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SNOWPARKCHlLE

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kaya turski doing the best trick a switch safety (little touch ) 720 come on !!!

when this girls are gonna progress??

maggie voison 15 years old doing a switch 1080 and 900 and is in second place.....

i dont get it !!!

Jan 26 2014 4:30PM

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STwoops

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kayas rails were better apparantly

Jan 27 2014 12:02PM

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STwoops

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kayas rails were better

Jan 27 2014 12:03PM

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Gypsy_Skier

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Damn gus got robbed hard swell. first ever triple in comp stomped? 4th place. First run with crazy dubs stomped to perfection? 81. I think this just ma be quite accurate:

Jan 27 2014 12:35PM

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thejerkstore

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how did kaya win that? the two runs behind her were better, and it was close with the 4th place (i'd still put kaya in 3rd though, too sloppy by dara... kim should have gotten a few more points too for that style and rails (not to mention her jumps were similar to kayas but cleaner).

Jan 27 2014 12:46PM

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Pipe_Munky

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maggie voison needs to pick up her rail game. if she was actually able to pull off that second to last jump she would have won.

the judges look at the entire run and how it's put together. not just the big tricks. to win, a competitor needs rails and jumps; if all they have is jumps, go compete in big air. slopestyle is a full run put together from top to bottom. kaya had the best put together run...maggie was given second because the judges were obviously awarding progression because her rails weren't top notch...kim took third and i'm stoked for her.

the judges saw what they saw. these are the same judges that judged the men and both halfpipe comps.

the thing to take away from this is that Canada placed in 3 of the top 4 spots in the last big comp before Sochi!

Jan 27 2014 12:58PM

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histonskiah

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If you think about it mens skiing about 10 years ago was about the same as womens skiing now.

Jan 27 2014 1:10PM

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trill

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ok so are we just ignoring the fact that Maggie was the ONLY girl to spin onto the top down bar? i mean sure her run didn't have 3 back 270s out all the same direction like Kaya's so i guess it wasn't pushing the level on rails… Kaya's rails were not impressive. Maggie's 270 onto the top rail was harder than all of Kaya's rails put together.

Jan 27 2014 2:22PM

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mski

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And honestly, thats being nice

Jan 27 2014 4:50PM

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chubwagon

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I think XGames should have a women's big air. Think about it, all of the progression in men's skiing jumps has started in big air and then progressed over to slope. If they gave women the same opportunity to try dubs without a limited run format, I'm sure we would start seeing more technical jump tricks from women. Just look at Nine Queens, a primarily jump focused contest where multiple doubles were thrown, including a dub 12.

Jan 27 2014 10:53PM

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