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Anyone else thin the Buick grab is ugly?

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cgroves
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Super difficult, but also kinda ugly. Thoughts?
Feb 9 2022 11:08AM
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bmick
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not a fan
Feb 9 2022 11:18AM
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mattytru
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i mean, like tom was saying on the broadcast, it really only exists to help him spin faster. it looks cheesy to me imo. it's like the inverse reason of why a lead blunt is cool
Feb 9 2022 11:28AM
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weastcoat
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Haha pencil spin go brrrrr
Feb 9 2022 11:50AM
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dant02
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Thought it was cool the first time I saw it but plz a hall do something new for fucks sake
Feb 9 2022 12:59PM
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CalumSKI
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its cool


that is all
Feb 9 2022 1:03PM
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crustyboot.420
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What is a buick grab?
Feb 9 2022 2:10PM
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crustyboot.420
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Oh fuck sorry it's the a hall grab ofc
Feb 9 2022 2:12PM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Yeah that’s what I always thought. Way to wind yourself up and spin faster
mattytrui mean, like tom was saying on the broadcast, it really only exists to help him spin faster. it looks cheesy to me imo. it's like the inverse reason of why a lead blunt is cool
Feb 9 2022 2:16PM
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_brrett
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I would say its probs a top 5 contender for ugliest grabs possible on skis but if ur doing it to win a comp its hard to really blame you for it ahall’s tryna get dubs not do some sick shit so that the 500 ppl that use NS can say he’s got swag
Feb 9 2022 3:19PM
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Biffbarf
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BLandzI would say its probs a top 5 contender for ugliest grabs possible on skis but if ur doing it to win a comp its hard to really blame you for it ahall’s tryna get dubs not do some sick shit so that the 500 ppl that use NS can say he’s got swag


BLandz spitting facts as per usual
Feb 9 2022 3:30PM
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Slowbro
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You’ll notice he doesn’t do them when he’s filming lol.
Feb 9 2022 3:48PM
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chicken_
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It was cool in the beginning but after seeing him do it every comp in each run... Meh
Feb 9 2022 3:55PM
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c-fries
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It would be kinda cool almost as a meme grab done once in a blue moon. Slower rotation. Then idk it’s kinda sick.

Yea tornado Buick’s not that sick but it’s been paying A Hall dividends so. Meh
Feb 9 2022 4:05PM
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deathcookie
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I have a feeling that this grab is going to be getting a lot more popular. Imagine a future where none of the skiers use poles anymore, and all of them do pencil spins with buick grabs.
Feb 9 2022 4:21PM
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Goretex_Vidal
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I do wonder if the physics advantage it gives in a spin to win setting will cause comp skiing to further calcify like figure skating where every skater is using the same form for jumps and it all comes down to execution.

Aerials went through this like 15 years ago when many national Olympic committees realized they could just train gymnasts enough skiing to straightline into a ramp and throw triples. Does big air end up there?
Feb 9 2022 4:30PM
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Professor-Modelo
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cgrovesSuper difficult, but also kinda ugly. Thoughts?


Say that the the INVENTOR of the Buick grab, his honorable Luke o brien
Feb 9 2022 4:32PM
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1M_peaches
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I dont like it when its all he does.
Feb 9 2022 7:49PM
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jakeordie
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maybe someone else could make it look good
Feb 9 2022 8:52PM
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IsaacNW82
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Goretex_VidalAerials went through this like 15 years ago when many national Olympic committees realized they could just train gymnasts enough skiing to straightline into a ramp and throw triples. Does big air end up there?


Yes. If Matej can triple a snowboard bc his air awareness is so good from skiing and tramps, it's probably only a matter of time before you see more and more big air skiers who specialize on jumps and can't really ski rails, big mountain, etc at nearly the same level.
Feb 9 2022 8:59PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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For some reason I always got the impression he did that grab because it is easier for a flexible tall person like him
Feb 9 2022 9:00PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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c-friesIt would be kinda cool almost as a meme grab done once in a blue moon. Slower rotation. Then idk it’s kinda sick.

Yea tornado Buick’s not that sick but it’s been paying A Hall dividends so. Meh

@AlexHall let's see a Buick cork 3!!
Feb 9 2022 9:01PM
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SLCTrees
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It was cool the first time. It gives you no style points. It looks lame compared to all the other tweaked out grabs and rotations out there.
Feb 9 2022 11:16PM
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J-Dunn
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I’m a fucking hater on now spin to win (even though it’s always been that) skiing. And I honestly think it’s a sick ass looking grab man. I like it with the tornado spin as well and I like it so much because of the way he unwinds when he comes out of it. Best part of all his rotations forsures. However I’ve seen it enough times in the last two months and am hoping he throws some
other shit. Should have stomped that bitch run one, then did something totally different run two (maybe that nose grab he did last year at x????)
then if you land them both and want the 2160 for the win …… we’ll fuck it go ahead.
Feb 9 2022 11:25PM
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Pakanaka
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cgrovesSuper difficult, but also kinda ugly. Thoughts?


probably the hardest but ugliest grab in all of skiing
Feb 10 2022 3:49AM
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lil.Boye
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«I don’t want to stretch to do an ugly grab» -Lj sterinio on the bow and arrow grab
Feb 10 2022 4:14AM
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Awelterego
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This is exactly what Buick had in mind for their contextual advertising campaign


Feb 10 2022 9:14AM
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Sngl2th
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beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think it looks wicked stylee, and infinitely better than swervy safety grabs, but that's just me.
Feb 10 2022 11:50AM
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abcdefu
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yeah im just not a big fan of it. and id really like to know what it has to do with Buicks
Feb 10 2022 2:25PM
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Farmville420
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As long as A Hall the only one doing it I don’t have a problem personally. It’s not a cool grab, but tbh most two handed grabs are ugly. There’s something so forced about them idk
Feb 10 2022 9:20PM
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Quadkinky
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cgrovesSuper difficult, but also kinda ugly. Thoughts?


I simply don’t like A hall but it was cool when I first saw it
Feb 10 2022 9:35PM
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TreeJam
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ReturnToMonkey@AlexHall let's see a Buick cork 3!!


Now this would actually be cool
Feb 10 2022 9:53PM
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memecork
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It’s ugly when Alex Hall does it but not when Luke O’Brien does it
Feb 10 2022 10:15PM
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BearsOnKetamine
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Hear me out add an afterbang event to the Olympics
Feb 10 2022 10:17PM
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