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#32 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 11 February 2014 - 9:07pm on Freeski Club UK
It's colder here in Dublin and it snowed today.
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#33 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 11 February 2014 - 9:33pm on Freeski Club UK
The fact people have complained and that Scottish bint apologised for Morgan saying 'huck it' says it all. Personally I found it all funny as feck and I loved watching Nichols and Morgan laugh their way through the post finals interview and jones was pretty amusing with hers. We don't belong with the characterless drones that normally participate or frequent such events.

You won't see to many Olympians with head phones in during their event for starters..lol

feck the Olympics, I just hope to god skateboarding doesn't ever end up in it.
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#34 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 11 February 2014 - 11:04pm on Freeski Club UK
kieron75 wrote:
feck the Olympics, I just hope to god skateboarding doesn't ever end up in it.

Agreed. Plus I prefer doing rather than watching.

How big a halfpipe do they need? I felt like I could probably get a sandwich and cup of tea in within the time it took them to get from one side to the other Wink
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#35 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 10:24am on Freeski Club UK
kieron75 wrote:
We don't belong with the characterless drones that normally participate or frequent such events.


Yeah! Lets Keep snowboarding for those who picked it up in the 90s and only compete in competitions based on their local hill!

I'd give my left nut to be at the Olympics and judging by how hyped those who are there, I'm pretty sure they feel like they belong there and those who don't, aren't there.

It's not the competition that makes you 'a characterless drone' and even if all the Olympic snowboarders do become drones, that is still such a small minority of snowboarders so 'we' can leave them to do what they want and 'we' can go out and do what 'we' want.
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#36 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 11:06am on Freeski Club UK
eLJay wrote:
How big a halfpipe do they need? I felt like I could probably get a sandwich and cup of tea in within the time it took them to get from one side to the other Wink
I do love a big, flat bottom.
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#37 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 1:07pm on Freeski Club UK
Women's half pipe qualifying started at 10am today. BBC showed yesterday's curling.
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#38 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 2:24pm on Freeski Club UK
I loved the face of the IOC guy giving out the flowers after womens slopestyle. A face that just screamed he has no idea what just happened
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#39 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 2:29pm on Freeski Club UK
JakeDurbs wrote:
kieron75 wrote:
We don't belong with the characterless drones that normally participate or frequent such events.


Yeah! Lets Keep snowboarding for those who picked it up in the 90s and only compete in competitions based on their local hill!

I'd give my left nut to be at the Olympics and judging by how hyped those who are there, I'm pretty sure they feel like they belong there and those who don't, aren't there.

It's not the competition that makes you 'a characterless drone' and even if all the Olympic snowboarders do become drones, that is still such a small minority of snowboarders so 'we' can leave them to do what they want and 'we' can go out and do what 'we' want.



I think he was talking about the characterless drones who usually attend the Olympics and don't understand snowboarding, for example Clare Balding...
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#40 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 4:23pm on Freeski Club UK
Just seen an article that the BBC has received 22,000 complaints about the 300 people that complained about Ed, Tim and Aimee's commentary.

Way to fight back.
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#41 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 4:58pm on Freeski Club UK
Any ideas on who teh judges actaully are? And how the points system actually works... e.g. what are the standards for a judge to mark someone 7.6 or 7.5 ?
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#42 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 5:16pm on Freeski Club UK
FunkyMunky wrote:
JakeDurbs wrote:
kieron75 wrote:
We don't belong with the characterless drones that normally participate or frequent such events.


Yeah! Lets Keep snowboarding for those who picked it up in the 90s and only compete in competitions based on their local hill!

I'd give my left nut to be at the Olympics and judging by how hyped those who are there, I'm pretty sure they feel like they belong there and those who don't, aren't there.

It's not the competition that makes you 'a characterless drone' and even if all the Olympic snowboarders do become drones, that is still such a small minority of snowboarders so 'we' can leave them to do what they want and 'we' can go out and do what 'we' want.



I think he was talking about the characterless drones who usually attend the Olympics and don't understand snowboarding, for example Clare Balding...


bingo completely missed the point of my post, and hence why I don't normally bother.

Listening to Claire balding and that other bint using terms like 'gnarly and rad' actually made me feel a little bit sick... And then you look at the majority of 'athletes' that compete in other events, whether its on snow, in a race car, or running around in circles round a track they come across as some of the dullest people on earth.. none of team gb snowboarders did...but you watch what happens in the years to come.

To pick up on one of the points it is completely the constraints of this sort of competition that makes people characterless drones, rules imposed on behaviour, what's allowed, what's not, what to wear, what to say, what not to say, don't offend anyone....blah, blah.

'feck the Olympics'
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#43 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 5:27pm on Freeski Club UK
SnowAndrew wrote:
Just seen an article that the BBC has received 22,000 complaints about the 300 people that complained about Ed, Tim and Aimee's commentary.

Way to fight back.


http://blag.illicitsnowboarding.com/2014/02/go-huck-yourselves-olympic-s...

It's a made up article, but funny none-the-less.
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#44 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 8:25pm on Freeski Club UK
Out of the blue my skier dad just said how much he liked the commentary. I guess not all the old boy skiers were complaining.
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#45 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 12 February 2014 - 9:07pm on Freeski Club UK
I just complained to the BBC for apologising after the complaints...
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#46 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 13 February 2014 - 10:34am on Freeski Club UK
anyone seen the T shirts Butta have made up ?

http://butta-wear.myshopify.com/products/just-huck-it-billy-morgan-t-shirt
Sno news is good news
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#47 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 13 February 2014 - 10:54am on Freeski Club UK
I prefer the Syndicate Huck It tee Smile
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#48 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 13 February 2014 - 11:01am on Freeski Club UK
i like the fact that the back has the failed ring that didnt open on it
Sno news is good news
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#49 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 13 February 2014 - 11:54am on Freeski Club UK
I'm pretty sure they'll say for legal reasons that they're circles, not rings lol
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#50 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 13 February 2014 - 1:31pm on Freeski Club UK
snowbadger wrote:
anyone seen the T shirts Butta have made up ?

http://butta-wear.myshopify.com/products/just-huck-it-billy-morgan-t-shirt


The guys from Butta were selling those at the Whitelines halfpipe final party on Tuesday. Didn't see anyone buy one though.
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#51 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 13 February 2014 - 2:46pm on Freeski Club UK
Anyone know of any Just Huck It stickers?
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#52 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 13 February 2014 - 8:12pm on Freeski Club UK
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Anyone know of any Just Huck It stickers?


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#53 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 19 February 2014 - 1:47am on Freeski Club UK
Loved it.

To be fair, my fave part was them singing to the Austrian boarder who went for a slip down the start and then her coach followed her.

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#54 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 19 February 2014 - 11:06am on Freeski Club UK
Darkest wrote:
Anyone know of any Just Huck It stickers?


Butta boys are on it.

http://butta-wear.myshopify.com/products/just-huck-it-billy-morgan-a4-st...
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#55 Reply:  Olympic Slopestyle Commentary Complaints
Posted 20 February 2014 - 6:37pm on Freeski Club UK
Thanks Dunx found them on their site while looking for something else. But that was on my tablet so this link'll be more useful.
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