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Titus69
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will someone please explain why a sick and true park skier beat one of the best back country skiers? petitt shouldve won in my opinion
Mar 27 2013 6:44PM
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t_rob
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Because Sammy is one of the sickest back country skiers of all time. That's how he beat one of the sickest backcountry skiers of all time.
Mar 27 2013 6:47PM
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TheClap.
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hashtag judgingproblems
Mar 27 2013 6:49PM
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Tree60
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It was a contest based around park tricks in the backcountry. The judging was done correctly for the format. You can hate the format all you want, but it would have been much more difficult to judge a pure backcountry (shreddin lines and pillows with nothing built) contest.
Mar 27 2013 7:33PM
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DIX~
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Have you watched Sammy ski at all the past few seasons? The backcountry segs he puts out with PBP are top notch. I don't like Sammy but his real snow seg was insane and deserved to win
Mar 27 2013 7:35PM
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iLLbiLLy
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Definitely a close one... I personally enjoyed Petitt's more because it seem like it was more bc lines, deeper pow and natural hits. Sammy's definitely had more of a jib feel to it which was dope too.
Mar 27 2013 7:41PM
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Goldiee
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They were on meth
Mar 27 2013 7:46PM
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Titus69
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i just think its ridiculous that a true back country skier that only competes in back country competitions didnt win as oppose to sammy who is one of the best PARK skiers in the game won they both put out sick segments ill admit
Mar 27 2013 8:00PM
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E__
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This, this is why.
Mar 27 2013 8:01PM
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TheClap.
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did you read any of the replies? or are you really that dumb?
Mar 27 2013 8:02PM
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ShredMasterPlus
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Just curious as to where it said that it was based on park tricks in the BC or is that just assumed?
Mar 27 2013 11:40PM
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myllhouse
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sammy doesn't only ski park, he's just mostly been filmed in the park
Mar 27 2013 11:47PM
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Mr.Huck
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I thought Petitt's was way better. I didn't even think it was close.
Mar 27 2013 11:48PM
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Lucas
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That's the format.
Mar 28 2013 12:25AM
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ESB
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The contest was judged on the segments, not on your subjective perception of how much time a certain skier spends in the park or the backcountry. If the latter were the case, we could have picked a winner without even having to watch any edits, couldn't we?
Mar 28 2013 1:09AM
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snomaster
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“The first thing we were looking for were tricks,” said Mike Douglas, X Games Real Ski judge. “We wanted to see big tricks like we would see in [X Games] slopestyle, but in nataural terrain.” The second thing judges were looking for was creativity. “Using terrain in ways people don’t usually think of,” Douglas explained. And lastly? A good tune, “Something that makes you feel good.”

What makes Sammy’s win all the more impressive is the fact that he suffered a broken ankle while shooting for the contest—just four days before the start of X Games Aspen, in fact, which he was forced to sit out of as a result of the injury.

http://freeskier.com/stories/sammy-carlson-wins-2013-x-games-real-ski-backcountry


Get it? Good.
Mar 28 2013 2:45AM
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crazy_karl
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Sammy is more diverse and has a bigger bag of tricks.
Mar 28 2013 2:54AM
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crazy_karl
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agreed. why even bother having the competition?
Mar 28 2013 2:57AM
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Titus69
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alright well if he douglas said that and was announced by x games that is that i was just wondering what the people thought so dont get bitchy haha....
Mar 28 2013 6:17PM
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Z-Juice
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Just because Sammy skis park and does more (park) competitions than Pettit doesn't make him a "true park skier".
Mar 28 2013 8:36PM
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VD.
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True, whilst Sean is an incredible skier, he isn't the most well rounded of skiers.
Mar 28 2013 9:25PM
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Rusticles
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IMO, he may be one of the most well rounded skiers, can do doubles and ski big lines, Sammy's just slightly better on booters
Mar 28 2013 10:19PM
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