LJ Strenio Got Robbed Of X-Games Gold

Newschooleri.I have been a member of NS since the golden era of 09 and your post is the most ignorant post I have ever came across. I do not consider myself to be one of those people who rant on the internet but boy are you going to get an ear full right now.

The real ski judges were: VinnyCash, eheath, Dadali, Schmuk and Berman. And I am sorry but I have never heard of you. How you managed to get an orange name I have no idea. If you were a real orange name, then you would understand why Magnus won and wouldn’t be spreading your stupidity on this already dying forum (I blame you for any future damage done to this online community).

Now let’s talk technical. To support your ill structured claim LJ did kill it. But… Real Ski has a lot more factors then just technical tricks. For that, I love this competition. The wide scope of judging that goes into this competition is truly amazing and reflects our growing sport. LJ hit a lot of gnarly rails. However, a lot of them are tricks we have seen in the past. LJ’s crazy rail from Grand Bizarre is similar to the one he hit in this real ski edit. The multiple kink rail is nothing we have not seen before. Also in the edit if you really pay attention some tricks are done twice just on different rails (same goes for some other contenders). I am not discrediting the gnarliness, all I am saying is nothing that revolutionary about that edit. LJ walks around an urban environment and sees what a lot of other skiers would see but just has the balls to hit “bigger/gnarlier” shit (ie. Longer rails, more kinks etc…) I believe the direction in which skiing is going a simple switch 2 in 2 out just does not cut it anymore; no matter how long the rail.

Now if you analyse Maguns’ edit you will see that from the first shot the style is different from everyone else in the contest. The combination of style and his tech skills whilst utilizing the urban environment just keep getting more impressive as you keep watching. Butter to wall ride! The waterfall down rail! Nollie on! The hand drag 180! Every single trick/shot is different. No two tricks are reused and on top of that, 95% of the edit consists of a trick that no one has done before. Magnus has an ability to view a feature in such a unique way and still be able to hit it with style and yea to rub it in your face he wears “your dads shit”. You can reflect it back to Candide. He was the first to do corks on skis. He had no one to learn from (except maybe snowboarding) and he was able to visualize these tricks and be the first to do them (a true pioneer) while wearing “new-school baggy shit”.

History repeats its self and Magnus, alongside The Bunch, are pioneering a new direction in skiing while you ozzywrong keep flailing your arms off a 15ft cliff.

Thank you to all the amazing judges that are giving credit to Magnus, pushing the sport in the right direction and giving guys like Magnus the spotlight! I have showed many non-ski friends all the real ski edits; guess which one stands out the most? You guessed it; Magnus’. The one that is progressive, fun to watch and gets people stoked (isn’t that what skiing is all about?).

-DanThis post is everything and the roast in the beginning is legend.

OHoblitzellegotta say i couldn't disagree more, I got homies that you've never heard of that i think could do everything in Ljs part other then the insane backflip and maybe one or two other things. the fact that this many people agree with you deeply saddens me

SigTveitSo called technical riding like LJ is showcasing in fact isn't very technical. It is hard work and many, many attempts more than anything. LJ had higher consequence stuff, which seems to be an important factor for many. On the other hand, exclusively considering technicality I think Magnus could have executed most of LJs tricks, but I don't think LJ would have been able to pull off much of what Magnus did.
And let's not even begin to talk about innovation and style...
Anyway, big ups to all the teams, who all pushed street skiing in its respective directions.

juanborlandohmmmm judging skiing is subjective hmmmmm

ozzywrongCool story dude.. you have no idea what you are talking about. LJ won hands down 15-foot cliff lol.. I bet you are from Portland.. and rock Supreme and Nike sb's But don't skate.. the hipster style isn't that progressive. He does have skills but most of the features weren't high consequence LJ should have won end of story. Magnus's tricks were cool and were progressive but they don't deserve to win X-games real ski. My opinion you can take it or leave it. all these so called progressive tricks Andy and Pep did in Idea years ago with way better style. All he is doing is copying Keegan Valaika and the hipster snowboard movment. It's still amazing skiing but it's no where near as gnarly as what LJ is doing. You think you know what you are talking about and that's fine I disagree.

nick_GAPERLJ

Username2The problem is the judges X-Games picked were all hella biased towards "steeze."

Jeff Schmuck: Head Judge?! Has he even hit an urban rail before???
Vinni Cash: I love Vinni, but he isn't an urban skier.. And he's in Edollo's crew. Super biased.


**They should've had Gus Kenworthy judge instead of Vinni if they wanted a guy who was a Medalist to be a judge. Gus is a legit urban skier even though he's mainly know for his Pipe/Slope skills.


Magnus and LJ were a toss up for first. Their edits were both next level in their own regard. LJ's edit was raw/tech as fuck and Magnus's was steezy/creative as fuck. Those two with Gold or Silver in any order made sense.

E'dollo got second because the judges were super biased towards "steeze/creativity" and because his good friend Vinni Cash was a judge. Yeah the ski industry is super connected, but that's like having Mike Hornbeck be a judge and expecting him not to favor Wallisch over the other skiers.

KingTacoMore real skiers on the judging panel and the decision would have been clear.

I've seen it first hand, filmers and skiers who really love skiing but aren't technically great skiers themselves, will definitely favor and lean toward the stylie trendy skier types.

juanborlandohmmmm judging skiing is subjective hmmmmm

SigTveitSo called technical riding like LJ is showcasing in fact isn't very technical. It is hard work and many, many attempts more than anything. LJ had higher consequence stuff, which seems to be an important factor for many. On the other hand, exclusively considering technicality I think Magnus could have executed most of LJs tricks, but I don't think LJ would have been able to pull off much of what Magnus did.
And let's not even begin to talk about innovation and style...
Anyway, big ups to all the teams, who all pushed street skiing in its respective directions.

Bushdid9_11First off, I've never seen Magnus coming anywhere near the level of tech in LJ's segment.

Magnus (and the rest of the bunch) have gotten really, really, good at a type of skiing no one else is that good at, because no one has given a shit about it. You can rename a trick people got bored of pushing in the 70's (like nollies, shuffles, or underslides, seen guys like stein eriksen and alan drury do all of these), get incredibly good at it, ?????, profit. Doesn't make you the greatest skier ever. Also will make ozzywong hate you. No proven connection as of yet.

VKomsiAlso In soccer the one who scores more goals wins, but does the one who does most spins win in skiing?

KingTacoMore real skiers on the judging panel and the decision would have been clear.

I've seen it first hand, filmers and skiers who really love skiing but aren't technically great skiers themselves, will definitely favor and lean toward the stylie trendy skier types.

KevskiFor Magnus it was like "Wait what - what did he do???" and LJ was like "Holy shit how'd he do that?"
Personally I know which one I value more when I'm forced to pick.

jakeordieGiven who's on the judging panel, I don't feel like we are qualified to question their decision.....rather, I feel like we should question our own preferences and prejudices in light of their decision.

Some of us ski park but not urban. Some of us ski urban way more than park. Some of us used to ski, some of us have never skied. Different ways of seeing the street will appeal to different viewers.

I like that the judges' call puts the focus back on the activity itself more than the image. For awhile now, it seems that the skiing industry has used the image of urban without actually promoting participation.

The Bunch are changing that, changing the idea that you need resorts and need terrain parks and need $$$ to do what you wanna do on skis. Street skiing is now less an alternative to park, and more a revolution of who can do this and what they're gonna do.

It's a lot like what skateboarding did in the late '80s, where vert ruled and dudes like Gonz and Natas were challenging the status quo in their industry. At the time, the idea that vert was gonna die and street would become the predominant style of skating would've been ludacris IT'S NOT AN ILLUSION WE RUNNIN' THE STREETS.

ozzywrongLJ's part was so much more tech and gnar than Magnus .. why is it that everyone rides the bunches dick so hard. hipsters with arms that flail everywhere. Magnus shreds his part was pretty dope but a lot of the tricks were on small features with no consequences.
The only mind-blowing trick he did, in my opinion, was the wall ride to cork 270 rail tap.. (that was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen) but in all honesty LJ has been one of the best rail skiers for such a long time and that video part was so next level there was some of the biggest rails ever slid in there.. back flip rail transfers back flips to stalls.. that cork 7 to deck landing late 180.. how the fuck did LJ not win the gold medal.. I think this is Ludacris.

Please discuss.. I still liked magnus and Edollos parts they bot featured amazing tricks but they didn't touch LJ he was hands down the winner in my mind.

AndrewGravesSVYeah cause like fuck Ahmet and Vinny right?

Vinny won x games big air two years ago for fucks sake and Ahmet can and has skied anything under the sun.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/669979/Ahmet-Dadali-Partly-Cloudy-Segment

skiguy04Nollie ftw... its all you have to do to be a champion these days

sure there were some big tricks and technical tricks but unless you nollie 65% of the time you're gonna end up with bronze

For the people who think long rail slides should be the deciding factor for victory, you actually don't know anything about skiing. To the outside eye skiers look like dildos with planks on the feet when performing slide maneuvers

Skiing has LITERALLY the easiest grinds in any sport out there!! This is a fact!!

Simply put, grinding on skis is stupid easy and requires ZERO skill and ZERO steeze

TentCan't we all just get along?

KellyKhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/860045/Richie-Jackson--39-s--quot-Death-Skateboards-quot--Part

VS

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/860046/David-Gonzalez--Possessed-to-Skate

KingTacoExactly, Vinny and Ahmet representing the real skiers.
Then the majority of the panel was Heath, Schmuck, and Berman

Chubz.fucking hilarious how butt hurt these anti-bunch jabroni's get

Chubz.fucking hilarious how butt hurt these anti-bunch jabroni's get

AndrewGravesSVDo you know what unanimous means?

SessionThe best is trying to say they are biting some snowboarders style. When everyone is pretty much just biting Z-boys style.