Shaun White's Redbull Project X

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'How do you build a private halfpipe for Shaun? Take a remote location at high altitude, gathering a team of industry-leading designers and equipment – and let’s not miss the explosives and avalanches.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQTodf1Oc28&feature=player_embedded


'Practicing new tricks into a foam put is nothing new – unless you’re talking about a private foam pit at the end of a halfpipe in the middle of nowhere.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gkst-HVznM&feature=player_embedded


VERY cool.
 

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sockman

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Definitely the coolest thing I've seen this year.:eek:

Who wants to build a fuck off huge dirt halfpipe to foam pit with me?:)
 
Breaka

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Completely removed from any sort of grass roots boarding. Flashy shit, lots of cash and red bull constantly trying to push the limits, showcasing one dudes abilities and not really any sort of community is pretty lame.

I know nothing about snow boarding but I'm pretty un-impressed.
 
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Breaka said:
Completely removed from any sort of grass roots boarding. Flashy shit, lots of cash and red bull constantly trying to push the limits, showcasing one dudes abilities and not really any sort of community is pretty lame.

I know nothing about snow boarding but I'm pretty un-impressed.
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I have to agree with you there.

I know nothing about snowboarding, and don't follow it at all.

I posted this more due to the fact that i thought it was simply amazing how they actually made the halfpipe and what effort went into completing the foam pit. As mentioned it's something that hasn't been done before and i for one, found it intriguing.
 
sawtell

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sam705 said:
I have to agree with you there.

I know nothing about snowboarding, and don't follow it at all.

I posted this more due to the fact that i thought it was simply amazing how they actually made the halfpipe and what effort went into completing the foam pit. As mentioned it's something that hasn't been done before and i for one, found it intriguing.
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i dont get what bit hasnt been done before..

im SURE that someones mad a foam pit at the snow before, even if it was just a few mattresses! or even after a 1m powder dump.. some shit.

i dont see the big thing about making the avalanche's to create the pipe.. its like WTF what a WASTE of money, its all a massive marketing plot (obvioulsy) get a few cats to push snow from about 100 metres away, in the same area, with out the avalanche's and they would have had the same result..
 
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sawtell said:
i dont get what bit hasnt been done before..

im SURE that someones mad a foam pit at the snow before, even if it was just a few mattresses! or even after a 1m powder dump.. some shit.

i dont see the big thing about making the avalanche's to create the pipe.. its like WTF what a WASTE of money, its all a massive marketing plot (obvioulsy) get a few cats to push snow from about 100 metres away, in the same area, with out the avalanche's and they would have had the same result..
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To that extent, anyway.
Hate it all you like, i didn't post this thread expecting codswallop to be thrown around everywhere. I thought some other people would appreciate the effort gone into making such a thing, regardless of the Redbull hype.
 
sawtell

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sam705 said:
To that extent, anyway.
Hate it all you like, i didn't post this thread expecting codswallop to be thrown around everywhere. I thought some other people would appreciate the effort gone into making such a thing, regardless of the Redbull hype.
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hey nothing against you, or the thread, just a general hate for redbull marketing. i hate all their "this is soooo extreme watch this guy do this, its sooooo extreme, snowboarding is extremmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeex10"..



yeah ill leave it alone.

i am looking forward to see what he does in the pipe, that "kid" is ridiculously good.
 
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sawtell said:
hey nothing against you, or the thread, just a general hate for redbull marketing. i hate all their "this is soooo extreme watch this guy do this, its sooooo extreme, snowboarding is extremmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeex10"..



yeah ill leave it alone.

i am looking forward to see what he does in the pipe, that "kid" is ridiculously good.
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It's over-hyped, and over-marketed, but the magnitude of it is still very impressive.

The only thing i gathered from the videos is that they used the avalanche snow to make it more consistent to remove risks of air bubbles on the surface?

Is it going to be used in competition, or is it purely Shaun's for practice? That guy truly is insane. Dominating vert snow, then going to vert skate and dominating there too.
 
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Welshy said:
Is it going to be used in competition, or is it purely Shaun's for practice? That guy truly is insane. Dominating vert snow, then going to vert skate and dominating there too.
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then going and entering random surfing comps and semi dominating!
 
Tomas

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and its great for the industry that this market exists. cause it allows the bike snowboard companies to spend more on R&D and eventually the technology trickles down to mainstream.
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Im surprised it's getting hate here on Rotorburn!
 
Dante666

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It's very clever marketing by Red Bull doing what they do.... their biggest market is the teenage market who love stuff like this...explosions, snowboarding...(though no red bull girls?)...
 
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Dante666 said:
(though no red bull girls?)
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You'd think they'd definitely have girls there in skimpy clothes...given the weather ;)

What amazes me is someone building a HUGE foam pit out of mild steel in a wet environment. Long term planning :(

Another sad thing about it is that as you watch you can't really get have same enthusiasm that the dudes talking about it have because watching avalanches on a video and actually creating them with charges is totally different.

I was most impressed with the machines and their crafting tools. Being able to carve an entire wall is amazing.

They'd better have a comp there.
 
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They won't have a comp there, shaun will do some super secret training there for the olympics and then red bull will roll out of town and go drop some charges down some underwater crevasse to trigger a tsunami that will be surfed by ross clarke jones
 
Geordsta

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I understand it's all like Oh Em Gee!! Red Bull expensive stunts! But this just doesn't seem that impressive...

Isn't it just an expensive half pipe with a foam pit?
I'm not very clued in on snowboarding but a half pipe with a foam pit doesn't seem that special to me...
 
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