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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I think it means something.
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Sure, it means these guys were either fortunate enough to avoid the ####tiest parts of the dilapidated pipe, or they're the best at riding through crappy conditions. That's a legitimate skill, but it's not the way you'd want to see the event decided.
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They all practiced and competed on the same half pipe. Didn't seem to be an issue for White in the qualifying round either.
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I didn't say it wasn't FAIR, but it very obviously dictated how the competition ended up going. You had to feel bad for these guys who have trained in top-flite facilities only to get there and find amateur hour waiting for them. I couldn't blame them for being pissed.
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The three medalists were deserving and it wasn't because of the half pipe.
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Put the same field of finalists on a perfect halfpipe and the runs they put down, and the results at the end, are
entirely different. Of
course it's because of the halfpipe.
Here's the long and short of it: I'm seriously considering betting on some of the underdogs for ski pipe, because if they can't make this thing better they'll be scraping guys off the deck with spatulas. It's a crap shoot.