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steezyclezy
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I'm watching the womens slopestyle from New Zealand and the broadcaster here doesn't have their own commentator so they are using the Olympic Broadcasting Service one. I thought the snowboarding guy was bad, but this is horrendous. The only words he knows are "variety", "revolutions" and everything switch he calls "reverse form". Hes so ignorant he calls the rails "tubes" and then they do "very nice twists" out of them. Mix all this with a seemingly 'put-on' English accent and it's hard to watch. This is going to ruin the whole olympics for me. I miss Van Valin and Douglas. Even Uncle E.

Fuck he just said Kim Lamarre landed in "reverse fashion"!
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Peter.
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i literally just came here to post this exact thread


absolutely hilarious
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Peter.
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also, kaya going down hard.. ouch
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shanny.
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I'm convinced they picked this guy out of the crowd. He has no idea what he is talking about in any way at all.

"Landing in reverse fashion"
"Crossed skis in her first somersault"
"Now reversing down the hill into a kicker"
"Tucks with knees, grabs the skis, and lands again in reverse"

just to point out a few.

This is seriously a joke. It's painful to watch due to this ignorant commentator.
Great way to debut slopestyle skiing in the Olympics.
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snakerton
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omg. my 11 year old brother would do a better job. he actually knows what a safety grab is.

wait until they need to identify a triple cork 1620
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cheaaaaaa
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called a 7 a helicopter at one point.

which means he may have skied.... in the 70s
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snakerton
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^ probably never skied, let alone skied a park.

this is pissing my off so much
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eheath
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You guys need to lighten up. This guy obviously doesn't announce park skiing regularly, he's just an ioc announcer for general live streams of the olympics. I think it's hilarious really
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--ski--
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As am I, and I was just about to post the same thing. The commentating is fucking horrendous.
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Peter.
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yeah, he's getting into it too, i'm actually really enjoying listening to this


dude is stoked on tricks like backflips, i love it
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danbrown
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this guy is way tight and i would listen to him any day over some gaper that tries really hard to act like he knows what hes talking about
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eheath
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Yeah I don't get why people gotta hate the dude is stoked who cares if he has no idea? He's doing his best give him that
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Armada333
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they are calling switch up "flatspins"
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Armada333
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they are calling switch up "flatspins"
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--ski--
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Yeah, alright, you guys are probably right. He probably is just some IOC commentator thrown in to do a job. We can't expect him to have in-depth understanding of freeskiing.
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calisto.iv
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I'm in NZ too. Sooooo bad. He called a flat 3 a "reverse somersault with a corkscrew"
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steezyclezy
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I'm angry that the OBS didn't hire someone who knows what he is talking about. Also this guy would have known about this job for ages and could have done some research on it. And if he has done some he must have been watching moguls
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calisto.iv
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Also I felt bad for that japanese girl. Clearly well out of her depth
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pow_pow~
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he obviously has no ski background at all, calling the FIS one word. im not annoyed at this dude im annoyed that for a first ever event they dont care enough to put someone that knows a bit on commentating duties.
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eheath
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Yeah you're high if you think that's how it works. This guy is probably doing commentary for 20 events. Why would they hire 20 people when they can hire 1? They don't care
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photogrind
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51 Billion on the events... and not a single thought about a commentator who has a clue? It was the same for the snowboarding live stream. Seems ridiculous to me to roll these slope events out, and have people introduced to it in this way. Its embarrassing. 
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eheath
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Again, they don't care because like .0001% of the people (Aka us) actually care gapers don't care
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Just_Send_It
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he just called a switch cork 5 a barrel roll. kill yourself.
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eheath
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Regular non gapers call FIS fiss all the time?
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steezyclezy
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No no no i've watched moguls, racing, snowboard slopestyle... This guy is hired to do ski slope only. He's a buzz kill. I was expecting the olympics to have the same stoke as Mike Douglas does at X games but he is distracting me from the skiing and making the sport seem boring. He isn't introducing to the world what slope skiing is and what makes it special to a non-skiing audience. They will just see it as another olympic event. Aerials is looking better!
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steezyclezy
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Holy fuck that Russian got owned!
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eheath
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It's the fucking live stream dude you think 1 million people are watching? I bet < 1000 people are watching right now
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steezyclezy
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He has a slight hint of South African is what it is
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B.Aussie
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I think it's hilarious but I've been listening to some local Australian high level commentary. It's a lot better than any formal commentary I've come across (Canadian, US, Aus).

http://mixlr.com/aussieskier/
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cheaaaaaa
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fisssssssssssssssss is what just about everyone I know (racers included) call it
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will_powder
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I've been quite impressed with CBC Jeff Bean's knowledge on freeskiing being an aerialist. Now we'll see how he does when it comes to calling some of the men's tricks but he's been very good as of right now.
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T-Nutcracker
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hearing it for the first time made me rofl hard
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freelowda
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BBC Live is where it's at. Also, I think you can hear Uncle E or someone familiar announcing at the venue in the background.
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SamSandmire
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"And jumping and landing in reverse fashion!" (describing a huge Zero Spin). I'm sorry, but this is the Olympics. They need someone who at least knows the tricks, grabs &terminology. Hope they replace him before the next slope event. Bring on Colby James West. Now THAT's entertainment! "Ski grab!"
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Breaking_Rad
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Not sure why they didn't just use the TV announcers that will be on the prime-time broadcast. After all, they are calling the entire thing and then just editing it down.


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Linked
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"Multiple twists in that corkscrew ski grab in effect as well to reverse landing"
"attempted to nail the touchdown in reverse fashion"

Is it really that hard to hire a guy who knows a basic tricks. Also the variance in ability from the women is crazy some can hardly make it down the top section and a few are 450 out of rails.
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eheath
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no way not at all, they cut it down and then the announcers watch/tape it "live".
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sNaubi
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So happy we got an actual skier to announce here in sweden :)

Jeppenator that would be, yes the same jeppenator that hangs on ns sometimes :D
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steezyclezy
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He almost lost it when one of them did a "multiple twist corkscrew jump"
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JDA
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Different sport but funny
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Superduploman
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Lets not forget that the ski trick language is gibberish to most people
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cheaaaaaa
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I'm sure devin or kaya wouldn't mind doing it if they were given the chance
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Ali_Dibden
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Yeah the guys at the BBC in th UK are atrocious too. Called a 9 a 12 and went nuts. Sooo bad
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corona
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nononono. I think, as a rule, women make terrible commentators.
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_Tommo_
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That was for Jamie Nicholls yeah, but got corrected straight away.

Is it because Im used to watching skiers that i find counting the spins a lot easier than snowboarding, or is it a bit harder? I think its to do with not knowing if a boarding is taking off or landing forward or switch which confuses me
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SenditSerg
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I lost so hard reading all these.
 The CBC commentators are pretty bad as well, but they actually attempt name the direction and rotations that the athletes are doing..  not so sure how its gonna be for mens if its the same guys announcing with all the crazy shit bein thrown.




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cheaaaaaa
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as a rule, not only is that sexist, but relative to the current guy most anyone would be better.
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yangumane
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Agreed, but anyone is better than this bullshit
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VD.
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When watching woman's slope earlier today I was tempted to mute it. Then again I'm not sure what I was expecting from the BBC's commentary.

I remember them calling a bow and arrow a truck driver and then getting corrected on twitter.
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Toaster-Tony
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True. But they have good announcers for bobsledding, curling, biathlon, and all the other wacky sports that we only care about once every 4 years, why not slopestyle?
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eheath
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I'd suggest maybe the ioc broadcast has connections with people who announce that stuff regularly and not slopestyle? For all we know, the announcers could be watching and commentating from africa...
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