COMPETITION BROADCAST - FWT20 Kicking Horse, Golden BC

Tune in to watch the FWT20 Kicking Horse Golden BC Competition Broadcast that happened on Friday, February 7th.
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[@guillaumepmthomas847]

Ski men: 1:30:57 Logan Pehota 1:32:59 Tao Kreibich 1:34:46 Hank Bilous 1:37:39 Andrew Pollard 1:39:15 Tom Peiffer 1:41:30 Jack Nichols 1:43:33 Isaac Freeland 1:45:30 Carl Regnér Eriksson 1:47:43 Yu Sasaki (biggest drop at 1:48:38) 1:50:50 Kevin Nichols 1:52:24 Wadeck Gorak (french lumberjack) 1:55:07 Konstantin Ottner (german lumberjack) 1:56:50 Drew Tabke 1:59:03 Tanner Hall 2:02:02 Ivan Malakhov 2:04:07 Aymar Navarro 2:06:13 Reine Barkered 2:08:42 Blake Marshall 2:10:44 Craig Murray 2:13:16 Kristofer Turdell 2:15:18 Tim Durtschi 2:18:06 Yann Rausis 2:21:02 Carl Renvall

[@cymcintosh4417]

Guillaume PM Thomas thank you!

[@carsonfromstatefarm4248]

Thank you!!!

[@masongautrey9941]

The 360 at 1:36:20 was so over looked it was absolutely massive 🔥🤔🤟

[@ChickenKhorma]

This was a lot better than the Hakuba broadcast! It didn't feel nearly as rushed between riders, no skips over delays for lost skis etc, better use of camera angles, etc... Better commentating too. I like Loraine and, but she does need some practise in the commentating booth. Derek brings a lot more insight and energy right now. I really liked the forerunner POV and the interviews! But please don't slide them into timeslots where they don't make sense - like Reine referencing Turdell's run before it had been shown. Thanks for hearing our criticism and improving the format!

[@lezzatltd]

1000% agree !!!!

[@beckwhittingham2011]

1:48:34 probably the biggest send of the whole comp

[@cheetahpig1456]

The european commentator is so annoying

[@jimgooch3704]

@@cheetahpig1456 You mean the guy from New Zealand? Have a map?

[@guillaumepmthomas847]

Snowboard men: 1:02:20 Nils Mindnich 1:04:27 Cody Bramwell 1:06:31 Gigi Rüf 1:08:25 Sammy Luebke 1:10:37 Blake Hamm 1:13:21 Elias Elhardt 1:17:03 Davey Baird 1:19:25 Victor De Le Rue 1:21:19 Craig McMorris 1:23:45 Jonathan Penfield

[@johnnyc.3261]

Guillaume PM Thomas thx doggy

[@jimgooch3704]

Dear FWT: You guys seem to be pretty responsive to suggestions so I'll venture one: Take a page out of the early NFL. When the NFL was a niche sport that no one really followed, ABC launched monday night football and eventually put Howard Cosell in the main booth spot. HC is credited with making the NFL understandable and "rootable" to the casual fan. If you're content marketing to the converted, by all means keep doing that. But if you want to draw more fans to the FWT -- including people who don't ski (yet) -- then you have to do a bit more putting of the hay where the horses can get it. I'm a skier and I understand freestyle terminology pretty well. But if I just listen to the announcers on this program I would think every skier had a podium run unless they crashed. The role of the sports announcer should be to draw the viewers' attention to the things that make a difference and guide their spectating so they can think along with the judges -- in addition to simply being awed by the skill and daring these men and women display. As they've indicated, the announcers have no idea what the judges are looking at -- it's all a big, stupid, mystery. If you want to draw more people in (and explain to the already-in why certain things go counter to intuition) then the announcing team has to be that guide. But they can't guide us if they're in the dark, too. Skier visits are stagnant, new skier starts are down. If you want to help lead a resurgence (and thereby expand your market) then you have to market to people outside the core following. The core isn't leaving -- we love this shit. But even we're in the dark half the time. This sport is inherently and obviously awesome. A more tactical approach to the booth will help make it comprehensible and consistent.

[@maximealbeissen127]

1:30:15 ski men

[@hunterk7838]

Max 88540 What everyone is here for

[@knutpohl339]

The stream definitely needs time stamps! For all categories. Best for every rider, actually.

[@Ebleuez]

Legend! Thx

[@DS105384]

What an improvement in the quality of the broadcast! Commentating was on point. Great editing. Really nice job

[@buzz7201080]

Hank should have scored higher! Broadcast was a great improvement from Japan!! Keep it up

[@buzz7201080]

I guest thats because he had an Aussie flag on his bib!! Haha i voted to change the NZ flag : )

[@masongautrey9941]

Buzz L Shoulda been minimum 75 point run

[@VincentSchmidts]

@@masongautrey9941 I'm als a huge fan of Hank, but I think 60 points are fair, he essentially only did one huge feature and had no line or fluidity at all

[@EugeneK88freeride]

Great format, keep on lighting!

[@XxBen08xX]

raaah Yu Sasaki did an insane send, i’m sad he did a control issue at the beginning

[@jeffreygreen9315]

Those swedes sending backies FTW wow!!!! Incredible

[@GeeseFX]

One thing I'm convinced of the more I watch these is that this is really a popularity contest. The judges have their mind made up who they like going in and no amount of skill, or ability of having an awesome run is going to change that.

[@mattluczkow5342]

Ayana definitely should have won for the women. Its silly to dock her for hitting that shark at the top. She didn't lose control and handled it smoothly. She skied the rest of the venue fast and smooth and took the last air bigger IMHO

[@jimgooch3704]

Turdell's line was simply commanding. Confidence embodied. How do you give bilous a friggin' 60? You don't have to put him in the chair, but that's insulting. And YU SASAKI!! WTF -- hope he checked his luggage. Agreed that judges just deducted line scores just for selecting the Alaska zone. Why have it if you're going to punish blind like that? Agreed with what others have pointed out regarding relative risk/reward between the ski men/women and the women snowboard field. It's like a totally different sport and I don't know why that is -- the talent is out there. Would love to see what the guys could do with a clean, unscrubbed/bombed face.

[@alnelson8484]

The boss

[@TuckHayward]

Woohoo Pollard 1st overall!

[@alnelson8484]

Ski it up !

[@pistolen87]

The rotating shots from the helicopter of the start gate makes me dizzy. Really beautiful though!

[@simon.annies]

Holy Moly, Jackie Paaso got robbed! Skied the same line as the winning run, a little less fluid but bigger air at the top and more technical entry to the bottom air, how is she not at least top 3??

[@Stomptown]

Hear hear

[@pnwmotocross]

Say that again!!!!! I think she was just as shocked. “Wow”.

[@VincentSchmidts]

52:30 for anyone wondering

[@jadentowson]

lack of control and technique

[@klubstompers]

What was up with the judging for the women's skiers? Most all of those runs were damn near even, but the scores were all over the board!!

[@Dan-hn1lx]

Craig Murray is the maddest dog!!!

[@alext.9148]

I can't believe I missed the Live....!!!

[@sandeebathgate]

there was no "Llve", only this 51 hour delayed version

[@Adam-gm4cb]

Tanner @ 1:58:55

[@user-uf9ek3rn6l]

Ваня я верю в тебя) все получится....

[@maximealbeissen127]

Wow chaotic ski men

[@doctorkeyframe5706]

Excellent ride! Some one knows the music who sound in the Cristopher Turdell winner review?? Thanks!

[@ElenaElena-br4ft]

24:54 Nuria Castán

[@Ethan-ue2xb]

So unfortunate that Yu Sasaki fell at the beginning

[@lucioortegavelarde695]

Yu sasaki is the chad!

[@mrschwartzmc]

29:34 Ski Women Intro/Recap 32:55 Ski Women 1st run

[@Patrik.Leidstedt]

Swedish skiers are the best 🇸🇪🤘

[@klubstompers]

1:58:46 Tanner Hall's run was amazing!!! He stuck those cliffs like the boss he is.

[@brentcess6489]

the Andrew Pollard 3rd Place Award goes to....................

[@floatblue8588]

What? Victor only on place 3?

[@valentinberger3840]

Yeah Victor would havé deserved to win: the biggest 360 of the snowboard catégory, realy good slash turns and a cool double at the bottom

[@shredcity]

Sorry but the judges got it way wrong on Hanks' line. Yes there was some hesitation, but by their usual standards that would have scored mid-70s upwards. They were way out

[@knutpohl339]

Thanks for the spoilers. It's nice to want to see the replay of the comp and have to scroll through all the thumbnails announcing every single category winner to find it. Really keeps the tension up. Not.

[@calvinmeyer8058]

Yu Sasaki got robbed. Amazing run. We love you Yu Sasaki

[@elioteddies1294]

He didn't get robbed he crashed at the top of not for the crash I would totally agree with you

[@SteelMurphy]

1:15:30- 1:16:50

[@Dominic-fu1bn]

Hank was robbed AGAIN

[@DonArmadillo]

Epic crash 😲😅🤭 1:53:45

[@seanoneil5073]

That poor little tree

[@cypriano8763]

oh wait, theres no alpine there, right

[@johnnyc.3261]

The announcer should not say “gnarly” because it sounds more like “nollie”

[@LPowder]

The judging was really weird and incosistent in this one tbh. For example Elisabeth Gerritzen coming after Hedvig Wessel with basically the same line but less airs and getting third by a big margin while Hedvig is last? Also you guys need to do something about the snowboard women. They are getting equal price money now while having like 20 riders less than ski men and they are doing pretty much no airs and sliding through features thus destroying the snow for every rider afterwards. I think the only real trick so far was that no risk 180 in Hakuba? Either up the quality and competition, less price money or just cut it alltogether.

[@elisenguyenquoc6844]

Lu why the fuck do u matter? Get just happy for them. Oh god .....

[@VincentSchmidts]

you gotta start somewhere.. and I think equal prize money is the best way to attract many talents in the coming seasons - we just have to be patient

[@SkillzorZ021]

just change your gender and enter yourself

[@LPowder]

Oh I am happy for them. Traveling the best ski regions and getting paid while doing stuff that I see on every local hill is great for them. Ski men and women are both going fast and big, snowboard men is stylish and playful. There are I think 4 riders counting out the wildcards in the snow women field and the only thing Marion needs to do is riding down the hill semi fluid and she has an easy W because of how bad the level is. Now the Fwt isn't very transparent with how the pricing works but assuming you need to get top 3 to get a significant amount of price money means the snowboard women a basically guaranteed to win big while in the ski men field you need to beat 20 guys who are risking their damn lifes. And that is fair?

[@SkillzorZ021]

@@LPowder yeah dude I agree with you especially your last sentence about risk. There were some heavy crashes in this leg and we were pretty lucky not to have serious injuries. I watch ski men like there's no fuckin way I could do that, SB women's I'm like oh yeah that looks doable

[@nolanalexander-mitchell1993]

Hi

[@micahbanks8694]

Absolute garbage how every rider/skier was penalized for fluidity when going to freestyle Alaska zone...why even have that part of the comp ...

[@SoftyWalterGames]

Blake Marshall got robbed

[@liljepolak8565]

Hello and welcome to "why did KZbin recommend this to me?"

[@lebrocken1613]

Because its epic

[@thomasn2955]

Without Markus, leo and even bimboes the level is not the same...

[@lebrocken1613]

What? The Level is super high Theres a reason why so many Crash and its not because they are so bad. They just need to go for really difficult lines to have chance for a high rank.

[@thomasn2955]

@@lebrocken1613 They have to go for what the judges want Look at hank bilous line, crazy 3 And may be the crashes are due to the fact that snow changed during the event, I mean I think...

[@lebrocken1613]

@@thomasn2955 yeah can be the reason as well, but what has this to do with Markus, leo and bimboes?

[@thomasn2955]

Nothing ahah

[@stefanvoicu6484]

these guys are soft

[@chris8456]

Just UNsubscribed👎👎👎

[@Ausbert]

why?

[@djevans614]

awesome riding, the athletes are killing it. Judging what the actual eff is going on. but most importantly, please dear god get some better commentators. so horrible, seriously the way these people spoke made the awesome comp almost unwatchable.

[@SolaceEasy]

Not stoked but gutted.

[@ozbloke202]

Yeah hakuba commentators was awful too

[@wacomtexas]

..and the commentators are wearing goggles, because.. I don't know. Maybe they spit..

[@jimgooch3704]

Everyone was "on a heater." Except the commentators.