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Official rails 2 riches thread

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skijib10
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So rails 2 riches is coming up dec 8. what features would you like to see in it this year? what are your expectations?

Nov 19 2012 10:43PM
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TNORTS
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this
Dec 9 2012 6:14PM
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TNORTS
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also want to see some of the bails on video. So many people slammed into that closeout ahahah.
Dec 9 2012 6:15PM
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BWalmer
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There were TONS of cameras around, I'm sure more photos and edits will come out soon. Most people don't go straight to editing after the event and get it out in the same night.
Dec 9 2012 6:28PM
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jamodeo
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will hibbs got robbed kid went crazy so much style
Dec 9 2012 7:22PM
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eheath
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Yeah im sure he got "robbed" bro. Sorry your friend didnt win.
Dec 9 2012 7:23PM
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BWalmer
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Should have gotten $100 and a spot into the Dash for Cash...yes...should have podiumed...no.

While he did some crazy tricks, and rode really well, the podium is what it should have been. The only one who really came close to the podium besides the Saga team (including Kutcher) was Kieran.
Dec 9 2012 7:36PM
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84891jnf92048
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it was weird. during qualis, people were hopping over it, barely missing it, and making some crazy saves, but i think I only saw one person just bump into the closeout, and definitely nobody flip over it.

then finals came, and it was just one person after another smashing into it.
Dec 9 2012 8:34PM
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BWalmer
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Most amazing save was the kid who went for a switch 2 on, didn't get the right pop or something and only got switch 1, landed on only his left foot (inside of the close out), managed to get his right foot on to the maybe 6 inch ledge on the outside of the rail and lift his left ski up and over the close out with no contact...it was pretty epic.

But yeah, kids were getting worked on that close out during finals (one kid didn't finish finals cause it). At one point like 3 kids in a row got closed out on it. I think the combination of being tired from hiking all day and being pumped to try and win some cash was the main problem, cause there certainly wasn't a lack of talent in finals.

Also, on a related note, the female snowboarder that won the whole thing (can't remember her name at the moment) slammed into the close out during qualifiers, still managed to make it to finals, had to get something like 14 stitches (can't remember the exact number), then came back and won. Some serious respect for her.
Dec 9 2012 8:51PM
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Jared.
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Lily Calabrese

MAD respect for that girl.

Dec 9 2012 8:56PM
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TNORTS
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Holy shit that's gnarly
Dec 9 2012 8:57PM
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jrl
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So did Nate Haust podium?
Dec 9 2012 9:02PM
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84891jnf92048
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Matt Crowe. I can't believe he didn't get taken out on that.
Dec 9 2012 9:43PM
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BWalmer
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He did not. Mens snowboard podium was Riley Nickerson, Luke Haddock, and Yale Cousino.
Dec 9 2012 10:21PM
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brewbabyy
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pros flew in and went ham. i do say i really wanted to see kieran on that podium, he brought that OG trippy flow steeze to the table
Dec 9 2012 10:27PM
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Bittner
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This been skiing with him for the last couple weeks and hes been putting WORK into that pretzel. Kids branching off in a new direction.
Dec 9 2012 11:40PM
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585.
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A classic example of why no one likes you.
Dec 10 2012 12:14AM
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Evilchris
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Mildly off topic, but did anyone else watch the snowboard completely face plant trying to flip (lincoln?) out of the flat-up rail in the mouse run park?
Dec 10 2012 9:23AM
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commander2984
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big up for all the snowboard homies on podium!
(timmys gonna get it one of these years though, he killed it)

yales flip to down bar was insane.. didnt completely stomp an ride away, but still fucking out of his mind to try it like 5 times...

oh an did compton not do it?
Dec 10 2012 9:40AM
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1337
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he was a judge
Dec 10 2012 9:45AM
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1337
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BOOM! The full recap of the event!

https://www.newschoolers.com/readnews/42374/2012-Rails-2-Riches-Full-Recap
Dec 10 2012 11:34AM
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STwoops
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ya lj!!!
Dec 10 2012 12:05PM
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CrotchKiller
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Dec 10 2012 1:08PM
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EmperorKuzco
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haha this. Ive heard a bunch of complaining about the judging, and it's all fucking ridiculous.
Dec 10 2012 3:16PM
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Randy_Quench
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the people bitching were clearly either:
A. not at the event
B. watching an entirely different contest
C. full retard.
D. all of the above
Dec 10 2012 3:45PM
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EmperorKuzco
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Some of them were in the competitiok
Dec 11 2012 3:40PM
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84891jnf92048
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It's got to be an incredibly hard event to judge. The level of competition is very high, and style is actually considered in the judging. There's a lot of different stuff to compare; for example, kieran's 2 tailside pretzel, and LJ's front swap misty 4. both tricks are incredibly difficult in their own right, but they take pretty different approaches to the setup.

However, what it really comes down to is that tricks were graded on a point scale, there were tons of people putting down tricks worth whatever the highest trick score was (4, i think), and the winners were the people who did more of them.
Dec 11 2012 4:40PM
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