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Racing is now aerials.

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oil.
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After making some mistakes put him out of the hunt for winning the Alpine Rock Festival, American racer and badass extraordinaire Bode Miller pops a 360 AERIAL off the Audi Jump in the middle of a gs run.
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thats some epic pencil steeze if i've ever seen it.
Dec 23 2013 4:21PM
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a_burger
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I heard the dude is so athletic he did a cork 7 on a whim once, not sure if thats true but I wouldn't doubt it
Dec 23 2013 4:32PM
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Miomo
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B-b-but his shirt isn't long enough
Dec 23 2013 4:34PM
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PizzaKid
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Hahaha that's awesome
Dec 23 2013 6:08PM
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corona
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yea I've heard this too
Dec 23 2013 6:15PM
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oil.
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he was sliding around in the in-run like a true park rat
Dec 23 2013 8:53PM
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zahava
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Skiing is skiing, once you get to a certain level your kind of just really good at all disciplines. TBH, most pro racers could kill park if they wanted too, look at how many current pros started in racing or moguls.
Dec 23 2013 9:14PM
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Peter.
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he was hammered
Dec 23 2013 9:22PM
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DrZoidberg
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Jon Olsson finished a race switch once. There's a video.
Dec 23 2013 10:07PM
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GayWolf420
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this, he was probs loaded as fuck
Dec 23 2013 10:19PM
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El.
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Faster on one ski than any of us will ever be on two...
Dec 23 2013 10:22PM
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SDrvpr
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Rethink that last sentence...
Dec 23 2013 10:23PM
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zahava
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Not everybody these days, but there is still a good % of older pros who did; for example TJ & Bibby grew up ripping bumps.
Dec 23 2013 10:30PM
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Paul.
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Tons of pros started out as racers. It makes sense, you generally have to know how to ski well to become a pro.
Dec 23 2013 10:52PM
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crab_pretzel
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as stated earlier, killing it on one ski:
Dec 23 2013 10:53PM
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SDrvpr
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I didn't mean the pros that make the transition early on. Racing and moguls is a good way to start out skiing, but most pro racers would not have a chance at learning some of the tricks the main park skiers are throwing down.
Dec 23 2013 10:54PM
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Bogs
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uhh...why not?
Dec 23 2013 11:22PM
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slowaimer
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Because triple corks exist
Dec 23 2013 11:59PM
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broto
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that is exactly how all the racers do 3s at my mountain hahahah
Dec 24 2013 12:01AM
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SDrvpr
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Because it is a completely different discipline of skiing that cannot be learned in a few years.
Dec 24 2013 12:13AM
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oil.
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what skills do you need in park skiing that aren't learnable past a certain age, or for racers?
Dec 24 2013 12:37AM
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thejackal1177
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bode doing those drunken twirly birds
Dec 24 2013 12:42AM
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KneeDrop
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Air sense, after popping, while rotating, on a jump built for airtime...

Not saying there aren't pros who could slay park...just saying you're wrong in the assumption they could "just go do it"..they'd have a better chance to learn than someone without fundamentals, but they would just be good at it because they're good at racing

Park skiing, like all skiing, is a learned skill.
Dec 24 2013 1:00AM
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ilikefood
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Personally I think he is better at wall rides.


Dec 24 2013 1:19AM
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lewis10123
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Does anyone have a mirror of the OP's video?
Dec 24 2013 7:43AM
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Bogs
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it may take time, but they could definitely learn to do it. and it would take much shorter than anyone else trying to learn to do those tricks
Dec 24 2013 8:05AM
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Bogs
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i mean the jumps they hit in downhill carry them 100+ feet through the air, and they hit them at 70+ mph. It's not exactly the same as hitting a kicker, but i'm sure most of them have pretty good air sense. It would take them a long time to become as good as the guys competing at x games, dew tour, etc. but i'm sure if they wanted they could learn to ski park better than most kids on ns within a year
Dec 24 2013 8:09AM
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Dec 24 2013 8:34AM
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oil.
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meep, with some practice, you probably could pick those things up pretty quickly.
Dec 24 2013 11:27AM
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Mr.Gaga
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gnarliest wall ride ever
Dec 24 2013 3:21PM
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MartianMan
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Dec 24 2013 3:31PM
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ed.je
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I'll see your wall ride, and raise you by an attempted backie.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/sFLJw77WjIY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

pretty sure these guys could pick up park quickly!

Dec 24 2013 3:42PM
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ndye
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvA1zCaJvNA

So maybe my meter is broken, but that did not show any reason why racers would be good park skiers.
Dec 24 2013 4:20PM
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crab_pretzel
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that is fucking insane. bode miller is something else
Dec 25 2013 1:08AM
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Dhane
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Pants: shat
Dec 25 2013 4:53PM
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ilikefood
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Also, I should have added that he still came third in this race...... Bode isn't even human.
Dec 26 2013 3:49AM
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