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Bode Miller's "Mute Grab"

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AlexFogo85
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I was watching the Olympics last night and I got sucked into watching the men's downhill (Which was quite entertaining due the crazy course). Nevertheless, midway through Bode Miller's run, he sort of lost his balance in the air and began to lean sideways and reach his hand towards his ski. In the replay the announcer referred to it as "a mute grab without grabbing his ski". I wish I could have found the video, it was surprisingly hard to come by. This wasn't the first time racers have mistaken a mute grab this Olympics. Towards the end of this article http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/olympics/bode-miller-skiing-gold-medal-favorite-article-1.1606720 they state that racer Max Franz of Austria also did a mute grab. Is the world truly this unaware of freestyle skiing?
Feb 10 2014 11:21AM
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casual
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This made me want to kill you.


Feb 10 2014 11:23AM
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John18_6
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Do not fret young son. I also saw this and cringed. It just looked like he was hitting a gate midair, or he was in women's snowboard slope.
Feb 10 2014 11:31AM
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Randy_Quench
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c'mon cut the guy some slack, hes a downhill announcer. He doesn't need to know anything about freestyle skiing to do a half decent job.

that being said... newsflash: announcers spew whatever BS they please. Thats the way it is and the way it will forever be.
Feb 10 2014 11:38AM
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Mr.Huck
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It was a legit 85 MPH shifty. /thread
Feb 10 2014 11:47AM
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Huck_Norris
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S Dot Bode is the man.
Feb 10 2014 12:34PM
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JAHBRADOR
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Idk why you would try to justify watching downhill.

My list of favourite events: 1. Downhill/ mens slopestyle
2. Womens downhill
3. Mens Slalom
4. mens pipe

REAL SKIING

Feb 10 2014 1:19PM
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7-11_Slurpee
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You can't help but be amazed at watching downhill. The amount of chatter + constantly going airborne at 80mph is ridiculous. Definitely one of my favorite events.
Feb 10 2014 1:36PM
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ny300z
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OP's wack the downhill is always awesome. I watched the whole thing in awe how they edge like they do at 80+ mph, and the jumps were INSANE

you can see their balls from space i heard

Feb 10 2014 1:46PM
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KingTaco
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bode is a ski boss. 36 years old and still going balls to the walls

his mute grab was straight steeze too
Feb 10 2014 2:32PM
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deleted5
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You should YouTube his highlights, I really think he does do some of his falls trough the finish, and one ski while turning tricks on purpose.
Feb 10 2014 2:38PM
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SnowMiser
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I also saw this OP, best part was when he used the little drawy thing to identify his hand and the ski lol
Feb 10 2014 5:23PM
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Miomo
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Looked exactly like a mute grab to me, OP. I don't know what you were watching.
Feb 10 2014 6:58PM
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TOAST.
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I remember when I thought it was cool to hate on racers/racing. Then I pulled my head out of my ass.
Feb 10 2014 7:07PM
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Am_park
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I agree it looked like a mute
Feb 10 2014 8:26PM
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Deforestation
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Alright lets just make sure we are on the same page here. World class athletes going 80 mph down a sheet ice is sick and takes extreme skill. 17 year old gapers who took up racing for god knows why is the dumbest and most annoying thing on the hill.
Feb 10 2014 10:09PM
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NBCskier
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Huh? Those "gapers" can ski better than most punk fuck kids that try their best not to look like gapers.
Feb 10 2014 10:15PM
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TOAST.
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World class athletes doing double corks is sick and takes extreme skill. 17 year old fucks who took up park skiing for god knows why is the dumbest and most annoying thing on the hill.

How do you think those athletes became world class racers? because something in them decided they wanted to start ski racing. Sure there are some annoying racers, but there are annoying people in all aspects of life, plus there are plenty of park riders that are annoying.
Feb 10 2014 10:17PM
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askchristian
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ok I'm gay calm the fuck down!
Feb 10 2014 10:35PM
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Deforestation
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If you are actually good then yes it is sick but I don't really like to go skiing and get cut in the lift line by a group of 20 people who dont know how to ski
Feb 10 2014 10:39PM
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TOAST.
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It sounds more like you are just talking about beginners. Unless the race team at your hill is a complete joke, they can all ski as good, probably even better than you.
And from my experiences parks skiers are much more annoying in lift lines.
Feb 10 2014 10:43PM
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Deforestation
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I wouldn't consider myself a park rat or whatever but yeah... East coast teams generally arent the best
Feb 10 2014 10:47PM
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Bogs
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you're not gay, you're just really fucking stupid.
Feb 10 2014 10:51PM
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Randy_Quench
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and gay.
Feb 11 2014 8:54AM
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