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  • it has nothing to do with nationality dumbass its just people who dont know what theyre doing. they saw flips vs. spins and went with travis

  • *are

    

  • See no one understands the complexity and how hard a switch twelve is. That 22% (me being one) ate the only real snowboarders watching that.

  • holy shit!!!! how many times you seen a switch back 12???? how many times has it been done. this is the beginning of travis first doing a flip then spinning normal spin. just huck it like crazy and spin.

  • LIB TECH .Enough Said

  • Torstein was super clean

  • leave it to the fans to vote for the flashier trick and not understand how tough it is to spin a switch back 12. both tricks were sick but it should have been way closer than 78% to 22%

  • im proud to say i have the same jacket as the guy who landed that filthy switch bs 12

  • @ILiKeSaulTGunZ what kind of jacket is it

  • @smokythebear41 I forget lmao

  • Travis rice reverted. That's deducted points right there plus the last cork was sloppy. He won cause of his name and he knows it. Torstein held his grab and even switched it up the whole time and stomped the landing clean. Everything was smooth with it. No reverts and a difficult trick. Which is why his triple cork won this year.

  • i dont agree. A double cork 1080 is way sicker then torsteins 1260

  • @monkey298 no its not. this was 2009 and it was a SWITCH 1260, do you have any idea what kind of guts you'll have to have to acomplish that. nuff said.

  • /watch?v=FNof3cJV5oI even travis knows that was fucked up

  • torstien stomped that sw bs 12 damn that was good

    

  • i definately think torstein should've won, his switch bs 12 was clean as f*ck, but i can tell you that a double bs rodeo 10 is more difficult than a switch bs 12

  • i hate the fans voting system because most people dont realize how hard a switch back 12 is compared to a double backflip

  • travis has enough control to switch grabs while upside down

  • t-rice actually tried the switch backside 1260 in that contest but couldn't make it so he done the double rodeo 1080

  • For all that are un-aware....torstein got COMPLETELY robbed on this because his 1260 was switch BACKSIDE. aka going into it blindside and backwards. kinda tough

  • Torsteins landing was clean as a motherf****, travis rices landing was just bad

  • sadly, i voted for Rice, but that was when i first started snowboarding and i had no idea what was considered good. Now that ive been going for several years i cast my vote to Tortstein, sorry tortstein!

  • @prosnowboarder19 tortstein tortstein wow

  • @mwjk13 lol oops sorry i spelled his name wrong, wasnt thinking :P

  • Torstein Horgmo is Norwegian...

  • The X-games is just a beauty pageant

  • video is jumpy as fuck

  • I couldnt have said it better then the discription. screw the x games, its all rigged.

  • The reason why is because everyone t rice and because he did a flip.. he could have just done a cork 5 and they still would have voted for him.

  • TRAVIS RICE is better wait till flight comes out

  • A Clean BS 1260 beats a Reverted double cork ten any day

  • @Skatefreak64 Also switch! But yea, not even close

  • @HVskier1 dude shut up you ski

  • Listen Torstein Horgmo is my favourite rider of all time but honestly the shit your spewing in that rant in your description...he didn't win because of his name's not american? and this highest rated comment talking about x-games is bullshit, it should be about progression? you people DO know that travis rice is the DEFINITION of progression in snowboarding right? he fuking pushes the limits of big air and people notice. ever think THAT's why his names so "popular", because of what hes done?

  • Torstein sucks he didnt even invert. Travis had a sketchy landing, but a much more difficult trick. So all u torstein humpers can go eat urself to an early grave

  • @HVskier1 He could do Rice's trick in his sleep, clean too. But if you haven't noticed, a clean ass switch back 1260 is pretty fuckin hard

    Oh, and never try to talk shit about torstein with "inverts" in the same sentence, it just wont work

  • @HVskier1 That most be the most ridiculous comment i have ever read

  • @HVskier1 haha ur so retarded, invert?? give torstein a few more years and he will be the new face of snowboarding over shaun white!

  • You can see on Horgmos face that he knows that of course he cant win over Rice with such a bullshit voting system.

  • You can see on Horgmos face that he knows that of course he cant win over Rice with such a bullshit voting system.

  • actually dumb shits the x games didnt rob torstein. travis rice did. and america voted him for gold not the x games. sorry to imform you correctly. if you dont like travis rice. then quit snowboarding and go ski

  • I know 15 year olds that can double cork 10. Just sayin'.

  • @Hulophrodite whats his name

  • @Hulophrodite Shut up. just say..

  • @Hulophrodite What's his name?

  • that is so unfear :@ torstein is the best :D

  • Dude, I dont know. Travis Rice's Double back Rodeo 1260, to the most text book switch bs 1260 is spliting hairs. I think they got it right. The double back rodeo 1260 is harder in my opinion although I have never tried either

  • @fastrthanu ok, obviously you missed that bullshit revert...

  • legend

  • switch 12 is soo much harder than a double cork 10. and torstein lands it perfectly. bullshit

  • Double cork 10 is tougher than a spin to win switch bs 12. Both tricks are insane, but i gotta give props to travis for throwing a trick only he and eero ettala had been able to do up to that point. Plus travis is purely a movie makin man, which makes him even cooler when he throws down in the comps.

  • im proud to be one of the 22% that voted for torstien

  • I would vote for Torstein over rice any day!

  • If you guys seen the interview with Travis afterwards, he admitted he didnt deserve to win and it is just a popularity contest. Still lol, Travis FTW!

  • dude he only wanted to say thats it thats all

    

  • I don't think that Travis deserved to win because he botched the landing. But Travis is the only one actually doing something different than everyone else. Although they do need to change up the voting system because American kids should not decide on the winner.

  • @pierrewikberg Not only a 1260, a SWITCH BACKSIDE 1260. For those who've never spun switch backside... know that it's near superhuman to spin a 12 that way.

  • This American-only vote system is total horseshit. the entire x-games is all bullshit. I remember watching this on tv and when i saw that they decided the winner by who got the most votes, i seriously stood up and said "WHAT THE FUCK?!?!". Torstein should have won, and I'm not saying that beacause I'm a norwegian myself.

  • @Vebateh1337 dont worry man alot of americans are right there with ya, including me... damn little kids like rice cause he inverted...

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  • "A little bumpy revert?" Thats a non trick to be honest, if you revert you get heavily penalized. i know it was publicly judged but i think its unfair that it was american only voting.

  • Torstein is a beast

  • ooohhhh torstein's 12 was soooooo solid

  • pierre said it perfectly, THAT was ludicrous

  • i cant agree more my man

  • travis rice has nothing on torstien!!

  • torstein is the shit no questions asked my friends he is the best !!!

  • @adventureahead yo bro its people like you that fuck up such a laid back and gnarly sport so just stfu bra seriously no one needs to see you start shit with people you dont even know

    go smoke some herb

  • @snwman92

    Haha I'll never take advice from some dumbass pothead who says "stfu bra go smoke some herb". You sound like the type of dipshit who makes my burger at the ski lodge then goes home to his shitty 2 bedfoom apartment with 7 roommates and spends half the $112 he made that week on some shitty weed, and tries to smoke away his sad reality. Take a look in the mirror before you offer anyone advice again you loser

  • @adventureahead yo illiterate fuck really? we all know you think your all cool but your just some fat middle aged man how cant get laid so he goes to youtube and takes his anger out out kids saying torstein is awesome. he will kick your ass if you ever boarded with him. so really stfu and im not a pothead btw so stfu about that too before a 15 year old kicks your ass and actually my reality is a lot better then your middle aged fuck face

  • @snwman92 Oh you are 15, now your retardation makes more sense. I'm 23 btw, not some broke loser pothead virgin like yourself. I'll look forward to seeing you flip my burgers at the resort this winter, make sure its Medium-Rare too bitch

  • @adventureahead Im the retard? Your the one starting shit with people on YOUTUBE b/c your such a pussy you cant start shit with people you actually know dumb bitch. And I look forward to seeing me kick your worthless piece of shit of a human being ass. Go get laid little bitch

  • @adventureahead this is a worthless fight chill out and let it go, snowbaording is about fun

  • @adventureahead You all are bitching at each other on Youtube. You're both fucking retards. Get a life.

  • @snwman92 You all are bitching at each other on Youtube. You're both fucking retards. Get a life.

  • tsh im soooo better

  • doesnt matter anymore horgmo has the tripple cork 1440 even shawn white cant beat that!

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  • @paintballer77110 naw not 1440 its a triple cork 10. look that shit up.

  • @zma909 i thought a triple cork was a triple backflip and a 540, because isnt just a normal cork a backflip 180?

  • @zma909

    1440. watch the video

  • @TDSUSERS read the article and look watch the video. pretty sure if torstein calls it a triple cork 10 its a triple cork 10.

  • @paintballer77110 who gives a shit about his triple cork torsteins style is the real winner here

  • @paintballer77110 Its not a 1440 its a 1260 since its triple backflip 180 so obviously you have no knowledge of snowboard tricks. Also pipe is way harder for double corks then slopestyle so triples won't be there for a while. And Shaun White hasn't practiced slope for 2 years thats why he's not good anymore otherwise before he started only practicing pipe he dominated slopestyle at x-games.

  • @thetotalowner you don't know anything about snowboarding if you haven't seen his triple cork 1440 not the bullshit x games one

  • @paintballer77110 shaun white could never beat Torstein anyway. he's to ginger and a pipe-rat. torstein's a beast!

  • @paintballer77110 Naaah Torstein just did the triple cork. He did a triple backflip at x games this year. Mark McMorris got the first triple cork 1440 a few days after the X games :)

  • @paintballer77110

    Mark McMorris has backside triple cork 1440's (in my opinion backside is better than frontside) i still got love for torstein though

  • @paintballer77110 front triple 1080, seb and marc have the 14's backside torstein's got the 10

  • @paintballer77110 Shaun* Farrk

  • travis is sick but switch back 12 is waaaaaaaaaay harder than double rodeo ten. i know this kid named mark mcmorris. he is like sixteen and can double back rodeo. torstein should have won. travis only won because of thats it thats all

  • youtube.com/watch?v=FNof3cJV5o­I&feature=related

    even T rice agrees that horgmo shoulda won.

  • people like tricks they cant do, inverts not many people can do, going off a bigger jump and spinning fast anyone can do

  • @gonadcancervictim yeah, but not many people can spin fast going switch

  • Holy shit Torstein is clean. But I love watching tRice as well... They both win! Yay!

  • torstein's a big name now though.

  • lol america choses t rice. im not even wondering ))

  • TORSTEIN SHOULD WIN!HE MAKE 1260 AND IT WAS SWITCH MAN!

  • Luckily for Torstein, most riders and anyone who knows more than a decent amount of snowboard recognize this bullshit system, and can walk away with their hundreds of thousands of dollars not TOO bummed out.

    The X-Games in general are a huge bullshit scheme aimed entirely at the benefit of sponsors, not the sports (especially snowboarding). It's sad to see the direction of snowboarding going this way - it should be about progression and having fun, not about cooperate profits.

  • @bsbllfreak727 That is why you see most of the riders just "goofing off" at the X-Games. Of course, they take their runs seriously and when it's time for business, it's time for business. But if it were all about winning a medal, you would see a ton of riders acting like Simon Dumont did the past weekend - walking off the mountain with his head down not even congratulating the other winners. Don't get me wrong, he's an awesome rider, but he needs to loosen up a bit.

  • @ColeFromRochester I'd say that's pretty true with snowboarding and skiing in general. They have gone from the most 'loose' sports in the world to sponsor-ruled dictatorship.

  • @bsbllfreak727 whithout this system there won t be people who get paid for livin their(our) dream!!!

  • while the description here is entirely right from a technical aspect, we have to look at what the x-games are all about - profits. It's not about fair judging, who votes, who pulled better tricks, or any of that. The X-Games are PURELY a money-making endeavor, aimed at benefiting the sponsors and viewers. That being said, text voting would make sense - it gives sponsors a great idea about who fans are rooting for the most, and therefore can put more marketing into Rice, as opposed to Horgmo

  • BOOOOO thats fucking bull shit Torstein fucked him

  • I really enjoyed reading the entire description. well said. a CLEAN switch back 12 is way sicker than a sketchy double back 10.

  • the point is travis didnt land his trick and torstein landed that sbs 12 so clean he got robed for sure

  • I bet Travis was bummed too, I wouldn't like to gold like that. Travis knows it, horgmo was better that time.

  • The Double Corc has blown up because of Travis Rice. Granted Torstein's trick was much more difficult, but the fact is that Travis was throwing this trick before everyone else and bigger than anyone else can. I'm not hating im just saying that while spins are dope and difficult, the amount of awareness and balls it takes to throw a Double Corc beats a Switch Backside 1260 IMO.

  • what does that have to do with this?

  • Yah, and Torstein spun switch,

    BACKSIDE, off his TOE edge, which all combine to make the most akward feeling one could come up with and the hardest way to spin. And oh yah he did a 1260 too.

    Viewers who arent familiar with snowboarding cant see that, and even if they did they probably wouldnt understand. Horgmo is going to be around for along time, and he'll have won many medals when its all over.

  • @415BAY415 backside of toe edge is normal...

    backside of heels would be amazing!

  • travis rice one because he is doing to backflips so people like that more. But torstein got robbed so badly he shouldve won deffinently. his trick was much harder.

  • Torstein kicked Travis' ass. End of story.

  • retarded american teenage voters not knowing what they are talking about.. tors killed rice sorry, reverts shouldnt win gold medals

  • Torstein's was picture perfect and thats more appealing to me, so he shouldve won. Dont hate on Travis Rice tho hes one of the best boarders, and one of the best people around right now. Its hard to hate on him after watching Thats it Thats all.

    Two really different snowboarders too. Horgmo reeks of steez, Rice is maybe the most technical.

  • Torstein's trick was more difficult in my books. If ur not an avid boarder you might not understand the difficulty of a switch backside spin. Though Travis does something that looks insane and no one ever does it, he sketched out the landing. It would be interesting to see this contest judged somewhere in Europe, like Norway, or Germany. Probably Torstein would have won. America is too fixed on image and BS

  • Idk wtf people are talking about T-Rice throws down and so does torstein but i gota say even though he reverted that landed i personally think Rice took it anyways cause switch backside spins are almost a minimun now to be pro and Rice is the only one throwing double rodeos

  • Torstein definately should have won that look how clean he sticks it. Fuck travis rice

  • Its easy...X-Games is in america Travis is american...He reverted the landing and Torstein's was perfect...Roooobbbeeedddd

  • I doubt half the people who voted knew who these riders were or even rode themselves. Bottom line is people like inverted tricks, and thats why travis won. The fact that travis reverted after landing is irrelevant to the voters because they wanna see a sick trick, not a sick landing.

  • torstein had so much better style. style and flow wins any day in my book. t rice fucked the landing up, wasnt perfect. he washed out.

  • spinning switch backside on a big icy kicker is scary even with a back 1.

    Switch backside is the biggest mindfuck ever... so awkward feeling (even when it looks clean on tape)

  • i stomped a switch backside 3 today, mclovin chika chika yea

  • cab back 3 brotherrrrrr(high pitch voice) haha sick

  • no such thing as cab back 3, cab means switch frontside guy

  • i thought cab was if you took off switch. Fair enough ill remember.

  • i can stomp cab 1080s almost everytime and i can rodeo but for sure switch back 1260 is a more tech trick i can only swiytch back 5,and he landed it so clean!! torstein forsure!

  • shut up

  • On a smaller scale i can do rodeos but not switch back side 3s. Yes the public vote was ra-tarded but dont hate on Yanks wobree, More of us would snowboard if our country was an ice hockey rink for 5 months a year

  • Im not hatting on yanks, theres enough people doing that already. just saying they were unqualified to judge the result of the x-games which is  proved by the subsequent result.

  • Although this was a year ago now Torstein was robbed. If you look at most snowboarding videos this year the double rodeo 10's seem to of become pretty standard whilst the switch back 12 is far more elusive. So i think we can all agree that Torstein pulled the better technical spin.

    However both riders knew that the x-games were going to be judged by Yanks, the majority of which probably don't even snowboard, so Rice went for the showy trick which paid off. Tbh public vote was a horrible idea

  • More than a half dozen pros routinely throw switch back 12s, yet Travis is the only one to regularly throw the double back rodeo 10 in slopestyle or big air comps, so...WTF are you talking about?! You literally just made up something completely untrue

  • The rodeo just looks way more technical than the switch 12. Thats why all the dipshits voted for Rice. Plus Rice reverted on the landing. Torstein got jewed for sure. I ride Lib tech and am a huge fan of Rice but shiiiiittttttttttttt

  • ya the rodeo looks tight but alot of people can do it like eiki helgason but A switch back 12?? travis rice cant do em

  • Torstien all the way.....switch backside is WAAAAY harder than rodeo

  • Like you'd know...FAIL

  • Im american and support trav and torstein equally. From my Bias of snowboarding for 9 years...Any spin that is switch backside is super super hard. Rodeos feel more natural. Allthough, i cannont do switch back 12's or doubble rodeo 10's. I must say that torsteins trick is harder, and not easily comfortable to pull off

  • Since you can't do them, then HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT FEELS MORE NATURAL?! Exactly, shut the fuck up

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  • Dude, you didnt get the point...ignorant little bitch.

    I can spin at least a 540 frontside, backside, and switch frontside. But switch backside is fucking hard and awkward due to the mechanics. I can rarely land a clean switch back 3. And ive been spining switch for a few years. A normal stanced rodeo 5 on its own can be very comfortable when taken off well because the mechanics are not lopsided with your muscles. Allthough im not at trav's or torsteins degree of riding. I understand the motion

  • with greater respect and perspective.

    And by the way. stop getting so fucking buttsore over every fucking comment on this page! No one is going to consider your opinion in the future anyways! let people pitch their 2 cents to this and then leave them the fuck alone. And fuck your idea on "everybody does 1260's". Get a hold of your nuts and watch some actual snowboardin instead of high pressure contests...you see a hell of a lot more

  • I also understand the motion dipshit, and i can spin frontside 7s and switch backside 5s, because for whatever reason, my body is comfortable and feels natural spinning left. What should this tell you? Just because YOU can't do switch back tricks, doesnt mean its not easy for others(like the 6-10 pros that do switch back 12s regularly in comps, INCLUDING A 16 YEAR OLD). God you are a dumbass!

  • I ride with 6 coaches and 12 others...majority have the same problem...my coaches have warned many of switch backs

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  • hmm well torstein is a better rider...travis's style isnt as technical as torsteins

    torsteins trick was better. a lot of pros do flat spins like that cause the level of difficulty has been uped threw the years. Most pros can throw down flips like travis's any day. and thats all he does.

  • i'm american but Torstein should have taken gold

  • Its spelled "Biased" dipshit, and Travis Rice is the star of arguably the most epic snowboard film ever made, hes got fans all over the world. Fuck Torstein and his boring ass flat spins that tons of other pros do

  • Fuck that shit, lets see travis rice do a switch back 12.

    Horgmo's the shit

  • Lets see Torstein do a Double backside rodeo 1080. Yeah, I didn't think so. Travis won, the faggot Pierre who posted this needs to get over it and stay in france, the land of cheese-eating, surrendering fags

  • if i was in hell and you did travs trick, id point at you and call you a dick for being such a twat, then Grilligan would come along and throw a switch back 12 and id be like, wow, that was intense. deal with it dick head and go fuck jake burton and his carpentrey tools

  • 1. You're a fucking idiot

    2.Stop sucking grilligan's dick, hes a kid who can't do shit except talk, plus hes an ugly nerd look at his profile

    3. Switch back 12 are easy compared to Trav's double back rodeo 10. As stated before, more than a half dozen guys regularly do that EXACT trick in comps, yet no one can do Trav's in comps regularly despite the fact that its a winner every time. WHY? Because its harder you dumbfuck. If you knew shit about riding you'd understand but youre just a dumb faggot

  • hahaha adventure head is a noob on the slopes if he thinks travis should have won, clearly goes in his local snow shop and listens to what the nobs in there say. i bet he wears head to toe burton to!!!!!

    twat

  • ppl just wanna see tricks that look cool..

  • hey adventureland you dont know what the fuck ur talking about and u cant do a fuking nine.......post a video of one on your account

  • Yeah, I don't actually give a shit about looking cool on the internet so I'm going to ignore your dumbass request. None of you know me SO WHY WOULD I LIE ABOUT THAT?! LOLOL There would literally be no point to bragging, I'm just using it as a reference point to illustrate that while I can do a trick that is a 360 rotation from Torstein's trick, it'll be a cold day in hell when I start chucking TRav's trick hahaha

  • look ok travis rice is obviously an amazing snowboarder and i have to agree probly the best however there are other people to do double rodeo 1080 and i mean just by looking at the tricks you can obviously tell torsteins is so much better like the landing was way more stomped people just voted travis cause he goes upside down 2 times and your were saying he dominates in all compititions he does but notice every compotition he wins is doing the same trick wich is fucking retarded in my opinion

  • Name anyone who does the double back rodeo 1080 in comps regularly then or shut the fuck up. Don't just say stupid shit when you have no idea what you are talking about. He wins with that trick because its harder than a 1080. Stupid ass

  • adventurehead your fuckin stupid. double cork 10's are thrown in competitions way more than sw back 12's. and i know your thinking "well it was a double rodeo back 10, not a double cork." Well if you knew what YOU were talking about you would know theyre the same thing except one is off your heels and one is off your toes. the only difference is which one you're more comfortable with. ive seen a huge amount of dub corks in comps, while ive only seen horgmo, wiig, and mikkel bang throw sw back12

  • Other riders who throw switch back 12s regularly in pro comps: Dave Benedek, Tyler Flanagan(16 years old), Chas Guldemond, Scotty Lago, etc etc etc so YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT. If other people COULD do double back rodeo 10s, than they would ,since Travis wins his comps with that move. NATURALLY, if they could as well they would, SINCE THEY ARE TRYING TO WIN. Its simple logic and you don't know shit so shut the fuck up you little keyboard jockey

  • 1260

  • how about everyone stop talking like know something and just watch videos...who fucking cares they both kicks ass

  • This french dork who put this video up is complaining and its annoying pathetic and embarrassing.

  • Seb Toots..owns that trick..Hes done it more in comps this year than anyone....

    But I agree Rice is a legend

  • T-rice didn't stomp, Torstein did. End of story.

  • aight so think about it..... whats easier to throw......a switch 1260........or a double backflip 1080?????...........i think a double backflip 10....but Torstein shouldve one just because his trick was twice as clean.

  • 1 its a double rodeo 10, and its actually easier to throw that than a switch backside 12

  • how is a switch back 12 easier

  • because it is, man, just because a trick includes an inversion which looks cool to most people, doesnt mean its harder.

  • Its harder. End of story. Flat spins don't count for shit against a guy who is willing to go double backside rodeo blind over his back shoulder. Granted, he did revert, but honestly, a dozen guys on tour throw 1260s now, only trav does this trick, so suck it all u haters

  • only travis does double back ten? man youre deluded

  • Then name the others dipshit

  • Halldor Helgason, Eiki Helgason, eero ettala, andreas wiig, cant be assed naming any more but there are tonnes of riders

  • I don't know the first two riders(and neither does anyone else) but eero ettala has NEVER done this trick in competition, and Andreas Wiig has NEVER done this trick at all. We are not talking about the different variations of double corked 10s, we are TALKING ABOUT THIS EXACT SWITCH DOUBLE BACK RODEO IN THE CLIP THAT TRAV HAS MADE FAMOUS, and won him a gazillion contests(Nokia Air & Style, US Open Slopestyle, Icer Air, etc) Name just ONE if you can. Yeah, I didn't think so Trav rules