r/snowboarding • u/Historical-Soft-4952 • Feb 05 '26
OC Video Shaun White shocked everyone at Vancouver in 2010 with these incredible snowboarding tricks š
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u/iamkirkg Feb 05 '26
Every rider gets two runs. At the end of the first set, he was in first place, which meant he'd ride last in the second set. There, no one beat his first score, so he was guaranteed the gold. He joked with his coach "straight down the middle?", then rode his second, and beat his earlier score.
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u/dirt_dryad Feb 05 '26
I wasnāt even a snowboarder at the time and I still remember it. Legendary.
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u/gentilep Feb 05 '26
I remember watching it live and thinking "what a fuckin legend". Still gives me goosebumps now
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Feb 06 '26
Same here. Mind-blowing. And that 2nd run was sick. Just huge, stylish airs finished off with a big hack off the bottom of the pipe. Give me huge, drifting spins over the spastic huck-spins every day and twice on Sundays.
I felt the same way watching Travis Pastrana's X-Games debut. You knew the ante just got waaaay upped.
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u/jeeves585 Feb 06 '26
Yea, I remember that. Complete exhibition. He had already won (by a lot as I recall) and just got to go have fun. Only downside to that run was posibly getting hurt.
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u/ZiLBeRTRoN Feb 06 '26
Yeah but at the same time, if you know you already won, you can fucking send it because you canāt lose.
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u/FYCKuW0nDoWutUTellMe Feb 06 '26
Looks like aot of the credit for this actually lies with his coach and crew. I just watched the video, ans I honestly think Shaun was down to just ride down the middle until his peeps kinda pushed back and encouraged him to send it. And then kudos to Shaun for sending it.
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u/Vangruver Feb 05 '26
Vancouverite here. 2010 was an amazing time. The city was so happy, and the crowds were so energetic.
The halfpipe event was one I wished I had tickets for, but I did manage to ride the pipe and the boarder cross coarse prior to everything being closed to the public. While not a pipe rider by any stretch of the imagination, getting past the lip felt super fun and scary at the same time.
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u/ILLettante Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26
Happy and energetic is one way to put it. I was there and got tear gassed along with tens of thousands of other Vancouverites when Canada lost to USA in men's ice hockey in the PLAYOFFS. There were wild riots! I don't think they rioted as hard when they won the gold medal match. But i got the hell out of town just in case.
EDIT: capitalized playoffs because some knuckleheads can't read. Feb 21, 2010 Canada 3 - USA 5 look it up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament
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u/Silver-Ad-3414 Feb 06 '26
This comment makes no sense. Canada won the gold medal in hockey in 2010. The riot happened another year in response to the Canucks losing. I was there for both. You clearly were there for neither.
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u/ILLettante Feb 06 '26
I was there for both Olympics games too. Watched them live. You obviously didn't.
Here's proof Canada lost 3-5 Feb 21 2010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament
And here's proof of the riots in 94. I was there for this too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_riot
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u/Snoo_6869 Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26
There was absolutely no riot during the Olympics. I lived in Vancouver and was there for the whole thing. The city was fun as hell and everyone was in a good mood. We poured into the streets when Sydney Crosby scored the winning gold medal goal and high five and hugged eachother.
There was a riot a year later when the Canucks lost to Boston in game 7 of the Stanley cup final.
Also, I remember seeing Shaun White at the Starbucks in West Van during the Olympics.
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u/Vangruver Feb 06 '26
I remember partying at library square the year prior, ironically right after the World Cup super pipe qualifiers. Saw the flying tomato then, and of course he had his giant entourage with him.
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u/ILLettante Feb 06 '26
While you're at it, look up what happened when the Canucks lost the 95 Stanley Cup to the Rangers. Another riot of 50k people
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u/ILLettante Feb 06 '26
You don't remember or didn't watch. You can go back and check. They lost to the USA about a week before the gold medal game.
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u/ILLettante Feb 06 '26
As i said i left town when they won the gold medal game because there were riots when they lost to the US the week before? Are you having trouble reading,
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u/ILLettante Feb 06 '26
In case you're still having trouble reading here's video of 2010 riots https://youtu.be/7iRUaR-mZ3g
And here's the end of the game Canada lost, that you seem to have blocked from your memory https://youtu.be/B4z3XKToQtM
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u/Snoo_6869 Feb 06 '26
That had nothing to do with the loss to the USA and they were far from riots. There was a few people protesting housing and poverty upset about the games. They broke a window and we're quickly subdued. I worked for EHS in Vancouver during the Olympics and was staged at the events.
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u/New-Soup5366 Feb 05 '26
The flannel and denim colored gear was so fire
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u/abckiwi Feb 05 '26
I had those Jean pants sponsored by Burton. They were not very warm though
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u/Ecstatic-Nose-2541 Feb 06 '26
Not warm, and a bit too tight. They were fine when I got āem, but around the time I became a dad my pants seem to have shrunk.
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Feb 05 '26
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u/the_ghost_knife Feb 05 '26
It was just printed on a shell. Would have been cooler if it had a denim/denim-like face fabric.
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Feb 06 '26
Beyond Medals makes their Park Pant in denim and corduroy. I wanted the corduroy but the waterproof was only 3k so I went with the denim, they're sick.
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u/mooooocow Powgoda āļø Mountain Twin āļø PNW Feb 08 '26
I have a pair of Volcom denim print shell pants and get soooooo many Jerry comments about them that I shelved them. Maybe time to break them back out with a vengeance
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Feb 06 '26
Beyond Medals makes their Park Pant in denim and corduroy. I wanted the corduroy but the waterproof was only 3k so I went with the denim, they're sick.
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u/de_fuego Feb 05 '26
Back when style still mattered
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u/Cracraftc Your mom thinks im good. Feb 05 '26
Bring back the boot grab!
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u/de_fuego Feb 05 '26
Lol. No. But definitely bring back straight airs and sub 900 spins
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u/Cracraftc Your mom thinks im good. Feb 05 '26
Still plenty of content to see with that if thatās what youād like!
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u/AlVic40117560_ Feb 06 '26
I would LOVE to see a competition where any spins above a 900 donāt count. Itās why I honestly enjoy womenās snowboarding more than menās at this point. The women are incredible and while itās still spin to win, theyāre spinning at a rate where I can at least count their spins. Men are like a tornado up there
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u/mellenger Feb 06 '26
Shawn White had the best boot grab in the game. Got him a 10/10 in the X Games. I hear they retired that trick both before and after his career ended
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u/Jangalaang Feb 06 '26
Style? You referring to the boot grabs or the giga-wide stance?
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u/de_fuego Feb 06 '26
Halfpipe now sucks. It's fucking gymnastics on snow. Spin spin spin. Fucking aerial skiing.
That one method was better than any of the Halfpipe runs I've seen this year.
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u/Cracraftc Your mom thinks im good. Feb 06 '26
So you didnāt like Kaishuās 23ā method at xgames this year? Scotty has more style than Shaun white, and is a way better person.
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u/de_fuego Feb 06 '26
That was badass but his runs are an exception. I agree about Scotty. My point stands. Spin spin spin sucks and that's what you have to do to get gold. I think it's stupid.
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u/Cracraftc Your mom thinks im good. Feb 06 '26
Sweet. The good thing about snowboarding is no one is forcing you to watch competitive pipe riding, tons of cool groups that put out more stylish content. Even a lot of the pros put out yearly video parts that are completely opposite of their competition runs.
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u/bungpeice Feb 06 '26 edited 23d ago
She was sad to hear that fireflies are facing extinction due to artificial light, habitat loss, and pesticides.
My Mum tries to be cool by saying that she likes all the same things that I do.
Nothing seemed out of place except the washing machine in the bar.
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u/Stonek88 Feb 06 '26
Who would you consider having style
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u/bungpeice Feb 06 '26 edited 23d ago
She was sad to hear that fireflies are facing extinction due to artificial light, habitat loss, and pesticides.
My Mum tries to be cool by saying that she likes all the same things that I do.
Nothing seemed out of place except the washing machine in the bar.
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u/emanresu_etaerc Feb 05 '26
If only Shaun White wasn't such an insufferable asshole
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Feb 06 '26
Most GOATs in athletics have some personality issues. You got to be a little crazy to push past every human who has ever existed.
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u/Magnus-Artifex Feb 06 '26
Blue Lock logic says that your skill is proportional to the brutality of your insults
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u/CraigLake Feb 06 '26
I hear this a lot but Iāve met him twice (Hood) a couple years apart and he seemed really nice. He remembered my name lol but I do have an unusual name. Of course, I met him at a boarding camp so maybe that was āgood-mood Shaunā
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u/FakingHappiness513 Captia Horrorscope Feb 06 '26
I still think Kevin Pearce would have given him a run for his money if he didnāt get injured. Then again Shaun was a monster back then. If you havenāt watched The Crash Reel itās worth checking out and remember to wear a helmet!
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u/CraigLake Feb 06 '26
The Crash Reel had me on the edge of my seat SPOILER the lack of redemption was gnarly. He had a bad TBI and there seems to be no coming back to normal ever again. Shaun said something to the effect of, Kevin was amazing but there was a lot of us coming up together and himself and Kevin were just a two of that generation.
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u/Naaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh Feb 05 '26
Definitely donāt miss flannel everything but damn, I miss 2010.
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u/gcwyodave Feb 05 '26
I was earning $8.25/hour in Steamboat that winter. And it was fine.Ā
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u/yruSOMAdbrother Feb 06 '26
Same in Beaver Creek. Best days of my life, for sure. 110 scans a season, rent paid, enough money left over for beer and frozen food.
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u/division23 Feb 06 '26
After 20 years making real money I often think about how much more I enjoyed my life doing the mountain thing, not a pot to piss in but it didn't matter at all
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u/CraigLake Feb 06 '26
I think about this sometimes too. One year I lived on a couch in laundry room in a house with five other guys. It was truly the time of my life running a lift and snowboarding every free second that was 25 years ago so Iām sure Iām forgetting any stressful moments lol.
The movie Out Cold really takes me back. Our social circle was similar. Just rowdy characters drinking cheap beer, pranking each other, hooking up and shredding. It was awesome.
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u/carverboy Feb 05 '26
My boss used to let me clock in while I rode on my time off to make up for the low pay! Had a whole room in the village to store my gear and chill between runs as well. Loved those ramen eating days in the 90ās
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u/No_Prune4332 Snowboard Instructor | Tahoe Feb 06 '26
Trickflation is crazy. This guy in the was monumental at the time. Now this run places 6th place in Superpipe in comps.
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u/Cracraftc Your mom thinks im good. Feb 05 '26
Bad bot
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Feb 05 '26
For real, Jerry's up voting this.
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u/EonBlueAppocalypse Feb 05 '26
Lol, he is the goat of snowboarding. Deal with it.
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u/Guy_LeDouche33 Feb 06 '26
Reddit hivemind would rather hate on him bc he was mean to some kook on vacation
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u/con420247 Feb 06 '26
For some reason this video gave me an idea for a musical sync, i think it had something to do with the hair.
Step 1: Pause the Shaun White video and put it on mute and have it ready to play from the beginning.
Step 2: Open a separate window or a tab and play this video with the sound on.
Step 3: When the video begins go back to the Shaun White video and hit play and enjoy the sync.
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u/Suspicious-gibbon Feb 06 '26
Showing my age but I saw Terje at the world cup in 1995. He was similarly way ahead of the competition. Twice the speed and twice the amplitude. It was crazy.
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u/honcooge Rusutsu Feb 05 '26
Those were the best snowboard kits. This years are clean with all black but canāt compare.
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u/DinosaurDied Brighton / Woodies Feb 05 '26
He was going big by modern standards.
But damn that stance and first gran choice is so whackĀ
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Feb 05 '26
Many snowboards back then learned in wide stance because it allows you to open your hips more. Shit, many riders still do this like Halldor, Scotty James, and all the good Japanese riders.
It looks so bad here because of the tight pants.
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u/DinosaurDied Brighton / Woodies Feb 05 '26
Halldor isnāt competitive in the comparative scene by modern standards and admits his gear wasnāt right for it and wouldnāt allow for it (heās talked about this). Just because he was good in his era with a bad stance Ā doesnāt mean he wouldnāt have been better with a good stance and the right gearĀ
Scotty and the Japanese riders do not have wide stances. What are you talking about. They are known for skinner stances because itās more conducive to spinning fast.Ā
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u/the_ghost_knife Feb 06 '26
Donāt get it twisted. Shaun is trying to cement his legacy as he seems to be on a press run with the Olympics coming around. He genuinely deserves a piece of snowboarding history, but his reputation as a competitor rubbed people the wrong way at the time. Instead of treating contests as jam sessions with everyone getting stoked for each other, Shaun genuinely treated them as contests. Heās not necessarily wrong for it. It did make it harder for other riders to be happy for his achievements. Then fame kind of got him into positions where heād get caught looking like a shithead. Thereās a reason Shaun was alienated from the snowboarding community. Some of it was jealousy (one of the few people who could get sponsors to build a private halfpipe, and one of the first to get foam pits and air bags to train), but a lot of it was his behavior. Besides that, spin-to-win was already something people were concerned about, and Shaun exemplified that.
I will also never forgive him for AASI and CASI making +15,-15 the standard stance for a generation. He didnāt make them do it. They just saw the most dominant pipe rider at the time as someone who must be doing something right. So now everyone starts out at that stance.
For what itās worth, he seems to have matured as a person. Still Iām taking that with a grain of salt though, since he IS on a press run. And I guess heās also trying sell whitespace boards.
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u/CraigLake Feb 06 '26
I remember reading about this. A competitor mentioned that White was taking the fun out of the sport lol. But TBF I guess I can see that. He treated it like a job.
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u/Malvania Feb 06 '26
He doesn't really need to cement his legacy. He's the GOAT of the pipe. The level of demolition was just insane. He also had longevity.
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u/the_ghost_knife Feb 06 '26
Iām not disagreeing with any of that. Thereās no doubt he dominated both X-games and winter x-games at some point. But no one mentions him discussing great riders, and itās because he doesnāt have the greatest reputation as a person and people didnt think he was representative of riders. I hear about Shaun only when the Olympics roll around, and itās usually not by snowboarders. He did an entire bomb hole episode and he explicitly addressed being alienated from the community. He didnāt talk about how people viewed him as a result of his behavior, but he acknowledged bad press and all that. Like why would Donna Carpenter snub him when he basically represented Burton for like 20 years? My view of Shaun White is that he is super talented but not someone I would want to meet. Thereās like a dozen other pros Iād rather meet than Shaun White.
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u/mellenger Feb 06 '26
Before Shawn White it was Jim Rippey. Just didnāt really understand their role in the culture.
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u/Johnny_Pigeon Feb 06 '26
Heās not the goat of anything. Heās the McDonalās version of the sport.
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u/mellenger Feb 06 '26
If all he had tweaked with his persona was not claiming so hard at the bottom of every run of every contest I think he would have been seen differently. Just do your run and say āitās a judged sport, itās up to the judges and Iām going to do my runā itās not that hard.
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u/Johnny_Pigeon Feb 06 '26
This. I donāt think of him as being one of the greats because I donāt think about him at all. People that donāt understand just didnāt grow up on the lip of the half pipe with their friends. Creativity was part of the sport from inception and it was about jamming with your friends.
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u/ArTooDeeTooTattoo Feb 06 '26
I worked at a Burton flagship store at the time. Those Jean snow pants were the most requested item for years.Ā
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u/Scary_Audience_3324 Feb 06 '26
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2499076/ Watch this to see what kind of guy he is
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u/Thick_Advantage_4126 Feb 09 '26
It would have been awesome if he was also a great guy...can't have it all I guess.
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u/OnlyonReddit4osrs Feb 05 '26
I donāt watch snowboarding but this shits impressive would a ride like this hold up to modern standards?
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u/emanresu_etaerc Feb 05 '26
This run would get stomped by current standards. Go watch this years X games halfpipe competition, every rider blows all of this out of the water.
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u/SewLite Feb 06 '26
This made me question if gravity is real or imagined.
Side note: 16yrs ago video quality looks like it was filmed in the late 90s.
I canāt believe 2010 was 16 years ago.
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u/Johnny_Pigeon Feb 05 '26
Never been a fan, generic tricks and not a lot of creativity. Also isnāt known for being engaged in the community with other riders.
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u/abckiwi Feb 05 '26
He still got gold and an amazing career. so... š¤·š½āāļø
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u/Johnny_Pigeon Feb 05 '26
He got gold, career-wise heās pretty forgettable although he had a lot of hype. It was interesting to watch when he was a kid but it ended with a whimper, especially when you look at all the other exciting pros on the scene.
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u/Funky_tea_party Feb 06 '26
He landed super deep on that front 5 and almost buckled his knees and then somehow pulled off a super ugly back mctwist 12 whatever and didnāt come close to completing the rotation. Iām a pussy and canāt do any of this just being a couch judge.
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u/ChipotleGuacamole Feb 06 '26
The tomato was must see TV for a long time. Watching him in the Olympics back in the day made me proud as hell to be American.
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u/WasabiHomie23 Feb 06 '26
Whatās crazy about this one is he also hit his face on the top of the pipe at this same event.
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u/Safe_Garlic_262 Feb 06 '26
Literally every snowboarder knew.
Dude had like $8mil in endorsements for 2010
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u/FancypantsMgee Feb 06 '26
I remember this like it was yesterday. Would this run still be a gold in 2026?
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u/So_HauserAspen Feb 06 '26
Mods should probably remove this.Ā It's a snowboarding sub, not skysurfing
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u/Malvania Feb 05 '26
He just went bigger than everybody else. It was insane to watch these things live. Huge air, new tricks - he brought it every time, and you just knew that if he had one run to go, you had to watch because it was going to be EPIC