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Great interview with Tanner on JOVB

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Mr.Bishop
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Jon Olsson video blog. winter X.Games 12 Men' Superpipe finals

Jan 25 2008 12:28PM
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coolhandluke
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greater interview with Tanner in the booth on the Jeep X Center aftershow
Jan 25 2008 12:31PM
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LPT_311
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thank youuuuu
Jan 25 2008 12:32PM
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JGP.
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so much respect for tanner.
Jan 25 2008 12:39PM
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ECski
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On a lighter note does anyone know which POC helmet tanner was wearing?
Jan 25 2008 12:40PM
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quebecfreestyler
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he kept so much amplitude until thw switch hit... un real
Jan 25 2008 12:50PM
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EMK
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it's funny how EVERYONE calls it amplitude right now but once we'e all forgoten about x games comentry we'll all likle go back to "hight" and "air".
Jan 25 2008 12:55PM
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quebecfreestyler
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I stopped listening to annoucers a while ago my friend :)

Jan 25 2008 1:02PM
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rhinoceross
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lol sounds like colby's wassssteedddd
Jan 25 2008 1:06PM
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montanaskier
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is this vid online?
Jan 25 2008 1:12PM
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AKoblitz
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I really am so disapointed with how people reacted...

Jan 25 2008 1:31PM
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juanborlando
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i have so much respect for tanner.  good interview.  his run was really sick, spinning both ways, alley oop and switch.  he deserved to win.  but at the same time, simons run was sick too.  first hit 9 3rd run was absoultely ridiculous.  personnally i liked simons run better, but i can see how tanners run one.  cant wait for slope.
Jan 25 2008 1:32PM
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Sholte
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thank you jon. video blog is the best.
Jan 25 2008 1:38PM
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Tinga
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simon made off well with empire and such. so many gloves and bandannas were flashed multiple times. its crazy
Jan 25 2008 1:49PM
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XtRemE11
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why would people be booing tanner? simons run was great, especially his first hit, and how much amplitude he got, but tanners was more technical, had more style, more inverts and stuff, more hits, left and right spins, he had all those things over simon, the only thing simon did better was getting more air. so simon has tanner beat in one catagory, tanner has simon beat in 5 catagorys, tanner definatly deserved to win.
i think they may have just been booing the judges cause whoever that was, i think josi, got judged bad, and they were already pissed at the judges.
but you would have to be a dumbass to think simon should have won.
Jan 25 2008 2:10PM
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puhiS
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id bee sad if id get booed by assholes if i won xgold.
tanner is the G
Jan 25 2008 2:16PM
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mackinnon
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props to tanner, he deserved to win. i feel bad for the way people have been reacting, its actually kind of embarassing
Jan 25 2008 2:32PM
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VT_scratch
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yea man.  i saw like 3 or 4 ppl reppin the bandanna i think.  looks pretty cool.
Jan 25 2008 3:16PM
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colin13
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the thing with tanner is that people find him so easy to hate. i was watching the superpipe live and the man is a robot, when it came time for his run it wasnt intense at all. i was just thinking "great another flawless run". dumont somehow managed to catch the attention of the crowd by showing he CAN make mistakes. ironically this got tanner booed in the end.
Jan 25 2008 3:45PM
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Silence
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Half the field of competitors were wearing Empire gear!
Jan 25 2008 3:54PM
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Rogge
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That's a very touching moment with his parents. It's good see that some athletes still put family as a top priority. The booing last night shows the bullshit double standard in the industry. Everyone says Newschoolers.com and the east is full of hate but last night was proof that it's not just "us" its everyone.

Guys like Tanner are awesome and I'm glad we have him in this sport. I hope he wins 7 more medals and keeps killing it in the backcountry. Armada has a good team because it's built on character and not just talent and talk. Lots of people can be skiers but after last night it looks like only a few people can be classy. Thanks T and good work!

Jan 25 2008 3:55PM
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Billiards.
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I have sooo much respect for Tanner. There isn't anyone I wanted to win more than Tanner just because of all the hate he has persevered through and Tanner is a professional athlete at their best. He works so hard and he can do anything. The props go to you now Tanner thanks for all you have done and all you will do in the future. Can't wait for your next film.
Jan 25 2008 4:02PM
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BigRich
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Props to Tanner!!!!

And its really shit that some people booed..... Its was the most jaw dropping technical run I've ever seen.
Not to lick his ass hole... but we should celebrate such dominace of a sport.

Simon deserves respect for going large, but tanner defintily won.

Jan 25 2008 4:05PM
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freeskier53
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with the sport apparently moving in the direction of switch tricks and unnaty shit, how come laurent farve didnt win 2 years ago? nothing a gaisnt tanner, props to him but i mean laurent was murdering everyone at these tricks, maybe it was just to ahead of the times but
Jan 25 2008 4:22PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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laurent was just too far inhead of the time. Judging was based on spin big and get air factor in one direction versus switch and unnatural
Jan 25 2008 4:42PM
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kryptonskier
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I agree - what about skiers just being happy that skiers are doing well? It was an amazingly high-standard  comp - if you feel that Dumont should have won, be unhappy with the judges, not Tanner Hall.
Jan 25 2008 4:49PM
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FeL-X
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  Shit I cant beleive  people booed tanner, I mean c'mon.... this is probably the most disapointing thing Ive seen in years.. shit I hope he reads people comments on NS so that he sees hes got recognition much...
Jan 25 2008 5:09PM
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meggles
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Agreed. Tanner fucking slayed it. I cannot believe how people booed him...but, like others have said, I really hope that he reads all these threads and posts and realizes that that crowd was WAY out of line, and doesn't respect or know skiing like the kids on here do. Props Tanner. You deserved that. You're a fucking beast at pipe. And thank you Jon for having this blog. I think watching this will change some people's opinions on the guy, if they're at all negative.  We're all skiers here..it's about time people acted like it. Congrats Tanner!

Jan 25 2008 5:52PM
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johnnypsunami
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Tanner's mom was right

HE IS THE BEST. Period.

He has done so much for skiing, to the point where ppl don't even recognize or respect it anymore. fuck that.

Jan 25 2008 5:56PM
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ECski
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DOES anyone know what POC helmet Tanner and Jon wear
Jan 25 2008 6:17PM
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7X
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word. respect to tanner.
Jan 25 2008 6:18PM
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coolhandluke
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http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3214345&categoryId=3190441&n8pe6c=1&brand=winterx12
Jan 25 2008 6:57PM
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tjski
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amen brother.......i counldntve said it better myself..
Jan 25 2008 7:22PM
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Holte
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Absolutely. The guy's been one of my lifelong heroes. Really sucked to see him booed after putting down perhaps the single best competition pipe run ever. Keep killin it Tanner. Can't wait to see what you're doing in the backcountry this winter.
Jan 25 2008 7:53PM
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skiEER
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he did seem pretty full of himself in the interview
Jan 25 2008 8:13PM
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+public_ennemy+
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I think Tanner deserves way more than winning, he deserves the respect of you guys, our whole community, i mean this guy has done so much for skiing he cant be booed also considering de fact that he skis pow before praticing pipe. And if  you know what youre talking about in PIPE skiing (cause a lot of NS people dont even do pipe skiing but only jibbing) i dont even know how this guy can be hated and Yess simon got amplitude but what else. Simon has the secret to impress fans, Tanner the secret to impress judges and win, thats all you need to know and thats always the way its gonna be as long as tanner will be in the game. And all of you haters just shut the fuck up untill you meet him cause he's one of the nicest guy i've ever speaken with.

Jan 25 2008 8:16PM
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JEWbacca
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Yeah man he said some good things there
Jan 25 2008 8:59PM
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3ski6guy0
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that was a really good interview with him. at first i thought simon shouldve have won but once i realized how technical tanners tricks were, i agree with his gold. i think its kind of sad though how shitty he felt at the end of his run. he just won gold yet he was sad that people were booing at him. not cool
Jan 25 2008 9:44PM
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dmc12380
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From the view at the bottom of the pipe for the rich yuppies of aspen who don't understand this sport, it would seem like Simon should have won because he went bigger. They booed Tanner because they didn't know what his run actually consisted of, to them it just seemed liked he did the same as Simon but smaller. If i were Tanner I'd quit competitions for good and ski pow all year.
Jan 26 2008 12:18AM
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SteezePatrol
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to quit competitions just because there's going to be some ignorant in person spectators would be a very childish thing to do in my opinion. he should know that the majority of the newschool skiing community does not reside at hand in vail.  the reaction of the crowd was undeniably all for dumont though, they were going crazy his WHOLE run.
Jan 26 2008 12:32AM
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seemeski
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I don't know if I wanted Tanner to win going into the contest but I'm so happy for him.

Jan 26 2008 1:22AM
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line_invader007
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tanners the shit! and you have to be stupid as hell to hate on him, he may be overrated but he has so much skill and has done so much for the sport
Jan 26 2008 1:23AM
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Capurnicus
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tanners the man!
Jan 26 2008 2:59AM
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landonn
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US Open Pipe = Part Two X Games Show. its  gonna be so dope.  Simon will throw down a different run.

Jan 26 2008 3:00AM
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mtdg311
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Jan 26 2008 3:49AM
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XtRemE11
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i dont understand how people can be booing tanner, he has done the most for sport out of anyone, he is a nice person (unlike simon) and his run was better, no questions. the people were probably booing cause they have no idea what they are seeing, and to them, simon went bigger, and thats all they care about, but really tanners run obviously took much more skill and he totally deserved 1st.
Jan 26 2008 5:37AM
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hottate
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Honestly, Tanner needs a PR person. Notice how much that one interview did for him? No espn cameras, just him.
I've only met him once but he's nothing like he is on TV and he needs to show people that.
I think he should do his own video blog.
Jan 26 2008 1:08PM
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Bumbleton
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i hate all these little kids who think they know skiiing because they watch the x games and have been in a park that are on dumonts dick. I cant beleive Tanner got booed, it made me sick. People need to understand style and technicality because all these little kids understand is how much a guy spins and how high he goes. congrats Tanner, you definatly desrved it!
Jan 26 2008 8:12PM
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C.R.420
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Much respect and mad props to Tanner. The way he has progressed the sport is just crazy.
Props to Simon too, his runs were insane.

Congrats on your 7th gold Tanner, you deserve it man.
I'm stoked see everyone throw down in the superpipe again next year!
Jan 26 2008 8:12PM
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Peter.
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dude, tanner wrecks, and I dont care what people say

and i love colby
Jan 26 2008 8:14PM
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EMK
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that'd be so rad.
Jan 26 2008 9:15PM
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