I honestly thought that Superpipe and Slopestyle were the only events still in the Olympics, turns out BoarderX, Parallel Slalom, and Giant Slalom are still in there..
.i must live in a virtual cave bc i have not heard squat about the other 3, there is even a picture out of the US team and it's just Slope and Pipe riders.
or maybe i don't know who some of these peeps are
there is nothing about the other disciplines, nothing about them on the NBC schedule, i guess they are not even televised? no one gives a fuk? do we even have riders for the 'other' sb event
(also, if anyone knows where to stream live covertly, i no longer have cable and NBC won't let you watch on the computer unless you have a cable account somewhere)
I thought the judging for pipe seemed much better than the slopestyle. They got the top 3 bang on I even thought one of the Japanese dudes deserved to win but Ipod had harder tricks I guess. :eusa_clap: Fun to watch for sure just wish Danny landed his first run..
wow didn't expect to see shaun white off the podium, my prediction going in was SW, hirano, iPod. Fairly close, at least judging was spot on and i agree with the medals. Ol bretz was right, shaun can be beaten. Too bad it wasn't by you
What was the podium for the Pipe? I know IPod won and SW finished 4th but I'm stuck at work with no streaming ability so I couldn't watch it. What were the final standings?
I haven't seen the finals yet, but I watched some of the qualifiers and it was bullshit. The pipe was so awful the riders were having to dial way back just to make sure they could do a full pull. Were the finals any better?
The Japanese, white and iPod didn't have much to say about the conditions, they just rode. Ayumu and taku better hope the ioc doesn't drug test. Them fellas are some pot smokin fools. Ayumu is a super nice kid though. He trains primarily in Vail - summit.
White actually made a couple of negative comments about the pipe conditions in the interview I saw. That was either from this morning or last night, not sure.
$5 says he's back in 4 years. It will kill him, that he didn't win it all. He'll give it one more shot. It's not like 31-32 is thaaat old but it'll be a little tougher. Look at Bode Miller he's like 50
Haha Bretz finished last. Teach him for talking shit. Well at least I guess he can still feel good because he loves snowboarding...haha suck balls Bretz.
ipod celebration was way over the top, looked like a real ass to be honest. He also didn't get many hits, judges obviously scored for amplitude which is as it should be but number of technical hits was actually pretty low.
I absolutely disagree with that - the guy has just won the half pipe at the Olympics! He probably looked over the top because the two Japanese were so emotionless.
Sitting in a waiting room and of course they are playing the biathlon instead :icon_scratch:
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