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Oct 24 2011
7:43:01AM

Takeshi Yasutoko 2times X games golds medalist attempts to ski half pipe Sochi 2014.

He is now training at here
http://a-x.jp/index.php

Please let me know your opinion about that

His results on X games are...
http://inlineskating.about.com/od/competitiveskaters/p/takeshi_yasutoko.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlwtSS-Pzug

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Oct 24 2011
7:50:25AM

holy shit

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Oct 24 2011
9:29:38AM

Ha! This is what Olympics will do to our sport - take people who arn't even skiers and start throwing them on skis in hope of making some cash of them. Isn't that what ruined aerials - they just started throwing washed up gymnasts on skis? This is fucking wack, people should start skiing for skiings sake, not for bronze silver or gold.

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Oct 24 2011
9:41:39AM

hmmm i have conflicting opinions of this being a skater and skier. I guess it's good that he's getting more exposure and has something else to do cause lets face it, rollerblading still isn't the coolest thing even in other parts of the world. it's better elsewhere than in america though. but putting random people into skiing isn't exactly cool either.

but where in the article does it say he'll be skiing? i don't seem to see it.

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Oct 24 2011
9:47:56AM

Not really a huge deal. It'll be good if he has some style and hopefully the judges won't admire his hucked tricks

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Oct 24 2011
10:04:02AM

As if we were joking about this guy skiing the other day. I wouldn't put money on him making the transition to skiing.

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Oct 24 2011
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It will be interesting to see how the transition from ski to skate goes for him. Kaya certainly has turned out to be both a technically strong and stylish slopestyle skier. It seems like the transition to pipe will be much harder as it requires so much stronger of a ski background. But it would be sick to see someone throw left and right dub flatspins in a pipe run.

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Oct 24 2011
11:45:18AM

still dont see any proof that he's actually going to do it...

not really a fan of the idea though :(

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Oct 24 2011
12:09:52PM

Quoting hollygrove$ from Oct 24 2011 9:29:38:
Ha! This is what Olympics will do to our sport - take people who arn't even skiers and start throwing them on skis in hope of making some cash of them. Isn't that what ruined aerials - they just started throwing washed up gymnasts on skis? This is fucking wack, people should start skiing for skiings sake, not for bronze silver or gold.

well if he's good enough to do it and be successful at it then maybe "our sport" isn't as challenging as some people like to believe.

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Oct 24 2011
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Well i've never had the chance to use a ski half pipe but I can do pipe on skates. not like double viking flips and such but I can spin and in mini ramps i can do flips but barely above the coping haha. haven't tried to do it in awhile cause it's easy to get hurt.

but going to skiing is weird cause instead of just going back and forth you have to go down the pipe as well.

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Oct 24 2011
1:41:44PM

this guy should have been skiing a long time ago...it sucks that the olympics are what motivated him to put on a pair of skis but whatever.

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Oct 24 2011
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Quoting hey-dude-its-me from Oct 24 2011 12:09:52:
well if he's good enough to do it and be successful at it then maybe "our sport" isn't as challenging as some people like to believe.

What? That is completely irrelevant to my point.

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Oct 24 2011
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Quoting hollygrove$ from Oct 24 2011 1:44:25:
What? That is completely irrelevant to my point.

yea upon further review you didn't really have a point other than expressing your own personal requirements on why someone "should" ski, probably shouldn't have quoted something so worthless.

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Oct 24 2011
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Quoting hey-dude-its-me from Oct 24 2011 1:50:36:
yea upon further review you didn't really have a point other than expressing your own personal requirements on why someone "should" ski, probably shouldn't have quoted something so worthless.

Ah yes, the classic "my opinion is right and yours is wrong." Should we even bother continuing on? Everyone knows what follows.. However, I do believe that I'm allowed to have an opinion. My concern is for the integrity of the sport while you're (probabaly) pumped on more exposure and people in the industry (you haven't given your opinion yet..) Both valid? Personally, I think so, but I would hate to see that exposure turn into people getting thrown onto skis, their eyes gleaming with gold medals.

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Oct 24 2011
4:10:39PM

If the guy knows how to ski, He'll be fine. He knows how to work a transition. If he knows how to hold an edge, he could probably boost a half pipe as well - if not better - than most of the skiers out there.

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Oct 24 2011
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i'm still looking for a source that says this?

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Oct 24 2011
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Where's Eito? Taig Kris? Spelling errors?

The first time I heard Daft Punk was when Taig Kris (or whatever it is) skated to it during the 97-98 X Games. Why would someone remember something like that? ARRRROUUUND THE WOOOOOORRLLLD

I think this is cool....has to be somewhat of a natural transition for the kid, assuming he's skied a handful of times. If he can find his edges before the games, that kid might whirlybird his ass into relevancy. His in line pipe runs were fliptastic spectacles.

Question: Were the Yasutoko brothers in a ski movie that came out in the last few years? I feel like they had a quick cameo, literally a few seconds, in a ski flick in a Japan segment. May have been Believe. Anyone?

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Oct 24 2011
4:45:15PM

Let him do it, there is no way he'll be at the level of top pipe riders today with just 3 years training haha. And also, in 3 years halfpipe will be at an even higher level than it is now.

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Oct 24 2011
4:55:01PM

Hahaha yes! One of my favorites as a kid! I would love to see one of those super late flatspin/eggroll style tricks on skis!

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Oct 24 2011
5:14:42PM

that moment when he realizes he wont just clip in and expect to do doubles.

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Oct 24 2011
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Oct 24 2011
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Quoting casual$ from Oct 24 2011 4:39:44:
Where's Eito? Taig Kris? Spelling errors? The first time I heard Daft Punk was when Taig Kris (or whatever it is) skated to it during the 97-98 X Games. Why would someone remember something like that? ARRRROUUUND THE WOOOOOORRLLLD I think this is cool....has to be somewhat of a natural transition for the kid, assuming he's skied a handful of times. If he can find his edges before the games, that kid might whirlybird his ass into relevancy. His in line pipe runs were fliptastic spectacles. Question: Were the Yasutoko brothers in a ski movie that came out in the last few years? I feel like they had a quick cameo, literally a few seconds, in a ski flick in a Japan segment. May have been Believe. Anyone? Paging Asian Allen....Paging any and all Asians named Allen.

Taig is doing front flips off the eiffel tower or something while Chris Haffey calls him an embarrassment to the industry.

I think Eito has been battling injuries, may be on the comeback now. These guys are getting old but the tranny skills are amazing as ever. I think I've seen believe, do not remember any yasutoko cameo though. I also may have fallen asleep during that movie.

I'm going to go peruse some blade sites to confirm this.. they always post up ski/snow related stuff whenever it comes up.

My thoughts, he has 2 years to learn how to ski on a transition shaped ice rink. he's able to to land on a one foot long 1 inch wide platform from a 10+ foot high, laid out double flip. if he can put it together, scary! those yasutokos have some unique style they could bring to the game.

vert skating is pretty dead, maybe a ski pipe appearance will inspire some kids to drop in.

Also, the sochi pipe needs some coping on it so takeshi can true fish it into a double viking flip. i dont know what a double viking flip is but im assuming it would look badass after a true fishy.

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Oct 24 2011
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I don't think you can go from non skier to olympic halfpipe skier by 2014, regardless of how good your aerial skills are. i saw the chris haffey video, whatever he did some 5s in the park not that impressed. i just don't see this happening, i see no correlation between rollerblading abilities and skiing down a superpipe which requires really good edging ability, not to mention doing it switch

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Oct 24 2011
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Oct 24 2011
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that flatspin was like a layedspin

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Oct 24 2011
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double looked like torins dub flat 12

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Oct 25 2011
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Quoting asian_allen$ from Oct 24 2011 5:28:20:
These guys are getting old

thats what I was thinking. I remember vert from the x games in like from like '95 to '04 (when they took inline out) and those guys were there usually. Now that I think of it, I don't even remember seeing park even broadcasted.

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Oct 25 2011
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Quoting asian_allen$ from Oct 24 2011 5:28:20:
Taig is doing front flips off the eiffel tower or something while Chris Haffey calls him an embarrassment to the industry. I think Eito has been battling injuries, may be on the comeback now. These guys are getting old but the tranny skills are amazing as ever. I think I've seen believe, do not remember any yasutoko cameo though. I also may have fallen asleep during that movie. I'm going to go peruse some blade sites to confirm this.. they always post up ski/snow related stuff whenever it comes up. My thoughts, he has 2 years to learn how to ski on a transition shaped ice rink. he's able to to land on a one foot long 1 inch wide platform from a 10+ foot high, laid out double flip. if he can put it together, scary! those yasutokos have some unique style they could bring to the game. vert skating is pretty dead, maybe a ski pipe appearance will inspire some kids to drop in. Also, the sochi pipe needs some coping on it so takeshi can true fish it into a double viking flip. i dont know what a double viking flip is but im assuming it would look badass after a true fishy.

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Also, the cameo I was talking about was almost definitely in Believe, and doesn't show the bros actually skiing. It's like a three second portrait of two guys, one shorter than the other with glasses smiling. He looks EXACTLY like Takeshi...yes, there is a "they all look a like" joke in there somewhere, and a lesser man than myself may have taken the opp.

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Oct 25 2011
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Quoting a_pla5tic_bag from Oct 25 2011 12:24:42:
thats what I was thinking. I remember vert from the x games in like from like '95 to '04 (when they took inline out) and those guys were there usually. Now that I think of it, I don't even remember seeing park even broadcasted.

Oh.....it was.

In-Line street got love, not as much as vert, but it did. Roadhouse Randy Spizer, Arlo Eisenberg, Jon Julio, etc. held it down.

Anyone remember the MTV XGames rip off? It was some kind of festival with live music, (311, Rage, etc.) and EXtreme sports? They made this cool street course that had all kinds of goofy gaps, and like mailbox grinds and shit. It was basically a precursor to how they have the warp tour set up now where there's dudes seshing a halfpipe while some shitty band plays.

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Oct 25 2011
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i have no problem with this guy skiing halfpipe in the olympics, and frankly i dont understand why anyone would. I assume that this guy has been on skis before and he will probobly make the transition fairly well. he has lots of time to train as well. if this guy is able to throw those sick flat spins in a ski pipe then he will certainly progress our sport.

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Oct 25 2011
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Quoting JCon from Oct 24 2011 5:18:29:
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May 3 2012
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He's actually pretty good

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May 3 2012
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Quoting Slowbro$ from May 3 2012 12:03:14:
He's actually pretty good

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May 3 2012
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if Olympics didn't motivate people to try new sports we would never have had Cool Runnings
and just imagine the war famine and poverty a world without Cool Runnings would have....
that's just not a world i want to live in,
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May 3 2012
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is that actually him? if so hmm...

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May 3 2012
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Quoting Mike.Records

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It will be interesting to see how the transition from ski to skate goes for him. Kaya certainly has turned out to be both a technically strong and stylish slopestyle skier. It seems like the transition to pipe will be much harder as it requires so much stronger of a ski background. But it would be sick to see someone throw left and right dub flatspins in a pipe run.

he only skates pipe and can do dub flats so once he gets used to having skis on he'll throw down since landing will be so much easier

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May 3 2012
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lol why wud anyone care if this guy competes? as if its gona take away from the sport.. and you cant blame him for competing, he s probly got the best chance from anyone from his country, so he might as well try. if he actually does win, he completely deserves it!! He s clearly gonna need to work super hard to compete with Torin and co.

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May 3 2012
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it wouldnt happen. Aerial skiers basically go straight and land straight, so being a very good gymnast caters for the problem of being bad at skiing so they are able to get away with it to an extent. however for slopestyle you have to be able to ski switch and forward well, the jumps are not up and down like an aerials jumps is ( which could be compared to a trampoline) but long so its different, and most of all the amount of time it would take these gymnasts to acquire the rail skills of a pro would be so long it wouldnt be worth it. and in halfpipe you land and take of sideways and have to have very good edge control and balance on skis.

so no, it wont happen.

did you bend those twin tippers yourself?

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May 3 2012
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Quoting ski0 from May 3 2012 12:29:06:
and you cant blame him for competing, he s probly got the best chance from anyone from his country, so he might as well try.

That's kind of the thing. Props for strapping on skis, but for what purpose, really? To enjoy skiing? To have fun? Or simply to compete for the Gold for his country?

The line is very vague.

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May 3 2012
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Quoting Mike-O

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That's kind of the thing. Props for strapping on skis, but for what purpose, really? To enjoy skiing? To have fun? Or simply to compete for the Gold for his country? The line is very vague.

well if the thrill you get from skiing lies in competing, who are we to say thats not the same justification as our love to lap the park or ski pow through the trees. You're statement rests on opinion just as much as his.

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May 3 2012
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Quoting a_pla5tic_bag from May 3 2012 12:21:12:
is that actually him? if so hmm...

Yeah thats him. He's sponsored by K2 and has a lot of pictures of skiing on his wall, he has some other half pipe videos too.

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May 3 2012
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Quoting *Dos*Planker* from May 3 2012 1:05:30:
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May 3 2012
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Quoting *Dos*Planker* from May 3 2012 1:05:30:
well if the thrill you get from skiing lies in competing, who are we to say thats not the same justification as our love to lap the park or ski pow through the trees. You're statement rests on opinion just as much as his.

But to what end? Judged by whom and how?

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May 3 2012
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Quoting aldenspence. from May 3 2012 12:18:16:
if Olympics didn't motivate people to try new sports we would never have had Cool Runnings and just imagine the war famine and poverty a world without Cool Runnings would have.... that's just not a world i want to live in, Lets think of this Asian skier the way we think of the Jamaican bobsled team. SANKA YOU DEAD MON?? YAAAA MONNN

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May 3 2012
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the pipe he is skiing in this is sooooo bad but...

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May 3 2012
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That's as silly as them hipster kids who hate everything because it's popular.

What difference does it make to our sport if some random egg-fwied-wice eating, rollerblader starts skiing? You're still going to be able to ski, so am I. New people will still start skiing for skiing's sake.

Besides, you're talking about one aspect of skiing, probably the smallest aswell. He'll never be able to ski big mountain, or maybe he will - anyone can learn to ski, stop trying to stop them.

So now say he does get gold in the pipe, he's one it. He deserves it. Sorry to crush your fantasy but it's skill that people are judged on, not how much 'soul' they have and how much they love the sport.

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May 3 2012
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and K2 has him sponsored?

1.Quit rollerblading multiple times

2.sponsor pro rollerblader for skiing

3.????????

4.Profit?

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May 3 2012
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i think kaya turski showed us that transitioning from being a pro rollerblader to pro freeskier is impossible...

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May 3 2012
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Quoting a_pla5tic_bag from May 3 2012 2:12:15:
and K2 has him sponsored? 1.Quit rollerblading multiple times 2.sponsor pro rollerblader for skiing 3.???????? 4.Profit?

lol. louie zamora quit k2 again because they were barely paying him and wouldnt give him a pro model or really listen to him at all. dunno if you saw that on bemag.

but profit indeed.

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