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Women's Slope Discussion

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will_powder
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Probably about as pumped as I've ever been for a women's slope event.

Will the jumps be too big? Will Lisa toss a dub? What will go down, who's gonna win?

On tonight/early tomorrow morning. Finals 1 am - 2 am CBC, qualis earlier then that.
Feb 10 2014 4:29PM
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grambo
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CBC announcers are decent, the one guy knows all the grabs, unnatural spins, dubs etc. Is it Craig McMorris?
Feb 11 2014 1:17AM
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level_juan
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exactly what i was thinking. "she lands reverse and gets the ski grab... and look another reverse!"
Feb 11 2014 1:17AM
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B.Fantana
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ya cbc is doing a great job at online coverage overall I'm pretty impressed
Feb 11 2014 1:17AM
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pow_pow~
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if they are run by the ioc they should have sport specific announcers.. its a bit of a joke.

i thought different broadcasters had their own announcers on the live streams.
Feb 11 2014 1:18AM
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Avifarer
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dara howell is so fit
Feb 11 2014 1:19AM
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Turner.
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Dara Howell throwing down, hell yes
Feb 11 2014 1:19AM
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saskskier
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Dara. Easily the best run so far. Dat bow and arrow grab...
Feb 11 2014 1:20AM
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grambo
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WOW that 540 bow and arrow by Dara Howell. Style for days, TJ would be proud.
Feb 11 2014 1:20AM
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ashamedkrew
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Howell's run is $$$

The announcer definitely knows how to do "the switch", except he prefers "the reverse"
Feb 11 2014 1:20AM
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icon1234
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Sun is peaking!!!

I honestly can't tell if the girls just really suck at rails or these rails are just extremely sketchy..
Feb 11 2014 1:22AM
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saskskier
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Pretty sure IOC is running all the webcast footage, but each network supplies it's own announcers.
Feb 11 2014 1:23AM
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pow_pow~
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"some nice steeze on that reverse somersault"
Feb 11 2014 1:23AM
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p-fo
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I legit might have to mute it. At least the runs so far are pretty good.


But I also got my first real look at the jumps. I actually think they look better than a lot of slope jumps. Big, yeah, but they look pretty well made. Tables with long landings...
Feb 11 2014 1:24AM
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pow_pow~
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thats what i thought, but obviously not. im getting this announcer in australia. so its just a generic one
Feb 11 2014 1:24AM
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saskskier
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NO POLES!!
Feb 11 2014 1:24AM
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K-Dot.
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Does it matter which jumps they use? Will they get scored less for going on the smaller ones?
Feb 11 2014 1:24AM
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Aahlnas
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Who was that? Sw9 tail and 9 truck, FS and BS 450 off.
Feb 11 2014 1:25AM
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ashamedkrew
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Zimmerman goes down on her easiest rail hit
Feb 11 2014 1:25AM
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will_powder
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That was sketchy as all hell from Lisa and was still 4 times as good as everyone else
Feb 11 2014 1:26AM
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Turner.
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Lisa Zimmerman's run was textbook freeskiing.

Feb 11 2014 1:27AM
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Afterbang.no
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reading that Christopher Frankum, that has seen the training, said Tiril probably would have won. and Lisa has not done a dub 12 there, also she hucked that dub on a jump half as big, I don't believe she would stick it.Some 9's and 10's might happen, they will not look pretty... Rooting for Lisa anyway!
Feb 11 2014 1:27AM
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saskskier
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Maybe each network has a choice? CBC announcers are calling everything properly (as far as I can tell so far). Do you have a link to the Aussie feed?
Feb 11 2014 1:27AM
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ski_powpow
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Lisa is going ham, so fuckin sick to see her trying big tricks.
Feb 11 2014 1:28AM
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pow_pow~
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http://tenplay.com.au/sport/sochi-2014/live-stream-sochi-1


yeah i watched snowboarding on cbc but today its really laggy
Feb 11 2014 1:29AM
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404404
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Love the commentary.

Also who the fuck is Skyler Wilder, and Jason Stahi? Why are they experts? Get me on that.

I know its qualifiers but strait slides?
Feb 11 2014 1:29AM
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joelski
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Anyone know Lisa's score
Feb 11 2014 1:30AM
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t_rob
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20ish. She fell on the second jump.
Feb 11 2014 1:31AM
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icon1234
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Damn that girl was impressive.

Pretty disappointed in the US girls rails, didn't even try anything for keri and devin.
Feb 11 2014 1:31AM
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Tree60
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I'm actually kinda enjoying these huge floaty tricks, even if they aren't as styly as the men would be.
Feb 11 2014 1:32AM
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pow_pow~
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sorry but why is that japanese girl even at the olympics????


find a gymnast and give her a couple of months ski training and she'd be better than her, and most others competing today.
Feb 11 2014 1:33AM
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ashamedkrew
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"Through the section of tubes and walls"

The Japanese girl really doesn't look like she deserves to be an Olympic skier
Feb 11 2014 1:34AM
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t_rob
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Thank god that girl fell. I was scared to watch her on the jumps.

Using that 3rd feature as a jump is bullshit.
Feb 11 2014 1:34AM
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icon1234
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That girl from Japan shouldn't be skiing this course...
Feb 11 2014 1:34AM
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Avifarer
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that was sick. wall ride and zero spin hahahha yes
Feb 11 2014 1:35AM
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dross250
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that zero spin from kim... WOW.. She is sucha boss. Go Canada! our ladies are killing it
Feb 11 2014 1:35AM
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Pitolairas
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ZERO SPIN OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!! YEAH KIM!!!
Feb 11 2014 1:35AM
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will_powder
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KIM!
Feb 11 2014 1:35AM
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grambo
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ZERO the last jump in the Olympics, what you know about that.
Feb 11 2014 1:35AM
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DERS.
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zero spin. fuck yes
Feb 11 2014 1:35AM
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ashamedkrew
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100 FOOT ZERO SPIN!
Feb 11 2014 1:35AM
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icon1234
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holy fuck a zero spin in the olympics! I don't think I would ever see that in my life.
Feb 11 2014 1:36AM
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ski_powpow
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MASSIVE ZERO
Feb 11 2014 1:36AM
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Aahlnas
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KISS THE RAIL!!!!!!
Feb 11 2014 1:37AM
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icon1234
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so embarrassing
Feb 11 2014 1:40AM
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grambo
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Only problem with CBC stream is commercials at random intervals. Come on guys, time them with breaks in the competition.
Feb 11 2014 1:40AM
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ashamedkrew
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Flatspin = "Reverse Somersault with a Corkscrew"
Feb 11 2014 1:40AM
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pow_pow~
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american 16 year old is prettyyy goood
Feb 11 2014 1:41AM
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cheaaaaaa
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announcing is about as on point as team japan
Feb 11 2014 1:42AM
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Avifarer
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these cbc announcers arent that bad. the ones for the ladies snowboard were atrocious, i was actually getting mad.
Feb 11 2014 1:44AM
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