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bobs
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Not sure if this is a repost but...



Big Air
The Big Air jump is an 80-foot step-up jump, built specifically with triple corks in mind. The jump has been moved back to the skier's right of the SuperPipe, near the bottom of the Slopestyle course."

Slopestyle
Perhaps the most exciting addition to the Winter X courses for 2012 is man-made light. For the first time in WX history, the men's Slopestyle events will be held in the evening, under the lights; 330,000 Watts of power will light the way for the best jumpers and jibbers around. The Slopestyle course is more jump-heavy than in years past, with four jumps (referred to as the "Financial District") and just two jib sections. Riders greet the first jib section, which features a 25-foot-tall Red Bull wallride, straight out of the gate. In the second jib section they will jib a bright-blue Jeep on their way to the four-jump Financial District, which culminates with the 80-foot Money Booter.





Jan 23 2012 8:10PM
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reverendwrong
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they explicitly said that the big air was designed with triple's in mind. So why isn't russ, mcrae, or frigdorf in big air? They're the only ones to have ever landed trips in competition. Yeah bobby and sammy can do them, schlopy has tried them, and I bet kenworthy could pull one out of his ass, but none of them have ever done them outside of a shoot. Also the JOI jump was another 20ft longer knuckle to knuckle. Actually the only person to do a triple on a jump sub 100ft is Dane Tudor...so why isn't he invited?

I just wish X would get their shit together on consistency, they have made it clear that they would like to be included in olympic qualification for athletes, but how the hell will they do it if they just invite who has put on a good show in the past and not who is actually throwing shit down.
Jan 24 2012 8:54AM
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Jpurd
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uggg I wish there were more skiers in big air
Jan 24 2012 9:12AM
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Elg
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Except slopestyle will have 4 jumps in a row instead of 1... And the athletes know they can´t throw the same trick twice in their run, so we´ll most likely see 4 huge different tricks in every run.

I like the rail setup this year, lots of room for creativity and different approaches. And i bet we wont see more than a few really outstanding tricks in the rail section anyways.
Jan 24 2012 9:37AM
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wameron
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that being said, Henrik is going to slay. I dont think anyone in the game has as big and diverse a bag of doubles as him. Wallisch will do right dub 10 to left dub 12 to sw left dub rodeo 10 to sw right dub rodeo 10
Jan 24 2012 9:53AM
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bdowning
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80 feet! Can someone say Booter Crunk!
Jan 24 2012 11:37AM
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Willard
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Pretty sure thats why they ditched the rails...X-games wants moarrr dubzz
Jan 24 2012 11:42AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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i dont see a problem with more doubles, i think its a lot easier for skiers to prove their finesse on jumps than rails. but the rails they have are really cool looking, the fist set with the wall ride and close out is awesome, and theres gonna be some sick tricks. the second set up is cool too and give them more opportunity to throw some stock rail tricks. id much rather see 2 interesting rail features than 3 or 4 boring ones like they had last year.
Jan 24 2012 12:07PM
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forrest-cole
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Why isn't dane tudor in any of the comps, fucking lame..
Jan 24 2012 12:10PM
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Ronix
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Doubt it, Jossi hasn't been skiing well in competitions this year. I think gus has a much better chance at winning 3 medals.
Jan 24 2012 12:15PM
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drumbumocdp
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Sounds like a "who can dub all 4 jumps" contest. It would be sick to see someone do all 4 dub 10s in one run though
Jan 24 2012 12:20PM
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drumbumocdp
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Or would that count as doing the same trick?
Jan 24 2012 12:22PM
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casual
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Word, I think the night time slope deal is brilliant.

Rubbersoul, don't know if you've been on a slope course, but they're typically pretty damn icy anyways, don't know that it'll make much of a difference. Besides, it's not like these guys have edges on their slope skis anyway, haha.
Jan 24 2012 1:40PM
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casual
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I think you're right, except that he may do left dub 10 to right dub 12 to sw left dub 10, to sw rt dub 10.

Seen him stomp right dub 12 a few times, figure he'll do that for extra tech diff.
Jan 24 2012 1:43PM
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tacobellslayer
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mute grab mute grab mute grab....







mute grab
Jan 24 2012 1:49PM
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Drail
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I was talking about this on the lift yesterday. I will be very surprised if we don't see all 4 dubs. To my knowledge it hasn't happened yet in competition, correct?


I would like to see left dub 12 to right switch dub 10 to left switch dub 12 to right dub 10 (or 14, whatever). Bobby or Wallish would be most likely, me thinks.
Jan 24 2012 2:06PM
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colin13
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You forget that Elias landed the most trips in JOI last year. He had them on lock by the end. X Games invites riders based on how they've done in competitions in the past year or two. That's way more consistent then choosing whoever puts out a good edit recently.
Jan 24 2012 2:10PM
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wameron
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Elias is going to win big air. trip 14. im calling it now
Jan 24 2012 2:13PM
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followCam
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It’s going to be on at stupid o’clock in the morning over in the UK I think. Anyone want to somehow record the whole thing and post it up on NS? I’ll be off honouring Robert Burns...

I predict Bobby:

Left dub 10
Right dub 12
Sw. Left dub 10
Sw. Right dub cork 12/14

It’s crazy how 4 doubles in one run is going to be pretty much standard....
Jan 24 2012 2:39PM
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followCam
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I meant sw. right dub 10 and then sw dub cork 12/14.
Although if he did it the first way it’d be incredible! haha
Jan 24 2012 2:43PM
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philipc
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all 4 dub 12s
Jan 24 2012 3:42PM
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blindside
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Andreas could pull off all four dubs...
Jan 24 2012 4:25PM
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joly.sp
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every contest gets so boring to watch, this is nothing new. dub with a mute from every skier over every jump
Jan 24 2012 4:54PM
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The_Tabarnak
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Not sure if some riders will attempt the triple on the 80-footer. Doing a triple after throwing doubles on 3 jumps before sounds like suicide to me
Jan 24 2012 6:43PM
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VinniCash
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thank god there's no CANNON BOX this year, it was about time!!
Jan 24 2012 6:46PM
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willy_baller
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nick goepper did all 4 dubs at the breckenridge dew tour stop and placed 2nd.
Jan 24 2012 7:21PM
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Drail
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just re-watched the footage, and it appears you are correct. well, there you go.

Well, I guess triples it is.
Jan 24 2012 8:46PM
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GayWolf420
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All four dubs will be fucking tight. Fuck you, haters.
Jan 24 2012 8:47PM
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ski0
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When you guys say all four dubs, do you mean all four dub CORK, or any dub variation?

i think it wud be cool to see


sw right rodeo 9
left kangaroo
sw left dub misty 12
right dub cork 12

Jan 24 2012 9:35PM
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585.
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i hope the future of slope isnt just jumps.
Jan 24 2012 9:37PM
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p-oskier
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I hope that one of Bobbys dubs is going to be a sw dub misty 1260 and not 4 dub corks
Jan 24 2012 9:56PM
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jreilly
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prediction, wallisch wins all 3 dew tours and both x games this year.
Insanity
Jan 24 2012 10:37PM
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eheath
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I wouldnt be surprised if tom does it. right dub 10, left dub 12, sw left dub 10 sw right dub 10. or for bobby, sw right dub 10 to sw left dub 12. Gonna be interesting.
Jan 24 2012 10:40PM
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easy.steezy
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I believe the invited athlete list was based off of AFP rankings?  I remember reading that somewhere.
Jan 24 2012 11:24PM
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easy.steezy
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Which way he does his forward dub 10 and 12 will literally make no difference in my opinion.  In my opinion, you have to look at a slopestyle run with the most diverse tricks, obviously.  But why would somebody like Andreas do more right side jumps than left in the last Dew Tour?  Yes, unnatural is obviously harder, but it's not about the way you spin, but that half of your jumps are right and the other half are left. 
Jan 24 2012 11:30PM
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feodor
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Full coverage of the slopestyle course here:

http://blog.mysnowparks.com/2012/01/winter-x-games-2012-slopestyle-course/
Jan 25 2012 3:29AM
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eheath
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the rail features are so on point!! jumps look real good too. stoked to watch qualies and finals thursday
Jan 25 2012 3:50AM
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250r
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but how many afp comps are big air events?
Jan 25 2012 4:24AM
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joris.blanc
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There are all the preseason city comps like Freestyle.ch, London Freeze & Fridge Festival.

Jan 25 2012 5:30AM
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Static
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ehh course doesn't look like anything fancy. I wish they would take an idea form Candide and get some snow sculptors to dress the features up a bit more.
Jan 25 2012 5:40AM
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saskskierftw
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Lulz
Jan 25 2012 7:23AM
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SkierX
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ESPN is going to have a field day with mega-mo on all four of those jumps.
Jan 25 2012 9:14AM
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MaryO
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Run through the course with Joss Christensen.

Jan 25 2012 9:34AM
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MaryO
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And don't forget the PVA's Reader's Poll haha! #Boss!!
Jan 25 2012 9:35AM
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easy.steezy
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http://
Jan 25 2012 3:04PM
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jayamait
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.
Jan 25 2012 4:38PM
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munpro
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YES!
Jan 25 2012 7:07PM
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easy.steezy
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http://

There's barely any room between the jumps.  It looks like if you go really deep then you better be ready for the next jump right away.
Jan 25 2012 8:55PM
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