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Vars Tournament is back

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dethor
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The Vars Tournament is back (competition based on the game of S.K.A.T.E). Vars just uploaded the videos of the first round, enjoy:












Mar 24 2014 6:22AM
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corona
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cork 12 blunt he spins left. switch cork 10 mute he spins right. like he really doesn't care. what a boss.
Mar 25 2014 2:38PM
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.Hugo.
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I don't know how anyone could beat vinnie in skate if jumps are involved
Mar 25 2014 4:39PM
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BrokenBones
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The Vinnie vs. Karl semi-final was amazing.
Mar 25 2014 4:45PM
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jensen
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I think it is kind of stupid to invlolve crazy grab variations in a game of SKI. When I play with my friends it has always been cork 9 grab, maybe desginating cork 9 left or right hand grab. Everyone has preferences on grabs and to start allowing the crazy variations detracts from the actual trick/rotation being thrown, which in my opinion is the main part and basis of the trick.
Mar 25 2014 4:45PM
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MLJ
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I coulda sworn I saw B-dog in the preview video. Even in the comments for the video someone noted the time when Bdog ate massive shit. Wish he was in it would have been dope. Oh well.
Mar 25 2014 4:50PM
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Xanadoo
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such a boss. stomped the shit out of that 8 on too
Mar 25 2014 5:04PM
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.Hugo.
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Except they're pros, most of them can do all of those rotations in their sleep. Calling a grab makes it actually challenging for them
Mar 25 2014 5:14PM
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jensen
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Starting doing tricks every direction and get more technical on the rotation. There is a massive combination of tricks do be done excluding grabs.

It is just my opinion though and I realize not everyone would agree. It was interesting when I was watching I almsot felt like Vinnie could do those crazy grabs better than he could do a normal mute or tail grab. I suppose Karl started tossing his own grabs though, like the blunt wrap or whatever, so it is all fair.
Mar 25 2014 5:25PM
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broto
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so should they start at 1080 and keep upping their spins like a top with safety grabs or make it actually fun to watch?
Mar 25 2014 10:32PM
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ChristianMingle
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Maybe you should go watch some aerials...
Mar 26 2014 12:12AM
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KingGeedorah
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Probably footage from last year's tournament, which he was in. And is anybody else a little disappointed that David Wise didn't compete? I wanted to see what would happen if he left the pipe.
Mar 26 2014 1:43AM
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dethor
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The final:

Mar 26 2014 6:02AM
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Twig
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Antti Ollila is one of the most underrated skiers out there. Amazing style and a huge bag of tricks.
Mar 26 2014 8:09AM
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corona
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He would have lost really fast in the round that was all rails.. if he would have gotten past the first round.
Mar 26 2014 9:57AM
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DonNut
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Amen to that. Great style and a bag of tricks that can last for days. (As you can see in the finals vid, it seems like the guys were exhausted from playing S.K.A.T.E the whole day)

On a sidenote, Antti on a pair of old Nordica AoS? maybe he lost or broke his own skis on the way to the tournament.
Mar 26 2014 10:04AM
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kalle.
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yea it said on his instagram that he has had ski issues. those nordicas are from his friend that he used in a water ramp. he doesnt have a ski sponsor at least thats what i heard..
Mar 26 2014 11:05AM
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GANGBANG420
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Fuck... Vinny fall looked so damn sketchy
Mar 26 2014 11:56AM
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Furrer92
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yah seriously, looked like he took it right to his head. Amazing finals, both seemed beat by the end. Was hilarious how Vinnie thought he was fucked then just brought out the big guns and brought it back to even.
Mar 26 2014 12:08PM
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Furrer92
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yah seriously, looked like he took it right to his head. Amazing finals, both seemed beat by the end. Was hilarious how Vinnie thought he was fucked then just brought out the big guns and brought it back to even.
Mar 26 2014 12:08PM
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dethor
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Small final for the 3rd place:


All 4 riders look quite tired in both finals, it's  a shame that they couldn't do the finals the day after because of the weather.

Overall great event, I just wish that they had the backcountry kickers like last year.
Mar 26 2014 12:23PM
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AdiibA
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looks like Will was just happy not to hurt himself, he seemed way to tired to really try.
Mar 26 2014 12:41PM
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jensen
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That is not at all what I said. I said technical rotations. For example, switch rodeo 3. More unnatural. More unique lines and gaps. I never said no grab either.

There is a whole lot of possibility to do innovative tricks apart from putting a crazy grab in it that will make for, in my opinion, a more fair and consistent game of SKI. Obviously Vinnie is going to win because he does those grabs everyday, how is anyone going to compete with that?


Disclaimer: I am in not in any way knocking what Vinnie does. He has some of the sickest style out and I love watching what he comes up with.
Mar 26 2014 12:52PM
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Peter.
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wesson is so absurd on rails
Mar 26 2014 1:19PM
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KennyC
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Hell yeah
Mar 26 2014 5:44PM
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manero
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http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:10671480
Mar 26 2014 5:48PM
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RalphWaldo
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Vinny and those venom grabs...
Mar 26 2014 6:36PM
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Miomo
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I actually surprised Will did so good on the jumps. I didn't think he could do anything.
Mar 26 2014 8:18PM
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Toaster-Tony
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Your disclaimer is exactly why he ran a train on this competition lol

He's damn creative and there's nothing stopping all the other athletes from doing venom grabs everyday either.
Mar 26 2014 8:37PM
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ABalls
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Wow antti fucking killed it out there
Mar 26 2014 9:25PM
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gapersarefriends
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karl seemed so stoked compared to will who looked like he wanted to go to sleep
Mar 26 2014 11:49PM
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J.D.
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Observations:

1. Vinnie has too much kooky shit he can do that no one else really attempts. It's almost unfair that he can call out stuff like "venom grab".

2. Karl is just really good at skiing.

3. Often the stuff they're actually saying they're going to do doesn't match up with what the caption says they're going to do.

4. This includes the winning trick, where Vinnie apparently said something like butter 4, but only ended up doing butter 2. CONTROVERSY

Mar 29 2014 6:23PM
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GANGBANG420
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Vinny called butter 4, the editors wrote butter 2, vinny did a butter 4
Mar 30 2014 3:28PM
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CrotchKiller
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squash individuality and implement more guidelines!

yay!
Mar 31 2014 2:30PM
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jensen
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Your only idea of individuality is crazy grabs? That is pretty sad.
Mar 31 2014 4:14PM
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AndrewGravesSV
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Goddamn Karl is rad
Apr 1 2014 12:23PM
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RubberSoul
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threads for sure
Apr 1 2014 12:39PM
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Steezygaper
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Antii has so much style. Love watching these.
Apr 1 2014 1:30PM
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