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steezyclezy
Posts: 217 - Karma: 1,260
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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GayWolf420
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i mean you could mute it and put music on over it......
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Xanadoo
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this. so this
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suup
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has anyone done the switch yet
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270on420out
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Lemarre: *does flat 3* Commentator: a nice backflip japan grab
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L3NNY
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omg hilarious - I was just about to put up this same thread. The very next time this f**k says "reverse somersault" I'm going to break my TV. What a kook. Like the couldn't pull some guy out of the x-games who knows what a 'fakie' is. NBC is a f**king joke.

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Crazy_E
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I'm terrified of what they're going to call the tricks in the men's given how the women's went...
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steezyclezy
Posts: 217 - Karma: 1,260
No this is the Olympic Broadcasting Service they would broadcast to most places as a lot of countries wouldnt have their own commentators
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steezyclezy
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Though the guy they have for ski racing is perfect. He has the passion in his voice which makes it interesting to watch
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elinde
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Isn't Van Valin announcing? At least I'm pretty sure it was him on the replay on NBC yesterday.
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*TURBONERD*
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Lamarre did so a backflip japan.
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Xanadoo
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in this case: commentator= luke van valin
and in this case (as with most): luke van valin=correct
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CrotchKiller
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why do people get so butthurt about the announcing? Can't you guys identify the tricks by watching them?
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*TURBONERD*
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NO MAN WHAT IS A TAIL GRAB?
But it's frustrating to see the public misinformed as to trick names.
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CrotchKiller
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the public doesn't give a shit haha
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eheath
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Get ready for two more pages and 10 other threads about it tonight
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danbrown
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this. to everyone complaining about the clueless dude announcing the nbc sports livestream two nights ago, did that really ruin your experience that extensively that you had to go onto ns and make multiple posts about it?
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*TURBONERD*
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I care that they understand it correctly within the small amount that they do understand. Illogical, I know.
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cheaaaaaa
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given that this three has 2 pages, apparently.

but yeah it was distracting and left a bad taste in my mouth. nothing personal against the guy they whipped up there, but it was odd that an event that prides itself on being the highest caliber would fail to find someone even mediocre to announce it.
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yangumane
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they're probably watching his commentary and killing themselves laughing
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gingaskier
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According to the CBC commentator switch bio 7 is now switch cork 7, rodeo 5 is now flat 5 and blind switch-ups are now flatspins. What has this world come to????
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cheaaaaaa
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at least he got the general axiss right. theres worse homie
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steezyclezy
Posts: 217 - Karma: 1,260
wtf he was commentating on womens snowboard pipe with the shit snowboard commentator. why are the OBS hiring him for every event he knows nothing about?
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corona
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commentators on mens slope were terrrrrrible. The ENTIRE time he was calling anything out of a rail a 250 out. Didn't matter if it was a 450 or 270. And threw in a couple 430's for good measure.
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*TURBONERD*
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Oh god why. At least he wasn't calling everything a 'nice spin'.
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johnnyBuz
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Sorry bro, no one will ever eclipse this guy as 'Worst Commentator Ever.' Skip to 2:24 if it doesn't start there.


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quebecfreestyler
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at least they should make sure that they know that 360+90 = 450 and not 430.....
simple maths.
I loled at first
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cheerio
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Disaster 270, 450 out = 250 on 250 out LOL
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