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Sal Masekela no longer hosting X-games

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NToTheZ
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I feel like he should of stayed he was the true voice of X-games but, he did get a badass job with Red Bull.
Dec 3 2012 10:07PM
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snowfinder
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THANK GOD!
Dec 3 2012 10:07PM
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t_rob
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Who wants to make the luke van valin for XGames announcer facebook group?
Dec 3 2012 10:11PM
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P-HAGAR
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Here comes PK off the money booter!!!
Dec 3 2012 10:11PM
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theabortionator
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I don't like the xgames anymore any way.

I miss the old days.
Dec 3 2012 10:16PM
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Parks.
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who will replace him?
Dec 3 2012 10:22PM
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icon1234
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idk how some ppl can hate him. His job was to get ppl stoked and he did it well. Like you do realize his job wasn't to analyze the competitions right...
Dec 3 2012 10:26PM
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Static
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This is an outrage!
Dec 3 2012 10:27PM
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AwR
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Jonny Moseley!
Dec 3 2012 10:28PM
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theabortionator
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Maybe b3 and the gravity games will make a comeback.

I liked when the xgames wasn't big like the olympics. I can only tolerate so many people talking about the flying potato before I go nuts.
Dec 3 2012 10:30PM
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NinetyFour
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Yeah he did this very well and brought out a sick vibe to the x-games in general IMO. I think he also was a large part of propelling action sports in mainstream media forward by being a face and a name for it; a frontman of sorts. But hey, people come, people go. I hope he doesn't entirely fall of the map though.

Lol Sal...


Dec 3 2012 10:31PM
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division.bell
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!!!
Dec 3 2012 10:37PM
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whoa-dere
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i wanna see kanye announce sports
Dec 3 2012 10:38PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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Yup
Dec 3 2012 10:38PM
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doGelyst
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Jonny Moseley doing American Ninja Warrior........that was pretty funny.
Dec 3 2012 10:39PM
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gotti
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my thoughts exactly. give it to somebody who knows the tricks because he has no idea
Dec 3 2012 10:43PM
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NToTheZ
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The article says it's unannounced but, I wouldn't mind seeing Kevin Pearce who co-hosted last year taking the lead since he has overcome such a major injury. Just my thoughts hope no one hates cause I named of a snowboarder haha
Dec 3 2012 10:46PM
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stupendous-man
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We need this guy.


Dec 3 2012 10:47PM
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Anathema
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get morgan freeman to do it.
Dec 3 2012 10:49PM
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TooTanked
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Dec 3 2012 10:50PM
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iFlip
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As is so often the case on NS, the first post says it all. The dude was/is a tool in the utmost meaning of the word. I would be very happy to never see or hear him again. The X-Games are better off without him for sure!
Dec 3 2012 10:50PM
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NinetyFour
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OHHH SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT HIM! WHADDABOSS!
Dec 3 2012 10:53PM
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Demetri7
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Dec 3 2012 10:55PM
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NToTheZ
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or this guy....

Dec 3 2012 11:02PM
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theabortionator
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Lol at hating him yet acting like the xgames are awesome.


I can't hate the guy, I can understand it but whatever. At the same time, xgames has gone downhill so far.


The x games is about the money coming in from gapers and fat little kids sitting on the sofa, not you or the athletes.

That's what it's turned into these days. They don't give a fuck if you watch it as long as plenty of people watch it and buy lots of shitty xgames merch.


Get lots of loot through advertising. The Xgames are huge now. There's a ton of money in it. Core anything went out there window years ago.

Fuck that contest.
Dec 3 2012 11:09PM
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ThaLorax
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Luke Van Valin for President!

Dec 3 2012 11:12PM
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panojibber.
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Will Tanner be competing? If not, he is the man you want with the microphone. So much stoke, things might get out of hand but at least he'd tell it like it is.
Dec 3 2012 11:14PM
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LoathesRaisins
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That was BANANAS!!!
Dec 3 2012 11:16PM
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SkiBum.
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Lil Wayne wants to get into sports announcing. Here is his chance.
Dec 3 2012 11:20PM
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FLBP
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I vote the announcer from Danny Hart's downhill run last year does it.
Dec 3 2012 11:20PM
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cornholio
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i was just as upset when he stopped hosting the worlds strongest man competition
Dec 3 2012 11:32PM
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Peter.
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luke van V is a must
Dec 3 2012 11:41PM
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SSteezle
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it brings money to our sport and is major exposure to freestyle skiing. seriously, every single one of your posts is negative. go take your nonsense somewhere else
Dec 3 2012 11:47PM
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Stickity
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i second this motion
Dec 3 2012 11:50PM
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special-J
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my childhood just died a little bit.
Dec 3 2012 11:54PM
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theabortionator
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I called your favorite tv show a soap opera and made you cry = every one of my posts is negative.

How much money is involved in it doesn't really matter at all to how much I can ride.

Major exposure doesn't necessarily make it better. So more people know about it, cool.
Dec 4 2012 12:15AM
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Peach.
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Fuck you all.
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Look at this steezy mother fucker.

No but really I didn't mind him at all. He never came off as a douche to me.
Dec 4 2012 12:21AM
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theabortionator
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Somebody post that one interview with him.
Dec 4 2012 12:49AM
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SSteezle
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are you being serious?
Dec 4 2012 12:58AM
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volvotom
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I found him kind of annoying, but whatever. I just got so tired of hearing every 10 minutes about when Shaun White was going to be making his runs.
Dec 4 2012 1:06AM
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JStrathern
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This, he seemed so stoked on life and imo gave a good vibe as an announcer
Dec 4 2012 1:12AM
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will_powder
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He's been hosting since 2001....
Dec 4 2012 1:22AM
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Peach.
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Hands down.
Dec 4 2012 1:23AM
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Stickity
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so you're telling me if you were a little kid watching the xgames and you saw someone stomp a triple in big air you wouldn't go 'MOM I WANNA SKI AND DO FLIPS'
because i'm pretty sure that's how a lot of people got into it and it's the same thing that made snowboarding so much more affordable which is what we need
Dec 4 2012 1:26AM
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iSmokeweed
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it should be travis rice.

"you know when they go so big, its like im in the mountains lof lake wakappoii riping this 2 foot line that has no snow on it. it so spiritual!"

WTF does travis talk abaout.
Dec 4 2012 1:49AM
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.AR6rider.
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Sal was the only good thing about the X Games in recent years. Hell, Sal was the BEST thing about the X Games ever, who am I kidding? How can anybody be happy that he's gone? I don't think I can even watch the X Games anymore now that he's gone.
Dec 4 2012 2:10AM
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Holte
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I watched that dude lose his shit outside the Red Bull house at X a few years ago. Straight screamed at the bouncer for 10 full minutes before somebody let him in.

I've been a solid fan ever since.
Dec 4 2012 2:18AM
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theabortionator
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You do realize that that was because 90% of the people just wanted to see the flying potato's winning run.
Dec 4 2012 2:59AM
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jblaski
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Dec 4 2012 3:01AM
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theabortionator
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He was working with xgames a couple here's before that.
Dec 4 2012 3:02AM
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volvotom
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I totally forgot the first winter X was held at Snow Summit. LOL. I can't imagine that now.
Dec 4 2012 3:09AM
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