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Is skiing ahead of it's time?

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SSteezle
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Okay, hear me out here. Watching figure skating (i know.) but I have no seen an unnatural spins. Is the future 'unnatty spins' and other sports just aren't with the times? It's like if I was a judge and I saw an anything unNatty points would go sky high, these girls don't know what tech is.
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Apr 2 2016 9:17PM
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Miomo
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Figure skating is now aerials
Apr 2 2016 9:30PM
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Rennis_Deynolds
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no grabs either
Apr 2 2016 11:43PM
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corona
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that's a really good point actually. unnatural spins in sports like figure skating and gymnastics are not rewarded. And once those sports start to push the limits of what is possible (I mean you can only jump so high on skates) then it would not surprise me for the sport to start awarding added difficulty through unnatural spins. So yes, I'd say skiing/boarding is definitely ahead of the curve on this.
Apr 2 2016 11:47PM
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galardogod
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Op actually hitting on revolutionary point.
Apr 3 2016 10:49AM
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NewEscuelers
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I've never even seen a figure skater hit a rail
Apr 3 2016 11:36AM
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Big_Spence
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i've been trying to push the penguin slide and other flatground tricks in figure skating for years yet no one has batted an eye.
Apr 3 2016 11:42AM
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Auzy
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NewEscuelersI've never even seen a figure skater hit a rail


Someone has got to put this in their gaper day edit
Apr 4 2016 10:21AM
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SofaKingSick
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they don't wear helmets tho so i think they know what's up
Apr 4 2016 11:50AM
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FrenchFry
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Figure skaters should be grabbing by now as well. LOL
Apr 4 2016 12:43PM
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