Replying to Slopestyle v. Pipe
Which do you guys will think be more fun to watch this year? I understand that NS will probably say slopestyle, because 99% of all edits on NS are park edits. I probably would have agreed with you a year ago too, when Kevin Rolland was just dominating everything no question asked. While I would much rather watch a sick park edit, I think competing in pipe will be more interesting this year. In park there are only about three or four guys who seem to podium. Whereas in pipe, kids can come out of nowhere and podium (Noah Bowman, Silver at X, Wing Tai Barrymore Silver at Dew Tour) Every single kid who makes it to finals has a legit chance of being on the podium. Plus with Tanner back in the mix, we could possibly see that Simon v Tanner battle again. Henrik, as evidenced in EDS, has the skills to maybe make a showing as well and add a more stylish approach to the pipe. Kevin Rolland could come back with vengeance after a realtively dry season and try to do something ridiculous like a dub 14 or a triple or something in the pipe. Since the playing field is so even, I don't think that the pipe skiiers can rely as much on one run through the whole season as the slopestyle skiiers have (Wallisch pretty much took the year with dub 12 to back to back dub 10's) It could be a real dramatic year in the pipe. That's my opinion I am stoked to see what you guys think.
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