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Sochi Pipe Thread

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MilaKunis
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Less then 24 hours away until this contest starts up. Who do you have winning it all? David wise for me is going to take the gold easily.
Feb 17 2014 2:32PM
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Phil-X-
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That was all his, Fuck. Not tryna be a dick but torin should be there, not blunck
Feb 18 2014 10:38AM
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integralmgmt
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Damn Torin didn't make it. Totally bummed
Feb 18 2014 10:38AM
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Fregoloso
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as I said... fuck the judges!
Feb 18 2014 10:39AM
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easy.steezy
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Well this fucking blows.....good thing he's young, #Torin2018
Feb 18 2014 10:39AM
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t_rob
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Well I'm done watching these prelims.
Feb 18 2014 10:39AM
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JakobS
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Bluck dodged a bullet, but Toto is yet to go.
Feb 18 2014 10:41AM
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Gypsy_Skier
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TORIN ROBBED!!! VALENTIN FELL AT THE END TO AND IS 3RD. Fuck this, i'm gonna go eat a couple pop tarts.
Feb 18 2014 10:42AM
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gudelo.
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sick run from Torin, bummed that he fell.
Feb 18 2014 10:42AM
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JakobS
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No he didn't, he didn't even drag his hands. Stop trying to be a smart ass.
Feb 18 2014 10:43AM
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JakobS
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No he didn't, he didn't even drag his hands. Stop trying to be a smart ass.
Feb 18 2014 10:44AM
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ESB
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What's up guys, your reporter on the ground is soaked to the bone and drying off in the media tent. This comp is fucked eh?
Feb 18 2014 10:44AM
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maximiliaan
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Cant watch:(
Feb 18 2014 10:44AM
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Peter.
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is this the same russian that was competing in slopestyle?

love that dude. just having fun
Feb 18 2014 10:44AM
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Z-Juice
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Aaron Blunck still hanging on
Feb 18 2014 10:45AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Yeah, the weather is really killing this huh? Is it worse than it looks on TV?

Give Margetts a hug for me. He had the WORST weather of anyone on both of his runs.
Feb 18 2014 10:46AM
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MaryO
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True, I do feel bad for him, especially after all the high expectations and hype. But hey, he didn't do a single qualifier so maybe the US Freeskiing should've have considered he wasn't completely healed, like they obviously had no problem doing with Wallisch!
Feb 18 2014 10:46AM
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eirikdl
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So bummed for Lindstad, he went fucking huge on his hit in the first run
Feb 18 2014 10:46AM
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Peter.
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bertoni might not make finals, wow
Feb 18 2014 10:46AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Yeah Turpin and Nunez did a great job coaching those guys!
Feb 18 2014 10:47AM
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JakobS
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I missed that Toto was already in, looks like Bluck is safe.
Feb 18 2014 10:47AM
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devan1044
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Blunk In tho!!!!!
Feb 18 2014 10:47AM
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Phil-X-
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How's the general vibe out there wi the athletes? These conditions blow and I feel like they're all pissed, can't imagine doing quals for the Olympics rn
Feb 18 2014 10:47AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Slopestyle was a way better contest. Though, I guess to be fair I only watched Finals. Maybe finals is going to be better.

#prayforweather
Feb 18 2014 10:49AM
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Holte
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what a depressing follow up to slope. Weather suckssssss.
Feb 18 2014 10:50AM
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JakobS
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It's funny how the Swedish commentators keeps saying that Mike Riddle was the one who won the test event in Sochi, but I'm pretty sure that was Torin and not Mike.
Feb 18 2014 10:51AM
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ESB
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The vibe out here is a shrug of the shoulders. What are you gonna do? They're not going to postpone the comp unless it gets so foggy that the judges can't see runs.
Feb 18 2014 10:51AM
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Pitolairas
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Way to go for the #teenagetriplethreat. Luckily blunck squeezed in, I wonder how he handled with nerves of not knowing if his score would held up with the entire field yet to drop.

Luckily the weather holds like at the end of qualifiers, then the finals will be crazy.
Feb 18 2014 10:52AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Yeah I guess we all know that mother nature can totally fuck with any skiing contest and there isn't shit we can do about it.
Feb 18 2014 10:52AM
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ESB
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the weather is as bad or worse than it looks on TV. it went from dumping fat flakes, to rain, back to snow, back to rain. bottom of the pipe is fucked. Margetts said switch riding out there is damn near impossible.
Feb 18 2014 10:53AM
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snomaster
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How's Torin doing Ethan?
Feb 18 2014 10:53AM
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division.bell
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Finals should be good. Nice to see a little variation in the competitors.
Feb 18 2014 10:53AM
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JahLiam
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Finals at 12:30 EST??
Feb 18 2014 10:53AM
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snomaster
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And what is the 90 minute forecast??
Feb 18 2014 10:54AM
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ESB
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what happened to Marg second run? I was in the bus on my way to the media tent.
Feb 18 2014 10:57AM
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Zimmy
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He didn't really fall, just couldn't keep tracking switch out of the last hit and instead went up the opposite wall.

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Give it some time...

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Feb 18 2014 10:58AM
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codizzle
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Via bleacher report:

Here are your qualifiers for the men's finals:

 

1. Justin Dorey - CAN

2. David Wise - USA

3. Benoit Valentin - FRA

4. Kevin Rolland - FRA

5. Josiah Wells - NZL

6. Mike Riddle - CAN

7. Noah Bowman - CAN

8. Lyndon Sheehan - NZL

9. Antti-Jussi Kemppainen - FIN

10. Beau-James Wells - NZL

11. Thomas Krief - FRA

12. Aaron Blunck - USA
Feb 18 2014 10:58AM
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d-rok
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he almost stomped his run, and it would have definetly been up there in the scores, you have to get over wallisch
with the way you're thinking maybe they shouldn't have taken Lyman, he fell both runs, maybe he wasn't ready
Feb 18 2014 10:58AM
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phyz
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Slope quali's were actually almost as sick as the finals, it was such a wide field of skiers and styles, plus the tension of making it into the final.
Feb 18 2014 10:58AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Go tell Putin to shoot some of his weather control lasers into the sky or something. At $51 bil, they have to have some wacky shit we don't know about.
Feb 18 2014 10:59AM
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CrotchKiller
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shut the fuck up. get over it
Feb 18 2014 10:59AM
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snomaster
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TOP5 prediction:
Wise
Rolland
Riddle
Dorey
Josiah
Feb 18 2014 11:02AM
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Peter.
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i want jossi to win a medal
Feb 18 2014 11:04AM
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Pitolairas
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Lyman earned his spot, so he deserved to be there. As for Torin, he was really close to landing that run which for sure would have earned him a spot on the finals. Regarding his spot on the team, as much as I wanted him to go to the Olympics as well as I did with Wallisch, he didn't earn it. I'm sure Gus would've made finals for sure cause he's too good handling with pressure, but then again, Torin was there and he had a bit of bad luck in not landing that 10.
Feb 18 2014 11:05AM
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jpastor
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Is finals going to be live in tv this afternoon and tonight or is just going to be on tv tonight
Feb 18 2014 11:07AM
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CrotchKiller
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it's hard to earn your place with a collapsed lung...

should he have said no when he was picked for the discretionary position?

I'd much rather watch torin then Gus in pipe anyways
Feb 18 2014 11:14AM
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Jesslun
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Jossi for gold
Feb 18 2014 11:17AM
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ATLskier
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for those that actually subscribe to cable:

http://stream.nbcolympics.com/olympics/winter/14484/?ctx=citi

why it is so fucking hard to find these links, Ill never know.
Feb 18 2014 11:18AM
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thejackal1177
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the only one that should stfu is you, let Mary have her opinion. She has a good point, noone knew how Torin would recover...

Looks like he recovered good in the end and just had a few unlucky runs. However noone knew how his recovery would have gone. It was a gamble

Feb 18 2014 11:19AM
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Mr.Bishop
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I can't decide if I think that the Slope contest was better because slopestyle is inherently more exciting, or if its mainly due to the fact that weather was perfect for slope and horseshit for pipe.
Feb 18 2014 11:21AM
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Pitolairas
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Of course it is, and I rather watch Torin over Gus skiing pipe cause the dude is probably the best pipe skier of the world. All I'm saying is that he WAS ready to be there for sure, but bad luck got in his way. My biggest problem is that I'm a justice kind of guy, so I think Ferreira or gus should be there as much as I know Joss deserved to be there!
Feb 18 2014 11:21AM
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