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X Games Aspen 2024

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chills__
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Figured I'd start a thread for everything going on this weekend. Free to watch on XGames.com:

https://www.xgames.com/events/x-games-aspen-2024
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Jan 25 2024 10:50AM
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tutipups
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Mr.MittenBig air was seriously lacking without folks like Henrik, Matej, Edjoy etc. switch Tail butters were arguably the most standout but didn’t seem to hold the weight that nose butters did in previous years


yeah these guys were sick but i feel like we were missing the big dogs
Jan 26 2024 11:50PM
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Drail
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Very underwhelming big air, but I will say that the judging was properly on point.
Jan 26 2024 11:52PM
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Goretex_Vidal
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I'm behind the stream but Mac's rodeo 5 felt like I was watching a 2003 big air comp; it's the jacket too.
Jan 26 2024 11:55PM
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tutipups
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i cant lie snowboard superpipe is the most entertaining event
Jan 27 2024 12:05AM
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nCrow
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Style jump was a great addition, not a fan of people still throwing doubles in it though. Ahalls zero spin was the best trick of the night, he tweaked the fuck out of it
Jan 27 2024 12:25AM
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nCrow
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Dani b’s fit was not it. Sick skiing tho
Jan 27 2024 12:33AM
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asparagus
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tutipupsedjoy is in big air?

Could’ve sworn he was on the list a week ago, idk what happened
Jan 27 2024 12:48AM
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Woody.
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nCrowDani b’s fit was not it. Sick skiing tho


Horrible take. You’ll never be as fly as Dani b
Jan 27 2024 12:49AM
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asparagus
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nCrowDani b’s fit was not it. Sick skiing tho

Was having a hard time convincing my gf it was cool
Jan 27 2024 12:50AM
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Pablo_Sanchez
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nCrowDani b’s fit was not it. Sick skiing tho


Italy fit was insane tho
Jan 27 2024 1:20AM
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K-Dot.
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tutipupsi cant lie snowboard superpipe is the most entertaining event


american media glazed shaun white for so long after his prime had clearly faded because no discernible american successor ever presented themselves. meanwhile the japanese riders have absolutely dominated the discipline for a while now, ayumu is always so fun to watch
Jan 27 2024 2:12AM
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Slowbro
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nCrowDani b’s fit was not it. Sick skiing tho

agreed absolutely terrible denim hoodie. Looked like some late 90s italian shit
Jan 27 2024 2:42AM
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theabortionator
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Watching snowboard pipe now on YouTube. They're using a drone for some follow cam. I hope that dies. Not a big fan.

Luckily they stopped cutting to ot after the first guy. They should just put it away. They have a whole camera setup dialed for the event. Leave the toy at home
Jan 27 2024 4:19AM
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KungKalmar
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Big air was super lame without Matej. Style run also proved that 50% of those guys have 0 sense of style.
Jan 27 2024 5:16AM
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theabortionator
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I like the style addition and having switch or forward not just left and right.

Wasn't that exhilarating but still a decent watch. Glad a 0 spin came out
Jan 27 2024 6:13AM
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Massiveg
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This xgames big air was a total buffoonery, everyone was getting robbed especially my boy tabanelli, primal scum.
Jan 27 2024 7:44AM
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Dlonetti
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Pablo_SanchezItaly fit was insane tho

As a fellow Italian skier I thought Miro’s full Italy kit was sick af, could tell he really wanted to win I wish he had at least podiumed
Jan 27 2024 9:23AM
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Farmville420
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ReturnToMonkeyPretty disappointed in how unpopular the superpipe option in the poll was. I love watching pros in a pipe it's more insane to me than anything else

I really hope goepper actually skis in jeans, also every athlete in pipe is interesting this year

**This post was edited on Jan 27th 2024 at 10:32:58am
Jan 27 2024 10:32AM
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armchair_skier
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Where matej?
Jan 27 2024 10:51AM
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tutipups
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K-Dot.american media glazed shaun white for so long after his prime had clearly faded because no discernible american successor ever presented themselves. meanwhile the japanese riders have absolutely dominated the discipline for a while now, ayumu is always so fun to watch


they still glazing him too
Jan 27 2024 12:31PM
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tutipups
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watching it on my monitor and the stream is so compressed on youtube
Jan 27 2024 12:33PM
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MVoller
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ReturnToMonkeyThey should have two style jumps


Do you mean two attempts at the style jump or two style scores? I think both are good ideas, falling on your only style attempt kind of ruins any chances at a podium and two style scores with maybe 3 attempts would be sweet too
Jan 27 2024 12:36PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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wtf is this graph in the corner?
Jan 27 2024 12:39PM
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tutipups
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wait what is the idx style thing
also jumps are looking real slow
Jan 27 2024 12:39PM
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tutipups
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a_pla5tic_bagwtf is this graph in the corner?

i remember the guy who made the idx app showing his app off here, happy to see its successful enough
Jan 27 2024 12:41PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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MVollerDo you mean two attempts at the style jump or two style scores? I think both are good ideas, falling on your only style attempt kind of ruins any chances at a podium and two style scores with maybe 3 attempts would be sweet too

Either way would be better. I think they could do more attempts but that's not as worth it, points-wise, as trying the big spin tricks again. They would probably be better off having two style scores
Jan 27 2024 12:49PM
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tutipups
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ReturnToMonkeyEither way would be better. I think they could do more attempts but that's not as worth it, points-wise, as trying the big spin tricks again. They would probably be better off having two style scores

i would love for them to bring back the 3 tricks best one wins. Feels like this year they were going for consistency but because of that it discourages trying new stuff.
Jan 27 2024 12:51PM
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Kyrilmo
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I thought the big air judges did a great job. Glad they’re listening to the community and actually judging on the style and not just spin to win. Troy podmilsak’s trip 2160 was wild too. He did it with style not like an arial skiier and I loved seeing that. He definitely deserved the win.
Jan 27 2024 12:51PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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I want a Jesper win
Jan 27 2024 12:54PM
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saskskier
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What is with the stupid IDX Style box that's taking up a bunch of the screen? So stupid.
Jan 27 2024 12:58PM
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tutipups
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more ads than actual skiing
Jan 27 2024 1:05PM
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buck_nasty
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nCrowDani b’s fit was not it. Sick skiing tho


Disagree I’m fuckin with the acid wash denim jacket
Jan 27 2024 1:06PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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saskskierWhat is with the stupid IDX Style box that's taking up a bunch of the screen? So stupid.


That shit doesn't even make any sense. Is icy bad? Who is deciding the scores on that?
Jan 27 2024 1:55PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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Social media's ruining xgames
Jan 27 2024 1:58PM
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nCrow
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tutipupsmore ads than actual skiing


I feel like there are way more this year. Like we got 2 ad breaks in the middle of a 30 minute big air jam. I feel like it would go straight through previous years
Jan 27 2024 2:28PM
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armchair_skier
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Big air should have 4 medals

1st 2nd 3rd for best scores

One person wins best trick
Jan 27 2024 2:37PM
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Farmville420
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nCrowI feel like there are way more this year. Like we got 2 ad breaks in the middle of a 30 minute big air jam. I feel like it would go straight through previous years

Watch on ABC or ESPN, still a bunch but wayyyyy less than YT
Jan 27 2024 2:43PM
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K-Dot.
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Birk was overscored imo, his final 18 was big and impressive but his trick selection on every feature was so cookie cutter. Stock comp approach through the rail section combined with only grabbing safety and mute should’ve lowered his score. Colby’s nosebutter double 16 with a stalefish grab was far more creative and should’ve given him the w imo, his rail section also was more impressive than Birk’s with stuff like his 2 backslide cont 2. Felt like the judges heavily rewarded Birk for not bobbling on that second run but ignored the fact that his run felt like the same conservative style run that we’ve all seen a million times over, just spinning to win without a single nod to more modern ski tricks
Jan 27 2024 2:44PM
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brandoh
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Yo,

I just wanted to address the meter but first off congrats to Birk Ruud for winning and A Hall and Mac for podiuming.

For context, idX is my app - just me full time. We have around 5000 tricks (autistic...yes) labeled from the last 4 years split 50/50 between comp skiing and snowboarding. Also, shout out to everyone on idX (our app).

Pitched X Games on using our trick data for their digital stream with the goal being to have average viewers (not your NS crowd) start to understand freeskiing better and we decided to pilot on the digital stream. We've been testing this for about the last month to make sure it's fully firing.

As we are operating remotely in SLC, and without going into too much technical detail, there has been a ton of miscommunication versus what we see on our screen and what you saw on yours with extremely little that us on our side can do about.

After reviewing the first runs for the livestream, we're extremely, extremely, disappointed on what was displayed, and sorry for messing up the viewing experience. Regardless, hoping the cable feed was fine and glad we got to see a heater of a competition overall.

DM me with any questions but hope this clears things up
Jan 27 2024 3:30PM
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Massiveg
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DlonettiAs a fellow Italian skier I thought Miro’s full Italy kit was sick af, could tell he really wanted to win I wish he had at least podiumed


I don’t know how he didn’t, he got robbed in the style point run😠
Jan 27 2024 3:39PM
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auski
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theabortionatorWatching snowboard pipe now on YouTube. They're using a drone for some follow cam. I hope that dies. Not a big fan.

Luckily they stopped cutting to ot after the first guy. They should just put it away. They have a whole camera setup dialed for the event. Leave the toy at home


Agree on the drone overuse. They used it as the live follow in ski big air and it was so crappy you had to wait for the replay to see what actually happened.

Don’t waste the live shot on the drone. Only use replays if the shot is good imo
Jan 27 2024 4:46PM
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Farmville420
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I have never seen a public roasting quite as intense as the ahall boot grab one, which is deserved but also like it's ahall obviously he just missed it let's be real here
Jan 27 2024 6:35PM
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Slowbro
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how many years until we see a pipe double in the women's event? Olenick did a whiskey flip (dub flair) in 06-07
Jan 27 2024 8:00PM
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EvanMeyer
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is there even a way to watch normal coverage of xgames anymore or are we all just subjected to the TikTok influencer fest with jack mitranis annoying ass
Jan 27 2024 10:22PM
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Farmville420
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EvanMeyeris there even a way to watch normal coverage of xgames anymore or are we all just subjected to the TikTok influencer fest with jack mitranis annoying ass

I been saying it but the ABC/ESPN broadcast is 100x better
Jan 27 2024 10:31PM
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GayWolf420
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"So many hearts in the livestream chat right now!"

dude ive literally seen like 10 comments from people asking Eileen to sit on their face wat the fuck
Jan 27 2024 10:36PM
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TOAST.
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Farmville420I been saying it but the ABC/ESPN broadcast is 100x better

every year I enjoy seeing everyone bitch about this influencer commentator shit and I still have no idea what they are talking about.
Jan 27 2024 10:43PM
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TOAST.
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why is there a lot more Japanese influence in snowboarding but not skiing. Maybe I'm not paying attention.

**This post was edited on Jan 27th 2024 at 10:54:45pm
Jan 27 2024 10:53PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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So for ski big air they were considering fakie/forward left/right spins but they don't seem to be doing switch + left/right for snowboarders?
Jan 27 2024 11:02PM
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Clark456
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Is nuckle huck going after big air snowboard or is it going right now?
Jan 27 2024 11:11PM
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