gonna happen


1. bobby brown with dub ten, dub 12 and switch dub 12 all with mutes and hitting each rail like a cannon
2. elias ambuehl with more dubs with high mutes grabs, maybe a extremely hucked triple and robotic style on rails
3. tom wallisch with pretzels galore on the rails and a dub ten mute and his average run on the jumps
Nov 15 2011 8:13PM
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ShreddAZ
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Im gonna predict Wallisch's run on last three jumps this year


dub 12 mute
sw 10 mute
sw dub rodeo 10 japan (as usual)



I think sammy carlson has a lot of potential to repeat slopestyle gold this year though
Nov 15 2011 8:24PM
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.squirrely.
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sammys run

robot style on rails with no pretzels or switch ups
switch 10 on first jump
switch 12 on 2nd
dub 10 on last
all with mute grabs
Nov 15 2011 9:31PM
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KillaSeason
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sammys been getting better with his rails you guys are just too caught up in the whole b&e trend
Nov 15 2011 9:57PM
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Valhalla.
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It'll be my 2nd birthday that weekend. So yes. I will be making the drive down there.
Nov 15 2011 10:18PM
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Phil-X-
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haha this
Nov 15 2011 10:25PM
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50in07
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How does one go about driving when they are only two years old?
Nov 16 2011 12:29AM
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wreck_720
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switchups don't necessarily mean tech.. anyone can do 2 or 3 swaps on a rail... sammy is the only one i've seen do a 450 on 630 off.. that's a 1080 with a rail. if you don't think that's tech, you shouldn't watch skiing.
Nov 16 2011 12:36AM
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Toby.Dickson
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is this a joke?
Nov 16 2011 1:32AM
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icon1234
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Get off BE's nuts please. I don't know when safety grabs became the new mute grab but it seems the easiest grab in skiing is now used in over 85% of their jumps. Also I think I have seen every single possible 180 on 180 switch up combo possible from them. Don't get me wrong I think some of there shit is sick, like henrik's butter dub, but a lot of their crap esp with b-dog's tricks just doesn't look "cool" anymore. I can't even remember the last edit I saw bdog do a normal k-fed or pretzel.

Not to sure what this has to do with the context of this thread, but yea the tricks BE do have no right to make it on the podium of a slopestyle comp. Unless of course henrik lands a crazy run with a textbook dub 12 blunt then yea that is deserving.

Also like someone else a lot of the shit sammy does on rails is super tech no idea what you're trying to get at.
Nov 16 2011 1:38AM
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Toby.Dickson
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Thankyou!
Nov 16 2011 1:40AM
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hwagner
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you sir are a fucking idiot.

his run LAST YEAR

unat kang
sw dub 9
dub 10

you really think he would dumb down his tricks? also sammy is a sick rail skier, just because he dosnt tail press anything doesnt mean he has no style.

Pull out henriks dick from your mouth and phils from your butthole and realize that you need to step up your game to win comps not just do tail presses and saftey grabs


#RealTalkBitchez
Nov 16 2011 3:50AM
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ThaLetterM.
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i think that's the idea.
Nov 16 2011 3:51AM
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Fregoloso
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If TWall has a clean right dub I'll bet on him, if not probably BobbyB with Andreas always on the podium.. and don't forget about Jossi and Gus too. I really hope to see Harlaut (for a podium spot) and Casabon in the finals too.
Elias dosen't know how slide a rail so I'll be in the finals but just because of his dubs
Nov 16 2011 3:56AM
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Fregoloso
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Elias is like the new Jon Olsson: sucks on rails but he knows how to dub ahah
Nov 16 2011 3:57AM
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unchyll
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Almost every edit posted on NS is basically kids doing as many switch ups or kfeds they can. That's cool if that's what you're into but you have to understand that some of us find it refreshing to believe that there is more to riding rails than jumping and spinning around on a bar like a fairy. By no means am I saying your idea of what is cool is not.

I also don't agree with you thinking phil and henrik's rail game shouldn't take them to the podium. Nobody else is going to slopestyle and riding the course like they are. This is probably the reason x games keeps denying skiing from getting into the street event. There is only so many switch ups or ridiculous spins you can do on the same feature till everyone is doing the same shit.
Nov 16 2011 5:56AM
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Jibberino
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Slightly premature question as the riders list will continue to get added on to.
Nov 16 2011 5:57AM
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exile_ch
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People should watch out for a lil swiss kid named Kai Malher, he is blowing up right now.

The dude is the only one with Brown to do the double misty, and more importantly, he is the ONLY FUCKING ONE to stomp it clean on a city big air.

As for Big Air: Elias with a triple.
Nov 16 2011 6:20AM
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JDA
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Gonna add James Woods to the mix, good on rails and jumps- and decent style
Nov 16 2011 6:41AM
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Skiingsnow
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all i want to see is henshaw with a gold
Nov 16 2011 6:53AM
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JakobS
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Whats really cool with the Kai Mahler kid is that he also is awsome in the pipe. Got 4th at the European Freeski open, with a run that included a dub 12.


As for you others, Henrik or Phil will never podium at the X, some might hate that fact and some might like it.
Nov 16 2011 12:15PM
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easy.steezy
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Back to back dub 12s both ways, hell yes.  and to whoever said henrik will never podium, he definitely can, he's just as technically able as everyone else.
Nov 16 2011 12:30PM
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k-fred
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this, henrik could throw a bio 16 blunt or try to stomp his butter dub.
Nov 16 2011 1:18PM
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easy.steezy
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A butter dub in the x-games slopestyle would be so sick! But I don't feel like he'll do it, to me it seemed more like a one time trick.
Nov 16 2011 3:42PM
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DarthBall
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You do realize that JF won slopestye gold last year at Euro X with "mad steezy doubles and baller rail tricks." Sooo stfu...
Nov 16 2011 4:39PM
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ski0
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slope:

carlson
brown
kenworthy

big air:

elias
brown
schlopy
Nov 16 2011 5:07PM
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.squirrely.
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and it would be sick if he won again


and i didnt mean to start a shitshow but i was just saying i think x games judges are way more for tech than they are for style, which has been said many, many times before and will be said many, many times again
Nov 16 2011 6:21PM
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JakobS
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They were most likley the same judges for both events
Nov 16 2011 8:30PM
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wheezy
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This... Russ is back skiing after his injury within the week. Would love to see him do well this season
Nov 16 2011 8:31PM
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wameron
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elias will win big air, unless someone does something mad technical with out spinning like a top, as elias always does
i was to see wallisch do right to left switch dubs
Nov 17 2011 2:55AM
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juicedrummer11
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gotta say im on the side of B&E tricks not making the podium...however, phil's top section in slope last year was sick nasty as all get out, but you cant win if you continue to the jumps like you're filming for a video segment
Nov 17 2011 4:02AM
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