Is it the beginning of the end for the age of tech?

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In the last couple of weeks, we've seen a relatively big change in the two major comps within that time; the prevalence of style over tech, with Vinny's I don't know what, and the sick course in pyeongchang, that was literally a style skiers dream, so it raises the question. Could this be the rise of style, and the beginning of the end for tech?

The last few years have, obviously, been dominated my tech, and to be competitive in any of the major tournaments you had to be able to throw some sort of triple. But is everyone getting sick of that? Will we see the emergence of more creative, feature packed courses like korea and the b&e, rather than the typical, linear ones were used to... And on these courses, will a styled af rodeo 5 win out over a triple?Thoughts?

Of course, as soon as someone throws a quad, tech will be back, so all the tech guys, chill out...

Feb 22 2016 1:07AM

Julius_Steezer

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Course wise, I hope that it does keep on going down the path which b&e, Korea etc are setting out as it allows tech guys to still throw down but its also much easier for some riders to differentiate themselves by picking a sick line as they're not constrained by the usual stock slopestyle course.

Trick wise, Vinny won one comp with a cool new trick where the jump wasn't big enough to get very techy anyway. If he wins big air with the rodeo 5 pretz 1 then I'd agree style has beaten out tech but atm, i think tech will still trump style in most comps

Feb 22 2016 6:51AM

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I would love to see it head this way! I do like the idea of having a standard but short rail line up top, it heads into a 2 jump line and at the end there is a super creative urban plaza or smaller bowl like in B&E

Feb 22 2016 7:08AM