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World junior half pipe champion skiing for 3 months...

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BBD.
Posts: 101 - Karma: 218
Saw this on APO's Facebook. So fucking depressing, like yeah good for him and its sick, but does he even like skiing? How can someone skiing for 3 months have any sort of style devloped? So for the olympics freeskiing will again, be portrayed as this robotic bullshit. Bring style back to the pipe and create a new system to judge so that the sexiest tweaked out flat 5 will beat out a ugly ass tucked dub. (just an example).

FUCK FIS
Mar 29 2013 12:22PM
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BBD.
Posts: 101 - Karma: 218
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151388410413785&set=a.217720333784.129763.22407753784&type=1&theater

+k for clicky
Mar 29 2013 12:23PM
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cheener12
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who?
Mar 29 2013 12:23PM
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BBD.
Posts: 101 - Karma: 218
Grim Narita, He's from Japan
Mar 29 2013 12:25PM
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JDA
Posts: 572 - Karma: 566
Have you even seen his run? His style wasn't too bad.
He is a pretty sick person, can double a snowboard, skis and wake boarding which you can't knock him for.
Mar 29 2013 1:11PM
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K-Thomas
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WHO IS HE?!
Mar 29 2013 1:35PM
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Streloma
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=333070073471709&set=vb.100003061573935&type=2&theater


His run in a pipe...
Mar 29 2013 1:50PM
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Ryan*
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Holy natural athlete, Batman
Mar 29 2013 2:34PM
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PeterNorth
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haha WOW man you dont even know Grim. He is hands down the nicest and hardest working athlete out there. he came into woodward every single day for 2 months straight just to get good. he is by far the best.
Mar 29 2013 2:38PM
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Ribss.
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That kid is good at everything.
Mar 29 2013 2:39PM
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tskilz
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If he can dub you know he can tweak any sort of 540. Skiing and comp skiing two different things grim works hard to be good. Get out and try or just stick to safety stock 360.
Mar 29 2013 7:48PM
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COskier
Posts: 1066 - Karma: 131
Grim is tight and a nice dude but jr. worlds is a pretty small contest (especially when in italy or wherever it was this year). He hasn't done well in any major contest because of style, grabs are important to judges.
Mar 29 2013 7:55PM
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LIL_WAT
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Both ways dubs...
Mar 29 2013 8:39PM
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Nate.Dog
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1 grab in that entire run, yet both way dub flairs and single corked 12's... I don't like it.
Mar 29 2013 9:05PM
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Crispy.
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He is chamrion of wrakebroad srowboard and tramprine
Mar 29 2013 9:48PM
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404404
Posts: 11358 - Karma: 21,034
How old is he?

Crazy hope he works hard and kills it.
Mar 29 2013 10:12PM
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DirkaDirka
Posts: 298 - Karma: 1,079
This kid is making me hate asians even more
Mar 29 2013 10:27PM
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TheClap.
Posts: 21661 - Karma: 4,104
Simon called, wants his style and run back
Mar 29 2013 10:29PM
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VD.
Posts: 4054 - Karma: 4,565
Can't speak any Japanese, but I'm pretty sure that was like his 'theme' song (if that's the right way to put it)
Mar 29 2013 11:14PM
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JWeinstock
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good for him that he has worked that hard to get where he is but that run had absolutely no style. those corks on 4th and 5th hit pretty much reminded me of pool diving
Mar 29 2013 11:28PM
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TheClap.
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are you serious? kids a boss
Mar 29 2013 11:28PM
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bighomieflock
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Ewwww. The kid might be a boss to learn that so quickly, but that run posted earlier is the epitome of what pipe skiing should not be.
Mar 29 2013 11:50PM
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_Garagely_
Posts: 1943 - Karma: 3,238
This. Its sick that he's a prodigy but he has an absolutely terrible style.
Mar 30 2013 12:00AM
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steezburgereddie
Posts: 1059 - Karma: 1,945
Looks like is trampoline style is going into his skiing a bit.
Mar 30 2013 12:04AM
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Sharko
Posts: 2274 - Karma: 4,101
Whenever his skis are on the ground he flails his arms, he only looks in control in the air. This is a SKIing competition right? He can jump and spin like crazy, but he can't SKI.
All the people that complain that freeskiing is becoming aerials or that freeskiing is becoming acrobats on snow, this is what they're talking about. Kid can do insane tricks in the pipe but looks like he could be the kid falling down in the lift line at your local hill.
Mar 30 2013 12:11AM
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snowfinder
Posts: 2831 - Karma: 33,982
oh whine and bitch he is bad for the sport, he does like 8 sports and is bad ass in all of them I for one welcome him to skiing. I wish i could do 25% of what he does.
Mar 30 2013 12:15AM
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APO-Snow
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Yea Grim. One of the most stoked people you'll meet, always has the biggest smile on his face
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Mar 30 2013 12:40AM
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bighomieflock
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That may be so and he seems like a good guy, but why don't you put a smile on the rest of the skiing community's face by requesting that he at least grab his spins. Then we can all be happy.
Mar 30 2013 12:49AM
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LIL_WAT
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This is FREEskiing. If you want to do zero grabs, 1 grab or 100 grabs in your halfpipe run then you are FREE to do that. He has no obligation whatsoever to do what NS is asking for.
Mar 30 2013 1:14AM
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caleb_lun
Posts: 314 - Karma: 341
At least give him credit for getting this far in 3 months, it takes years for people to create their own style
Mar 30 2013 1:38AM
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_Garagely_
Posts: 1943 - Karma: 3,238
No hate to this guy, but I get the notion that probably can't hit rails very well if he's only been skiing for three months.
Mar 30 2013 1:51AM
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edai
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 4,653
Never heard this before...
Mar 30 2013 1:53AM
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hot.pocket
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Seriously though.
Mar 30 2013 5:06AM
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JamesH
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You mad jellies, be mad jelly.
Mar 30 2013 6:16AM
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Laurent.
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Why are we allowing androids to compete? That guy clearly isn't human.
Mar 30 2013 6:20AM
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Z-Juice
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I think I may have seen this guy at Keystone in late December/ early January. He was throwing pretty nice switch cork 9's (yes grabbed) and switch 5's off the largest jump. I might be stereotyping here, but he was Japanese and rocking APO, and I don't know many other skiers that do such.
Mar 30 2013 9:45AM
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JWD*
Posts: 466 - Karma: 225
i doubt he can even ski, the fact that he doesnt use poles while skiing pipe is also questionable

Mar 30 2013 3:45PM
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c_roll
Posts: 584 - Karma: 246
Kid likes going big and winning, good for him. Why so much hate?
Mar 30 2013 4:15PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
Talk all the shit you want but evidently he's playing the game and doing exactly what the judges want to see. This is the "sport" we now live with. Well done to him.
Mar 30 2013 4:17PM
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ohboy
Posts: 1177 - Karma: 2,528
While I do agree that pipe skiing should not be like this, I feel like you all are overlooking the potential he has. Sure he is not grabbing, not YET. The fact that he put this insane run together in 3 months shows that he's quick, and I'm sure he'll learn to grab. He has so much time ahead of him. Sure he might be aerials now, but I bet he will be able to learn to grab.
Mar 30 2013 4:23PM
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special-J
Posts: 1572 - Karma: 4,477
damn impressive but it looked like he could barely make it across the flat-bottom. Seems that he has no fundamental abilities, just can get to the top of the wall and toss himself.


but I mean, he has a theme song, so I can't say I'm not jealous.
Mar 30 2013 9:39PM
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Peter.
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definitely roller bladed in his past
Mar 30 2013 10:03PM
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JTTrembles
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Kids are fearless.
Mar 30 2013 10:08PM
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wasatch_rat
Posts: 1772 - Karma: 2,950
good for him for working so hard. his style wasn't anything to brag about and i'd be much more impressed if he had even a single switch hit but thats still damn impressive, and he obviously has what it takes to get even better. anyone who hates is jealous
Mar 30 2013 10:29PM
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Session
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Being able to hit rails doesn't mean you can ski.
Mar 30 2013 10:41PM
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EARL
Posts: 598 - Karma: 3,052
Grim is the MAN. He's 18 I believe. He started skiing because there wasnt enough room on the snowboard team. He used to ride with no poles, and then just pole handles, and now he rides with poles and can grab most of his tricks. And all from skiing since November or December.
Mar 30 2013 10:48PM
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edai
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 4,653
May try this...
Mar 30 2013 10:50PM
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bnewbs6
Posts: 1919 - Karma: 1,463
I met Grim at the Park City Grand Prix. He is such a nice guy! He kills it in the air. I did see him ski down a really easy trail though, and he looked like he had absolutely NO idea what he was doing. So no he isn't the best skier. But he is way good in the air. Also, it looks like he isn't using poles. But he uses line pole grips. That's right. JUST THE GRIPS. I'm really confused on that one myself...
Mar 30 2013 11:04PM
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myllhouse
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looks like he just got out of gymnastics
Mar 30 2013 11:21PM
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r32kid
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So much respect for the kid, lets see anyone here juggle that many sports and be even a fraction as good
Mar 30 2013 11:21PM
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