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What Should We Expect To See Out Of Winter X 2013?

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BagOTricks
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Realistic stuff! From both skiers and snowboarders. Curious to see what you guys think will be thrown down in ANY event. Discuss.
Jan 17 2013 8:05PM
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C.Apple
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I dont think Henrik is going to xgames
Jan 18 2013 2:59PM
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S-S-K
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Would be awesome to see Hall and Dumont battle out for podium positions in pipe.
Jan 18 2013 3:04PM
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freeski1620
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I hate to say it but I don't think either of these boys are on that level anymore.
Jan 18 2013 3:06PM
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Stickity
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Jan 18 2013 3:10PM
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AT-AT
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Really stoked to see what the pipe will look like. Everyone should be on top of their game with the Olympics happening in a year. Would love to see a creative set up with more rails in the slopestyle, and some nice steezey tricks in the big air.

I'll be pleased as long as they all don't become a huckfest double cork 1980 wins all like events.
Jan 18 2013 5:19PM
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dilla_says_go
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Tanner is gonna say some rasta shit on live tv. Bobby brown is gonna have perfect form. Russ henshaw, nick goepper and Andreas hatviet are all going to do the same exact run.
Jan 18 2013 6:38PM
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corona
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It'll be the comeback year for a bunch of veterans who have been out from injuries.

Hall and Dumont will place 1-2 in pipe, and TJ will get a medal in big air.
Jan 18 2013 7:43PM
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Wis_Skier_23
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They seriously need to give Big Air a proper setup.  They create these giant kickers with a gap in the middle only to have the landing the same height as the takeoff.  What you have is essentially a table top with the middle carved out so it looks huge to the average person when in reality the airtime isn't much different than the 2 last hits in slope style.   These are professional athletes on the biggest Action Sporting event of the season, give them a proper setup for triples or floaty doubles tweaked to perfection. 
Jan 19 2013 12:50AM
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openmindportrait
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Noah Giving her the D as well as a solid performance from Brown... Dub 7 out of Henrik. Should be a good show.
Jan 19 2013 12:57AM
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Stickity
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i feel they could make it work if they had the big air jump and the last slope jump cross to conserve space since that's usually the issue. if they had a legit 100ft kicker then you'd get style to become a more important factor in scoring. and then there'd be more hucking and the circle of life will repeat into quads and wormholes
Jan 19 2013 1:13AM
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NinetyFour
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Best thing I've read all night.
Jan 19 2013 1:43AM
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Wis_Skier_23
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The place they usually have it would work but the jump just needs more pop, but that other setup could work too
Jan 19 2013 2:46AM
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GrabsForFun
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I hope Dumont lays some shit down. He´s the halfpipeskier I enjoy watching the most (tied with Duncan Adams). I think Woodsy and Andreas (is he even going?) are gonna do well to. I´m almost sure there will be both tripples and dub 7s thrown
Jan 19 2013 3:26AM
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--ski--
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Dub 10 to switch dub 10, or vice versa, in the pipe would be neat to see. Has anything of the sort been done?
Jan 19 2013 3:41AM
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remster
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Dumont is on a mission. He's driven more than ever this year and hungry. Him, Torin, Blunck, Byron and Dorey are going to my picks for pipe. Any of those three should win/round out the podium.

Hopefully Russ and Kenworthy can destroy in big air. Don't care about slope anymore
Jan 19 2013 4:01AM
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LC.
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Dumont's coach will scream like a maniac at the top of his pipe run, he'll come up short of the podium then make another new excuse about it.
Jan 19 2013 4:23AM
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--ski--
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What's the French duo of Rolland and Bertoni looking like?
Jan 19 2013 4:24AM
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iSki13
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something like a flatspin to misty. HOPEFULLY they do not start scripting moments like they HAVE BEEN DOING the past few years.

ITS A F'ing EXTREME SPORTS EVENTS TELL THOSE STRANGE WRITERS TO GO LOCK THEMSELVES IN THEIR UPSCALE APARTMENT WHICH THEY CALL A Condominium.

they are trying to write moments, its ugly, its really ugly. Its the lady from the dog show, i swear it is, its disgusting.

weird days.
Jan 19 2013 7:03AM
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GayWolf420
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I really hope Henrik busts out a dub flat blunt again. Everyone would go nuts.
Jan 19 2013 9:51AM
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ski0
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was he that coach from sunny ? lol lol
Jan 19 2013 10:25AM
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AGOF
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you shut your whore mouth about andreas, he always has more creative rail tricks than anyone in slope comps
Jan 19 2013 1:41PM
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*TURBONERD*
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BUT NOT TAM WALSH!!!!!!!!!
Jan 19 2013 1:49PM
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BmoChop
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I would be so stoked on this.
Jan 19 2013 8:13PM
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Vincenzo
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Is Shaun White going for the first triple in slopestyle?
Jan 19 2013 8:17PM
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I.B
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Saw shaun white at northstar today. Wearing tight pants and a rivited leather jacket.
Jan 19 2013 8:42PM
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84west
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They let you on the mountain at the same time as him?
Jan 19 2013 8:49PM
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Pegel18
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Hoping to see some dubs and trips with 2 different grabs!!
hopefully more than one 16.
  COLD.
and hope to god judges dont give 100s for run that dont deserve even a 80 **ahem** shaun white....
Jan 19 2013 9:20PM
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NotGhood
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I'm expecting the same shitty judging and course as the last few years, shaun will bust out some even tighter leather pants giving the judges a full view of his mangina resulting in a pipe run that includes 4 straight airs receiving a 102 and 2 gold medals because one just ins't enough, and Tom will win everything else because lets face it he's awesome.
Jan 19 2013 9:30PM
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freeski1620
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Xav is not in. he didn't get the last chance spot in whistler the other day. alex fererra got it!
Jan 19 2013 9:52PM
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*spike*
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Kai Mahler tearing shit up! He was throwing down at keystone today.
Jan 19 2013 10:26PM
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flatspinner
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At some point Mike Douglas will say this;

"Tanner Hall, the man from Kalispell, MT is out to prove that he can still hang with the big boys. I'm looking for big air, technical tricks, and stylish grabs and Tanner brings all of that to the table. Watch how he does this switch or backwards 720. Two full rotations, getting the mute grab in there. And here is the big alley oop flatspin 360 with the biiiig shifty in there for style. Tanner spinning up the pipe or alley oop, getting technical and the judges love that."

"Bobby Brown, stands ready to drop in to big air. Will we see him uncork the triple Uncle E? Bobby is one of the best jumpers in skiing and has so many technical spins in his bag of tricks."

Uncle E will say that many many times.

"All the riders thinking of Sarah Burke, our snow angel."

And maybe bust out this gem, "down on the money booter we see Nick Goepper and his temporary tornado".

FREE LVV

I'm thinking about making an X-Game skiing drinking game. Every time Douglas says "backwards", gets the spin and/or grab wrong, or talks about the riders needing to be "perfect". Take a drink.

Every time Uncle E called Sarah Burke "snow angel", says "MegaMo", or refers to bindings as "shoes"...take a drink.
Jan 20 2013 1:33AM
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mM*
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We will see the legend, Tanner Hall, ski the pipe since 09'
Jan 20 2013 1:46AM
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t_rob
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ABM has an invite...
Jan 20 2013 2:20AM
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--ski--
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Yeah, Mike Douglas does have to dumb it down for the people who are less informed about skiing. Usually his commentary doesn't annoy me, but at times, the commentary is nauseating to listen to. Uncle E however, is horrendous to listen to.

Jan 20 2013 2:21AM
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t_rob
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We played the Uncle E drinking game during powder awards. I look forward to playing it again during X if I'm not out filming urban.
Jan 20 2013 2:33AM
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Bread.
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cant agree with ya on that. Andreas had such a legit and differnt rail game, Russ has his whole mute to japan double grab thing going on the nick well he will just look like bobby
Jan 20 2013 3:19AM
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geosom
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Dumont will not podium and cry again
Jan 20 2013 3:47AM
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*kF_pauLo-
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Snow hopefully
Jan 20 2013 4:58AM
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razors-chaz
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Is it physically possible for dumont not to come up short?

I'm wondering if we will get a "bobby time!" This year. So much cringe.
Jan 20 2013 5:35AM
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BagOTricks
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I'm actually really interested in White coming back to slope. If he does win it he truly is the god of the sport.  And I'm excited for snowmobile best trick, shit's always fun to watch.
Jan 21 2013 9:58PM
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BMillerrr
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Shaun White dood, attempts to triple falls and gets an 100 again and wins. boom.
Jan 21 2013 10:25PM
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7springsprod
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"Bobby Brown is the quintessential jock of freestyle skiing"

"Andreas Hatveit builds his own park and has a wife and kid"

"Tom Wallisch originally from Pittsburgh"

"Look at how Henrick Harlaut doesnt use poles"

"Torin Yater Wallace is the youngest...."
Jan 21 2013 10:32PM
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Pikachu.
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there also is going to be a sports science on how shaun whites tight pants are the reason that he wins comps,

oh wait...
Jan 21 2013 10:44PM
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Inline.
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This shit is hilarious. When is the event?
Jan 21 2013 11:00PM
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myllhouse
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Commentators miss judging tricks and saying what they think they saw. No disrespect to Mike Douglas.

And double to double to triple attempt in slope from boarders or possibly skiers.
Jan 21 2013 11:13PM
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booniemon
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Taco Bell, The Navy, a zillion gopro commercials, woo what a rush
Jan 21 2013 11:26PM
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dropinoutofschol
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more spins, or just cleaner tricks. one or the other

Jan 22 2013 10:34AM
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Blynch2
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I love this thread
Jan 22 2013 11:33AM
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TroyAntipasta
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Future Spins.
Triples!
Blunts~
Jan 22 2013 12:05PM
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Elg
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I'm expecting Andreas to finish in top 3 and be more stoked than all the other riders put together.
Jan 22 2013 2:39PM
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