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New X-Games event for skiing?

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VanMelle
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So I was thinking last night over a few drinks and thought what if skiing took the idea of the mega ramp from skateboarding and just took X big air and added a massive quarter pipe after the jump?

I think that'd be sick to see riders like Gus, Torin, Bobby, and others go after this.

Dec 11 2011 11:34AM 0 0
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WikiWiki
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dudemont would run train on that event
Dec 11 2011 11:38AM 0 0
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egg.
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it would be pretty cool because then you can see two hits but im pretty sure that the quarter pipe in the mega ramp is so they can stop
Dec 11 2011 11:39AM 0 0
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PJS.
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Sounds like a fantastic way to piss millions of dollars up the wall. It'll be extreme, dude!
Dec 11 2011 11:39AM 0 0
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colin13
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1. the big air jump alone gets insane. If they have to hit a quarter pipe after then they won't go as big.
2. can't have a huge crowd at the bottom of the jump if there is a quarterpipe there
Dec 11 2011 11:39AM 0 0
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crab_pretzel
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this right here i think is the main reason
Dec 11 2011 11:41AM 0 0
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razors-chaz
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This is what happens at comps which are held at bearsden dryslope (the one in strictly business) an it works quite well as it sets the more balanced park and pipe riders apart from the kicker hucking kids but the whole point of x is that its a spectator thing and by having a qp at the bottom loses so much space. It works for skateboarding as they are generally done on flat ground with stands either side but with skiing its an effor to climb up the hill to get a decent veiw so most people stand at the bottom of the hill which would be blocked if there was a qp.
Dec 11 2011 11:43AM 0 0
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knifefight
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is it just me, or is vert skating way cooler than street?
Dec 11 2011 11:48AM 0 0
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danbrown
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I think it's the complete opposite
Dec 11 2011 11:49AM 0 0
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PJS.
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its just you
Dec 11 2011 11:52AM 0 0
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VanMelle
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Ya I think the crowd thing would be the biggest issue but it'd be sick to blend the aspects of pipe and slope riders in one event. No doubt X big air will be crazy this year but two massive tricks in one run would be crazy
Dec 11 2011 11:52AM 0 0
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knifefight
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would you think park skiing was way cooler than urban if when people hit urban we only touch the rail for a quarter second and do silly little flip tricks?

absolutely not
Dec 11 2011 11:53AM 0 0
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knifefight
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fuck
Dec 11 2011 11:53AM 0 0
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PJS.
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Its not the same thing. Skiers learned tricks in the park then took them to the streets, skaters came from the streets to the parks.
Dec 11 2011 11:54AM 0 0
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knifefight
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yeah what?

i just think it's cool to watch skaters hitting big jumps and big quarterpipes like that, street would be cool too but most of the time when they're hitting handrails they just jump on at the very end, it's more of a tap than a grind and it makes skateboarding look hella pussy
Dec 11 2011 11:58AM 0 0
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danbrown
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haha dude street skating is insanely more technical. sure, a skateboarder doing a 7 on a giant ramp is cool but nothing beats the technicality of street skating, ever
Dec 11 2011 12:01PM 0 0
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Flying~Squirrel
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what about something like this? i think the problem with this would be not being able to see the landing for the qp
Dec 11 2011 12:14PM 0 0
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theabortionator
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People are putting way too much effort into this.


Really people should just focus on the big air jump. Why have a 1/4 there? I mean fuck build a 1/4 pipe and have a separate contest or something.
Dec 11 2011 12:20PM 0 0
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PJS.
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this. Maybe we should focus on actually building a semi-large jump for the big air.
Dec 11 2011 12:22PM 0 0
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NinetyFour
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At first with the spectators comment I was like "Simple logic just took this thread down.... I sad......" and then this beauty came along and I was like "Simple logic just brought this thread back up!"
Dec 11 2011 12:59PM 0 0
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theabortionator
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The 1/4 pipe at the bottom is simply to stop them. The ramp is just a blown up version of the old distance jumping ramps. They just made a bigger version with the focus on the the jump and the 1/4 pipe.




On skis/boards you can stop after the jump, nbd. No need to put a 1/4 pipe there, block the view and make the riders worry about a second trick.



They should just be able to focus on doing the most ridiculous trick on the big air jump.. Fuck putting a 1/4 there.
Dec 11 2011 1:08PM 0 0
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wasatch_rat
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you obviously don't skateboard and have no appreciation for the precision, technicality and burliness of street skateboarding.

but vert is cool too
Dec 11 2011 1:27PM 0 0
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GNARwalls
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should get a street like snowboard had
Dec 11 2011 1:54PM 0 0
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WVskiing
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They tried this with the biggest air out of pipe
Dec 11 2011 2:28PM 0 0
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freestyler540
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I like the idea. I would love to see this in the x games!
Dec 11 2011 2:30PM 0 0
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nickyp
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Combo of hate breaker lol
Dec 11 2011 2:35PM 0 0
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Eggbert
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i really like it too.... ive been saying they should do this for a while. I think it would put more emphasis on the technicality of the tricks and the ability of the skier and less emphasis on spin to win
Dec 11 2011 2:46PM 0 0
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theabortionator
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What you just said makes 0 sense
Dec 11 2011 2:57PM 0 0
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VanMelle
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Ya if they did it like skateboarding they could just do a jam format compared to runs. Riders would have to link two tricks not just one and all doubles
Dec 11 2011 3:21PM 0 0
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theabortionator
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You guys realize there is a fucking contest called slopestyle.



BIG AIR IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT A BIG JUMP WHERE YOU THROW SOMETHING STRAIGHT FILTHY ON IT AND THEN YOU'RE DONE



Why change it now? Speaking of that, anybody remember the old xgames when the slope courses used to have a lot more variety? Hips, 1/4 pipe sometimes, all kinds of cool shit.
Dec 11 2011 3:34PM 0 0
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VanMelle
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Ya I do realize that, it doesnt even have to be in the Xgames it could just be its seperate event idk, just thought it was a cool idea for some variety. I doubt this would ever actually happen but thought it'd be something interesting to discuss
Dec 11 2011 3:40PM 0 0
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theabortionator
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They should put the superpipe and the jump perpendicular and have the pipe go through the gap of the big air. Then run both contest at once. Maybe have the snowmobile course jump the pipe at the bottom as well.


That would be sick
Dec 11 2011 3:53PM 0 0
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Jew-Jitsu
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Looks pretty sick to me!
Dec 12 2011 9:08PM 0 0
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Enstrut
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yayyer
Dec 12 2011 9:10PM 0 0
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Jpurd
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if this were to happen... people might not go as big on the jump because if they fell they could not hit the quarter pipe. With just one single jump competitors will try anything within reason because if you fall you are not missing out on any parts on the course. There is no risk in going big with one single jump.
Dec 12 2011 9:15PM 0 0
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gravel
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well, that would work, but there are two serious issues:

1 - how much money would it take to dig a very very deep landing? i mean, it has to be at least 50 or more feet wide, and many hundreds of feet long, then probably 50-100ft deep... that would take up a TON of work and the moving all that snow would take FOREVER

2 - really consider how deep the base is at any given mountain... 100ft? i think not...
Dec 12 2011 9:20PM 0 0
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CassiusClay
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Just you.
Dec 12 2011 9:43PM 0 0
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TheQuailman
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WHAT IS THIS A JUMP FOR ANTS?!?!?!?

IT NEEDS TO BE....AT LEAST....THREE TIMES BIGGER

Dec 12 2011 9:46PM 0 0
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GNARwalls
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lol
Dec 12 2011 9:47PM 0 0
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carlos_the_dog
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i've only been alive for a couple years and i know that there were big air comps. set up like this years before big air skateboarding was around... i mean tanner hall learned his first 10 on a quarter pipe that was on one of these setups. don't ya silly human childs think that they would have at least thought about this idea since then?
Dec 12 2011 9:51PM 0 0
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FerrisBueller
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./.
Dec 12 2011 10:06PM 0 0
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DGski
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he'd go like dub cork 12 to switch dub 10. however, i would rather see a rail jam event rather then a twist on big air
Dec 12 2011 10:11PM 0 0
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Mr.Bishop
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Oh man... the Whistler Open used to have exactly that format and it was absolutely epic.

RIP High North!

Dec 12 2011 10:15PM 0 0
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ForeverYung
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You have only been alive for a couple years?
Dec 12 2011 10:16PM 0 0
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Asterisk
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well yeah he's still a puppy!
Dec 12 2011 11:48PM 0 0
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midwestmike
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My $.02:

-big air is good how it is. just keep making the jump bigger
-a rail jam event like "snowboard street" was last year would be tight as long as they could hit at least two features in one run
-that drawing with the insanely dug out qp is so unrealistic i lol'ed

Dec 12 2011 11:56PM 0 0
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