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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?

Feb 1 2014 5:30AM
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K_JIBS
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heres a video of someone run down sochi slopestyle style http://freeskier.com/nibblets/see-pov-video-run-olympic-slopestyle-course
Feb 5 2014 12:07PM
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powerbong2000
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you idiots……that box is not made of granite.
Feb 5 2014 12:21PM
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Pitolairas
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Damn, Tiril Christiansen pulled out of slope. I was really looking forward to see her throw down. Bummer.
Feb 5 2014 12:23PM
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mski
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that course looks...interesting
Feb 5 2014 12:26PM
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jibbpeter
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From Håtveit's Instagram:

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"Mid butter dubble10 here in #sochi2014 jumps are big and safe!$$ I like skiing these jumps!"



Feb 5 2014 12:28PM
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Tinga
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lol. do we know who will be commenting during the actual event?
Feb 5 2014 12:32PM
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Turkelton
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Ok, so Shaun has dropped out. Are Team USA flying Kyle Mack out today? There's still time and Kyle Mack has two different axis triples (Triple Front Rodeo 14 and Back Triple 14)
Feb 5 2014 12:32PM
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little1337
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The landings seem kinda steep for those jumps...
Feb 5 2014 12:36PM
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THUGwife
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Can some one tell me who has more than one triple? Like who can do forward and switch?
Feb 5 2014 12:37PM
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Z-Juice
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Tom! But I think Russ Henshaw has both, not sure if he's competing or not.
Feb 5 2014 12:45PM
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Blurst
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ALL OF THEM IT WAS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT FROM FIS TO COMPETE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES. AT LEAST 2 TRIPLES AND DOUBLES ALL FOUR WAYS.
Feb 5 2014 1:33PM
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ski0
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dude there is absolutely not time for him to fly out lol. Qualifiers are tomorrow, on the other side of thw world, vacant seats to Sochi are virtually non existent, and the guy has had 0 practice.

Sooooooo.... no
Feb 5 2014 1:55PM
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Heart
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Not enough time. Shaun successfully shafted him.
Feb 5 2014 2:02PM
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JStrathern
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Looks absolutely massive

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Feb 5 2014 2:05PM
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hemlockjibber8
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Don't know if this was posted yet. a vid of Horgmos crash. It looks like it was not the fault of the park at all. http://mpora.com/videos/AAdp9cmo15k3
Feb 5 2014 3:06PM
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Steasyskia
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Since most people in the media are gapers, and gapers think rail lips are jumps, i now understand all this talk about horgmo getting hurt because the jumps are so dangerous...
Feb 5 2014 3:23PM
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YouAllSuck
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I would agree, bummed he got hurt, but it was not caused by bad course design.

It does seem like it is a really short steep in run to those first rails which could kinda suck for setting up on the first hit.
Feb 5 2014 4:28PM
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cheaaaaaa
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allegedly, as I saw on Facebook, thats where shaun got "hurt". Can anyone back that up??
Feb 5 2014 4:30PM
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THUGwife
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I know it seems like a lame question but as there's only 3 jumps I can see the winning run having two triples.

Tom was the only one I could think of but I could have easily forgotten or missed some one else.

Now we have all seen the course who do you guys think will get on the podium? I have some money on Gus & Henrik but it's hard to call.
Feb 5 2014 5:15PM
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ski0
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Lol Its hilarious now that every major media outlet covering olympic skiing/ snowboarding is picking up this story about how dangerous this course is. We know its going to be a topic of discussion in the mainstream commentary.



What they dont realize is that this is completely commonplace in the sport. Ya the jumps are big, and the rails are tight. But Thats how you add some difficulty and seperate the competition in slopestyle,.

Shaun White pulls out of slope to focus on halfpipe?
Someone gets injured on a routine trick in practice before they properly warmed up?

We have heard these stories before.



Feb 5 2014 5:50PM
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TNORTS
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Henrik is going to pull something that we've never seen before out of nowhere.
Feb 5 2014 5:55PM
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lewis10123
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For everyone speculating about the back-to-back triples, here is Billy Morgan (boarder I know...) sending back-to-back triples at X Games, let alone the Olympic slope!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=708786395821724
Feb 5 2014 6:13PM
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holy hell that's a quick run.
Feb 5 2014 6:17PM
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RubberSoul
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WOAH that was sick
Feb 5 2014 6:24PM
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J-Neal
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wow. such jumps. very controversey. many air.
Feb 5 2014 7:04PM
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J-Neal
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But seriously. Once people have started training on the jumps it is ridiculous (to say the least) that they would completely reshape them. Those who weren't happy with the setup should just deal with it and work hard over the next week to adapt, not complain and ruin it for everyone who was happy with the setup.
Feb 5 2014 7:07PM
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Jakelapham
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He does and he is
Feb 5 2014 7:10PM
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Jakelapham
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Judging by that POV, I think triples could be possible on all 3 jumps. If not certainly the bottom two. Really wouldn't surprise me if the snowboarders are doing 3 triples.
Feb 5 2014 7:12PM
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Nicko1981
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Apparently Billy has thrown 2 triples on the Sochi course in practice - looking forward to tomorrow - he's up first - be sick if a Brit nails the first ever slopestyle run in Olympic history and throws a huge triple on the bottom.

Feb 5 2014 7:36PM
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GayWolf420
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tbh im avoiding all coverage from the major media outlets on freeskiing. I get they have no idea what this sport is, but sometimes they are just over the top with ignorance. love how they are saying the courses are too extreme and shit. like are you kidding me? you're not gonna look at skeleton/luge/bobsled and say that shits fucking nuts?
Feb 5 2014 7:49PM
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d-rok
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he's not the only one, max parrot did back to back triples at, apparently he wants to do 3 for the olympics.
Can't wait to see what's gonna go down. The only thing with snowboarding is if they all go balls out and dont land, it's gonna suck sort of like x games final where almost everybody fell and you have to take into acount that there are only 2 runs so, you can't fuck up to much.
Feb 5 2014 8:03PM
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DrZoidberg
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In the video with the snowboarder doing the course, the rails come at you so quick. It looked like he didn't have time for the rollercoaster/rainbow thing or whatever we're calling it. Also the bonk on the russian doll thing is hilarious.
Feb 5 2014 8:04PM
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ski0
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Can't believe OLYMPIC snowboard slope starts in 4 hours or so. Slopestyle has arrived.
Feb 5 2014 8:46PM
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CrotchKiller
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yea its called a fucking slopestyle course
Feb 5 2014 8:48PM
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casual
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Are the snowboard slope quali's being streamed?

Feb 5 2014 8:51PM
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corona
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you sure? wouldn't think events would start before the opening ceremony
Feb 5 2014 8:53PM
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eheath
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They start Thursday which its 6 am Thursday in Sochi and the open ceremony is friday
Feb 5 2014 8:54PM
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ButteredToast.
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Holy shit! That is enormous!
Feb 5 2014 9:11PM
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ski0
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Oops got my conversion from Sochi time wrong. Gonna be at 6am EST on CBC in Canada
Feb 5 2014 9:11PM
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Billek
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A good look provided by Transworld Snowboarding:


Coupled with a little critiquing:

Feb 5 2014 9:34PM
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*TURBONERD*
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Yeah, any link to streaming for this, or (more importantly) skiing tomorrow morn?
Feb 5 2014 11:17PM
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123ski
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Why do snowboarders get Qualifiers + Semis + Finals in their events and skiing only gets Qualifiers + Finals?
Feb 5 2014 11:46PM
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pow_pow~
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so far i cant find any streams or tv stations that are broadcasting the snowboard quals..
Feb 5 2014 11:59PM
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AT-AT
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What exactly were the changes to the course, that everyone keeps mentioning?
Feb 6 2014 12:17AM
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pow_pow~
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think they took 2 degrees off a jump. not sure which or how many
Feb 6 2014 12:19AM
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J-Neal
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also wondering this
Feb 6 2014 10:14AM
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John18_6
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Fukien comp boarders ruining the fun for everyone once again.
Feb 6 2014 10:22AM
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manzear
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Not sure if this will work for you Americans. CBC has a stream from snowboard qualifiers.

Feb 6 2014 10:24AM
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RubberSoul
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it showed me the ads and then said i can't watch it haha

thanks for trying though man. anyone find an american one?
Feb 6 2014 10:37AM
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cheaaaaaa
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seems like its because they don't want to eliminate anyone before the olympics has officially began. Which brings up the question of why not just wait to have a qualifier before the opening then?

My guess is that its somewhat of a marketing thing to get more events into the news early on.
Feb 6 2014 10:42AM
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