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Tanner Hall wins NZ open

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garygohard
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US freeskiing just posted to their facebook THall won! So stoked for his comeback
Congrats Tanner!

And now we laugh at everyone who said he wouldnt come back LooL
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Caleb.E
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im just laughing at redbull. kicking them selfs in there small balls right now.
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jblaski
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I'm curious as to whether the competitors knew it was a 1 run final, or if they called it after everyone had taken their first run.
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GANDALF
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TheHuggyBear
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either way it really only matters so much, pipe competitions are trained for and they will use the same run as long as they can. granted they might go a little bit bigger in their second run, im sure tanner can dub in the pipe and im sure he has more of a larger bag of tricks
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TheHuggyBear
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will he be able to compete with torin and wise later on at x games and what not...we can only wait and see
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gbalkman
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So dope. Stoked for Tanner
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SKI.ING
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For real. Finally all of us are somewhat vindicated for supporting. This is fucking awesome!!!!
13 years ago
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Thenowhereman42
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Threads for video, super stoked, figured he would at least podium but a win is sick.
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Bread.
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hahahaha!! but anyways stoked for him, lets see if he can keep this up !
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SpookyCat
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Greg Minnaar just won the dh World Champs along with securing 2nd for overall season standings... at the age of 31.

Another person showing the kids that age is only a number.
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TheButterHashira
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Between his dedication and his shifties I think Tanner is going to be a real competitive force in the pipe game.
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GrabsForFun
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Stoked! Tanner is on the rise again
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quebecfreestyler
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agreed, still, it's awesome how the timing was perfect for this one

No matter if he got lucky or not from that 1 run final, it's pretty badass that he actually won his first pipe comp back..And we are not talking about a couple months delay...

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GrabsForFun
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Duh, ever heard of future spins?
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sick-as-aids
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your an idiot..
The fact that it was bad weather and a 1 run final is the only way tanner was ever even going to podium..
Wipdee doo he did the same run he was doing 4 years ago and he won, do you really think that run would be good enough if the competition was actually at a high standard?

Everyones saying, fuck the haters Tanners back. Well, not really, im not hating either, but just because he won a pipe comp in shitty weather when there were no dubs thrown, doesnt mean that he is any where near the top of the game, stack that field with good pipe riders, besides Torin, and his winning run wouldnt of even made it to a final.

Him winning also doesnt show up Red Bull, Tanner got dropped because of his attitude, there were very specific things he said and did that would make any company want to drop him if it was to do with them. Tanner might be a legend, but his attitude is wack, you should of heard the shit he was saying down here the last few weeks, it was painful.

hate me for my opinion...

/rant.
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SpookyCat
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Oh that's great that you know exactly what Tanner can do in a pipe! Did you ever stop to think that he has learned a few things since he's been back at the best health of his life and taking advantage of those training camps right before he got dropped? All you can assess, without being a complete jackass, is that Tanner outperformed everyone that day with that weather. Get over it, its a fact. Wait until he competes in more shit before you judge him because even though you might not remember this, Tanner had a dub loop, plenty of right-side, and a 1260 on lock before his injuries... although amnesia tends to be common among the more ignorant children of the site.

I'm supporting a legend of the sport by being stoked that he's back competing and winning... I'm such an asshole.
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masterhatin
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you kind of are. not for being stoked on tanner. but just overall your kind of a douche.
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Pizzajeans22
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finally
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jfp
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This
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easy.steezy
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Valentin was the only person to throw a double according to the article, so your argument is invalid.

Tanner could dub flair, right side with the best of them, and 1260 before his injury, 4 YEARS AGO.

Add in the dub 12 he's been throwing on the air bag and that's a winning fucking run. I'm not saying he's got that trick down, but he's got a couple months of training until the Dew Tour and X games to perfect his run.
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jfp
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Really not about his skiing so much as it is his shitty attitude,fake jamaican accent and tantrums.
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so_gangk
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TNF Freeski Open of New Zealand 2012 | Mens Half Pipe Final from The North Face Australia & NZ on Vimeo.



super impressed with tanner the run was sick
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jfp
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_accent_syndrome
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bighomieflock
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No you're not an asshole for supporting T-hall... You're an asshole for making comments about how stupid people on this site are and getting worked up about harmless posts. You have under 400 posts... stop pretending like you own this site
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jfp
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Lets pull up a chair and discuss tanners foriegn accent syndrome,if you bapen to believe in psychiatryth
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thewhiteprophet
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a couple things

-lol'd at tanner's half assed jamaican accent he used a few times

-that mash up was fucking garb

-still pretty cool that he won

-henrik looks like an oversized gaper in that suit
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steez_nuts
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the legend lives on
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Yossarian
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Really liked how he gave a shout out to Jossi. I like how T can stand on a podium and give respect to another skier who just was unlucky with the weather.

Speaking of which was anyone there? The conditions looked fucking awful.
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Orrin
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Mother nature yo.
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Mr.Bishop
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Atta boy Tanner.

Can't wait to watch all the rest of these.
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SpookyCat
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This is the kid telling me to stop getting "worked up"? I know this site is your only friend and all but its still just a site. You can always turn off your computer and go outside. That's almost as strange as getting worked up over how Tanner likes to talk. Quit yer bitching or else I will buy this site and ban you. J Gards has the funds...
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@liens
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God I hate this fucker, ban it!
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cwphoto
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its a really good thing that youre actually Jennifer Gardeners instead of just a person with a computer and access to the internet
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DayMan
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Anyone else notice his Jamaican accent? Lolz
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jfp
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sure did, this.
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yellav
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haha he is so jamaican
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jblaski
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Maybe they didn't teach proper English, until the year AFTER he dropped out of high school.
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jfp
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more like his is NO jamaican
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yellav
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no dude hes from jamaica what are you talking about
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jfp
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Dude should hang up the skis and join the Jamaican bobsled team in sochi
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LIL_WAT
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Jossi was there too, mate.

The bottom line is, T Hall IS back. He won his first pipe comp back from what should have been a career ending injury. Attributing his win to bad weather, or any thing else, is just plain silly.
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jfp
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http://www.jamaicabobsleighteam.com/
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SpookyCat
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I've never seen someone have so much hate for another person for speaking with an accent they don't normally speak with...

You must have a really awesome and happy existence if you devote this much time to someone that you don't know and will never affect your life in any way.

Pathetic? Probably.

Sad? Most definitely.

Funny? Only if you killed yourself.
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railsldr1242
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you're such an angry person!
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pDails
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God damnit Tanner! All I could think about while he was talking was the scene "slappin da bass" scene in I Love You, Man where the guy sounds like a retard

On another note, I think saying shit like "look at me now RedBull" is pretty damn immature...maybe an example of his actions that motivated RedBull to drop him

All things aside, congrats Tanner. Can't wait to see more
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Twig
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Congrats to tanner, winning his first comp back is very impressive no matter the circumstances.

Just as importantly, Jossi's qualifying run was fucking beautiful.
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K-Thomas
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clearly Tanner is not Jamaican. What does it matter if he develops some sort of accent? Plenty of people in the US who move down south develop a southern "drawl." It just happens when that's all you hear and when you're surrounded by it. Same goes for Tanner. I don't get how there's so much hate for someone who's done more for our sport than virtually anyone else.
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SpookyCat
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Its because they're ignorant n00bs who only recently joined skiing. They have no concept of how skiing got to where it is today, all they care about is being associated with skiing because its the new cool thing to do.

Either that or he's a dumb ass, granola munching, 35 year-old shitty skier who lives in a van and jerks off to TGR using NS members' tears as lubricant.
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westoxified
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This
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jblaski
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Or maybe it's because there's a dozen other "legends" in skiing that aren't arrogant fake assholes. Such as Shane, CR, JP Auclair, Seth Morrison, Sarah, Glen Plake, Jamie, Mike Wilson....
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