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X Games Big Air 2018

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MMairose
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What do u guys think will be the winning trick for big air tonight? I was thinking maybe triple 18.
Jan 27 2018 11:05AM
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eheath
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1980
Jan 27 2018 1:40PM
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DrZoidberg
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Somebody will do a legitimate future spin, meaning rotation degrees>2018.

Also so what's the deal with this you must spin one left trick and one right trick? Interesting, but, kinda odd.

**This post was edited on Jan 27th 2018 at 2:29:14pm
Jan 27 2018 1:51PM
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SofaKingSick
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DrZoidbergSomebody will do a legitimate future spin, meaning rotation degrees>2018.

Also so what's the deal with this you must spin one left trick and one right trick? Interesting, but, kinda odd.

**This post was edited on Jan 27th 2018 at 2:29:14pm


First I've heard of this, weird
Jan 27 2018 3:14PM
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DrZoidberg
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SofaKingSickFirst I've heard of this, weird


I heard them mention it in womens snowboard big air. First i head too.
Jan 27 2018 3:36PM
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_____alfredo____
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anyone know where to livestream it?
Jan 27 2018 4:21PM
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eheath
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SofaKingSickFirst I've heard of this, weird


I think it's great, pushes the skiers to do more creative stylish spins both ways vs just chucking.

Speaking of, Fabian landed a few trip 19s in practice....
Jan 27 2018 6:59PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Where is all the X games discussion? We used to have like 10 pages of a few threads.
Jan 27 2018 7:26PM
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steezy.stew
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The straight up 8 man final is kind of an interesting format. I suppose it will condense things a little bit and make for an overall more action packed viewing experience. Its just weird to see so few names in the field, and surprising to see no Americans. Digging the new format tho, should mix up the competition and it'll be impossible for someone to win with two similar tricks like Bobby in 2012.

I'm predicting that Dollo is gunna get buck wild with Red and Meth at their concert, smoke a phatty Ticallionstallion blizzunt and hopefully bust a switch quad to Shaolin hahah. Either way should be a good show!
Jan 27 2018 8:41PM
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Mingg
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fuck basketball
Jan 27 2018 9:06PM
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d-rok
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ANYBODY GOT A LIVE STREAM FOR CANADA?
Jan 27 2018 9:09PM
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DIX~
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Is anyone who is watching this legally actually seeing skiing? All streams are fuckin basketball
Jan 27 2018 9:10PM
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steezy.stew
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Minggfuck basketball


Seriously how long can they actually drag out the last minute of game play lmao
Jan 27 2018 9:12PM
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DrZoidberg
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No it's still basketball because, as usual, they make 19.5 seconds last like 10 minutes. Like it's taken them a few minutes to knock 0.4 seconds off the clock.
Jan 27 2018 9:14PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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god they called a timeout
Jan 27 2018 9:14PM
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Mingg
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steezy.stewSeriously how long can they actually drag out the last minute of game play lmao

Right? There was 2.5 minutes left at roughly 9pm. It’s now 15 minutes later and there is still 20 seconds. Let’s fuckin goooooo.
Jan 27 2018 9:15PM
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Lemuel
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8 minute of basketball left? I fucking hate sports
Jan 27 2018 9:18PM
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HyphyHusky
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Finally

**This post was edited on Jan 27th 2018 at 9:53:54pm
Jan 27 2018 9:19PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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wow triples already and they're scoring them low
Jan 27 2018 9:22PM
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DrZoidberg
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So do they stop hitting the jump while we're in commercials or are we going to return with 1 jump left for everybody?

Also Woodsy's trip octo was insane.

**This post was edited on Jan 27th 2018 at 9:32:16pm
Jan 27 2018 9:31PM
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MackJones
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This is absolutely buckwild so far.
Jan 27 2018 9:34PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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ONE MORE 180 YOU CAN DO IT
Jan 27 2018 9:38PM
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SofaKingSick
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This is crazy

And Wallisch is such a good commentator

Quad coming from Fabian?
Jan 27 2018 9:44PM
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SkiBum.
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This comp is not what's it was 5 years back. No suspense or thinking of the next trick that's new. Same spins. Same people. Yawn...
Jan 27 2018 9:52PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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SkiBum.This comp is not what's it was 5 years back. No suspense or thinking of the next trick that's new. Same spins. Same people. Yawn...

Yeah kind of. The tricks were nuts but it was more suspenseful when people didn't start with triples.

Here comes a good henrik speech.
Jan 27 2018 9:54PM
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Michael_Thatcher
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Henrik delivery a hall of fame speech at the end there. Congrats Henrik
Jan 27 2018 9:56PM
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DrZoidberg
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SkiBum.This comp is not what's it was 5 years back. No suspense or thinking of the next trick that's new. Same spins. Same people. Yawn...


I kinda agree. When it was insane if people threw dub 10 and 12 was the best, and everybody was throwing cork 10s until one guy threw a dub then the whole field just went nuts. And the first year (last year, right?) when triples were thrown. Now the first trick was a triple.
Jan 27 2018 9:57PM
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SofaKingSick
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Oh cheer up guys that was sick. I do prefer the old format but that was dope
Jan 27 2018 9:58PM
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slush8
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Unreal, sick to see all the tricks being landed
Jan 27 2018 9:59PM
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jeppesolberg
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Where did Øystein get a 45? We saw a switch dub 14 tail to tail for 35 and a cab dub 14 safety to 35, but after the second run his score jumped from 70 to 80, did they do a run between? I dont understand.
Jan 27 2018 9:59PM
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ben_southworth
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Why didn't Woodsy try to improve his left (or was it right?) side score on the last jump??
Jan 27 2018 10:02PM
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jib_roni
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Stoked Henrik won that. That speech was legend.
Jan 27 2018 10:03PM
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Lemuel
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DrZoidbergI kinda agree. When it was insane if people threw dub 10 and 12 was the best, and everybody was throwing cork 10s until one guy threw a dub then the whole field just went nuts. And the first year (last year, right?) when triples were thrown. Now the first trick was a triple.


Henrik won with the nose butter triple two or three years ago. Jon started throwing dubs in 06? 07? I remember when the switch right 10 mute was the go to trick for everyone.
Jan 27 2018 10:03PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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ben_southworthWhy didn't Woodsy try to improve his left (or was it right?) side score on the last jump??


He probably forgot lol. That's possibly why henrik said what he did, because he though Woodsy should have won but they didn't count his score cause it was a spin direction he already had.
Jan 27 2018 10:11PM
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wameron
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LemuelHenrik won with the nose butter triple two or three years ago. Jon started throwing dubs in 06? 07? I remember when the switch right 10 mute was the go to trick for everyone.


The nosebutter Trip 16 was in 2013, 5 years ago
Jan 27 2018 10:11PM
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slush8
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jeppesolbergWhere did Øystein get a 45? We saw a switch dub 14 tail to tail for 35 and a cab dub 14 safety to 35, but after the second run his score jumped from 70 to 80, did they do a run between? I dont understand.


I think the dub 14 tail to tail was scored incorrectly, 35 instead of 45 at the start and it was changed after the first run. I was wondering what happened there too..
Jan 27 2018 10:12PM
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J_Christoph
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Sooo hyped on Henrik’s lil speech. Legend. Also pretty surprised there wasn’t a quad attempt.
Jan 27 2018 10:14PM
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loganimlach
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Stoked to finally see boot grabs get deductions. I think oyster’s blunt to blunt being scored high was completely justified over the samsung kid doing a ballerina maneuver to boot grab
Jan 27 2018 10:14PM
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Lenzo
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LemuelHenrik won with the nose butter triple two or three years ago. Jon started throwing dubs in 06? 07? I remember when the switch right 10 mute was the go to trick for everyone.

Henriks nosebutter triple 16 win was actually 5 years ago (2013), time flies
Jan 27 2018 10:14PM
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.egg
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Where was Vinnie?
Jan 27 2018 10:15PM
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TOAST.
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LenzoHenriks nosebutter triple 16 win was actually 5 years ago (2013), time flies

Holy shit...
Also the year tom did the right side 14 and didnt even podium because everyone was doing sick shit (that i dont remeber) was the best year.
Jan 27 2018 10:40PM
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DrZoidberg
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LemuelHenrik won with the nose butter triple two or three years ago. Jon started throwing dubs in 06? 07? I remember when the switch right 10 mute was the go to trick for everyone.


I just searched 2008 and found him doing a switch dub 9 and a switch 10 so that sounds about right. It was when they had you ride through that like channel gap to get to the jump. And I just searched 2011 and they mention Bobby Brown and "might do a triple" in the same sentence. So basically this proves that I have no concept of time. Found the clip where Jacob Wester ripped his ski off, slammed hard and broke his pole.

Not that what happened tonight wasn't ridiculous. I mean, triple 1980... If you told me that in 2008 I'd have said it's not possible. It just felt like each guy had his own agenda regardless of what the others did, although I think the format causes this. I liked when they had heats of like 4 guys or whatever, then the best two would advance to the final. It was way longer, which is probably why the changed it, and that had more of when one guy does something crazy then everybody starts pulling out their best stuff and NBDs. Props to Henrik for calling them out.

Edit: Also it's insane we've reached the point where we're talking about boot grabs or not on triple corks. But I guess that's where it's gotta go now, and at that level it shouldn't fly if you have Oystein doing tail to tail and Woodsy's octo. Woodsy is chronically underscored if you ask me, whether it's slope, big air or pipe, which I think he did but I don't even remember anymore.

**This post was edited on Jan 27th 2018 at 10:52:20pm
Jan 27 2018 10:42PM
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Park_Ranger
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-Really stoked that Henrik won. I wish Khai would have made the podium, his skiing was really clean tonight.
-The triple 1980 and triple 1800, though not my steeze of choice, were insane in there own right.
-Henrik's speech was on point. Old format was way better. Deeper field is obviously more entertaining and it brings out a bigger bag of tricks.
-A couple of those kids should not have been in that comp. Instead it should have been Alex Hall, Vinnie $, Gus, idk lots of dudes
Jan 27 2018 10:57PM
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ben_southworth
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Park_Ranger-Really stoked that Henrik won. I wish Khai would have made the podium, his skiing was really clean tonight.
-The triple 1980 and triple 1800, though not my steeze of choice, were insane in there own right.
-Henrik's speech was on point. Old format was way better. Deeper field is obviously more entertaining and it brings out a bigger bag of tricks.
-A couple of those kids should not have been in that comp. Instead it should have been Alex Hall, Vinnie $, Gus, idk lots of dudes


I was real confused on the field, where were a bunch of those guys? Wondering if they're making sure they don't get hurt for the olympics. Big Air obviously has a pretty high risk factor
Jan 27 2018 11:13PM
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Park_Ranger
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ben_southworthI was real confused on the field, where were a bunch of those guys? Wondering if they're making sure they don't get hurt for the olympics. Big Air obviously has a pretty high risk factor


Another thing that I noticed is that there were not only no big crashes, there weren't really any crashes in general. Dudes have gotten seriously broken off in years past.
Jan 27 2018 11:16PM
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Cadenmccullough
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ben_southworthI was real confused on the field, where were a bunch of those guys? Wondering if they're making sure they don't get hurt for the olympics. Big Air obviously has a pretty high risk factor


Agree with all of this. Always hyped to see henny on top. The guy in the factions definitely did not belong in that comp.
Jan 27 2018 11:17PM
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GayWolf420
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Henrik reminding me of the first generation of new school skiing while also murdering that jump and winning AND calling x games out was amazing.
Jan 27 2018 11:35PM
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slush8
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Do you think Oystein will win slopestyle tomorrow if he puts those 14s back to back? He's the defending champion so...
Jan 27 2018 11:40PM
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MMairose
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jeppesolbergWhere did Øystein get a 45? We saw a switch dub 14 tail to tail for 35 and a cab dub 14 safety to 35, but after the second run his score jumped from 70 to 80, did they do a run between? I dont understand.


Still have no idea how he got a 45 when I swear it was a 35.... shouldn’t even be on the podium
Jan 28 2018 12:10AM
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ben_southworth
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The tail to tail 14 was pretty nice, but his second 14 was sloppy. Can't believe it scored better than woodsy's triple.
Jan 28 2018 12:12AM
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