jed610 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Posted November 6, 2009 I really hate Shaun White but I couldn't resist posting this link, to one of Red Bulls Projects this year. Check it out hope you enjoy. http://www.shaunwhite.com/projectx/?fbid=f9962o2ckaL Quote
Schif Posted November 6, 2009 Report Posted November 6, 2009 For the first 2.3 seconds I was like "wow, thats intense and kinda cool". Then i just got pissed. That is truly the biggest waste of time, effort, snow and resouces I've ever seen in my life. For the fans of the X-games and the ones who think that halfpipe is sweet, good for you. I hope you get pumped to see this and you buy gallons and gallons of redbull. For those of us that actually get out and ride, I'm glad they found a good place to take Blue's old pipe, hope that remote peak enjoys it, because we're going to have more fun without it. 1 Quote
AngryHugo Posted November 6, 2009 Report Posted November 6, 2009 it's nice to see the downturn in the economy hasn't kept very wealthy people from blowing millions of dollars on nonsense Quote
nick malozzi Posted November 6, 2009 Report Posted November 6, 2009 (edited) I'm sort of indifferent about the entire thing. I'm not a fan of Shaun White. I mean I admit he is a very talented rider in the pipe, and he's certainly pushed hard in that arena. Just never really dug him, but I'm not going to bash him either. He's doing his thing and that's cool. As far as the pipe goes. It was a cool idea, and it employed a number of people for a good chunk of time while it was being designed, built, and now maintained. So I look at that as a good thing. It is also placed in an area that few people can get to. So they aren't taking away any legit terrain from anyone with it. It is also in a slide path, so odds are the few that make it out there would possibly avoid that area anyway depending on conditions. I guess I look at it this way, they aren't really getting in anyones way, pumped a lot of money back into the snowboard community (as opposed to Shaun going out and buying more cars, houses, etc), and maybe the end result is he learns a few new tricks and makes some cool videos. The part that does irritate me however, is the interviews with the US Snowboard team coach who is making huge claims because of it. Claiming how now Shaun can really become an innovator and push pipe riding way beyond what it is today. Maybe he will, but maybe he won't. If they held a comp on that very pipe, yea sure. He'll throw down WAY harder and stick a ton of tricks never done in competition. However, I'm not sure I'd be claiming he's going to take this new bag of tricks and be able to consistently apply it to a competition pipe that isn't nearly as nice as that thing. Anyway, let carrot top do his thing. I've got no issue with it. Edited November 6, 2009 by nick malozzi Quote
Brian Posted November 6, 2009 Report Posted November 6, 2009 I used to be a fan of halfpipe, then Shaun White came along. Personally, that red-headed slut has done more to ruin the competition than advance the sport. As an avid snowboarder, I can watch his competition runs and they all look the same. I can only imagine what an outsider must think. I bought the Burton B movie .. and he has a piece in it at this halfpipe. I almost wanted to hit fast forward because it was the same (albeit really difficult) trick over and over. So thanks to Redbull, Shaun White can finely tune his one-dimensional snowboarding skill and make lots of $$ on video games. With my Shaun White bash over.. I do think this is pretty cool. I'm sure everyone of us dreamed of turning their back yard into their own personal park with some home made snow guns. Can you imagine having a setup like this?? Quote
method9455 Posted November 6, 2009 Report Posted November 6, 2009 Honestly I don't get it. I only watched the first like 5 seconds intro and not the rest of it, I'll check it out monday. But my impression is, seriously, you made a back country HALF PIPE? What is the point? So you can hit the same feature but surrounded by better scenery for the helicopter to film? Quote
nick malozzi Posted November 6, 2009 Report Posted November 6, 2009 Honestly I don't get it. I only watched the first like 5 seconds intro and not the rest of it, I'll check it out monday. But my impression is, seriously, you made a back country HALF PIPE? What is the point? So you can hit the same feature but surrounded by better scenery for the helicopter to film? Watch more then 5 seconds and it makes a lot more sense. It's not your average half pipe. Quote
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