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Slope is done, and I'm bored on an overnight shift at work, so it's time to talk halfpipe. Women's and men's qualifiers are Thursday morning/afternoon, with finals Friday and Saturday morning respectively.
What're people's predictions? @rudager what's your intel from the site? I'm just hopeful there are more clean runs than in slope. I imagine wind won't be as much of an issue, if nothing else.
I was watching the ladies practice in it today while skiing through the corral, and they look ready. It’s still pretty cold out here, which should hopefully keep it fast and boosty.
Tomorrow is a loaded day for all the freestyle events. Women’s qualifiers in the morning, 9:30 local time, 6:30pm mountain time. Followed by Womens Ski Cross qualifiers at 11:30 local/8:30 mountain time (everyone should watch ski cross, such a crazy spectator sport. Also go Brit!)
Then Mens Halfpipe qualies at 12:30 local/9:30 mountain time. And finishing off with Womens Ski cross finals at 2pm local/11pm mountain.
I’m not working the halfpipe event, so I haven’t seen a ton of the training, but sounds like the wall barrier is a game changer. Looking forward to watching it (I just watch the direct cable cam feed (: )
Stoked to watch team Canada and especially the Calgary boys throw down. I worked the Snow Rodeo in Calgary earlier this year, love watching the pipe kids throw down.
Ben Harrington is one to watch for, great skier out of NZ, but brings a high level of stoke. Loved his energy at the Snow Rodeo in Calgary earlier this year.
Kevinb5Last night why did the announcers say that the very cold temperatures made the snow slow i would think it would make it faster?
Well maybe I’m wrong.
Cold snow, less water, less glide? 🤷♂️
but it’s not like it’s suddenly cold here. She’s been cold all week, and I mean cold. Plus it’s very dry here. But I’d just assume that these techs have their skis dialled. They were boosting.
TheDriftingDadI know nothing about pipe comp, does everyone have a triple dialed now?
Nobody in skiing has a triple in the pipe, I'd be surprised if we ever see it. Snowboarders have one rider doing a triple and snowboarders have always had an advantage when it comes to multiple flips/spins, I doubt we'll see more than a few snowboarders do triples in the future as well.
Really hope to see Noah Bowman put down a run and get through to finals! The two run qualifier is really a pressure cooker. Also really hope to see more landed runs than in slope.
eheathNobody in skiing has a triple in the pipe, I'd be surprised if we ever see it. Snowboarders have one rider doing a triple and snowboarders have always had an advantage when it comes to multiple flips/spins, I doubt we'll see more than a few snowboarders do triples in the future as well.
The snowboard final was insane, I am hoping the ski final is just as crazy
eheathNobody in skiing has a triple in the pipe, I'd be surprised if we ever see it. Snowboarders have one rider doing a triple and snowboarders have always had an advantage when it comes to multiple flips/spins, I doubt we'll see more than a few snowboarders do triples in the future as well.
the australian commentators claimed during snowboard halfpipe that scotty james has the triple
Omg he would not stfu about *momentum* in the slopestyle broadcast. No Dylan, coming off a rail early doesn't take away your momentum, it lowers your score.
ashamedkrewDylan is either tired or broken. He needs a firm cap of one “styles it out!” call per run.
Such a stacked final. Happy to see all the top skiers put down their runs.
mrk127Anyone know why Hunter Hess isn’t on the US pipe team? Seems like he has been absolutely killin it in the pipe lately
US spots are limited to four athletes for all events in the Olympics, with pretty clear results-based criteria for making the team, and the four guys who were here simply had better comp results than Hunter did.