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I enjoyed the big air forum so I figured why not make a thread for slopestyle. The course is sick . Some one in another thread said it looked like an extended nine nights set up. I think after the competition in big air both mens and woman’s slope should be insane.
Sounds they didn’t show it in the US (I’m in Australia suffering horrible commentary). He put a hand down on one of the jumps but otherwise really solid and a really good rail line as usual. He seems like a perennial comp underachiever to me.
How did Fabian not get something in the 80’s?? That was such a good run. He got every grab, stomped every jump, and flipped off rails. Judges are on something
LogiHow did Fabian not get something in the 80’s?? That was such a good run. He got every grab, stomped every jump, and flipped off rails. Judges are on something
The judging of both skiing and snowboarding has been something else. It's absolutely insane.
I just want to see Henrik doing his thing, honestly X Games should add a jam sesh event where all the competitors are 30 plus so we can still see all these guys if they want to ski
back injury from the sounds of it.
I swear I saw him up here today during training, and then was limping off before the event started. If it wasn’t him, then it was whoever bib 21 was.
additionally, looked like Kim Gubser qualified, but went a little too heavy and didn’t do a second run. Just like the ladies, If he doesn’t start tomorrow, it’ll just be the 11 men going through.
alpinepleaseman literally just subscribe to peacock for 5 / month and move on with your life.
spend $5 and 2 hours to save $5.
smd dummy i don’t need to buy peacock when i’m never gonna watch anything on there again, might as well use the vpn i already have and use for other shit too.
back injury from the sounds of it.
I swear I saw him up here today during training, and then was limping off before the event started. If it wasn’t him, then it was whoever bib 21 was.
additionally, looked like Kim Gubser qualified, but went a little too heavy and didn’t do a second run. Just like the ladies, If he doesn’t start tomorrow, it’ll just be the 11 men going through.
I can’t believe Edjoy finished 13 in both slope AND big air. Plus Megan Oldham getting 4th in big air finals and 13th AGAIN in slope quails. Frustrating how close the Canadian team is missing spots.
they should show the points they give on every obstacle on the course…
also watched the snowboard big air qualifications and staale sandbech throws this crazy misty typa rotation and gets 60p? everyone else does the same 14 or 16 ion get it w the refs…
Random thoughts from qualifying:
-Seems like the first angled jump caused issues for a lot of guys
-Nice to see people taking different lines through the top of the course.
-Judges still seem unsure what to do when the quarter pipe or knuckle features are hit
-The guard tower feature looks amazing
-Gutted to see Evan and Henrik out of finals
-Judging wasn't perfect (double cork off rail should have scored higher) but was good overall
auskiGubser landed that last one real hard. It didn’t look like the sort of thing you bounce back from. Looked like his quad. Higher than knee
From Kai Mahler's Insta story:
"Putting down a run with a partly torn muscle and making finals. 2 tricks first try on the course."
My reading of that is that he got hurt during training and still put down that qualifying run, which is nutty. Two first-try tricks in one run is absurd either way.
snomasteragain, they do have that, just not on the live broadcast. I hope the athletes scoped all this out so they know how everything was scored, by section.
**This post was edited on Feb 15th 2022 at 6:25:34pm
Stoked they are posting this. Any one doubting any judging just go run for run and watch and you will understand that judges aren't missing as much as you think.
From a production standpoint, we’re feeling the pressure of getting the judging right. It’s super easy to say “oh it’s a bad camera angle”. We have multiple cameras on multiple features, and have given the judges all the time they need to get it right. But the judges know that all eyes are on them
