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Xgames Street Course for skiers?

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SIMPLE.
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So there is street in xgames for the snowboarders that are more involved in the "urban" side of things. Why do we not have this for skiers to give guys like Leigh Powys (who has said he would do it if it existed) or mike hornbeck, Lj strenio etc. when we have an event for the pow skiers in our community entering the xgames this year?
May 8 2013 12:53AM
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Karkoskier
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I've always wanted them to have a real street skiing too. There would be so many sick entries getting put out just like the Real Snow Skiing thing they did this year.
May 8 2013 1:07AM
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d00d
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If I remember correctly there was a thread on this last year with a official online petition that people could send in that wanted this to happen.

Would be awesome and I don't understand why they don't. Some how I'm guessing it has to do with money idk.
May 8 2013 1:10AM
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SIMPLE.
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What would money have to do with it. And honestly they should put skiing in over snowboarding cuz just from talking to gapers you can tell even they find it more interesting cuz there's much more variation for rail tricks
May 8 2013 1:42AM
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d00d
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Well first of all it costs money to run an event and you have to give out prizes to the winners
May 8 2013 6:27AM
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bighomieflock
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More variation for rail tricks = more spinning
May 8 2013 8:55AM
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Relish_man
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gapers loves future spins
May 8 2013 8:57AM
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BobYohan
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at the ESPN X Games brought to you by Gillette and the US Navy? 100% of everything.
May 8 2013 9:35AM
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NMMedia
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I feel like I have seen some sort of urban skiing thing where they set up this course built out of wood with jumps and covered it in snow, but it wasnt like urban skiing on rails and such. More just air tricks
May 8 2013 9:50AM
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tcurle
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With usasa if they picked a kid(one ski one board) out of every series and we had to pay to get there but it was a free como for us and it was during x games. So skiers did compete on it!
May 8 2013 10:24AM
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thejackal1177
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theres so much more you can do on skis compared to a snowboard, excluding spinning.
May 8 2013 10:46AM
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DeRizzo
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I made a thread with a petition to it during the X-Games

May 8 2013 11:54AM
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bighomieflock
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Not really. Snowboarders have a ton of different ways to slide a rail compared to skiing. Skiing has swaps and easier spins on and off but less variation in sliding rails.
May 8 2013 3:38PM
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90053
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andy perry, but yeh snowboarding has more "conventional" variation
May 8 2013 3:45PM
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Miomo
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All the gapers care about is Shawn "Hand-drag" White. It's sad, but it's true.
May 8 2013 3:53PM
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scarsimd
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sign upto this stuff. get it back on homepage so we can see urban skiing in the xgames!
May 8 2013 3:59PM
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Snazzy
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that would be so dope props bruh
May 8 2013 4:19PM
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myllhouse
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They don't realize the level skiings at. They probably haven't watched any of Stept's movies
May 8 2013 5:04PM
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SIMPLE.
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I whole heartedly disagree, if you read any of my other threads I am totally behind the style movement over spin to win Gus Kenworthy movement. more variation as in more obvious blunt, nose and tail presses as well as grabs on rails more use of style and more ways to make things unique i.e. ski slide, hippy killers, 50-50s etc.
May 8 2013 7:00PM
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SIMPLE.
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Agreed
May 8 2013 7:01PM
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