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JOI 2015

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IKEA
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JOI is coming up in a few days. The Jump is 2.5m longer than last year, also it is also a 2m step down, its really huge. A new 5m rail is featured. Who will win? What new trick will be landed? First quad? Who knows, what do you think?

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Apr 15 2015 3:19PM
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SofaKingSick
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thanks for posting, i didnt know it was happening


jump looks amazing as always, and the rail is an interesting addition. maybe we'll see some more dubs out?

also i guess it's not a huge difference, a ~6 foot step down, but it's funny that it's now a stepdown when all we've talked about since jon popularized his jump style was how safe and amazing stepovers are
Apr 15 2015 3:22PM
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georgen12
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i recon me might see some serious spins, e.g 1800-1980. I hope schlopy doesn't disappear to the future though
Apr 15 2015 3:25PM
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TOAST.
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Thanks to whoever carved the step things on the side of that, now nobody can tranny it.
Apr 15 2015 3:30PM
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Ghini
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Someone has to quad now a snowboarder did one..
Apr 15 2015 3:40PM
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fruitstick
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Jesper told me in my dream last night that he is going to quad
Apr 15 2015 3:51PM
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FUUUCK
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quad cork 7 pls
Apr 15 2015 4:06PM
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FigNewton
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Rider's list?
Apr 15 2015 4:13PM
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IKEA
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FigNewtonRider's list?

Jesper Tjäder
Joss Christensen
Jeremy Pancras
Elias Ambuhl
Vincent Gagnier
Torin Yater-Wallace
Oscar Wester
Alex Schlopy
Bobby Brown
Evan McEachran
Alexander Aurdal
PK Hunder
Noah Morrison
Alex Bellemare
Fabian Bösch
Jossi Wells
Luca Schüler
Luca Tribondeau
McRae Williams
Oysten Braaten
Nick Goepper
Russ Henshaw
James Woodsy
Jonas Hunziker
Simon d´Artois
Nico Porteous
Jeremy Pancras




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https://www.facebook.com/309019026024/videos/10152892622446025/
Apr 15 2015 4:31PM
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style_sensei
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Luca you can have my baby with me if you quad 1400. I believe in you!!!!
Apr 15 2015 5:01PM
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AGOF
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Could honestly see Elias or goepper going for quad
Apr 15 2015 5:28PM
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FSKP
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^Really I also think that schlopy could be able to quad..... He's spinning so fast!
Apr 15 2015 9:22PM
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~bagelz~
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i want to see a backslide dub 810 out of that rail
Apr 15 2015 11:14PM
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John18_6
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I want to see how big that jump looks with Nico Porteous going off it. Someone could jack a clip on youtube and give it a clickbait title like "CRAZY SKIER DOES 200FT JUMP"
Apr 15 2015 11:54PM
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Just_Send_It
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i really hope no one does a quad
Apr 16 2015 12:13AM
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Drail
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I really hope someone does a quad
Apr 16 2015 12:19AM
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jensen
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I really hope everyone STFU about a quad
Apr 16 2015 3:25AM
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flotus.
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Instabanger at JOI?
Apr 16 2015 5:05AM
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flotus.
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Instabanger at JOI?
Apr 16 2015 5:05AM
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flotus.
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Instabanger at JOI?
Apr 16 2015 5:05AM
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shepux
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john18061806I want to see how big that jump looks with Nico Porteous going off it. Someone could jack a clip on youtube and give it a clickbait title like "CRAZY SKIER DOES 200FT JUMP"


https://www.facebook.com/nico.porteous/videos/vb.100001876831642/846241878781699/?type=2&theater
Apr 16 2015 6:02AM
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prettygood
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wondering about the financial situation of JOI.


Not a single sponsor logo anywhere? Anyone else noticed that?
Apr 16 2015 6:18AM
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dbchili
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i think the jump this year is finally big enough for someone to follow in peps footsteps

a quarter backflip to 270 frontflip should be possible
Apr 16 2015 8:29AM
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IKEA
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prettygoodwondering about the financial situation of JOI.


Not a single sponsor logo anywhere? Anyone else noticed that?


I think they're waiting till the actual competition begins, the companies that sponsor JOI are, Audi, Snickers, Betsafe, Head, Odla and Åre.

Jon Olsson has stated to the newspaper Åreidag, that this years JOI will be the last.
Apr 16 2015 10:13AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Just_Send_Iti really hope no one does a quad


In my dreams, Max Hill shifty 180'd it to the bottom of the landing.
Apr 16 2015 10:23AM
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Mr.Bishop
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I actually really hope to not see any quads. Its the wrong direction for the sport to go in...

Where is the style?
Apr 16 2015 10:24AM
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Newschoolers55
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Mr.BishopWhere is the style?


Jossi,Torin and Vinny
Apr 16 2015 10:29AM
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John18_6
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Shepuxhttps://www.facebook.com/nico.porteous/videos/vb.100001876831642/846241878781699/?type=2&theater


Okay fuck that first hit. That's like 40-50 feet to flat holy shit. How the fuck is he okay?! Rename the video to "CRAZY SKIER FAILS 200 FOOT JUMP"
Apr 16 2015 11:04AM
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onLINE
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I hope Jon kangaroos the shit out of that jump haha
Apr 16 2015 11:07AM
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Park_Ranger
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Jossi is going to send the biggest switch zero that man has ever seen. Bigger than the one on the X games slope course
Apr 16 2015 11:10AM
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Drail
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Mr.BishopI actually really hope to not see any quads. Its the wrong direction for the sport to go in...

Where is the style?


'Free' means it's free. Free to be style minded and free to say fuck it and huck it. Saying it should be this or it should be that goes against the mentality behind the original premise behind the movement.

I've always thought that it's pretty silly for us meer mortals to try and dictate what the top level pros can and can't throw.

I obviously realize that 'we' need to remember the past and why things happened the way they did leading up to the current freestyle movement and it would be nice to see us learn from our mistakes. It's a double edged sword, and in all honesty - if I was skilled enough to consider trying a quad, why not? Is it any different than when I was hucking switch 9s with no style when I was a teenager?

Tldr: why? Why not? Someone throwing a quad doesn't denounce the whole sport at its current state.
Apr 16 2015 8:55PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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Drail'Free' means it's free. Free to be style minded and free to say fuck it and huck it. Saying it should be this or it should be that goes against the mentality behind the original premise behind the movement.

I've always thought that it's pretty silly for us meer mortals to try and dictate what the top level pros can and can't throw.

I obviously realize that 'we' need to remember the past and why things happened the way they did leading up to the current freestyle movement and it would be nice to see us learn from our mistakes. It's a double edged sword, and in all honesty - if I was skilled enough to consider trying a quad, why not? Is it any different than when I was hucking switch 9s with no style when I was a teenager?

Tldr: why? Why not? Someone throwing a quad doesn't denounce the whole sport at its current state.


Drail dropping knowledge.
Apr 16 2015 9:29PM
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Swandog7
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I would like and not like a quad. I would because the snowboarder did one and to know that it is possible, but I just don't think it where the sport should head.
Apr 16 2015 10:20PM
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broto
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dbchilii think the jump this year is finally big enough for someone to follow in peps footsteps

a quarter backflip to 270 frontflip should be possible


uhhh so they would land on their head?
Apr 16 2015 10:27PM
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TOAST.
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Swandog7I would like and not like a quad. I would because the snowboarder did one and to know that it is possible, but I just don't think it where the sport should head.


Yea because as soon as someone lands a quad on skis, people will stop hitting urban and no longer ski pow.
Apr 16 2015 10:34PM
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Swandog7
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Wasn't thinking about that but it's a valid point. I would way rather see more style than hacking triples. I want to be able to be like, wow he has a really flowy cork 9and wow that guy has a really steezy cork 9 versus watching 2 triples/quads go down and have it be the same damn thing everytime. If you quad you win. Not how skiing should be.
Apr 16 2015 10:39PM
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DIX~
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Swandog7Wasn't thinking about that but it's a valid point. I would way rather see more style than hacking triples. I want to be able to be like, wow he has a really flowy cork 9and wow that guy has a really steezy cork 9 versus watching 2 triples/quads go down and have it be the same damn thing everytime. If you quad you win. Not how skiing should be.


God I hate this argument. It's a big air contest, the best trick should win. I don't think I could be convinced that a quad wouldn't be the best trick if someone did one. But definitely a double could beat a triple if done right, still don't see the reason people give a single fuck about what tricks other people are doing to have fun
Apr 16 2015 10:51PM
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dan1080
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Mr.BishopIn my dreams, Max Hill shifty 180'd it to the bottom of the landing.


UGHHHHHH 180 shifty to over shifty all stalled out would make me jizz
Apr 16 2015 11:04PM
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Zimmy
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That looks stupid, I hope there's a multicopter filming it. History's going to be made. Bring on the progression and everyone stay safe.
Apr 16 2015 11:31PM
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steezburgereddie
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dbchilii think the jump this year is finally big enough for someone to follow in peps footsteps

a quarter backflip to 270 frontflip should be possible


I see someone went to math class
Apr 16 2015 11:35PM
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John18_6
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The jump really isn't that much bigger. It's not the size that will push a quad. It's the fact that a boarder did it. If Billy Morgan didn't quad I don't think we would be talking about quads seriously right now. Bobby Brown laid out a triple backie on it already so maybee if we give him a little liquid courage he will go for it.
Apr 16 2015 11:40PM
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Klaus
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if anyone tried it possibly be nick, but it won't be steezy at all, i doubt it is even on their minds though.
Apr 16 2015 11:56PM
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Drail
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True. But what I ment by what you quoted was that we may come to a head in the sport. "Freeskiing" is a garbage umbrella term that I personally think only really represents the industry side of skiing. As triples become the reg and if/when quads come into play we will have to rethink what our sport is. Yeah, comps are getting to a level where it's hard to relate and it's getting very far from the root of the movement that created it, but olympics didn't kill style and creativity, and I honestly think that whatever route the comp scene goes the core of what we believe in Isn't going to disappear as soon as someone throws a quad. Did style disappear when double came on the scene?

Anyone who was a skier during the transition period in the late 90's was a skier because skiing is fuckin awesome. So what if it was stale at the comp/social level. We are a part of one of the most long lived sports in the world that is amazing at reinventing itself. We need to take a step back and look at the bigger picture - this is skiing, in all its forms. To put things in perspective, this is a thread about the JOI, a competition that for the last couple years has had park skiers beside racers. Skiing is timeless, trends come and go.


I'm a little inebriated right now and I think I'm ranting so I'm gonna stop for the time. This thread is about an awesome big air competiton which is known for pushing the limits of what is possible on skis. To try and hinder progression in terms of what is possible (which, in my mind is what JOI has always been about) doesn't sit right with me. JOI and JOSS was at the leading edge of pioneering double and triple corks. If you are going to hate tech and praise style, you should probably hate JOI in general.
Apr 17 2015 12:27AM
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coldcuts69
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ERMAHGERD QUADZ








Stoked to see what goes down regardless of quad hype, JOI is legendary.
Apr 17 2015 12:50AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Drailthe core of what we believe in Isn't going to disappear as soon as someone throws a quad. Did style disappear when double came on the scene?


Darryl - First off I love you. I owe you my life, because you introduced me to newschoolers. Do not take any of this as a diss on your ideas, just open and good discourse.

Frankly though, absolutely the double killed style. Hell, the switch 10 killed style. Sure, style didn't disappear, but in the eyes of a lot of people who watched contests - we're just huckers. Contests have become absolute fucking miserable huckfests where the amount of crashes and injuries are escallating.

The Newschool movement started because we wanted to break away from the iron fist of FIS. Well let me put something plain and clear:

FIS didn't show up and make the sport suck because it was a bunch of lame old guys. Dudes like Frank were sending quads, and everyone trying to imitate them started to either die or become quadriplegics. Legit pro skiers started to get so fucked up that the sport simply wasn't safe anymore. There used to be shitloads of big air contests with huge prizes, and there was air sites and jumps (almost terrain parks) everywhere. IN THE FUCKING 70s. But people started to get so fucked up with multiple flips, because if you over-rotate a spin whatever... maybe you break a femur. If you over or under rotate a multi-flip, you break your fucking neck and you either die or you are in a wheelchair.

Rules, qualifications for jumps, and overall lameness HAD to happen, because no insurance company, TV station, media or sponsor would want to touch these events if they were a bloodbath.

We already saw the start of this at X last year. Henrik getting annihilated, and watching a big air that was a fucking crash reel was where it starts.

As much as we want to support 'progression' and say that more flips is key, the closer we get to being forced into regulation in our sport. The closer we get to following the path of the hot dogging movement, which was exactly like what we now call freeskiing - and everything cool was taken away from them.

The only sustainable path forwards for us is to let go of the multi flips as the only way to progress the sport, and start supporting the athletes that are pushing style as the main form of progression. Guys like Max Hill should be able to win the X-games.

To anyone that says you can't judge style over hucking think about this: Ever played Amped 2? Amped 2 was unreal. The best part about that game is the only way to score super high was by making super calculated and smooth movements on the sticks. Hit a jump and do a corked flippybillionspin? Low points. Hit the same jump with the same air and manage to move the sticks slow enough to do a misty shifty 5? Bazillions of points.

Why? Because that game used fucking mathematics in a game engine to treat smoothness and style as a multiplier vs. a simple part of the score.
Apr 17 2015 2:04AM
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MiguelPorteous
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the weather isn't looking to good for the comp and i heard that they are taking the cannon rail out so they have a smaller back up jump if the weather craps out.
Apr 17 2015 10:30AM
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DIX~
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TheSmeagolthe weather isn't looking to good for the comp and i heard that they are taking the cannon rail out so they have a smaller back up jump if the weather craps out.


Ugh comps really need to allow a few days for weather, was there even one major comp this year that saw sunshine?
Apr 17 2015 12:11PM
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lostheels
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livestream on quali just goes down. one more run

http://joinvitational.com/
Apr 17 2015 2:03PM
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