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First Look at Sochi Slope Course

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Jakelapham
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Gus just posted this photo >
Also says the jumps are the biggest his seen on a slope course.
Epic.
Any more photos?

11 years ago
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chicken
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let the skiers hit the course before they do anything stupid like make smaller jumps. or push that small jump into whatever the boarders want. I want to see skiers hit that money booter the way it is now.
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OK_Hansen
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He broke his collarbone so I guess he won't compete. It was on the very first rail he fell.
Seems to me it's only the ladies that complain about the size of the jumps. I look forward to reviews from the skiers.
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alexg1687
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All courtesy of the FIS Snowboard World Cup FB page
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yaqwsxcde123vfr
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depends. there's still a few days left. if he got surgery the same day, he could snowboard with a titanium plate in his shoulder.
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HungryHypocrite
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damn these jumps are pretty damn big.

Also, on the topic of big jumps, the current 9knights design pretty much implements they use ski-doos to get enough speed.
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alexg1687
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Link?
11 years ago
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corona
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fuck. that.  the pain you'd be in from just landing would be unbearable.
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LeChat
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First slope rider down : Torstein Horgmo, may have broke his collar bone during trainings...

Fuck it, it could have been fun to see him on this slope.
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Mar-O
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totally not relevant but when I click on the number showing how many up votes you have on this post I get sent to a review of some old 08 armada skis..

And super bummed that Torstein wont be able to compete, one of the snowboarders I was really looking forward to watching
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alexg1687
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How so?
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Mar-O
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Probably magic. It works with both safari and chrome to
11 years ago
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Turkelton
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http://whitelines.com/news/snowboard-events/torstein-horgmo-out-of-the-olympics-with-injury.html
11 years ago
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yungsteeze
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There better be at least a few donky dicks >:)
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Turkelton
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Also it's mostly the women voicing concerns. kek
Not saying I'd hit any of that
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TACO-DOG.exe
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hahaha that's great
11 years ago
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Bombogenesis
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Threads
11 years ago
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JDA
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Sage Kotsenburg "RELAX, course is good here Jumps are big need a slight adjustment on the pop to match up with the landings, rails are fun just a little icy"
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freeskibum82
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Changes to the course
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YouAllSuck
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Based on Bobby's Instagram post he seems happy about the course.
11 years ago
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RubberSoul
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post here pls
11 years ago
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Nacho+
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the jumps look way to close together
11 years ago
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Session
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Dude, the Olympics haters need some straws to keep clinging to.

First it was "there will be no snow", now it's "they have too much snow and made the jumps too big".
11 years ago
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Mr.LemonPie
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That was pretty much the first thing I thought when I saw the full jumps, looks like they would all be pretty easy to take WAY too far.
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Ghini
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inb4 snowboarders are now pussies..

I would like to hear what the skiers think about the course
11 years ago
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icculus.
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snowboarders are pussies ^
11 years ago
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joris.blanc
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From what I'm seeing on Facebook the skiers don't seem to bu unhappy with the course and are pretty stoked on it. Will be interesting to see some videos from the course.
11 years ago
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NedStark
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NedStark
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Iraq_Lobster
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leave it to russia to go too big, but seriously i am more excited watch women then mens slope now
11 years ago
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TNORTS
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Any word yet on the numbers for the jump sizes?
11 years ago
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powerbong2000
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Man, I hope they don't tame it down a bunch.

11 years ago
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TheUngroomed
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Which might also answer the no lip question. The Grand Prix flat to drop down doesn't have a lip onto it, and if they're copying that setup, that would answer why there's no lip on the rail on the far left in Gus's picture
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Tree60
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read the thread. Grand prix built their feature to mimic the one that Sochi and the IOC released a couple months ago, not the other way around.
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OK_Hansen
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TheButterHashira
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Hahha the snowboarders want smaller jumps. Sounds like the skiers like though.
11 years ago
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Tree60
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This is oddly frightening.
11 years ago
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mheinstein
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The snowboarders that have voiced concerns tend to be either young, less experienced with X game level courses, or recently injured and thus a bit worried. I think for riders the heat is on - 2 or at least one triple is needed for snowboarders, and the course is not as forgiving as the Breckinridge course or X-games course. Such is life - they need to decide to ride within their limits. In terms of Torstein - he is amazing, but is a stone cold charger and injured himself on a switch backside 270 on a rail. Shit happens, nothing to do with the course. He breaks something each year. So sorry to see him out but stoked he is who he is. This course is going to favor the most experienced slope riders - as it should! Thank god for Sage Kotsenburg - the guy rides like a king, has an amazing attitude, and is showing awesome maturity by saying the course will be fine and the experts are on it. Everyone is doing their best. Keep it positive, please. Mike
11 years ago
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t_rob
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I'm seeing that a lot too. Basically every course needs a few tweaks between the build and the contest but every once and a while displeasure with the course makes it out of the athletes meeting and to the social media/press. I'm not defending or attacking the course or builders right here. Usually when this happens, everything is blown out of proportion and will be fixed so there's no reason for people to actually make a fuss out of it.

What do all of these reporters in the UK or Australia know about slopestyle courses?

Who are the top five favorites? Go ask them if they think of the course.
11 years ago
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RubberSoul
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can we agree to refer to the last jump as the Tsar Bomba from now on?
11 years ago
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tacotom
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hopefully some videos from practice start to show up
11 years ago
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Twig
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Because the US mainstream media has always done such a great job of action sports reporting you mean?
11 years ago
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EARL
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From what I heard today: course is sick, everything is big, like Sage said in that tweet they need minor adjustments. But the jumps are massive step-downs and it was kind of icy today. (Almost yesterday in Russia time.)
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BdoubleU
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Although not relevant to many of you... others will agree...

such a bummer for Torstein Horgmo. Getting hurt in the actual event is one thing but to go out in practice would be such a let down.
11 years ago
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blindside
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No he meant Russia. The host country is responsible for their budget, the IOC just supplements it, and in Russia's case defends it.

smh heath.
11 years ago
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t_rob
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I read British and Australian articles about the jumps. No one in mainstream media actually knows what's going on.
11 years ago
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gbrunch
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The course will set women's skiing back at least five years

Snowboarders need to stop being pussies

Edollo approved.

Does ehv even know tom wallisch?
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Chewy.
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This is why Sage is my favorite snowboarder. He doesn't complain, he just shows up and has fun.
11 years ago
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Capurnicus
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Damn, did anyone notice that the first rail setup is exactly like the grand prix at PC?? Weird
11 years ago
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FUUUCK
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Lol so much for originality.
They could atleast pretend to not be copying American course designs.
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