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lostheelslivestream on quali just goes down. one more run
http://joinvitational.com/
Mr.BishopI actually really hope to not see any quads. Its the wrong direction for the sport to go in...
Where is the style?
Park_RangerJossi is going to send the biggest switch zero that man has ever seen. Bigger than the one on the X games slope course
beantownsmugglerI'm sure skiing will be just fine.
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Mr.BishopAerials literally got lame because they kept doing more flips. There is more danger here than people realize.
caseytaylorListen man, I hear you.
We all hear you...
And I agree with most of what you've been saying in this thread! Personally I'm against the triples/ariels trend, but its human nature to push the boundaries, and its that simple. Freeskiing will always be its own entity because of the core spirit of the sport, regardless of how many dudes are throwing ridiculous flips and being featured in Target ads. Freeskiing, at its core, is going be fine.
So why don't you sit back, watch some good ass skiing, and chill the fuck out.
Mr.BishopThe problem is never the fact that the absolute best guys are going to get really hurt, its the people who are lower down the list, and the people trying this shit in their shitty parks at home that could get really hurt (Read: Paralyzed/Dead).
caseytaylorThis is a super good point, and it really is quite terrifying.
I'm just having a hard time watching people take sides and tear the sport apart.
I'll take my kumbaya bullshit elsewhere.
elindeWhen and where today is lifestream?
Mr.BishopI do really agree with you that the sport should not be torn apart - but we just need to balance things out a bit better. Give exposure and hype to all sides vs. going too crazy in one or the other.
Hell, I hate teh fact that there's so much division between big mountain and park skiers. Deep inside we're all the same, and just have different ways we like to enjoy the mountain.
I just really think that the triples/quads discussion needs to go in the same direction as the one about Avalanches. At a certain point, you're engaging in really risky behaviour and you need to be smarter about it without just reckless pursuit of 'progression'.
DrailJoinvitational.com. Should start in 30min give or take.
HolteWho is commentating on the livestream? Dude is pretty on point.
DrailThis event is a perfect conclusion to this years comp circuit. Windy and raining. Might as well cancel finals, the riders should expect it at this point in the season.
jibbpeterI think this years event is a great oppertunity to make all skiiers around the world proud of what we are.
Remember what seperated us from moguls and aerials when this glorious sport was still very young. Style. Attitude. Being free while skiing.
Now. Just because some snowboarder on coke manage to tomahawk trough the air like some dead object, doesn't mean that, that path is also ours to walk(ski) as well.
That's why this years JOI is a great oppertunity to continue doing our thing.
That's why people like (this is not all uniqe skiiers, just some examples) Vinnie, Torin, Jesper, Luca is needed so badly because they show us style and new creative shit!
Like Jespers sw nosedrag-thing double front+++. Vinnies grabs and rotations that would snap any other skiers ACL. Torin's MAD style and steeze. And of course Lucas tripple no one thought was possible, and is still the only one doing it (correct me if im mistaken).
PLEASE glorious athletes of JOI, do not turn this contest into a copycat show without soul (like air and style snwbrd), go out there and do what want skiing to be.
Yes. You're the people that's putting out your body and health for this sport, so that means that you hold your own and skiings future in your hands.
I have faith in you all.
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