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norbar

norbar

KESSLER PROBLEM. Just cause
Jun 7, 2007
11,508
1,726
Warsaw :/
kickstand said:
Nicholias rugoyten or something like that? Never heard of him, saw it on my face space feed. Caption said he finished his run
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Rising slope star. Really good tricks but not as experienced big mountain. At least I didn't see him much outside of slope comps. He does have some mean tricks though.
 
William42

William42

fork ways
Jul 31, 2007
4,027
788
Sounds several of the riders who qualified later went on to hurt themselves and remove themselves from the main event. Anybody have any idea if they're going to bump some of the riders who didn't make the cut?
 
Mo(n)arch

Mo(n)arch

Turbo Monkey
Dec 27, 2010
4,468
1,466
Italy/south Tyrol
William42 said:
Sounds several of the riders who qualified later went on to hurt themselves and remove themselves from the main event. Anybody have any idea if they're going to bump some of the riders who didn't make the cut?
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Hopefully. A lot of riders had solid runs, but the level is so high now, it's unreal.
 
Tom Ritchey's Moustache

Tom Ritchey's Moustache

Monkey
Sep 11, 2015
332
118
Tyler McCaul knocked himself out during afternoon practice and won't ride today. Anyone else drop out? Stikman saying there may only be one round of finals runs if the weather doesn't hold off.

Can't believe Rogatkin got up from that fall and still hit the canyon gap.
 
yd35

yd35

Monkey
Oct 28, 2008
741
61
NY
Anyone have info on the Nico Vink crash? From the pics posted above looks like the catch berm at the end of chute wasn't big enough to support him through the turn. Or was did he just get sketchy on the chute?
 
jstuhlman

jstuhlman

bagpipe wanker
Dec 3, 2009
17,445
14,363
Cackalacka du Nord
SylentK said:
Looking at the qualifying list...

No Cam Zink or Kyle Strait?
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jstuhlman said:
Looks like he wasn't, which sucks. Everyone wanted to see him hit it. "Safe" riders are:
- Brandon Semenuk
- Brett Rheeder
- Kyle Norbraten
- Mitch Chubey
- Kurt Sorge
- Brendan Fairclough
- Kelly McGarry
- Szymon Godziek
- Andreu Lacondeguy
- Cam Zink
- Kyle Strait
- Jeff Herbertson
- Paul Basagoitia
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valve bouncer

valve bouncer

Master Dildoist
Feb 11, 2002
7,843
114
Japan
The phenomenal amount of skill needed notwithstanding it's a little sad to think some of these guys are going to end up like Muhammad Ali at Atlanta, broken, shambling wrecks all so a little more over-caffenaited lolly water can be sold. At least tell me they've set-up a future fund to look after these blokes when they require around the clock care.
 
Tom Ritchey's Moustache

Tom Ritchey's Moustache

Monkey
Sep 11, 2015
332
118
yd35 said:
Anyone have info on the Nico Vink crash? From the pics posted above looks like the catch berm at the end of chute wasn't big enough to support him through the turn. Or was did he just get sketchy on the chute?
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It looked like he hit the landing a little too far to the inside of the turn and high-sided over right into and then over the catch berm.
 
jackalope

jackalope

Mental acuity - 1%
Jan 9, 2004
7,738
6,194
in a single wide, cooking meth...
valve bouncer said:
The phenomenal amount of skill needed notwithstanding it's a little sad to think some of these guys are going to end up like Muhammad Ali at Atlanta, broken, shambling wrecks all so a little more over-caffenaited lolly water can be sold. At least tell me they've set-up a future fund to look after these blokes when they require around the clock care.
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Not to say some of these guys won't end up in a vegetable garden, but I'd bet most of these guys take less hard shots than the average college football player, amateur boxer/MMF fighter, and there's no real long term safety net for those guys either (financial or otherwise). Given the magnitude of the moves they're hitting now, I'm more concerned about a catastrophic, lights out type of wreck.
 
yd35

yd35

Monkey
Oct 28, 2008
741
61
NY
jackalope said:
Not to say some of these guys won't end up in a vegetable garden, but I'd bet most of these guys take less hard shots than the average college football player, amateur boxer/MMF fighter, and there's no real long term safety net for those guys either (financial or otherwise). Given the magnitude of the moves they're hitting now, I'm more concerned about a catastrophic, lights out type of wreck.
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This is a surprisingly coherent and serious post from Jackalope.

Mods, can we bump up mental acuity to 2%?
 
valve bouncer

valve bouncer

Master Dildoist
Feb 11, 2002
7,843
114
Japan
jackalope said:
Not to say some of these guys won't end up in a vegetable garden, but I'd bet most of these guys take less hard shots than the average college football player, amateur boxer/MMF fighter, and there's no real long term safety net for those guys either (financial or otherwise). Given the magnitude of the moves they're hitting now, I'm more concerned about a catastrophic, lights out type of wreck.
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True enough but if you're good enough at those sports there is eventually financial compensation commensurate with the risk. I wonder if any of the riders at RR walk away minted, even though they're all at the top of the game.
 
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