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ZOMG it is crazy. http://deadspin.com/5880368/
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I liked the front flip on the snowmobile better...
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arekthorn posted:
I liked the front flip on the snowmobile better...
I like the double back fli------oh wait..... oops.
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I only watch real sports.
like cricket.
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So far above what anyone else can do, sick.
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So far above what anyone else can do, sick.
he is an alien, duh
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It was more entertaining than the pro bowl.
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I dunno, when I hear the word Perfect, I expect something amazing. Watching that, sure he did something no one else can do trick wise, but it doesn't really LOOK like "perfection". But I guess I just don't watch Snowboarding enough to know.
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Who?
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BritonGuy posted:
I only watch real sports.
like cricket.
how about lacrosse?
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I'll be impressed when he can do that with a polar bear chasing his ass. 
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those commentators did a spectacular job of making that seem unspectacular
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I don't care for sports where the winner is decided by a panel of judges. Exception - MMA and boxing, at least they can win by a KTFO.
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Makes me want to go play 1080 on N64.
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Ok so I watched it anyway, yeah, exactly as I thought. He flips and spins around, but honestly, what makes that a perfect run?
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Pretty damn amazing. Dude is scary good.
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Ok so I watched it anyway, yeah, exactly as I thought. He flips and spins around, but honestly, what makes that a perfect run?
Because his name is Shaun White.
Any sport that relies on judges to give a score is subject to favoritism.
This is no different.
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Really? Perfect landings on tricks only he can do and earning a perfect score for that is "favoritism"? puhhhhleaase.
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Perfect landings my ass, his hands definitely hit the snow on that last one. He almost fell forward.
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Who is Sean Wight?
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Perfect landings my ass, his hands definitely hit the snow on that last one. He almost fell forward.
Wrong, you can see in the slow-mo replay it doesn't hit.
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Talehon69 posted:
Perfect landings my ass, his hands definitely hit the snow on that last one. He almost fell forward.
Wrong, you can see in the slow-mo replay it doesn't hit.
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No snow coming up from hand disturbance=you prove nothing.
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Wat. It's hard packed to make it slick to go faster. 
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I don't think people some people understand how hard it is to go so high/fast, while spinning and contorting the board/yourself in mid-air. Your timing on launch and landing has to be near perfect. I guess if you don't know snowboarding at all, you'll completely miss much of the flourish.
Touching the slope like that has little to do with the quality of the landing. He had control throughout and didn't touch the slope to stabilize, and such minor contact wouldn't help considering his momentum. It was just his body spacing, to avoid touching the slope he'd have to 'pull back' which wouldn't work out too well. Afaik you don't have to treat the slope like hot lava...
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WHO PEOPLE?
Serious now.
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Perfect landings my ass, his hands definitely hit the snow on that last one. He almost fell forward.
First of all, it has always been that your back hand is allowed to hit the ramp as long as it is a certain distance down the ramp. It did not help him stabilize at all and it is very difficult to keep that hand from hitting while trying to balance.
That said, the only reason he got a 100 was because it was his victory lap. He had already won the competition and most other boarders would have just taken an easy run down the pipe. He instead decided to pull 2 tricks that have never been done in competition before. One I believe had never been done by anyone, anywhere. The 100 was probably more of a sign of respect for how amazing the guy is and how committed he is to giving the audience a good showing.
The guy progresses the sport every time he goes down the pipe. It is complete dominance of a sport.
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not to mention how good he is as a skateboarder as well
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not to mention how good he is as a skateboarder as well
He ought to be - not too much of a difference.
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For those too lazy to google.
and to think this was all done on a sore ankle.
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Perfect landings my ass, his hands definitely hit the snow on that last one. He almost fell forward.
First of all, it has always been that your back hand is allowed to hit the ramp as long as it is a certain distance down the ramp. It did not help him stabilize at all and it is very difficult to keep that hand from hitting while trying to balance.
That said, the only reason he got a 100 was because it was his victory lap. He had already won the competition and most other boarders would have just taken an easy run down the pipe. He instead decided to pull 2 tricks that have never been done in competition before. One I believe had never been done by anyone, anywhere. The 100 was probably more of a sign of respect for how amazing the guy is and how committed he is to giving the audience a good showing.
The guy progresses the sport every time he goes down the pipe. It is complete dominance of a sport.
Yeah, basically everything that the announcers said. Some people are stupid, though.
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The guy truly is a stellar athlete.
He is not only the greatest snowboarder of all time, he is also a top skater and surfer... or at least was he may have retired from those sports. But regardless the fact that he can dominate 3 distinct (they all have their unique ride styles, hell surfing and snowboarding are completely reversed, and trick setups) aggressive sports is quite a feat.
Yet he has not only mastered most of the tricks he has invented his own!
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For those too lazy to google.
and to think this was all done on a sore ankle.
The link is in the OP.
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sliyurs posted:
Teglaan posted:
For those too lazy to google.
and to think this was all done on a sore ankle.
The link is in the OP.
Video is? It's not loading nor are there links to any video when I visit the deadspin article. It is late at night and I apologize if I'm just being blind.
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It isn't a perfect run. Someone could do better, as in they do the same tricks but their hand doesn't hit the wall. Or they land without spraying snow in the air. If someone could do his exact same run, but with those two things they should win. But, with a perfect score the best you could do by a better run is a tie. Boo.
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That's why you have more than 1 run which contribute to a competitor's score. And it is nearly impossible that a snowboarder could do multiple runs of this quality in a row. If athletes become extremely better for some reason in the future, so such runs become common, they'd adjust their scoring schema since the athletes would be capable of much more.
In actuality all the points could've made that run OVER 10.0, so even with any small inconsistencies which 'could' bring it down .1-2, it would still be at 10. But it's a spurious claim that hand touching wall or spraying snow has anything to do with being a good snowboarder.
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It isn't a perfect run. Someone could do better, as in they do the same tricks but their hand doesn't hit the wall. Or they land without spraying snow in the air. If someone could do his exact same run, but with those two things they should win. But, with a perfect score the best you could do by a better run is a tie. Boo.
That's what you are missing though. No one, and I mean absolutely no one, in the entire world is capable of pulling those two tricks off in competition. No one could do better. There was absolutely zero chance that anyone could compete with that score and he had already won the entire competition PRIOR to this run.
Edit: Next year that run would probably qualify much much lower. That is why Shaun White is progressing the sport so rapidly. He set the bar with this run, now people have to catch up.
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I thought it was illegal For Carrot top to have kids.
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