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As the season comes to a close and we floss the last of the Borscht out of our teeth, there are ominous rumblings coming out of IOC high command. Lars Engebretsen, the Head of Scientific Studies for the IOC, has gone on record saying that Snowboarding Slopestyle should be dropped from the Olympic calendar unless it's made less dangerous.
Although the Skiing halfpipe claimed more casualties this year, and the luge claiming a fatality in Vancouver, snowboarding slopestyle has been singled out as the Olympic game of death.
The events popularity (and ensuing tv coverage) should safeguard its continued inclusion, but that hasn't stopped Engebretsen talking to all and sundry.
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I can say what I feel: That sport should change, otherwise we shouldn’t have it… Something has to be done with that sport
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Link to the full Whitelines article here...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It was one of my favourite bits of the Olympics and no I'm not a snowboarder. Leave it alone, it was brilliant.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Right, yeah. Lets get rd of the second most fun event (after snowboard X)? IOC needs to go through a bit of a modernisation period.
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I thought there was more carnage in the skier cross, which was brilliant to watch!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Spoilsports 
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Ask Kevin Pierce what he thinks. Or Sarah Burke...
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Ask Kevin Pierce what he thinks. Or Sarah Burke...
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That's a pretty ignorant comment. Both Sarah Burke's and Kevin Pierce's accident were in the half pipe.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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That is effing ridiculous. It made the Olympics so much more interesting. Alpine skiing bores me rigid - freestyle skiing is much more viewer friendly
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iainm, but it's a matter of opinion. I love watching Alpine ski racing and so do thousands of others. Some of the newer disciplines are gaining greater appeal. I enjoyed watching the skier and boarder cross, but I can't get excited about half pipe and slope style, it just doesn't have the tension and excitement of actual racing.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Both Sarah Burke's and Kevin Pierce's accident were in the half pipe.
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ButwWhere would the internet be if people confined themselves to commenting on matters about which they actually knew something?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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queen bodecia, I appreciate the skill and dedication that goes into slopestyle but its not for me as a form of entertainment. Bit like music - some you love and some you don't - and Marmite.
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You have to laugh at how bad some "journalism" is.
The new York Times actually has the facts, as do multiple other independent sources. The NYT report what Sean White said about the safety of the Sochi course, and also what Kjersti Buaas says about the sport. As snowboarders actually involved, you'd think maybe their views would be apposite... but they both 100% back the IOC's doctor's view point.
It looks to me like Whitelines (Factory Media) are playing the Daily Mail's game. Shame on them.
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You know it makes sense.
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I hope they don't ban it.
I have a 9 year old who does competative swimming because of the london olympics, and switched from skiiing to snowboarding and started to learn freestyle on our last holiday because of the snowboard slopestyle at sochi. there's more to the olympics than the actual competitors, these sports and spectacles inspire people, and the current generation of kids desparetely need as much 'cool' and inspirational sport as poss on tv to get them off their xboxes and out into the world doing something physical.
I bet we have at least one top level competitor in a decade's time that sat open mouthed on their sofa as a kid watching it a sochi.
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