Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Mark Morris throws triple in slopestyle comp (snowboard)

profile picture
.Roockley.
Posts: 3864 - Karma: 4,078
threw down today at the burton high 5 at snow park

wonder if we will see a triple on the same jump at the red bull camp over the next few days

will triples be in this years comps for skiers?
Aug 17 2012 1:36AM
0 0
profile picture
.Roockley.
Posts: 3864 - Karma: 4,078
and it should have been mcmorris in the title, no idea what happened there
Aug 17 2012 3:56AM
0 0
profile picture
Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
This. Also seems like a bit of a dick move by 1337, although I don't know what the comment was I literally can't imagine anything so bad that it would get your mod removed, especially seeing as it wasn't even posted on ns, it's facebook. and @OP are you talking about this? it's pretty old. sorry if not.
Aug 17 2012 7:31AM
0 0
profile picture
LIL-WAT
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 146

Mark McMorris attempts the World's 1st Slopestyle Triple Cork from NZsnowboard.com on Vimeo.



Aug 17 2012 7:45AM
0 0
profile picture
Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
oh, never realised the slopestyle part, pretty impressive.
Aug 17 2012 8:17AM
0 0
profile picture
I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
this has been brought up hundreds of times on here, but i really hope our sport will take another turn soon, freestyle =/= aerials

it's sick none the less, it's amazing how we start seeing triples in comps now, only a couple years ago doubles were mindblowing, now they're pretty much the standard on the pro level ....
Aug 17 2012 8:23AM
0 0
profile picture
SkiTennessee
Posts: 345 - Karma: 44
kewl stuff
Aug 17 2012 10:52AM
0 0
profile picture
DERS.
Posts: 6299 - Karma: 1,293
.
Aug 17 2012 10:56AM
0 0
profile picture
ski0
Posts: 2321 - Karma: 5,370
as far as im concerned triples are fine in slope contests, why not? if you wana watch style watch level 1 movies or the education of style. contests should be about the most clean and tech runs possible.
Aug 17 2012 11:44AM
0 0
profile picture
Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
I agree, I feel like it will just create more division between contest skiers and film skiers. But hopefully that will allow more creativity on the film side. Maybe it will allow the skiers that are more segment focused to do better for themselves because more people will like that kind of skiing more.
Aug 17 2012 12:43PM
0 0
profile picture
UFOsarereal
Posts: 2285 - Karma: 1,132
why did my post get deleted? I see dozens of worse ones daily on here.....
Aug 17 2012 12:47PM
0 0
profile picture
DIX~
Posts: 4695 - Karma: 6,502
really well put. That's always been my outlook on the whole aerials thing. I'm a huge fan on tornado spins and triples myself. It's almost like how people doing triples are so rare that it creates a whole style in its own that's unique because you don't see them often. Kind of how B & E was 2 years ago. It was cool because nobody else was doing it, now I can't stand B&E
Aug 17 2012 1:09PM
0 0
profile picture
colleenator
Posts: 885 - Karma: 60
ever since torstein introduced the triple back in 2011, a lot of athletes are throwing it now. it doesnt surprise me since both mark and seb touts have it mastered.
Aug 17 2012 1:53PM
0 0
profile picture
bighomieflock
Posts: 2040 - Karma: 2,445
Ehh, I disagree. Imagine a contest where the judges also took style into account, and someone like E-dollo could win. Would be such a sick contest. But you're right, we can always go the movies for that kind of skiing.
Aug 17 2012 1:59PM
0 0
profile picture
ski0
Posts: 2321 - Karma: 5,370
ya but that kind of a contest would be way to hard to judge. The closest thing to that is probobly the Sammy Carlson Invitational, which is sick , but for X games or Dew tour, its just not realistic to have a style/creativity based competition.
Aug 17 2012 2:04PM
0 0
profile picture
PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
Style is subjective and arbitrary, unlike how tech something is. Don't look for henrik to win any slopestyle comps anyway, he's too busy smoking his brains out and giving swedish people a bad name.
Aug 17 2012 2:08PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10627 - Karma: 7,423
man he stomped it soo hard that snow flew up that high
Aug 17 2012 3:16PM
0 0
profile picture
bnewbs6
Posts: 1919 - Karma: 1,463
Wtf. All my posts about the recent mod drama has been deleted. 1337 strikes again...
Aug 17 2012 4:32PM
0 0
profile picture
willy_baller
Posts: 1622 - Karma: 693
E-dollo doesnt do well in contests because all he grabs is safety. He has no diversity in his runs. so even though its clean, he shows the judges that he can only do one grab which is a major -
Aug 17 2012 4:38PM
0 0
profile picture
rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
I served Mark Mcmorris at work the other day /claim an he's from my home hill
Aug 17 2012 5:03PM
0 0
profile picture
TheClap.
Posts: 21664 - Karma: 4,140
biggest bitch on NS now, right next to Gato
Aug 17 2012 5:27PM
0 0
profile picture
STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
ooo whats the mod drama?  haha
but seriously, good for mcmorris that kid fuckin kills it.  if skiing goes that directions so be it, the more diverse our sport the better.  after watching education of style i realize that people are gonna keep branching off in different directions on all levels.  hopefully everyone stays positive. 
Aug 17 2012 5:59PM
0 0
profile picture
-emile-
Posts: 6613 - Karma: 8,592
hahahah 1337 deleted my post.

mod : serious buisness
Aug 17 2012 8:47PM
0 0
profile picture
casual
Posts: 6712 - Karma: 6,748
Maybe I'm missing some sarcasm here, but Henrik is absolutely a threat to win slope contests. Wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see him win, or at least podium, at a major slope or big air comp this season.
Aug 17 2012 8:54PM
0 0
profile picture
bnewbs6
Posts: 1919 - Karma: 1,463
It's really starting to piss me off. TWA was so much better.
Aug 17 2012 8:55PM
0 0
profile picture
NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,409
Slopestyle snowboarding is aerials.

Newschoolers moderating is TGR.





On a sidenote though, glad to see McMorris is getting somewhere since he's a small town Saskatchewan guy. Pretty much from you're hood P-Steeze!
Aug 17 2012 9:22PM
0 0
profile picture
SKI.ING
Posts: 2695 - Karma: 2,535
Fuck bitches
Aug 17 2012 9:33PM
0 0
profile picture
ski0
Posts: 2321 - Karma: 5,370
He legit doesnt even try to win. he does stylish tricks that are much harder then the average trick thrown out (dub 10) . but a trick like a lobster flip, bio , or blunt slide will get underscored every time. If the judges actually start realizing what tricks are more difficult then others, he will have a chance..
Aug 17 2012 9:34PM
0 0
profile picture
casual
Posts: 6712 - Karma: 6,748
You legit don't need to presume that I don't watch contests and/or understand what I'm seeing.

He's already podiumed at high profile events including euro X and a city big-air or two. Henrik has about as many variations of dubs as the top-tier comp guys (maybe not all 4 ways ala bob, gus, tom, andreas and russ), and as you yourself pointed out, many of his tricks are unique to the point of being exclusive and almost assuredly more technically difficult.

You will see an evolution in judging this season that will recognize the difficulty of said tricks as many tricks in his arsenal (butter dubs, lobster flips, and bio 10's/14's) have reached a level of universal appreciation. In several instances last year, Henrik was literally doing tricks people had never seen before, and in the context of a formally judged contest, that can make for a hell of a time for judges put on the spot. Henrik may or may not "try" to win, and yes, he definitely seems to use contests as a sort of "platform"  to convey a message (not as much as Phil), but despite that, he still stands a better than fair chance to snatch a W or a podium this year. It's not like he's pulling a participatory boycott ala Pep and Andy, he's going out and doing some of the biggest and most tricks anyone is doing. And, no, I'm not talking about him being rewarded for vague style considerations, I'm talking being rewarded for spinning and flipping as much as anyone else albeit on unique axises.

Henrik would've podiumed at Dew #2 last year if he had gone with a grab other than safety/method/lobster on his jumps and if his landing on the dub 12 had been better and not slightly frontseat/hand-draggy and slightly over-rotated.

So, I don't know what your point was, but mine still stands: Henrik is not to be counted out of any slope contest he enters.

Aug 17 2012 9:48PM
0 0
profile picture
rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
Dis b true
Aug 17 2012 11:23PM
0 0
profile picture
Bodhisattva_
Posts: 5749 - Karma: 2,009
Wtf is goof on here?
you're not green..
Aug 17 2012 11:59PM
0 0
profile picture
COCAINEandCAVIAR
Posts: 137 - Karma: 31
he had his mod status removed for a fb comment that 1337 snitched him out for
Aug 18 2012 2:37AM
0 0
profile picture
JahSpriggs
Posts: 542 - Karma: 3,956
he fell.....tho?

Aug 18 2012 4:36AM
0 0
profile picture
BrewskiJr
Posts: 5738 - Karma: 1,478
Fuckin high school drama type shit
Aug 18 2012 10:00AM
0 0
profile picture
WI_Personallty
Posts: 881 - Karma: 161
mark mcmorris didn't get a perfect score for his triple at X though. Torstein Horgmo did and doesn't get any recognition.
Aug 18 2012 10:16AM
0 0
profile picture
jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
torstein doesnt get any recognition?

...


what?
Aug 18 2012 12:08PM
0 0
profile picture
PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
.
Aug 18 2012 12:19PM
0 0
profile picture
jerm
Posts: 947 - Karma: 1,061
I think it should be noted that he didnt land it because he over shot the jump. which im assuming he did so because he needed more airtime to do the trip. which means standard slope jumps arent big enough for triples so the majority of people wont be sending them like how doubles got popular. Im sure some people will be ripping them but i really dont think slope jumps are going to be big enough for people to consistently and comfortably land triple corks. I dont know about for skiing but i bet mcmorris, toutant and a hand full of other snowboarders will be doing a triple cork in one or two slope comps this year especially if the conditions are right and they are pressured into doing it for the win.
Aug 18 2012 5:21PM
0 0
profile picture
bighomieflock
Posts: 2040 - Karma: 2,445
You kidding me? I was surprised how little recognition mark mcmorris got, considering he landed it before torstein at the x games. Seemed like everyone was more focused on Torstein's perfect score.
Aug 18 2012 6:12PM
0 0
profile picture
whoa-dere
Posts: 10596 - Karma: 7,103
reminds me of that halo video on youtube "IM SO SERIOUS RIGHT NOW"
jeesus it's the internet, relax
Aug 19 2012 3:22AM
0 0
profile picture
I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
i deleted all the off topic threads because this thread is in Skigabber and is about a completely different subject, please keep your teen drama to yourself or post it in the relevant threads, also don't point fingers and accuse people of things you have no idea about ...
Aug 19 2012 6:20AM
0 0
profile picture
uosdwiSrjewoH
Posts: 4220 - Karma: 122
Aug 19 2012 10:43AM
0 0
profile picture
I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
*replies
Aug 19 2012 10:49AM
0 0
profile picture
WI_Personallty
Posts: 881 - Karma: 161
no, not for the perfect score. They only talk about mcmorris for winning gold.
Aug 19 2012 11:13AM
0 0
profile picture
Big_Spence
Posts: 16177 - Karma: 4,352
Carelton for Moderator 2012
Aug 19 2012 12:16PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)