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Why do pros wear bibs on contests?

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whiskeybizness
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repost? either way why the hell do all the athletes wear bibs on these huge contests? simply so they can say NAVY during xgames and mountain dew for dew tour? thats fuckin lame. they look retarded

Dec 19 2013 7:45PM
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-emile-
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are you fucking retarded ?

it's for the judges
Dec 19 2013 7:46PM
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tvonny
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Dec 19 2013 7:47PM
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whiskeybizness
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the judges cant look at the giant electronic billboard that says whos up? lol
Dec 19 2013 7:57PM
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Miomo
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OP can't be not fucking retarded?
Dec 19 2013 7:58PM
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extravert
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its so they can tell the difference between, for example, russ and bobby
Dec 19 2013 8:16PM
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JahLiam
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Dec 19 2013 8:17PM
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WU-sconsin
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OP needs to understand simple shit
Dec 19 2013 8:19PM
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JAHpow
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OP herped so much he derped
Dec 19 2013 8:21PM
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Lemuel
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I believe pros actually wear bibs on their bodies, it would take a large bib to fit over a contest.
Dec 19 2013 10:02PM
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Alyon
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Because you touch yourself at night
Dec 19 2013 10:04PM
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Toaster-Tony
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This is actually the only reason they were bibs. Russ and Bobby.
Dec 19 2013 10:08PM
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-WZ-
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This thread is dildos
Dec 19 2013 10:09PM
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Truetape
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bilbos
Dec 19 2013 10:17PM
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JakeHarris
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who cares.
Dec 20 2013 1:09AM
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Jahhsss
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Its cause of the sponsors pay for their logos on the bibs... I think its pretty dumb
Dec 20 2013 1:15AM
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baaangthat
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whammy
Dec 20 2013 1:16AM
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Flacko
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I don't even watch x games or any of those comps
Dec 20 2013 2:05AM
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Piste.Off
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I don't know, why does every professional athlete in literally every single sport ever wear some sort of number?
Dec 20 2013 2:45AM
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Meases_Pieces
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yeah so the Navy can indoctrinate our youth.
Dec 20 2013 2:53AM
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STAUSS
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the kids kind of got a point, bibs are a joke.
Dec 20 2013 3:15AM
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Mr.Bishop
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WAY harder to keep track of than you think. Judging happens super fast, and you need to be extremely focused on the rider. Taking your eyes off them for a second to check their names could mean missing a grab, rotation, etc. Numbers are super quick and easy, and you can reference them against a start list later to match to your notes.
Dec 20 2013 8:22AM
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Static
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in most team sports sure, but not individual. especially subjective exhibition style sports like park skiing and gymnastics. Do you guys really think the judges are reading the number on the bib and cross referencing it? It's just a way for the event sponsors to get their logos on the athletes.
Dec 20 2013 8:22AM
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alexg1687
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There's a psychological objective element to it as well. Thinking 'number 32 should score less than 85 because of.....' is very different to thinking 'Bobby Brown should score less than 85 because....'
Dec 20 2013 8:38AM
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Substitute
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Bibs look dumb as hell.
Dec 20 2013 8:52AM
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galardogod
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Its for schwag
Dec 20 2013 9:00AM
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tomPietrowski
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Pretty  much all individual sport still use numbers. Its way easier to look down a start list for a number then a name. When I used to compete I always liked having the bib on, made the event feel more official.
Dec 20 2013 9:12AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Dec 20 2013 9:49AM
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LOLZfajitas
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clearly its so they don't spill food on them self's
Dec 20 2013 12:08PM
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MitchT
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Stop complaining about someone wearing a bib that has a sponsors name on it, sponsors pour money into skiing to make it as good as it is and if they want their name on a bib let them.
Dec 20 2013 12:28PM
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CrotchKiller
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Neat
Dec 20 2013 12:46PM
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crab_pretzel
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what is it with so many threads these days not having shitty ratings? like who pressed upvote on this haha. its been awhile since ive seen like -100
Dec 20 2013 12:53PM
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Shredsterr
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God OP you're a fucking idiot.
Dec 20 2013 1:31PM
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-emile-
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it's because of the upvoted comments , even if the op is the most retarded thread you can read , and people in the comments get a lot of upvotes the thread will be rated high.
Dec 20 2013 1:41PM
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crab_pretzel
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oh ok. thanks for clearing that up i actually had no idea
Dec 20 2013 8:14PM
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Pancake_Fucker
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Hipster spotted
Dec 20 2013 9:00PM
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