2022 Olympics Halfpipe

China building a halfpipe in an area where it's so windy that they need a wind wall was absolutely retarded

SlowbroDylan Ferguson is the announcer on some broadcasts I think

Copy. Was he announcing this? It sounded like tom. Idk..is my life a lie? Weird guy referred to dylam in many events i thought tom was announcing.

Also, why did we host the Olympics in a country so fucking terrible at managing Covid that they still need an outdoor mask mandate

theabortionatorCopy. Was he announcing this? It sounded like tom. Idk..is my life a lie? Weird guy referred to dylam in many events i thought tom was announcing.

There were two broadcasts. Tom
was on one Dylan was on the other.

Video of FIS and the IOC before deciding that this halfpipe competition should happen with the wind

Borat - Is he?

Finally got to watch an event outside live, pipe boys threw down, some nasty crashes at the end there, glad Blunck got up after that last slam.

as for the wind, yes, very windy. The wall seemed to be doing a job, but it was also roaring up from the bottom, made for some chilly runs.
back at the snow rodeo during New Years in Calgary, a Chinook was rolling in just as the men were ramping up to drop in, we had weather holds, but it was still one of those “drop in when you’re ready” situations. They were saying it’s not the biggest factor when you’re spinning, but straight or open airs we’re much worse.

I wasn’t on top of this pipe here in china, but it seemed much gustier in Calgary

that was tough to watch. definitely not the conditions to break records like the snowboarders!
congrats to Nico, who deserves gold for this event and is the top dog in the sport right now.
And holy David Wise, sprinting up the pipe to check on Blunck to tell his injured friend he won silver.

Ironically a day late given I made the thread, but combined spare thoughts:
What the hell was up with Carly Margulies' binding popping off? For anybody here who's a ski tech, was that just a weird malfunction, or a tech error?
I thought it was really windy the first few runs, then realized it was a helicopter right above the pipe. That seems like a terrible idea for a number of reasons.
That switch flare from Ling Fanghui might be the spiciest single trick in the women's field.
Hannah Faulhaber is going to be podiuming in the next few years with how big she's already going.
I could quite well be wrong, but I think Cassie Sharpe's was the first time I've ever seen anybody in the women's field do 10s both ways.
Eileen is just on another level. Hopefully it'll force some progression, otherwise she's going to be dominant. Big ups for three medals in three events, too.


Men's conditions looked terrifying. The wind seemed like it was as big a factor as a dump of fresh powder, just robbing people of speed and messing with their pops.
I've never been a huge fan of David Wise, but that true nose switch dub 10 in his first run was beautiful - minus the landing. With two Olympic golds and a silver, plus seven X Games medals, I think he's part of the conversation for greatest pipe skier of all time. Dumont and Thall are the only others even close to that amount of hardware.
Gus' crash was gnarly. It's impressive he skied away. It's a shame that the wind fucked up what I assume was the final competition run of his career, but at least he put down something clean.
I don't think I've ever seen an alley-oop dub cork 10 in the pipe before.
Top Dylan Ferguson quote of the day "It's almost more difficult to do an air to fakie than a double cork 12".
Nico earned that gold without a doubt. It looks like he has a switch dub 14, which is wild.

ScaredwhiteboyAlso, why did we host the Olympics in a country so fucking terrible at managing Covid that they still need an outdoor mask mandate

Nice, gottem.

The pole whip is kinda cringe

SquirtleThere were two broadcasts. Tom
was on one Dylan was on the other.

Word. Was the shitty announcer on both? Or did he think tom was dylan.

theabortionatorWord. Was the shitty announcer on both? Or did he think tom was dylan.

The broadcast with Dylan had some British dude as the co-announcer.

SquirtleThe broadcast with Dylan had some British dude as the co-announcer.

Word. Idk why i thought it was tom. Maybe im just retarded