Never snowboarded.....but have skied for 60+ years.

[OAITW r.2.0]

Damn, the freestyle half-pipe is such a great exhibition of how style and athletics change and ehance the idea of skiing....

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

1. amazing stuff....

I'vd skied for over 50 years, tried snowboarding with my kid who is an expert, couldn't get the hang of it. Have been watching freestyle skiing since the 1970s, when it was a fringe sport, remember ski ballet?

I agree these kids are amazing, you're a kid to me Shawn White...

[samplegirl]

3. I was a Shaun White fan!

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. He amazes me. 35 And made a hell of an effort.

The future of this sport will probably showcase snowboarding/half pipe - there is a lot of future and creativity to be developed in this discipline.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Was Hirano robbed?

On his 2nd run that is.

And who is the announcer who is the expert who was complaining he was robbed?

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

4. 3rd run fixed that, Gold n/t

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. Yeah. Are these guys better than Shaun White in his prime the way

most modern athletes are better than the ones that came before?

[samplegirl]

5. I'm not sure.

This was an exciting one though

[Rebl2]

16. Don't know

but got sick of his going on and on about it.

[likesmountains 52]

6. As a former skiier, I have a question

Why don't the snowboarders were more aerodynamic clothes? Seems like the baggy suits wouldn't be the best thing to wear. And the hoods , why? Just curious....

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

11. Baggy clothes may act like a parachute...

giving them air time & a chance to set up for the next trick.

[likesmountains 52]

13. I didn't think of that! Thanks!

[OAITW r.2.0]

12. Style.

My earliest remembrances of snowboarders....snow boots with heavy sweater/baggy windbreaker and a Burton Board. Always was...the style stayed as the sport evolved.

[likesmountains 52]

14. That's what I remember too. Just wondered why the style hadn't changed much.

[BarbaRosa]

8. I know, I haven't skied for some time,

but man I wish we had snowboards back then.

[Diamond_Dog]

9. What an amazing competition

The height in the air these guys are getting. Just mind boggling!

[Rebl2]

15. Seems like

the shorter they are the more air they achieve. My imagination?