Ayumu Hirano, Scotty James and Shaun White looked in a class of their own yesterday and it looked highly unlikely that anyone else would bother the podium, though Ben Ferguson’s departure from the norm – getting tech with three switch backside take offs – was rewarded by the judges. Given an outside chance, he was primed to challenge the medals.
蔡斯·乔西(Chase Josey)‘s sixth-place finish probably would have podiumed at a normal event, again going a different route to most of the field with switch double Michalchucks and cripplers, and at 22 he’s maybe still got another winter games in him if the throne is vacated by the next cycle. In fact, every one of the nine riders that put down a clean run scored in the 80s, probably the best indicator of the standard today.
While many of us will never even get close to attempting a switch triple cork 1440 Octo grab in real life, thanks to the magic of video games, and in particular ‘Steep: Road To The Olympics’, that possibility is much closer than you think.
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