Yup, don't hate on the player, hate on the game. The number of times McMorris has been (unjustly) judged higher than Parrot or Sandbech is infuriating. Having an established name can really boost your winning chances (unfortunately) (I'm half-Swedish btw and love both Henrik and Jesper. But Jesper deserved gold bigtime)
Yeah I mean I think henrik kinda got robbed at aspen last year and Norway but I’m bias towards henrik like you but I agree I think jesper just impressed more but I judges prolly stoned
@@RLWilsSkiCo jesper did that same trick before on knuckle huck i dont think you should be able to just repeat tricks in a event mainly about creativity
Jesper had so much variety and was just sending it off the knuckle His tricks were so so good I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw Jesper without a gold Also Henrik wouldn’t even have been my 2nd pick the energy and vibe from Fabian was so sweet
I know. I am a huge fan of jesper, and it's annoying to see Jesper throw down some awesome tricks, and then have the guy with ok-looking tricks win. Hopefully Jesper will come out on top one of these years.
I've already thought about whether I should make a jesper, harlaut, bösch comparison, but then decided only for jesper and harlaut. And I also think that henrik himself was a little surprised
but knucklehuck is mainly about Style. it gives riders the opportunity to show butters, nosetaps,... And jesper did crazy moves but he didnt use the knuckle and a dug backy isnt very steezy. I think A hall did well with his tail tap 360 out. He was way better than Henrik but well...
Clearly the judges put a lot of emphasis on style and playfulness rather than amplitude and difficulty, ‘cos Jesper’s tricks were way bigger and harder.
yeah which i find totally weird, since in big air and slope they only judge how big the tricks are and how many spins they do and don't look at the style at all
@@randymarsh7252 Marcus kleveland is one of the reasons this event started for “hucking” himself off the knuckle. I get what your saying, but just don’t think that’s how it should be
@@Freeskjfull It makes sense to me and doesn’t seem weird. It makes the competitions more diverse. Why would they introduce a newer competition and judge it the same as the other competitions?
Love Henrik but how did he win that? Nothing was original from him. Jesper is doing things that no one else is. I thought that was the point of the knuckle huck? Not just butters and spins.
Henrik is always the judge favourite because he has "style". i don't think it's style, just acting mellow, hands down, big pants, big loose jacket, nothing original imo.
@@shimba90 yeah we also know they look for consistency in these sorta jam no score events so I think Henrik not falling like Jesper did prolly affected his score. And I have a hunch that using the jump like Ahall did made those runs not count.
@@alexk1682 hes joking but serious at the same time. The judges are a joke this year tho. Atleast 4 different events from Wendys had weird outcomes. Almost everyone could agree about the judges really killing/discouraging riders to do new tricks since the people with the most boring but clean stuff all won
henrick a dope and all but it seemed all he did was nose butter 360s or 540s, and jesper was throwing down some of the craziest tricks to flat i’ve ever seen.
How did Henrik win this year but not last year. Do you all remember his really long and controlled nosepress.Jesper should have won this year and henrik last year...
It's obvious who was much much better and more creative that day. I would appreciate if Henrik refused the Gold medal during the inaugurations....Thanks for video.
I don't get it - Harlaut seemed to do the same kind of trick every single run while Tjäder threw big and original stuff. Why did tje judges gave Harlaut the win wtf ?!
To provide some nuance to the comments. Whilst I agree Tjäders tricks are bigger, Henrik is actually using the knuckle to amplify his tricks and style. I like this ruling because it signals that riders need to play to the event rather than treat it like big air and "spin to win" which is what won Colby this event last year.
I agree but the problem i have is that the only changes Henrik is making between runs are either 180 degree increments or the exact same trick but switch
Jesper used the knuckle in every trick except the dub underflip. The switch back full was super creative and he used the knuckle, he tapped his tips on the knuckle on the dub back which was crazy, and the 3 to nb 10 was also using the knuckle and was a more traditional knuckle trick but harder than anything that Harlaut did. If they don't want skiers to treat it like a big air, they shouldn't but that little lip on the knuckle or change the shape or just make clearer rules beforehand.
Good points, although I think the "nose tap" in the dbl flip was by accident than design (still sick). I think Henry's butter tricks were strongest in the field but I agree that judges should make it clear what they will judge for and then riders can decide whether they just want to have fun or if they want to play to win. The reason the medals become so random is because the events are judged differently each year.
I'm not into snowboarding and skiing but I've watched this and previous ones. In my opinion the only cool looking stuff this year was Hall's tailtap-360 and all of Jesper's stuff.
Iam with the judges , yeahr of course tjäder did crazy unique tricks but Harlaut sent it sooo damn smooth n clean i would give style a point more than the Type or Kind of trick, soo buttering a long way or a scatchy nice butter could Look sweeter than a back flip or f.flip🎉 big up they both should get Gold. Keep Up! R¡de on ❤
I think the Judges gave it to him to make up for that stupid score they gave him in the big air. Henrik looks like he felt that way as well because he looked over at Jesper, congratulated him and then said he thought a lot of other people skied better than him in the event.
My issue is that Henrik did a variant of the same trick all night. Jesper brought something a bit different with every lap. I think the judges thought he was trying to spin to win a style comp, yet none of those tricks would really be seen in slopestyle or big air. The level of difficulty to do those butters imo is about the same as it takes to do alot of what jesper did its just a different style and the judges obviously perfered henriks over jespers. On the brightside if this year follows the same pattern as the last 2 years Jesper will win and we will all think someone else got robbed.(even though most of us like everyone out there)
Even if you just listened to this comp you can tell from Toms excitement (and confusion in his voice when henrik won) that Jesper should’ve won. They handed the medal to henrik Tom went silent and then said “really cool” 😲
I don’t know anything about this sport but I’ve seen this competition a few times, and the only thing that makes sense for the judges to give it to Henrik is this : they don’t want knuckle huck to become a smaller version of the big air competition. They don’t want athletes to throw down these monster tricks because ‘’it’s not the spirit of the competition’’. Not saying it’s right, obviously. I was actually shocked to see Jesper not getting the medal. But you have to say that Henrik’s tricks were more oriented towards the classic ‘’knuckle huck spirit’’, and I think that’s why the judges rewarded him. Nose butters, style rotation, etc. are what made this competition what it is today, and the judgs obviously want to keep it that way. Wouldn’t be surprised if they decide to ban double flips. Just like frontflips and backflips were banned from figure skating.
I feel like Henrik Harlaut knew it from the moment he got the gold medal, that he won undeservedly. He awkwardly celebrated (for me it looked like he forced his hype, especially when you compare his celebratings from last year) and even hugged Jesper at the end, showing his compassion.
How on earth Jasper did not win this? Since when Jasper does not have a style? - Plus his tricks are so sick! Come on give him that gold medal! Judges you made a terrible mistake here, big time!
Henrik you keep it butter man don't flip and spin looking like a Olympic diver for the people who can't even walk straight they like flips you keep it style and when you do flip and spin it's still style love you don't do a trick to compo till it it's smooth keep doing you man shit is real and snowboarders and skiers lovin' it
Even if u try to justify henry's gold as "he was going for stylish stuff" the butters weren't suuuuuper long or flexed as for example last year's nb frontflip. Simply don't understand the judgment, I'm sad for Jesper
I remember watching Shaun White beat Louis Vito and thought to myself...Vito was 10 times more talented, but Burton was the sponsor of the event and White. You get what you get
Being a Henrik fan since i can remember, but this was robbery... Jesper did some sick stuff while Henrik went on doing basically the same tricks. IMO Henrik should've got the gold last year and Jesper this year...
They're not trying to turn knucklehuck into another big air event. Harlaut could do everything Jesper was doing, buttering the knuckle is more difficult. If Jesper did another switch double back nose tap, he could have won. That was dope af.
Jesper got robbed 2 years in a row. X-games is a fkin bust. Althoug I like Henrik but he did the same trick over and over again basically, Jesper was way way better, his tricks are fkin unbelieveable .. #pieceofshtxgames
I agree Jesper should have wo, but do not forget knuckle huck isnt just about throwing the biggest tricks and the most flips its about style and trick selection. So while jesper definiitely won on technicality of tricks I feel henrik kinda gave the judges more of what they wanted from this event
What Henrik did, I did at age 13. What Jesper did, is what I dream about doing. To be honest, Jesper got hasseled the way I talked myself into 2nd place at Redbull Play streets quite a time ago.
I'd probably say jesper deserved the win, but I think it's interesting that a lot of the usual comments on these comps are people complaining that judges don't care about style and its all about spinning to win. In this case style was king, but now people are upset about it this way too. Idk what to do with this information, just kinda putting it out there