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  • Quiet
    I should shut up now
    • Feb 2002
    • 781

    #1

    ATTN all skiers and boarders

    The IOC has officially announced that Boarder-X (Skier-X??) will be a medal event at the 2006 games.

    I am soo happy
  • irbodden
    Registered User
    • Dec 2000
    • 3413

    #2
    uhm.... Boarder X?

    Don't they already have half pipe stuff? And the gold metal placer tested positive for pot? I remember a great SNL skit on that...

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    • Quiet
      I should shut up now
      • Feb 2002
      • 781

      #3
      You've never heard of boardercross???
      Yes halfpipe was already in the olympics as is GS. The pot smoking gold medalist was in the GS.

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      • irbodden
        Registered User
        • Dec 2000
        • 3413

        #4
        Bordercross? Explain?

        Is it like Snowcross for us snowmobilers?

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        • Fred
          AO Zealot
          • Feb 2002
          • 2624

          #5
          its a stupid event where a few skiers/boarders race the same course at the same time... its a great way to seriously injure yourself, but its popular to watch on TV...

          Giant Slalom and half pipe are way cooler IMO... they should have a Skiing half pipe event... that's where the real skill is.

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          • EsPo
            Dosehead
            • Jul 2002
            • 4140

            #6
            Originally posted by Fred
            they should have a Skiing half pipe event... that's where the real skill is.

            ---Fred
            IMO boarder x is the most safe way to compete! would you rather launch yourself 10 feet in the air off of a 20 foot pipe wall then come down and smash your face cause you flatlanded, or maybe get tangled up with another skier/boarder and take a bit of a fall.. you even have a chance to rebound from this fall.

            one of the mtns ive been to dont even allow the skiers in the parks!

            nobody had said anything bad against skiers/snowboarders until you came into this thread. your the kind of person who ruins the entire idea of snowboarding/skiing. to have a good time, rather than fight..
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            • irbodden
              Registered User
              • Dec 2000
              • 3413

              #7
              Originally posted by EsPo

              IMO boarder x is the most safe way to compete! would you rather launch yourself 10 feet in the air off of a 20 foot pipe wall then come down and smash your face cause you flatlanded, or maybe get tangled up with another skier/boarder and take a bit of a fall.. you even have a chance to rebound from this fall.

              one of the mtns ive been to dont even allow the skiers in the parks!

              nobody had said anything bad against skiers/snowboarders until you came into this thread. your the kind of person who ruins the entire idea of snowboarding/skiing. to have a good time, rather than fight..
              uhm... where did he bash snowboarders? He simply said he didn't like XCross but prefered pipe/Salomn. How would you tangle up with someone in the pipe? Isn't it only one person in it at the time during comp?

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              • EsPo
                Dosehead
                • Jul 2002
                • 4140

                #8
                Originally posted by EsPo

                IMO boarder x is the most safe way to compete! would you rather launch yourself 10 feet in the air off of a 20 foot pipe wall then come down and smash your face cause you flatlanded, or maybe get tangled up with another skier/boarder and take a bit of a fall.. you even have a chance to rebound from this fall.
                my bad.. the second part.. after i said "or maybe ...." was supposed to be aimed at Boarder x

                Originally posted by Fred
                ... they should have a Skiing half pipe event... that's where the real skill is.

                ---Fred
                thats where he bashed boarders (from the way i read it anyway)
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                • irbodden
                  Registered User
                  • Dec 2000
                  • 3413

                  #9
                  Originally posted by EsPo
                  thats where he bashed boarders (from the way i read it anyway)
                  Did you see the ""

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                  • paintbattler
                    Mags > Cockers
                    • Nov 2001
                    • 2754

                    #10
                    u know Emagster? he is probably the top 15 in the country for his age

                    he has won everything around here and up northwest..im proud because he is my cousin!!
                    Someone took away my cool sig. *cough*mod*cough*

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                    • PolishSausage
                      Liberals are stupid
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 591

                      #11
                      I'd love to see Skiing 1/2 Pipe in the Olympics..

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                      • Quiet
                        I should shut up now
                        • Feb 2002
                        • 781

                        #12
                        What does Emagster compete in, and what age bracket?

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                        • RetroEclipseMan
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                          • Jun 2002
                          • 1386

                          #13
                          I dunno, boardX is pretty cool and I actually went up to Alpental for the last couple seasons to practice when they got the boarderX course set up but I think I'd rather see Slopestyle in the Olympics rather than BoarderX. I actually heard that they were contemplating putting a Big Air event into the olympics.
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                          • Fred
                            AO Zealot
                            • Feb 2002
                            • 2624

                            #14
                            Originally posted by EsPo
                            nobody had said anything bad against skiers/snowboarders until you came into this thread. your the kind of person who ruins the entire idea of snowboarding/skiing. to have a good time, rather than fight..

                            Originally posted by Fred
                            smilies set the tone, don't read into it so much.

                            Most everywhere I have been, which is a pretty long list, never have any trouble with freestyle skiers dropping into the pipes and terrain parks.

                            I still think the skier/boarder cross event is stupid, it was invented for TV ratings, just like the downhill bmx thing where so many people got hurt...

                            On the other hand, I love watching the snowboard slalom events too, those things take a lot of skill to ride well.

                            Edit: Added: Oh, and I did mean to infer a jab that Freestyle skiing in the halfpipe is indeed harder than boarding in a halfpipe, and requires more skill.
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                            • EsPo
                              Dosehead
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 4140

                              #15
                              ok, ive got one last question...ill leave after this. is it normal to stick your toungue out at somebody like so after making a sarcastic comment?
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