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Quarterpipes in Slopestyle comps

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SSteezle
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Why has this never really been a thing? It'd be dope if every slope run ended with a big quarter pipe hit

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Dec 13 2015 8:15PM
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SammyDubz
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yes please. I love seeing the QP tricks in slvsh
Dec 13 2015 8:16PM
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Titus69
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Dumont cup had it a few years back, Id love to see it, QP's are dead in skiing today
Dec 13 2015 8:23PM
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tdollo
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Or you could have a superpipe wall facing downhill to drop a nice pipe trick in the run
Dec 13 2015 8:39PM
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Whiteout_
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Why arent regular slopestyle courses more creative? Thats were the question starts. It definetly need too head into this direction but i highliy doubt that this will happen with the biger comps like dew tour or x games in the near future...
Dec 14 2015 1:21AM
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JustinG7
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In perisher this year they had that sick qp to a regular jump landing
Dec 14 2015 9:48AM
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freeskibum82
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I'd rather see a massive hip jump mid course
Dec 14 2015 9:53AM
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G_B
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My guess would be that a quarter pipe is something many different comp have discussed, but a large problem with it would be how it kills speed, and one could argue it kills the flow of the run. They could put it at the bottom of a run, but that would take a massive speed check if the previous feature was a 70+foot jump

But just because there would be problems doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. I agree this should somehow be incorporated
Dec 14 2015 11:13AM
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Elg
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G_BMy guess would be that a quarter pipe is something many different comp have discussed, but a large problem with it would be how it kills speed, and one could argue it kills the flow of the run. They could put it at the bottom of a run, but that would take a massive speed check if the previous feature was a 70+foot jump

But just because there would be problems doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. I agree this should somehow be incorporated


make the qp big enough, and there is no need for speed checks. I don't want to watch hand plants, I want massive air!
Dec 14 2015 12:32PM
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johnblaze
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anything to make those comps less cookie cutter. that dew tour was so boring.
Dec 14 2015 1:23PM
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freeskibum82
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johnblazeanything to make those comps less cookie cutter. that dew tour was so boring.


you mean you didnt like seeing the same 2 on 4 out on the first feature, 4 on 2 out of the second feature and then just the same 4 variation of dubs? and to top it off, the same runs done by other people get marked way lower than others?
Dec 14 2015 1:32PM
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hi_vis360
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At the end of the run would probably not be good to go, unless all of the competitors are down to send like 40 feet out
Dec 14 2015 2:22PM
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HenriksDreads
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Yes. IMO that would force competitors to have to get at least a little creative, since it's not your standard poppy tabletop
Dec 14 2015 2:55PM
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OGhallvard
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I remember riding in a norwegian freeskiing comp in geilo when I was like 14. and the course went like: regular jump, bigger jump, down rail, shoot box and ended with a quarterpipe. typical wierd old norwegian slopestyle setup. super shitty rails and snow was ice.

course was super sketchy, since it lay on a pretty steep hill. people flying so high and just straight died on that quarter.
But it was super fun to watch who actually made it.

but having a quarter pipe at the end of an x-games run would be crazy.
Dec 14 2015 3:04PM
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