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Freeride World Tour judges have been taking advice from X games judges

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Hamez
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I know this site isn't massively into the FWT, but the judging today was so bad. The only thing they got right was Ross Tester won (spoiler sorry), it seems they have been watching how the X games judges work.

Kristofer Turdell and Carl Regner Eriksson did the same top line as Reine Barkered but Turdell added in an air of the chute and Carl did a massive three and got scored lower??
Mar 13 2021 7:17AM
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John18_6
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https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/
Mar 13 2021 9:21PM
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mitchey
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john18061806https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/


damn so now we discriminate about the ski content that can be in ski gabber
Mar 13 2021 9:50PM
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drifts
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john18061806https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/


FWT has steadily been becoming more new schoolers than boomer gravity every year, pretty soon the boomers are going to be bitching about “park tricks” on the FWT
Mar 13 2021 11:22PM
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Medicine
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Huh, funny you say this. I agreed with the top5 but not the order and for me ross tester should not have won. I agree carl regner got underscored though, although he didnt ride the top too clean. Drew tabke underscored too. I got most hyped off Barkered, Turdell and Navarro, i was screaming when he crashed.
Mar 14 2021 7:55AM
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anders_a
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Barkared's run was scary to watch though and insane, turdell was pretty up there as well
Mar 14 2021 11:13AM
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Hamez
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driftsFWT has steadily been becoming more new schoolers than boomer gravity every year, pretty soon the boomers are going to be bitching about “park tricks” on the FWT


I feel like people that dont watch it are missing out. Like these guys throw massive backies, throw sketchy 3's and most of the time in less than ideal conditions in super gnarly terrain, i know a lot of people wont think this but just skiing those faces well would be sick nevermind throwing a trick or charging hard in shit conditions.
Mar 14 2021 5:47PM
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Hamez
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MedicineHuh, funny you say this. I agreed with the top5 but not the order and for me ross tester should not have won. I agree carl regner got underscored though, although he didnt ride the top too clean. Drew tabke underscored too. I got most hyped off Barkered, Turdell and Navarro, i was screaming when he crashed.


he definitely got some whiplash from hitting that bank at mach 10.

the only thing that let ross down was the lower section cos he didnt fancy eating shit on a flat landing at the bottom.

i think they just scored Reine too high to start with so it left no room for them to fit better runs in there.
Mar 14 2021 5:51PM
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John18_6
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driftsFWT has steadily been becoming more new schoolers than boomer gravity every year, pretty soon the boomers are going to be bitching about “park tricks” on the FWT


I think that might prove my point
Mar 15 2021 12:03AM
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Chunderface
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It was cool to have Tanner on the tour give some real perspective on just how fuckin sketch that terrain is and how much skill those guys have.
Mar 15 2021 12:54AM
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dolanslebensraum
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I dont know why the competitions dont wait until there is like a fresh 4 ft of snow. Many of the competitions ive seen seem to have ppl hucking flips off cliffs into rock hard snowpack. Makes watching a smooth slopestyle run feel like opium in comparison.
Mar 15 2021 1:06AM
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jps2.0
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they gave reine a high score because has was first runner, they can't keep giving high scores
Mar 15 2021 1:41AM
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CT_CREW
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jps2.0they gave reine a high score because has was first runner, they can't keep giving high scores


they didn't even score anybody past 91, I believe. Plenty of room to place more people above Reine
Mar 17 2021 8:47PM
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lcoopman
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I'm a huge FWT fan, but feel like the FWT has kind of gone downhill over the past few years (2017+). It's still enjoyable to watch and riding is still good, but judging has been a little weird and I feel like I've being seeing the same lines and same tricks each year. Also #BringbackHaines
Mar 17 2021 9:13PM
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Skibumsmith
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driftsFWT has steadily been becoming more new schoolers than boomer gravity every year, pretty soon the boomers are going to be bitching about “park tricks” on the FWT


Aymar's high consequence lines are wayyyy sicker that watching the kids throw bullshit 3s off wind lips.
Mar 18 2021 1:19AM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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Ross is a Tester? Name every test.
Mar 18 2021 1:40AM
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skierman
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My favorite to watch is the women's categories because they eat shit the hardest on small features.
Mar 18 2021 8:23AM
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CT_CREW
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lcoopmanI'm a huge FWT fan, but feel like the FWT has kind of gone downhill over the past few years (2017+). It's still enjoyable to watch and riding is still good, but judging has been a little weird and I feel like I've being seeing the same lines and same tricks each year. Also #BringbackHaines


Yeah man, I agree. The faces are becoming to familiar to the athletes, nullifies visual inspection. I understand they gotta have resort affiliations etc. but lets get new start zones, and faces. and yeah need to bring back Alaska.
Mar 22 2021 12:13AM
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