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First Look at Sochi Slope Course

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Jakelapham
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Gus just posted this photo >
Also says the jumps are the biggest his seen on a slope course.
Epic.
Any more photos?

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123ski
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I would agree - except pipe is the same situation.. maybe snowboard has more competitors since snowboard teams didn't have to allocate spots to moguls/aeriels?
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123ski
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I would agree - except pipe is the same situation.. maybe snowboard has more competitors since snowboard teams didn't have to allocate spots to moguls/aeriels?
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123ski
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I would agree - except pipe is the same situation.. maybe snowboard has more competitors since snowboard teams didn't have to allocate spots to moguls/aeriels?
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hemlockjibber8
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This link worked for me in canada last night. As with all sites like this just expand it to get rid of the ad blocking the view.
http://www.vipboxam.co/winter-sports/206100/1/snowboarding---men's-slopestyle-qualification---winter-olympics-sochi-2014-live-stream-online.html
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pow_pow~
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anyone still looking for a stream

go to www.hola.org and install the add on for firefox and chrome. you can then choose the country you want to appear from, in this case being canada. its quite simple, just click like two buttons


then go to the CBC website and everything should work fine. im not sure if it is just me but it was buffering very frequently and there were heaps of fucking mcdonalds ads, some would come up like in the middle of a run.


ive got a feeling its because its registering as a new unique connection (as everytime it connects to your computer you would display a new ip) and therefore has to show you the two ads again. although im not sure.
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ButteredToast.
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Karma'd you for the effort, but watching that through a VPN is unbearable. It is so slow I can't believe it...
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eikitt
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Hatveit says it's the best and safest jumps he's ever skied on in slopestyle.
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ski0
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I hope that once the snowboarders are done with the course they can fine the jumps better for a skiers typical speed and poppy-ness.

Seems like they have flattened out the takeoffs a bit, which a lot of snowboarders prefer.
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eheath
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Im not sure if you watched snowboarder slope, but they were going high big dude
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ButteredToast.
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Werd:

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These kickers are fucking colossal, and I love every bit of it.

That said, I would never straight air any of those in a million years.
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theabortionator
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Snowboarding but some pikchurs and stuff

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000220608/photos/canadians-norwegians-finns-crush-mens-slopestyle-qualifiers-sochi-olympics/

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That shot gives some good perspective.
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theabortionator
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Also with the discussion on the bad pictures coming out and wondering if that was the spot they were all shooting from Click for larger image

Not sure if they can shoot from other spots but seems to be a ton of people right in that spot on the deck where those other shots were coming from. Hopefully that's not the designated area though.
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Blurst
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Watching the snowboarders hit this shit live was ridiculously fucked.
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tacotom
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snowboard slope is on, and holy shit these jumps are like 3 big air jumps in a row.
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theBearJew
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That chick just slammed so hard. Look like she smacked her face first look.

And these announcers are awful.
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DBL
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Hopefully ABM pulls out the stalefish dubs! Jumps are def big enough
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tacotom
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oh they are to busy talking about other shit and not calling the tricks.
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theBearJew
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It's great. New sport introduced to the Olympics? Lets just talk about sick people, tree hugging, and other dumb shit instead of explaining whats going on.
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ButteredToast.
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Yeah but it's just qualifiers so hopefully it'll improve...
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Heart
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When does this god-awful women's snowboard slopestyle qualifying end? If I wanted to see 360's I'd watch kids at my local park ski.
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theabortionator
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Are the men on tonight? I've seen enough of the same run.


I like the format though.


2 commercial breaks, 3 mini documentaries about their home life, 2 or 3 random tangents about nothing, 2 interviews at the bottom about nothing, and 1 maybe 2 womens qualifying runs.

SICK!
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blindside
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Quebec represent.
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cheaaaaaa
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nbc fluff stories about shaun white despite him not even being in this event. not trying to be too negative, its just funny
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YoungJ
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Why are these retarded announcers not calling the tricks... Seriously i have not heard the word cork said in the past 30 minutes.... Calling a 1080 a flatspin.. who are they
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Schwags
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stream?
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Schwags
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found it http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/video/men-snowboarding-slopestyle-webcast.html
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Schwags
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wtf nevermind...
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milk_man
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They don't know the tricks, that's why they're not calling them
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cheaaaaaa
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nah, i just don't think its relevant enough to the general public to go into too much depth. but calling an upright spin a flatspin and something blatantly a rodeo a cork grind my gears a little bit. I really hope vanvalin is in it for skiing, he is right?
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cheaaaaaa
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Heres what I found on nbc's site. There is a "play by play" guy and an "analyst" for snowboarding.

http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/todd-harris/
http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/todd-richards/


not sure if they are both talking during the event or not. for skiing vanillin is th analyst and some other dude (Matt Vasgersian) is the play by play.

http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/matt-vasgersian/
http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/luke-van-valin/
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Billiards.
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havent been following this thread that closely but just random debate it seems. Been looking for pictures mostly but this video http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/will-sochi-slopestyle-course-cause-problems-olympic-snowboarders%3F Seems to be indicating that even though there are snowboarders that have been unhappy with the course, response seems positive. Probably been posted already so, sorry if so.
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squibble
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They were during the men's qualifiers, but they messed up three times in a row and so they probably pulled it. Plus it's not really necessary Imo
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RubberSoul
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i still can't find any vid of the runs so far, any help is much appreciated thanks
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John18_6
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This. This. This!
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-dva-
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Not an actual competition run but here are a couple practice runs that give another look at the whole course from top to bottom.  Disclaimer, you probably need to be in the US and have an active cable account login to watch.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/chas-guldemond-practices-slopestyle-run
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.Rybak.
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Watched women's snowboard slope last night and it fucking sucked.
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-dva-
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Mens snowboard qualifier highlights including some full runs.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/snowboarding-slopestyle-opens-2014-olympics?ctx=top-moments
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ny300z
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haha this

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ButteredToast.
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DAMN those are so big...

Especially that last jump. Love seeing a course of this caliber in the first year.
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I_liketobutter
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Is it me or did mark mcmorris get robbed
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eheath
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Nope. His rail tricks were weak as fuck, he got a 90
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RubberSoul
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agreed
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123ski
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hopefully all of the negativity coming out of the snowboarders doen't negatively impact this in the future...
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ButteredToast.
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I don't understand what all the fuss is about from boarders...

Why are they the ones that hate the course so much when some of the top skiers in slope are like "They're huge but they're safe! Lots of fun!" I don't understand what is so different between boarders and skiers that boarders can't handle the jumps. It's like 2 or 3 very vocal athletes that are saying it's sooooo dangerous.


Since when were pro athletes afraid of progression? The jumps are big and yeah they're pretty stepdown-ish but does that really make them so dangerous that they NEED to be changed?


I don't get it.
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10...nuffsaid
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I find it amazing how many people were bitching a week ago about how little snow there was and how shitty the conditions were. You DON'T build a course that F-ing huge with no snow. Geez. Now they are complaining about safety. People are dumb. I have a feeling the same applies to all the western "media" bashing on the facilities, accommodations and venues.
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powerbong2000
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No talk of women exploding on the jumps!? Really expected some smashing.
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theabortionator
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I consider myself a social creature but this is taking things a little bit far for me.

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Avifarer
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thursday
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DrZoidberg
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So the British Virgin Islands have a half pipe skier? Did I see that right?
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eheath
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Where have you been? Earl is even on ns "EARL" aka Peter Adam Crooke
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