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Anyone else thin the Buick grab is ugly?

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cgroves
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Super difficult, but also kinda ugly. Thoughts?
3 years ago
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bmick
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not a fan
3 years ago
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mattytru
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i mean, like tom was saying on the broadcast, it really only exists to help him spin faster. it looks cheesy to me imo. it's like the inverse reason of why a lead blunt is cool
3 years ago
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weastcoat
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Haha pencil spin go brrrrr
3 years ago
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dant02
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Thought it was cool the first time I saw it but plz a hall do something new for fucks sake
3 years ago
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CalumSKI
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its cool


that is all
3 years ago
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crustyboot.420
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What is a buick grab?
3 years ago
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crustyboot.420
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Oh fuck sorry it's the a hall grab ofc
3 years ago
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Yeah that’s what I always thought. Way to wind yourself up and spin faster
mattytrui mean, like tom was saying on the broadcast, it really only exists to help him spin faster. it looks cheesy to me imo. it's like the inverse reason of why a lead blunt is cool
3 years ago
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_brrett
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I would say its probs a top 5 contender for ugliest grabs possible on skis but if ur doing it to win a comp its hard to really blame you for it ahall’s tryna get dubs not do some sick shit so that the 500 ppl that use NS can say he’s got swag
3 years ago
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Biffbarf
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BLandzI would say its probs a top 5 contender for ugliest grabs possible on skis but if ur doing it to win a comp its hard to really blame you for it ahall’s tryna get dubs not do some sick shit so that the 500 ppl that use NS can say he’s got swag


BLandz spitting facts as per usual
3 years ago
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Slowbro
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You’ll notice he doesn’t do them when he’s filming lol.
3 years ago
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chicken_
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It was cool in the beginning but after seeing him do it every comp in each run... Meh
3 years ago
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c-fries
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It would be kinda cool almost as a meme grab done once in a blue moon. Slower rotation. Then idk it’s kinda sick.

Yea tornado Buick’s not that sick but it’s been paying A Hall dividends so. Meh
3 years ago
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deathcookie
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I have a feeling that this grab is going to be getting a lot more popular. Imagine a future where none of the skiers use poles anymore, and all of them do pencil spins with buick grabs.
3 years ago
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Goretex_Vidal
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I do wonder if the physics advantage it gives in a spin to win setting will cause comp skiing to further calcify like figure skating where every skater is using the same form for jumps and it all comes down to execution.

Aerials went through this like 15 years ago when many national Olympic committees realized they could just train gymnasts enough skiing to straightline into a ramp and throw triples. Does big air end up there?
3 years ago
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Professor-Modelo
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cgrovesSuper difficult, but also kinda ugly. Thoughts?


Say that the the INVENTOR of the Buick grab, his honorable Luke o brien
3 years ago
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1M_peaches
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I dont like it when its all he does.
3 years ago
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jakeordie
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maybe someone else could make it look good
3 years ago
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IsaacNW82
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Goretex_VidalAerials went through this like 15 years ago when many national Olympic committees realized they could just train gymnasts enough skiing to straightline into a ramp and throw triples. Does big air end up there?


Yes. If Matej can triple a snowboard bc his air awareness is so good from skiing and tramps, it's probably only a matter of time before you see more and more big air skiers who specialize on jumps and can't really ski rails, big mountain, etc at nearly the same level.
3 years ago
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ReturnToMonkey
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For some reason I always got the impression he did that grab because it is easier for a flexible tall person like him
3 years ago
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ReturnToMonkey
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c-friesIt would be kinda cool almost as a meme grab done once in a blue moon. Slower rotation. Then idk it’s kinda sick.

Yea tornado Buick’s not that sick but it’s been paying A Hall dividends so. Meh

@AlexHall let's see a Buick cork 3!!
3 years ago
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SLCTrees
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It was cool the first time. It gives you no style points. It looks lame compared to all the other tweaked out grabs and rotations out there.
3 years ago
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J-Dunn
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I’m a fucking hater on now spin to win (even though it’s always been that) skiing. And I honestly think it’s a sick ass looking grab man. I like it with the tornado spin as well and I like it so much because of the way he unwinds when he comes out of it. Best part of all his rotations forsures. However I’ve seen it enough times in the last two months and am hoping he throws some
other shit. Should have stomped that bitch run one, then did something totally different run two (maybe that nose grab he did last year at x????)
then if you land them both and want the 2160 for the win …… we’ll fuck it go ahead.
3 years ago
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Pakanaka
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cgrovesSuper difficult, but also kinda ugly. Thoughts?


probably the hardest but ugliest grab in all of skiing
3 years ago
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lil.Boye
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«I don’t want to stretch to do an ugly grab» -Lj sterinio on the bow and arrow grab
3 years ago
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Awelterego
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This is exactly what Buick had in mind for their contextual advertising campaign


3 years ago
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Sngl2th
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beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think it looks wicked stylee, and infinitely better than swervy safety grabs, but that's just me.
3 years ago
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abcdefu
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yeah im just not a big fan of it. and id really like to know what it has to do with Buicks
3 years ago
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Farmville420
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As long as A Hall the only one doing it I don’t have a problem personally. It’s not a cool grab, but tbh most two handed grabs are ugly. There’s something so forced about them idk
3 years ago
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Quadkinky
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cgrovesSuper difficult, but also kinda ugly. Thoughts?


I simply don’t like A hall but it was cool when I first saw it
3 years ago
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TreeJam
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ReturnToMonkey@AlexHall let's see a Buick cork 3!!


Now this would actually be cool
3 years ago
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memecork
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It’s ugly when Alex Hall does it but not when Luke O’Brien does it
3 years ago
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BearsOnKetamine
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Hear me out add an afterbang event to the Olympics
3 years ago
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