My faith in competition skiing was just rekindled...

loganimlach · 2013-01-26 00:36:23

When I just watched Joffrey Pollet-Villard drop one of the best runs since Candide. Flat 5's ala Crichton to the fucking moon. THAT is what halfpipe skiing is supposed to look like, fast and loose.

ESB

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Amen.

Jan 26 2013 12:40AM

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Ito

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Kinda sad the judges don't feel that way :/

Jan 26 2013 12:45AM

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bighomieflock

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So true

Jan 26 2013 12:45AM

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DIX~

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Think he deserved just below Dumont.

SO sick to see though, shit like this needs to be in movies

Jan 26 2013 12:47AM

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Nadia.

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Insane

Agree 100%. Sooooo sick to watch!

Jan 26 2013 12:50AM

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khai@krepela

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I couldn't agree more. My mind was blown.

Jan 26 2013 1:05AM

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Stose

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Crazy Fool

for all we know the judges might feel the same. But there job is to score the runs the way they should be, and Wise's back to back doubles were way more talented, so they did their job

Jan 26 2013 1:09AM

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WillStart

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yep that was nutty

Jan 26 2013 1:13AM

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El_Barto.

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absolutely massive. i dont even know how you can go that big let alone switch. fuck

Jan 26 2013 1:15AM

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Isabelle

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Insane

Joffrey is by far the most underrated pipe skier, his runs blow my mind,
I can't believe ESPN had commercials going in the first 2, really pissed me off.

Jan 26 2013 1:16AM

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casual

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TURNT UP

Jan 26 2013 1:18AM

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SkierPT

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This

Jan 26 2013 1:18AM

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volvotom

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Agreed.

Jan 26 2013 1:20AM

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mackcamp

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Insane

Easily my favorite run of the night. Gonna keep an eye on this guy; I expect INSANE things to come!

Jan 26 2013 1:25AM

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i immediately thought he would knock out dumont but o well stoked for both of them

Jan 26 2013 1:28AM

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Ridiculous

Goff the boss

Jan 26 2013 1:29AM

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DIX~

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For those who missed it

http://xgames.espn.go.com/video/8883422/joffrey-pollet-villard-run-3-men-ski-superpipe-final

I can't stop watching, this run just puts a big ol smile on my face

Jan 26 2013 1:36AM

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nCrow

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Insane

Such a suck run

Jan 26 2013 1:42AM

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nCrow

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Insane

Sorry I meant sick

Jan 26 2013 1:42AM

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Montana_Hoodrat

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jesus christ that one hit was HUGE!

with that much air he should have just hucked a triple and won it.

Jan 26 2013 1:51AM

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by far the most entertaining run i have ever seen, i was yelling the whole time and just stoked as fuck! then simon goes and i get mad cause hes a douche

Jan 26 2013 2:04AM

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thebusiness19

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Honestly, I thought the run was really refreshing. Just some one trying to go as big as possible is super sick. I still think the judges were right though when not putting him on the podium, he went a little scrub on his last hit, and to podium, your run really has to be tight

Jan 26 2013 2:21AM

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SKI.ING

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Bro, Simons cool again. Didn't you get the memo?

Jan 26 2013 2:30AM

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That kid is insane! He was going huge, I could watch him in the pipe all day.

Jan 26 2013 3:08AM

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what the fucking fuck was that.
holy shit balls.

Jan 26 2013 3:53AM

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FerrisBueller

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Crazy Fool

seriously though

Jan 26 2013 3:54AM

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EvanMeyer

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twas indeed ridiculous and full of style, thats that shit I do like

Jan 26 2013 4:46AM

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CBROOKS

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Our living room went INSANE on that flat 5... God damn kid

Jan 26 2013 5:04AM

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maximiliaan

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Crazy Fool

HUGE!

Jan 26 2013 5:05AM

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Bread.

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Ridiculous

imagine him when he gets a bit more smoother! as nuts as it was didn't deserve podium. But wholy dude man did you see David Wise he was going the same height s him while doing 12s. correct me if im wrong but David averaged 17 feet

Jan 26 2013 5:06AM

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Heart

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video for anyone who didnt see it live:

Jan 26 2013 6:07AM

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Jan 26 2013 7:20AM

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loganimlach

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you just don't get it.

Jan 26 2013 9:25AM

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That was massive.

Jan 26 2013 9:43AM

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Ace3+4

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Insane

Often happens when athletes from europe are dropping in...

Jan 26 2013 9:59AM

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Well... judging is tricky and they must dock people for imperfections. I think that there was some here.

I agree that this is basically one of the sickest runs I've seen in a long time. I was standing right under that legendary Dave Chricton flat 5 at WSI years ago, and I think I was equally impressed with this one.

However, the problem is that if you're going to score lower technicality and higher style tricks well as a judge they must be perfect.

Watch close -

Sw 7 second hit came out a bit early.

Landing of the flat 5 was ever so slightly wobbly.

Last hit he almost put his butt down.

Now - I'm with you that this is basically exactly what we should be seeing out of pipe skiing. I am repeatedly watching that run with my mind completely, utterly blown.

I just can see why he was docked points. I'm not looking at other runs, so perhaps others had the same types of imperfections, but its the little stuff like this that makes judges knock style down. If you are going to win on style, it must be absolutely flawless.

Fantastic run though, man I'm going to be watching this guy in the future.

Jan 26 2013 10:02AM

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yah man davids run was so technical and awesome. Plus he loves jesus and probably can roll a super rad burrito.

Jan 26 2013 10:05AM

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Daph

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I almost shed a tear. That was beautiful

Jan 26 2013 10:08AM

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Lame

Exactly! Unfortunately since the comp is being held in the US they tend to favor US athletes over others because they attract more viewers there :/ I remember being bummed a couple of years ago for not seeing Jossi Wells silver winning slope run on espn or AJ Kemppainen in the pipe due to poor timing of commercials

Jan 26 2013 10:09AM

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Twig

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Sadly this is true. Joff's run was by far my favourite, first 3 hits are mindblowing but there was definitely plenty of sketchiness in all 3 of his runs that meant he lost points. I actually think the judges have basically done a good job this year so far. Joff's run would have got him on the podium if he had put a full clean run down. Sick to see a run like that though, carrying on from Duncan Adams (injured?)!

Jan 26 2013 10:16AM

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