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AndrewGravesSVI feel like snowboarding in general has way more and better events. Idk if its red bull supporting snowboarding a ton more but damn would be sick to have the same for skiers
Abomber22Backcountry is terrain is Backcountry.
JemsI been saying that the snowboard community is cooler but no one here will admit it
yungspliffyOne more time ?
mnosbodDefinitely missing Zoe from the lineup. She threw down at Jackson last year.
DrailAnyone know if the hits are open post event or if they bamboo most of thrm off? It'd be sick to roll up to Jackson hole during a storm cycle in February and give it a go.
mnosbodSuch a dope event but man the announcers and interviewers are god awful for this event. I was cringing through 90% of the commentary and there was a ton of it. And I know the snow was variable, I hate to be that guy, but the women's side for Natural Selection was hard to watch (and it was pretty rough last season too). Marion was the only one who could even ride down the whole course. Such a bummer to watch them fall on literally every single hit. Especially since they were bombing out the landings for everyone else after. They looked scared to ride and kept putting themselves in the back seat before every air, not even giving themselves a chance to actually land. Even vets like Hana and Robin just couldn't hold it together and they've ridden the course before. Definitely missing Zoe from the lineup. She threw down at Jackson last year.
SkibumsmithSkiing used to have linecatcher and cold rush. I'm not sure why red bull discontinued those.
AndrewGravesSVI feel like snowboarding in general has way more and better events. Idk if its red bull supporting snowboarding a ton more but damn would be sick to have the same for skiers
Mr.LumpyjumblesYeah freestyle/freeride snowboarding is supported more by sponsors because it's just way more mainstream and popular than free skiing. Just look at the view counts on all the X games events, the snowboarding ones consistently get way more views than the skiing ones. This is kind of surprising because I know that all the hills I've been to have had way more skiers than snowboarders that ski the park and do freeride, but I guess casual unassociated viewers prefer watching snowboarding for some reason.
As a very biased skier, I'd much prefer watching people ski down this kind of course. It's just physically easier to control skis in freeride terrain with booters like this, which shows with all of the crazy washed out landings and sideslipping you see in natural selection. Leaning back on the heel edge after every single hit to kill speed just doesn't look that great imo.
Probably shouldn't make it a skiing vs snowboarding thing, but it's hard not to when snowboarding gets so much more funding and support for events like this. In all honesty, it's awesome when either gets the opportunity to do an event like this and we should be happy for any free snowsports content, especially something as rad as natural selection.
Mr.LumpyjumblesYeah freestyle/freeride snowboarding is supported more by sponsors because it's just way more mainstream and popular than free skiing. Just look at the view counts on all the X games events, the snowboarding ones consistently get way more views than the skiing ones. This is kind of surprising because I know that all the hills I've been to have had way more skiers than snowboarders that ski the park and do freeride, but I guess casual unassociated viewers prefer watching snowboarding for some reason.
As a very biased skier, I'd much prefer watching people ski down this kind of course. It's just physically easier to control skis in freeride terrain with booters like this, which shows with all of the crazy washed out landings and sideslipping you see in natural selection. Leaning back on the heel edge after every single hit to kill speed just doesn't look that great imo.
Probably shouldn't make it a skiing vs snowboarding thing, but it's hard not to when snowboarding gets so much more funding and support for events like this. In all honesty, it's awesome when either gets the opportunity to do an event like this and we should be happy for any free snowsports content, especially something as rad as natural selection.
RusticlesSkiing kinda needs a T-rice, Candide/tanner kinda do it in their own ways, like Candide doing ridiculous tricks off natural hits around the resort. That might even be a good contest, Candide invitational in LaClusaz? and they shape up some of the hits around the hill and everyone gets a run from top to bottom?
DrailAlaska stop dropped today.
Top shelf.
