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 #1 Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 15/02/2010 @ 22:45 |
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| #2 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 15/02/2010 @ 23:11 |
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Yeah too funny.... coming from the team with fake ripped jeans??!! 
(Now get off here and watch Mike win gold!) |
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"If you know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction..... you may be living in Canada!" |
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| #3 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 15/02/2010 @ 23:21 |
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Sh1t!!! That was so close.  |
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Gnarnia, Interior B.C. |
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| #4 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 15/02/2010 @ 23:41 |
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Got to hand it to Westcott, he had a gameplan for every race and used all of his experience and strength. Certainly no luck in him winning it.
See the annoying Canadian ("when I won in 92....." yawn) on the BBC has no time for the event calling it a craps shot! I reckon a twice Olympic gold medalist dispells that myth! |
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| #5 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 15/02/2010 @ 23:44 |
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QUOTE (overthehill - 15/02/2010 @ 23:41) Got to hand it to Westcott, he had a gameplan for every race and used all of his experience and strength. Certainly no luck in him winning it.
Got to agree with that, he never seem to panic when he was behind. Think he did have a bit of luck with Nate Holland scrubbing out though. |
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| #6 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 15/02/2010 @ 23:47 |
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QUOTE (Silver Star - 15/02/2010 @ 23:21) Sh1t!!! That was so close.
Yeah.... he'd run the course perfectly every heat, then didn't get enough pop and caught the knuckle.... Lucky to get the silver really usually a mistake like that would push you out..... Good tactics by the yank.... Great event! |
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"If you know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction..... you may be living in Canada!" |
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| #7 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 15/02/2010 @ 23:48 |
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Nate probably tripped over his baggy pants! |
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Gnarnia, Interior B.C. |
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| #8 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 15/02/2010 @ 23:50 |
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Great fianl either of them deserved it .....  |
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| #9 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 15/02/2010 @ 23:58 |
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see i always told everyone who laughed that there was a practical reason for me riding in skinnies  |
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| #10 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 16/02/2010 @ 11:10 |
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QUOTE (overthehill - 15/02/2010 @ 23:41) See the annoying Canadian ("when I won in 92....." yawn) on the BBC has no time for the event calling it a craps shot! I reckon a twice Olympic gold medalist dispells that myth!
I commented to my wife that I thought she was being disrepectful saying it was more of a fight, a case of luck and that the "best person didn't win". |
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| #11 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 16/02/2010 @ 11:17 |
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QUOTE (inactive_16115 - 15/02/2010 @ 23:58) see i always told everyone who laughed that there was a practical reason for me riding in skinnies
yeah wearing skinnies always makes me go faster too! |
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| #12 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 16/02/2010 @ 14:48 |
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I don't wear skinnys, but I have a go faster stripe on them, and they're red so I should be disqualified. |
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| #13 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 16/02/2010 @ 16:44 |
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So, the boards. Rocker? Camber? MTX? |
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| #14 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 16/02/2010 @ 16:47 |
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On a serious note, I was suprised how many of them rode fully directional boards with straight ended tails. |
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| #15 Re: Americans complain about Canadian snowboard team Posted 16/02/2010 @ 17:05 |
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did anyone else think that there was a lack of rollers to pump to generate speed? it was certainly more of a freestylers course with the large jumps.
All the other boardercrosses i've seen had rollers to pump the board through to generate a massive turn of speed, making it very tactical with riders tucking in behind others then darting past using the rollers. There was none of that, and mostly it seemed to be a gradual catch to pass someone due to the person in front using more edge etc, or was because someone fell.
That article is a joke, the same thing happened when Tracey Moseley wore a skinsuit in one of the womens downhill mountain bike events. She looked at the course, decided it wasn't very technical and was more about speed than line choice and skill so wore a skin suit. Her response was something along the lines of "i wanted to win, my sponsers wanted me to win and so i went out and won". The outcry of it ruins the reputation of mtb was just sour grapes. Guess it depends what's important to you, looking cool or winning  |
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Dick Dastardly was right, don't just stand there, do something |
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