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isaacwrongCan't deny Noahs 450 disaster safety lh was g'd up
isaacwrongCan't deny Noahs 450 disaster safety lh was g'd up
STEEZUS_CHRI5TLJ should show up and do his blindfolded flips for every set. Hey, he's pushing the sport guys.
isaacwrongCan't deny Noahs 450 disaster safety lh was g'd up
Titus69Well I saw that coming after Noah’s second win, and all I can say is props to the other riders for dealing with it and having sick games against each other. Ryan put up a great battle against Noah and was hoping he’d be in the finals, I recall Henri vs Elias years ago, there was a rule that they can each only do one of their gnarly knee tearing tricks in the game, maybe throw that rule on people like Noah? Will still always watch slvsh cup but I really like when the finals is like watching Tanner vs Simon in the X games pipe, not just know who was gonna win the whole thing after the second fucking game…
AndrewGravesSVyeah fuck me for using a different word for a ski trick so skiing can be more welcoming and inclusive for people. Trick names are made up and change/ have alternates. Free country but all im saying is that if someone asks you to stop using a word that makes them uncomfortable then youre an asshole. its not a complex thing, youre just showing your cards that you care about people.
anyway i think this 3rd place consolation game is gonna be a heater if it happens. should be sick!
skiwisconsinLike, I get where you're coming from, and fuck being transphobic and all, but it's a completely different word even if it's the same word... if that makes sense. It's a shortened form of transition, is referring to a slope not a transgender person, etc. It's like the word chink when referring to armor or a dent in metal. It's pretty clear that someone means transition when using the word tranny in the context of skiing/skating/snowboarding/etc., and it's a long established piece of vernacular that had literally nothing to do with Trans people. Honestly, if we're going to police trick names, mute grab is way worse because it's origin is insensitivity and exclusion.
egirl.skicaring about your ns karma is fucking stupid
PsychicMigrationThought Kadi did an excellent job as ref, would love to see more from him. Woodsy definitely missed a bad call early on but he's also great ref sometimes stuff can't turn out perfect. More full time refs or proven ones would be good change. double trivia crack in finals wtf is going on now. Anyone count the number thought the entire bracket? 5? 6? 7? more? that's insane.
PsychicMigrationCaring about karma isn't all bad its just a way to see see people that are contibuting worthwile stuff to read or something hilarious.
skiermanAw, look at the stupid child defending an imaginary point system. LOL, I'm going to downvote every one of your posts from now on.
~Gotama~Taking the competition out of perspective, if you watched all of Seb's sets and all of Noah's, who looked better? Which skier represents the pleasure and creativity of cruising down a mountain on skis, and who looks like they're in the gym training for an athletic career?
~Gotama~Coming on here to vouch my support for Noah's skiing and attitude in this tourney.
Many people are saying he spammed the same trick over and over, but it's worth putting out he did safety slides on and off, left and right hand, uphill and downhill ski, and disaster spins both ways. It's a technical mastery of park skiing that no one else really has.
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Noah just reminded everyone that there's more to park skiing than spinning, an idea which appears to be lost among the other competitors, and especially the viewers of these games.
~Gotama~Coming on here to vouch my support for Noah's skiing and attitude in this tourney.
Many people are saying he spammed the same trick over and over, but it's worth putting out he did safety slides on and off, left and right hand, uphill and downhill ski, and disaster spins both ways. It's a technical mastery of park skiing that no one else really has.
Most of the other competitors are in the Xgames, Olympics, have red bull helmets, etc. and are masters at traditional tech tricks as they need to win competitions. They are doing 6s, double swaps, 3 swaps, etc, because score judged competitions inevitably favor quantifiable complexity over steeze.
But this is slvsh cup, where it's not competitor vs judge panel, but skier vs. skier. And when Noah got invited to this tourney he probably thought, I'll never win Xgames or go to the Olympics, but maybe I can show the world that spinning to win ain't everything, and here's the one competitive arena that rewards finding your opponents weakness. And after a game and a half, I bet he realized he could knock down every single one of these spin to win pencil dorks with a line of tricks that he's been practicing for years, not because they are comp winning sets, but because skiing is fun and looks cool.
Taking the competition out of perspective, if you watched all of Seb's sets and all of Noah's, who looked better? Which skier represents the pleasure and creativity of cruising down a mountain on skis, and who looks like they're in the gym training for an athletic career?
Noah just reminded everyone that there's more to park skiing than spinning, an idea which appears to be lost among the other competitors, and especially the viewers of these games.
GrandThingsLol anybody watch any of the King of Macba games? John Dilo basically doing this same strategy with switch ollies.
JalmarKalmarKing of what??
~Gotama~Coming on here to vouch my support for Noah's skiing and attitude in this tourney.
Many people are saying he spammed the same trick over and over, but it's worth putting out he did safety slides on and off, left and right hand, uphill and downhill ski, and disaster spins both ways. It's a technical mastery of park skiing that no one else really has.
Most of the other competitors are in the Xgames, Olympics, have red bull helmets, etc. and are masters at traditional tech tricks as they need to win competitions. They are doing 6s, double swaps, 3 swaps, etc, because score judged competitions inevitably favor quantifiable complexity over steeze.
But this is slvsh cup, where it's not competitor vs judge panel, but skier vs. skier. And when Noah got invited to this tourney he probably thought, I'll never win Xgames or go to the Olympics, but maybe I can show the world that spinning to win ain't everything, and here's the one competitive arena that rewards finding your opponents weakness. And after a game and a half, I bet he realized he could knock down every single one of these spin to win pencil dorks with a line of tricks that he's been practicing for years, not because they are comp winning sets, but because skiing is fun and looks cool.
Taking the competition out of perspective, if you watched all of Seb's sets and all of Noah's, who looked better? Which skier represents the pleasure and creativity of cruising down a mountain on skis, and who looks like they're in the gym training for an athletic career?
Noah just reminded everyone that there's more to park skiing than spinning, an idea which appears to be lost among the other competitors, and especially the viewers of these games.
Farmville420The two dudes with red bull helmets are more stylish and creative than Noah tbh, you can't be for real rn hahaha, also he didn't play any x games vets, just ameture rail spin lords. I hate that you feel the need to pretend that Noah is the only one there who loves skiing and has fun skiing when it's very obvious everyone there is more obsessed with the sport than every single one of us
