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1999 X games Big Air

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FightClub27
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Crazy how far its come, I just wonder what 16 year old Candide's face would look like if he could see Henriks triple
and I'm not sure whats with the asian commentators, Enjoy
Jan 29 2013 12:42AM
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I.B
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that would have been so legit to be there for that
Jan 29 2013 12:45AM
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SFB
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That was awesome.
Jan 29 2013 12:48AM
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Poikenz
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people really need to bring back the cowbell.
Jan 29 2013 12:48AM
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gingaskier
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even just the difference in the size of the jumps and how they are shaped have come along way too!
Jan 29 2013 12:50AM
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ScooterLapooter
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I want Jonny Moseley's helmet
Jan 29 2013 12:51AM
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stickski
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that jump was tiny!!
Jan 29 2013 12:51AM
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FightClub27
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Yeah that was another thing that made me laugh was the jump, that thing looks like it was piled with shovels!
Jan 29 2013 12:52AM
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johnnyBuz
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Jonny Moseley not even wearing twin tips. What a boss.
Jan 29 2013 12:54AM
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BenWhit
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johnny moseley was looking too sick right there. flames on the helmet.
Jan 29 2013 12:54AM
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--ski--
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That video is almost a testament to the flat/rodeo 5. It's stood the test of time and thirteen years later, it's still being thrown on a daily basis
Jan 29 2013 1:01AM
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FightClub27
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didnt see there was more but here's parts 2 and 3!




SPOILER: someone might go off backwards and spin 720 degrees!
Jan 29 2013 1:05AM
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Whatsausername
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My favorite part has to be the jump. That thing is awesome.
Jan 29 2013 1:07AM
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theabortionator
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I remember the good old days. I was still skiing back then.
Jan 29 2013 1:14AM
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JAHpow
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That was fun to watch. Skiing as progressed so much since then.
Jan 29 2013 1:55AM
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Tremblantskier
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Pretty much still aspire to doing Dorion's 900 "tuck cross". Epic find. To bad it didn't show Douglas's D-Spin its jokes before he learned to grab it
Jan 29 2013 2:09AM
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theabortionator
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Snowboarding already had steez.


Skiers looked like goobers for a couple years after too. I liked how the half pipe contests skiers were only able to spin on one wall of the pipe. Then there were the only doing a trick where you land switch on the last hit.


Good times.
Jan 29 2013 2:20AM
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hemlockjibber8
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johnny mosely Flat 7? How do I not remember that? way sicker than the dinner roll
Jan 29 2013 2:27AM
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Holte
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That's bullshit!! Mosley got robbed!
Jan 29 2013 2:31AM
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Holte
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But on a serious note, that was really cool to watch. I had only ever seen JF's winning aw 7 from that comp. Crazy to see some of the other runs.
Jan 29 2013 2:33AM
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Tinga
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funny how they would slide don a bunch of the hill and then just barely clear the knuckle. now a days riders are being catapulted into the jumps.
Jan 29 2013 2:38AM
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Toasty.
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Love how they still use the same follow cam set up 14 years later
Jan 29 2013 2:48AM
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joshwyat
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My favorite part is them carving half way down the run before they hit the jump. Makes me laugh.
Jan 29 2013 6:29AM
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FightClub27
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I know they all have some excellent form!
Jan 29 2013 9:44AM
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BROSEIDON
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awesome that jf cusson was actually wearing the same pants as gagnier in the xgames
Jan 29 2013 10:01AM
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Elg
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Noticed this too hahah!
Jan 29 2013 11:05AM
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Noha
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This makes me seriously stoked to see what will go down in like 10 more xgames
Jan 29 2013 11:10AM
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onLINE
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educational for the majority of NS that was born in 99 lol
Jan 29 2013 11:15AM
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crab_pretzel
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this, i was waiting for someone to point that out. i can't beleive the pants he wore this year are that old
Jan 29 2013 11:29AM
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crab_pretzel
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and damn taco bell should sponsor the xgames again haha
Jan 29 2013 11:32AM
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*kF_pauLo-
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Haha
Jan 29 2013 11:36AM
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Mr.Huck
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Maximum X for digging that up. I have seen the clip of JF's unnatty switch 7, but that is the first time since probably watching that live, that I have seen the whole comp. God bless the Japanese for documenting greatness and not losing the footage.

Also, this was the first time that twin tips made an appearance in a major televised competion. 1999 was the first year I ever saw a pair of Salamon 1080's.
Jan 29 2013 12:02PM
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zeckgx
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That is the sweetest jump ever! lol!

They should bring that jump back and do x games retro!

Jan 29 2013 2:36PM
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a_burger
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Moseley with some sweet afterbang
Jan 29 2013 2:44PM
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fujarome
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the whole atmosphere surrounding the competition back then was awesome. It was really like a smaller local competition. I mean look at it...small crowd, possibly one of the most poorly formed jumps of all time, and just nothing like it is now.


As much as I enjoy how big it's become, it really is cool remembering where it came from.
Jan 29 2013 2:48PM
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caddyshack
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crested butttteeeee
Jan 29 2013 3:42PM
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cookiemonster69
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I love how small the jump is.
Jan 29 2013 6:25PM
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Dunnah
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damn haha thats crazy
Jan 29 2013 6:34PM
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ponyboy
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I was there for that. I think it was kreitler who dropped into that jump switch during prelims (no twin tip) and his tails just stuck into the lip of the jump, double ejected at the take off.
also that same year a new name to the ski world Eric Pollard was at x competing in ski blading. hmmm things have changed a bit.
Jan 29 2013 7:08PM
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freestyler540
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good find. This is the roots of skiing; a bunch of kids promoting a sport.
Jan 29 2013 7:24PM
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___ASP___
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bahaha thats epic!
amazing how much more style candide has than anyone else!
Also i think their distance-ometer is off, lol 80+ feet i dont think so
Jan 29 2013 7:35PM
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monkatizer
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haha so sick!
Jan 29 2013 7:43PM
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TheBigApple
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I was there!
Jan 29 2013 9:13PM
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Jro.
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So awesome!
Jan 29 2013 9:29PM
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katie.
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The sketchiness of the jump is crazy. The size, the speed are exponentially bigger nowadays.

After having only been interested in the freeskiing world for the last three years or so, those seem like dark ages to me. Seeing a guy throw his arms up in celebration after a barely grabbed rodeo or flat 5 to me is just like woahh. Watching the crazy grabs and dubs/trips that are thrown nowadays makes it easy to forget how ridiculously hard tricks like that actually are. This is awesome and humbling. Skiing is heading places people never ever ever thought it would, but we can't forget those first steps. Crazy.
Jan 29 2013 9:42PM
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Ryanvdonk
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dark ages? more like the golden age, when everything was new are everyone was stoked to huck their meat! PS, don't tell me you didn't get hot and bothered by JF's mullet, that was amazing.
Jan 29 2013 10:25PM
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SkinTrack
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I remember I was there for the 2001 x games big air when THall won his first ever competition. It was so awesome to see. Switch rodeo 7.
Jan 29 2013 10:32PM
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CaptainSlow
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not going to lie, first thing i noticed... great time in skiing, definetely
Jan 29 2013 10:40PM
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Casey
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Moseley goin HUGE TO FLAT
Jan 29 2013 10:41PM
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wreck_720
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If you watch the eliminations from this year, Mike D says something about it. He said that Cusson gave them to Gagnier for good luck. They also mentioned how much taller Gagnier is than Cusson.
Jan 30 2013 1:40AM
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ny300z
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love the claims! haha

nowadays you see 10 year old kids hitting jumps that big. or bigger.

thanks for posting the vids tho!
Jan 30 2013 9:13AM
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