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Thread: Freeride World Tour - 2018
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04-02-2018, 02:13 AM #401Registered User
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The light is very flat (top 1/3 especially it seems) but the level is very, very high. Wow!
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04-02-2018, 02:20 AM #402
Wow, so many awesome runs this year. Wasn't sure what the level would be like with Turdell already being champ (and injured) along with Pehota and Malakov. Everyone showed up looking to win, very impressed... the Bec delivers!
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04-02-2018, 04:42 AM #403Short stories about snow and rock, and pictures, too
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04-02-2018, 04:50 AM #404
I can’t seem to find a way to watch the men’s SB and ski segment only the women? When I go to fwt.com and try and go the the men’s category the link is dead as in no action when clicking on it.
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04-02-2018, 05:24 AM #405
Nvm found the full deal on redbull.
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04-02-2018, 05:33 AM #406
That was pretty insane. Big lines. And Geo will sell a million skis next year. Go down skis!
But Remember: if you want to cater to the DPS crowd, you have to triple your prices.It's a war of the mind and we're armed to the teeth.
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04-02-2018, 06:26 AM #407
Some great runs today. Very happy for Bimboes, (who was obviously stoked and hugging and highfivin' everybody...). But the 5 top runs were so close it's tough to tell.
"Typically euro, french in particular, in my opinion. It's the same skiing or climbing there. They are completely unfazed by their own assholeness. Like it's normal." - srsosbso
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04-02-2018, 06:46 AM #408
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04-02-2018, 07:36 AM #409
^^^something weird going on with men's category replay online at redbull and FWT.
What a show it was today! I thought Markus' run was the winner FWIW. That switch 5 was bonkers. Scoring anomalies blahblahblah.
Thing 2 apparently got his couloirs mixed up. He'd intended to go one more couloir to looker's right on the face but missed the entrance. Think he had a big flatty planned in there. He wasn't too stoked about his run but as always knows how amazing it is to be able to be there and be a part of it all.
6th overall in the FWT and rookie of the year is a pretty nice season to have in your pocket and I couldn't be more stoked and proud of him. What a beast.Last edited by oftpiste; 04-02-2018 at 10:40 AM.
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04-02-2018, 08:06 AM #410
really happy for you, thing3 and your family, oftpiste.
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04-02-2018, 08:20 AM #411
I’ll track it down to watch later today, but congrats to thing 3!
& very cool for you, oft!!
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04-02-2018, 08:29 AM #412Registered User
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04-02-2018, 08:41 AM #413www.apriliaforum.com
"If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?
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04-02-2018, 08:56 AM #414Registered User
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Congrats, oftpiste. Every competitor, EVERY competitor is scared of that face before they compete. To ski it as a rookie is an accomplishment, and not fall, is awesome. Just being able to qualify is amazing.
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04-02-2018, 09:10 AM #415
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04-02-2018, 09:48 AM #416
Wow, Berkeley's huge 360 at the top was bad-ass... I thought he was over-penalized on the landing - it looked like more of a double hand check than a backslap IMO. Judging today must have been tough, lots of good lines.
I thought Eder should have won... super technical line choice up top and that bottom section with the butter three cliff drop was nuts! Pretty sure we've never seen that in a comp before. That was Candide level.
Some great riding today. Any idea how steep the upper half is? I liked the drone shots giving a better perspective of that angle.
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04-02-2018, 10:05 AM #417
i don't think he was so much penalized for the landing as they just weren't scoring tricks well at all. i don't know how much info makes it to the riders at the top since they fire off the competitors so quickly but it was pretty obvious even before the snowboarders were done.
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04-02-2018, 10:13 AM #418Registered User
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Agreed that they were putting much more weight into charging the face and ripping down fast than they were for tricks.
Nonetheless a great comp. Berkeley’s 3 at the very top with so much consequence was bad ass!
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04-02-2018, 10:18 AM #419
Yep, it's one thing to throw a 3 lower down with nothing but a nice long runout to the arch ahead of you (which is still bonkers, of course), but to basically hop off the summit with a 3 while there's still a Bec-load of gnar directly below you... that's scary behaviour right there.
Powdork, you and the family headed through Chamonix on the way home at all?Short stories about snow and rock, and pictures, too
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04-02-2018, 10:20 AM #420powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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04-02-2018, 10:28 AM #421
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04-02-2018, 10:39 AM #422Registered User
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Watch the replay at 9:20 and they go into great detail on the face.
Agreed on Eder. I wish they wouldn't penalize so much on small mistakes like hand plants and slaps. The riders are putting so much on the line with just visual inspections and so fucking entertaining to watch.
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04-02-2018, 10:41 AM #423
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04-02-2018, 10:47 AM #424
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04-02-2018, 10:50 AM #425Short stories about snow and rock, and pictures, too
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