Snowboard at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[orangeman 2,302]

23 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Men's slopestyle qualifying is an unmitigated disaster for Canada so far (despite two full pulls).

Parrot is safe.  McMorris ridiculously underscored.  Toutant will need to land his second run.  Sharpe, too.  

[NearPup 3,563]

4 minutes ago, orangeman said:

Parrot is safe.

That's a little optimistic IMO.

[dcro 10,210]

I am convinced this three run format is actually not helping the finals at all.

 

Ariane Burri fell three times on the exact same spot. Commentator: "Oh, she will finish with three runs that haven't quite gone to plan." 

[NearPup 3,563]

Just now, dcro said:

I am convinced this three run format is actually not helping the finals at all.

 

Ariane Burri fell three times on the exact same spot. Commentator: "Oh, she will finish with three runs that haven't quite gone to plan." 

Three run format is way better than the two run format based on what I've seen over the years. Two run formats lead to a decent bit more randomness in the results.

[orangeman 2,302]

Touts should be good.  

[orangeman 2,302]

McMorris does it.  

[NearPup 3,563]

Clutch qualification run from McRib.

[NearPup 3,563]

What I'm noticing from the judging is that minor rail errors are being punished very harshly, which was also the case at previous Olympics.

[NearPup 3,563]

First big upset, Kleveland is almost certainly out (due to a bobble in the rails). Henrickson is out, which is a minor surprise too.

 

Hamada having by far the most creating rail line, I really love it.

[dcro 10,210]

3 hours ago, james89 said:

It's so great to see how delighted all the competitors were with Zoe's run.

Zoi*