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[Kazerei]

Oh ... oh wow.

I, for one, welcome this new age of Swiss and Japanese half-pipe dominance

 

[pringles]

First time seeing this Shaun White dude. Not impressed.

iPod guy was amazing though.

 

[redmetal86]

This is why you don't cut your hair!

 

[PjotrStroganov]

He is the best. And the snow is crap. But the others managed just fine and deservedly won the medals.

 

[Ohwiseone]

Wow.. That sucks for white.

Oh well, at least the US won one medal today..

 

[joesmokey]

4th place, wow he just didn't have a clean enough run. Too bad.

Great stuff from the other riders.

 

[BTM]

US sucked it up there. Damn

 

[massivekettle]

He should have gone all out and he went conservative.

Oh well... No medals for USA is more stunning, though. What a fail of epic proportions.

 

[lazybones18]

just missed halfpipe. crap

 

[Wubby]

And jeez the Japanese guys are only 15 and 18...

 

[R10Neymarfan]

Sucks for Shaun, but props to Ipod.

15 years old Japanese kid is going to be good in a few years

 

[Parch]

Swiss and Japan flying. I though Hiraoka had the best run.

Silly judged sport so subjective. Never did care for it.

 

[Atrophis]

Haha this guy deserves to win just for his shocked reaction.

 

[fuenf]

He is the best. And the snow is crap. But the others managed just fine and deservedly won the medals.

yep. Vancouver was far more exciting then this event, IPOD almost single handily saved the competition but imo these whole Olympics have an rather amateurish feel about them.

 

[massivekettle]

And jeez the Japanese guys are only 15 and 18...

Age doesn't really mean much as older riders are still the best in halfpipe. White is on another level and he is about to be 28

 

[clemenx]

I missed the swiss' guy run

 

[Nesotenso]

First time seeing this Shaun White dude. Not impressed.

iPod guy was amazing though.

yes, that was what he was going for, impressing you.

 

[Wubby]

Age doesn't really mean much as older riders are still the best in halfpipe. White is on another level and he is about to be 28

That's what I'm saying. It'll be interesting to see them when they get older.

 

[Blader]

damn, disappointing finish for White.

I thought Hirano actually had the better run than IPod, though...

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

Why is this sport only just now being added for women?

Were there too few competitors?

 

[clemenx]

And jeez the Japanese guys are only 15 and 18...

He'll still be a teen when he has 2 Olympics under his belt D:

I'm so old

 

[jet1911]

damn, disappointing finish for White.

I thought Hirano actually had the better run than IPod, though...

I think it was the last trick that he did (iPod) that gave him the gold.

 

[Diprosalic]

i just watched the 1998 halfpipe gold run and it looks kinda funny in comparison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h3tTGRgV9o

 

[BigJonsson]

"Extreme" sports are entertaining to watch but it is a bit lame that the very best in the world still fail to land clean runs a lot of the time (at least in these Olympics, land a clean run and you are top 5 guaranteed almost)

 

[Spl1nter]

Wow he only turned 15 in November. Kid is insane.

 

[DrM]

Why is this sport only just now being added for women?

Were there too few competitors?

Ask dinosaurs at IOC. There are lots of girls in World cup competition, over 60 jumpers on every race

 

[Blader]

"Extreme" sports are entertaining to watch but it is a bit lame that the very best in the world still fail to land clean runs a lot of the time (at least in these Olympics, land a clean run and you are top 5 guaranteed almost)

The halfpipe is apparently very sloppy.

 

[GSG Flash]

iPod had a really clean run, unlike Shaun. If Shaun White didn't clip the deck, he might have medal'd.

 

[Parch]

Why is this sport only just now being added for women?
Were there too few competitors?

Only the 3rd year for women competing in World Cup events. Not really sure why. It's not like the facilities weren't available. Established enough now for olympic addition.

 

[R10Neymarfan]

And the sad part is that SW opted out of the slopestyle too. So no chance for a 2nd medal

 

[zroid]

"Extreme" sports are entertaining to watch but it is a bit lame that the very best in the world still fail to land clean runs a lot of the time (at least in these Olympics, land a clean run and you are top 5 guaranteed almost)

I believe the thing is they all know if they don't push their skill to the limit, they aren't going to get on the podium. So people will wipe out since they're not playing it safe, it's just the nature of the competition.

 

[Parch]

"Extreme" sports are entertaining to watch but it is a bit lame that the very best in the world still fail to land clean runs a lot of the time (at least in these Olympics, land a clean run and you are top 5 guaranteed almost)

Yeah. At least slopestyle has specific elements plus speed and danger. More technically judgeable.
Halfpipe sucks. It's way too sloppy and subjective.

If they wanna add X Games stuff, add races, not judged events.

 

[lamaroo]

Potentially stupid question, but why does ski jumping even have judges?

Couldn't they just judge based on the distance they travel? Why does everything need style points?

 

[Ulumsk]

Yeah. At least slopestyle has specific elements plus speed and danger. More technically judgeable.
Halfpipe sucks. It's way too sloppy and subjective.

If they wanna add X Games stuff, add races, not judged events.

There's also boardercross later. I agree with your sentiments on judges though. The scoring in the men's slopestyle was sloppy and soured the event debut imo.

 

[Phire Phox]

Who won the medals for half pipe?

 

[Irminsul]

Couldn't they just judge based on the distance they travel? Why does everything need style points?

Otherwise, everyone probably would just try to near-crash as far as possible. By having to land correctly, this behaviour is mitigated.

Also: tradition.

I guess.

Seems like the only one being able to judge landings is the guy from the country the landing's name comes from. Figures.

 

[GSG Flash]

Potentially stupid question, but why does ski jumping even have judges?

Couldn't they just judge based on the distance they travel? Why does everything need style points?

I agree, style points in ski jumping sounds really stupid.

 

[Ulumsk]

Not having them also sounds potentially lethal though.

 

[Solo]

Welp, guess just the 2 medals today for Canada. 9 after 4 days/2nd place is still nice though!

 

[lamaroo]

Otherwise, everyone probably would just try to near-crash as far as possible. By having to land correctly, this behaviour is mitigated.

Also: tradition.

I guess.

Seems like the only one being able to judge landings is the guy from the country the landing's name comes from. Figures.

Well you'd obviously have to land on your skis, add a line somewhere down the hill you need to cleanly pass.

It's like adding style points to long jump in the summer olympics.

 

[Irminsul]

Well you'd obviously have to land on your skis, add a line somewhere down the hill you need to cleanly pass.

Well, yes, but you can get much closer to a crash by just having to land on your skis than by having to correctly "stand" your landing.

Okay, COME ON NOW CARINA! FLIIIIIIIEEEEEG (as they say in Germany)!

 

[Pedrito]

A bit of an upset. Takanashi was the heavy favorite.

 

[Irminsul]

That was a bit short, oh well.

YES! GOLD! NICE ONE, CARINA!

 

[GSG Flash]

Well, yes, but you can get much closer to a crash by just having to land on your skis than by having to correctly "stand" your landing.

Okay, COME ON NOW CARINA! FLIIIIIIIEEEEEG (as they say in Germany)!

I would think losing your life would be a good deterrent to not do crazy shit...

 

[Parch]

The scoring in the men's slopestyle was sloppy and soured the event debut imo.

Yeah, men's board slopestyle judging seemed weird. The women's event judging seemed more logical.

The ski slopestyle seems OK, but when they lose speed somewhere it almost guarantees that they're not going get enough distance to land the last jump and just crash. That's a pretty dumb and unsafe part of it. Interesting event to watch, but not a really great olympic event.

 

[krishian]

No medal for Takanashi, that's quite an upset

 

[lazybones18]

more Gold for Germany

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Great ski jumping event! Congrats GER-GAF

 

[The Last Emperor]

Russian spice girls lol

 

[Branduil]

Such a terrible Olympics for the US so far. If not for the new events we'd have zero golds so far.