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The Olympic test event course is insane

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Jakelapham
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Wow
Feb 16 2016 12:19AM
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Holte
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The wallride on the left looks sick. Haven't seen a really cool comp wallride since Wally's last gold at X, which was 2012...ish...?

Also, can someone explain the deal with the Olympic Test Event? It's just a proof of concept with no FIS points, right?
Feb 16 2016 12:41AM
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Deepskier
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Oh my god that looks so just https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTSpXqleuLu5dPYY1NxIxhuyMkozdGvUw3lSJeShbuhVSuwxK9IOA
Feb 16 2016 12:48AM
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Deepskier
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OK fuck you too lets try this one
Feb 16 2016 12:50AM
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NoGogs
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holy spit man, those jumps tho.
Feb 16 2016 1:14AM
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dyer
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Looks so fun
Feb 16 2016 1:18AM
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itzki
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The jumps on the right look wild
Feb 16 2016 1:36AM
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Logan.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BB07rhAGDUE/
Feb 16 2016 1:45AM
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pelle_munch
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Holy fuck this shit is next level
Feb 16 2016 2:09AM
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404404
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Phoenix park is sick.
Feb 16 2016 2:16AM
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itzki
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ParryWithAnAPhoenix park is sick.


You guys skied there for Fried Ice right?
Feb 16 2016 2:35AM
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joriza.ski
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What a beaut!!
Feb 16 2016 2:56AM
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therealsassy
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is this how the course will be set up come 2018, or are they 'testing' features and will pick the best ones for the actual comp?
Feb 16 2016 4:23AM
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TOAST.
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Who came up with this course?
Feb 16 2016 5:17AM
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SkiBum.
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Glad this is finally getting some attention. Good work to some old buddies involved.
Feb 16 2016 7:31AM
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Rparr
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honestly the fact that they're even building to test this far out is cool, I remember sochi was pretty quickly thrown together
Feb 16 2016 8:20AM
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SkiBum.
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Rparrhonestly the fact that they're even building to test this far out is cool, I remember sochi was pretty quickly thrown together


That's because it was a shit show there
Feb 16 2016 9:26AM
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MNSkiers
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The jumps look gnarly
Feb 16 2016 9:40AM
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BaconSteezburger
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Which Korea is this in? The hashtag in one of the gram screenwriter someone above posted has me confused...
Feb 16 2016 9:53AM
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Stadtski
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it looks so nice. going to really push the creativity of the riders.
Feb 16 2016 9:58AM
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magco1271
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I came in my pants a little.....
Feb 16 2016 10:17AM
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.WALDO
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my boss is there helping build that shi. some crazy stuff
Feb 16 2016 12:34PM
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corona
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maybe I've played too much shredsauce, but imagine a run that's just massive disasters

Feb 16 2016 12:43PM
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ny300z
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those banked jumps are soooo sick
Feb 16 2016 4:01PM
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03gade
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.....damn. Never thought I would have this reaction to a picture of a park.
Feb 16 2016 5:44PM
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SkiBum.
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I would also like to point out this is what you get when a real park building company does it right. SPT...take notes.
Feb 16 2016 5:54PM
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Lonely
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I could stare at this for hours
Feb 16 2016 6:56PM
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theabortionator
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SkiBum.I would also like to point out this is what you get when a real park building company does it right. SPT...take notes.


Meh, some things you're going to hate some things you're going to like. SPT has built a lot of the setups you loved in addition to some you obviously hated
Feb 16 2016 7:02PM
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SkiBum.
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BortyMeh, some things you're going to hate some things you're going to like. SPT has built a lot of the setups you loved in addition to some you obviously hated


I don't like anything SPT has done. At all.
Feb 16 2016 7:30PM
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ascent_studios
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brennan.tickellWhich Korea is this in? The hashtag in one of the gram screenwriter someone above posted has me confused...


North
Feb 16 2016 7:37PM
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theabortionator
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SkiBum.I don't like anything SPT has done. At all.





this jump was pretty fucking sweet last year. Idk, I'm picky, I don't agree with everything, I have my own gripes with builds different companies have done, but to say that everything they've done sucks is just stupid imo.
Feb 16 2016 7:48PM
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SkiBum.
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Borty


this jump was pretty fucking sweet last year. Idk, I'm picky, I don't agree with everything, I have my own gripes with builds different companies have done, but to say that everything they've done sucks is just stupid imo.


Along with the other 50+ cookie cutter jumps they have made for private events, x games, jew tour, etc...Yeah, they can charge a lot of money and build features, woohoo...

I would also rather pay $30,000 for shitty tug jobs in SoHo then pay their "consulting" fee.
Feb 16 2016 8:29PM
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ESB
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TOAST.Who came up with this course?


Schneestern.
Feb 17 2016 7:18AM
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tride
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HolteThe wallride on the left looks sick. Haven't seen a really cool comp wallride since Wally's last gold at X, which was 2012...ish...?

Also, can someone explain the deal with the Olympic Test Event? It's just a proof of concept with no FIS points, right?


It's a FIS World Cup event. FIS has a requirement to hold at least one World Cup event on any Olympic venue, prior to the Olympic year. These are known as "test events". It is run by FIS as a standard World Cup event, and counts as one for points etc.

There will be a Halfpipe test event at Phenix Park next season. They may also run another Slopestyle World Cup next year, but they don't necessarily "have to", as this one will fulfill the FIS test event requirement.

(There were similar requirements for Sochi, however the crazy weather and lack of snow over there forced them to cancel the scheduled Slopestyle test event in 2013, so the Sochi Games scenario, where the first event on that course was the Olympics itself, was a very rare anomaly.)
Feb 17 2016 12:30PM
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