I hate the spin to win. It was clear that Jesper was trying to bring back the style not just spinning. It was so sad to see him have to give in to get onto the podium
Totally agree. Sending a dub 12 (for example) off the knuckle is crazy, and the number of variations these boys come up with is nuts, but it's kind of a standard trick at this point. We all know they can all do the big spins, I just wish they'd save them for slopestyle and big air. I know it can be tough though when the judges reward s2w.
I would cap the spins at 1080 or something. As in they’re entitled to spin beyond that but the judges have to judge it like they’ve only thrown a 1080 and then score the overall trick based on creativity, axis etc
I feel like the fact that they changed the shape of the lip to be more like a tabletop is discouraging a lot of the more creative knuckle tricks that make this event unique. I hope in the future they mellow it out a little more next year
With how popular knuckle huck is getting as an event they should probably start building a knuckle like they have been having at absolut in recent years
I really hope the knuckle huck doesn't continue down the spin-to-win trajectory it's on---that's what big air is for. The huck is for vibes and creativity.
Hey man, don't jump to conclusions. Be optimistic. Just because spin-to-win was rewarded this year doesn't mean it will in every future kuckle huck. X Games reads comments, and they listen to feedback. I have hope that they will change the judging on this
I watched the comp when it was posted so I could see if I would have the same thoughts. Turns out I'm definitely part of the steepsteep hivemind now. I even used the phrase spin to win. :/ I even shared the thought that Jesper threw that last dub cork to please the judges to get on the podium. Still a sick comp and lots of crazy tricks but yeah, just a light amount of disappointment sprinkled on. Not enough to come close to ruining it or anything just to be clear.
Rule suggestion for knuckle huck: technicality in spin scores only till 540 or 720, like you could do more, just a flat 1620 would be scored the same as a flat 720
they need to change something about this event. Big Air is mostly spin to win, even though they said they'd move away from that idea. Creativity should be rewarded WAY more in this event....also make it less of a lip so they can't just launch to the moon and spin like crazy!!
Jesper sending the dub 12 reminds me of when A Hall sent the 2160 in big air two years back, in both cases you could tell that they didn't want to do that trick but were forced to by the judging.
As amazing as the tricks were, most were just done on a really small tabletop. I wanted to see more use of the actual knuckle..... Hand drags, tip drags, helmet taps..... Jesper killed it with the flip onto the flat, flip off knuckle
I love the style addition to the big air but i wish they made it a separate style big air event. I love the more steezy tricks over the spin to win tricks.
At this moment we gotta wait for steepsteeps reaction/commentary on the event for a full on experience! Way more energic and enthusiastic compared to the paid ones at the eventdesk! Keep on your hard woork steep! lovely to watch all of ur content fr
Always entertaining, thanks for the commentary. Im pretty sure more people watch this more than the actual x-games broadcast. I wish they would just hire you to commentate and reward the people that are promoting and growing the sport. Loved the 30 year mortgage analogy, even bringing in the interest rate. Also bummed that it's turned into a goofy big air contest. Big air is not as fun to watch as the og knuckle hucks.
Gotta say, I hate how the Knuck Huck is going from style and creativity, to now a miniature big air comp. A few people try for the OG KH styles but they eventually have to start throwing big flips/spins to get judged properly. Sad to see and I hope that it changes next year.
Does Mr. Steep not work for ESPN because he’s already making too much money on TH-cam? Because Mr. Steep is by far the most superior commentator of all snow sports.
Dude! This is the first video I’m watching from your channel and not only are the vibes amazing but I think I just heard west side Gunn?? Amazing Edit: you a real hip hop head
Jesper was the only one who actually had some creativity and it bothers me they reward spin over style, that’s what big air is for, everyone did impressive jumps but Jesper is the only one that stood out amongst them.
Great now we have 2 big air competitions. Everything past a 1080 looks the same to me as a casual fan (I'm sorry) but I've never seen a front flip to flat and then a second one off the knuckle in any sport. Thats the stuff I want to see when I turn on X Games. If I want to see how many completely soulless spin tricks someone can do I'll watch the olympics or something idk.
The knuckle was not designed well, forced competitors into using it as a reg booter. The lads were sending that shit to flat (which is fine but you know what I mean). In my opinion, knuckle huck screams style and creativity. I’m loving the mid-air spin cancels and Alex’s shifties look so hot my dudes. These tricks are really pushing the sport, I’d rather see these cats stop a spin mid air than continue. Leave the spins for big air or slope style. All love though. Shoutout to the boys freestyle is sick. Henrick lookin fly as heck💸. Thanks steepsteep!
They should allow the people to vote/score to get a measure of subjectivity/creativity. Or just seperate creativity into a seperate ranking or something
It’s weird that they seem to have gone in two totally different directions with the judging, between the first place and the second and third place finishes. Stevenson with the more straight laced spin-to-win and then Harlaut and Tjader with their respective unique artistic style and the effortless swaggering execution of physics defy feats. I think events like knuckle huck create works of art and are somehow fun to watch without the competitive aspect. But, our culture, and maybe humanity as whole, does love to make things a competition, it gets the people goin’. Wu-tang is for the children!🕊️
Henrick was given too much credit there, although I like the creativity. I think Jesper and Colby deserved tie for 1st while Quinn and Henrick should have been given tie for 3rd. I agree that its too hard to be objective with this and say who was really "better", but one of the best years yet in terms of just across the board wild tricks. I mean, you have Alex hall in like 6th after doing some pretty neat and gnarly stuff, and that guy is next level, so that should really say it all. Hopefully next year has less spin to win and less "jump" in the knuckle and maybe we get something wild like a double knuckle line or something fun to spice it up and force creativity
How do they not have you THERE commenting this. “prepare for your cerebellum and pituitary gland to be blown to bits” I love mitrani for example. But he ain’t comin up w that shit on the spot😂😂😂😂🔥
when you said that Juho did the same thing as Jesper last year i think that when Juho popped from his tails it was wayyyy harder compared to what Jesper did
I'm usually a defender of big spins in Big Air because well, It's Big Air. But the Knuckle Huck was always meant to be different, yet 80% of the tricks are dub 12's. Turning the knuckle into its own little jump was a big mistake. It's called knuckle huck, not mini air
I hate the spin to win. It was clear that Jesper was trying to bring back the style not just spinning. It was so sad to see him have to give in to get onto the podium
Totally agree. Sending a dub 12 (for example) off the knuckle is crazy, and the number of variations these boys come up with is nuts, but it's kind of a standard trick at this point. We all know they can all do the big spins, I just wish they'd save them for slopestyle and big air. I know it can be tough though when the judges reward s2w.
Ya don’t like skiing turning into gymnastics
Agree, Im very dissapointed. I loved huckle knuck because it wasnt all about spinning.
All Jesper does is backflips and front flips, juho was the one with the steeze
I would cap the spins at 1080 or something. As in they’re entitled to spin beyond that but the judges have to judge it like they’ve only thrown a 1080 and then score the overall trick based on creativity, axis etc
I feel like the fact that they changed the shape of the lip to be more like a tabletop is discouraging a lot of the more creative knuckle tricks that make this event unique. I hope in the future they mellow it out a little more next year
With how popular knuckle huck is getting as an event they should probably start building a knuckle like they have been having at absolut in recent years
Yeah it doesn't even feel like knuckle huck...just big air jr....medium air I guess
I really hope the knuckle huck doesn't continue down the spin-to-win trajectory it's on---that's what big air is for. The huck is for vibes and creativity.
Juho should’ve won 🏆 he was going for style, and when he didn’t, he would do axis nobody else would do
Knuckle huck one the one last bit of xgames with steez and creativity, shame that era has ended.
Maybe slvsh can carry the torch now
Hopefully they do street style for skiers next year. Snowboarding street style was such a nice break from big spins
Hey man, don't jump to conclusions. Be optimistic.
Just because spin-to-win was rewarded this year doesn't mean it will in every future kuckle huck. X Games reads comments, and they listen to feedback. I have hope that they will change the judging on this
been holding off watching the real broadcast, waiting for steepsteep reaction ty king
Same
I watched the comp when it was posted so I could see if I would have the same thoughts. Turns out I'm definitely part of the steepsteep hivemind now. I even used the phrase spin to win. :/
I even shared the thought that Jesper threw that last dub cork to please the judges to get on the podium.
Still a sick comp and lots of crazy tricks but yeah, just a light amount of disappointment sprinkled on. Not enough to come close to ruining it or anything just to be clear.
same
Same 😂
Rule suggestion for knuckle huck: technicality in spin scores only till 540 or 720, like you could do more, just a flat 1620 would be scored the same as a flat 720
they need to change something about this event. Big Air is mostly spin to win, even though they said they'd move away from that idea. Creativity should be rewarded WAY more in this event....also make it less of a lip so they can't just launch to the moon and spin like crazy!!
Jesper sending the dub 12 reminds me of when A Hall sent the 2160 in big air two years back, in both cases you could tell that they didn't want to do that trick but were forced to by the judging.
6:11 The Runescape music did not go unnoticed 😂
YESSSS MRSTEEP REACTS TO X GAMES AGAINNNN
As amazing as the tricks were, most were just done on a really small tabletop. I wanted to see more use of the actual knuckle..... Hand drags, tip drags, helmet taps..... Jesper killed it with the flip onto the flat, flip off knuckle
I love the style addition to the big air but i wish they made it a separate style big air event. I love the more steezy tricks over the spin to win tricks.
I replayed this 5:52 more time than the hole videos length , absolutely insane
We definitely need a Steep-cast Xgames knucklehuck 2025
the who let the dogs out dub when Henrik starts barking got me 🤣
spin to win killed competition skiing/snowboarding decades ago. Sad to see it hasn't changed at all. First half was banger with a lot of chill stuff
At this moment we gotta wait for steepsteeps reaction/commentary on the event for a full on experience! Way more energic and enthusiastic compared to the paid ones at the eventdesk!
Keep on your hard woork steep! lovely to watch all of ur content fr
I always love watching your X Games reacts videos every year💯
been waiting for this one, next year they're getting you out there to cast 🦆
whoahhh you gave me a huge throwback with that wc3 human campaign music at the beginning. had to go looking for it after i heard it!
Always entertaining, thanks for the commentary. Im pretty sure more people watch this more than the actual x-games broadcast. I wish they would just hire you to commentate and reward the people that are promoting and growing the sport. Loved the 30 year mortgage analogy, even bringing in the interest rate. Also bummed that it's turned into a goofy big air contest. Big air is not as fun to watch as the og knuckle hucks.
“What do you call a nollie that’s on your tails”
That’s an ollie bro lol
Nollie means “nose ollie”
17:43 Shame this is getting into another spin to win 😢
I always love watching your X Games reacts videos every year!
I always love watching your X Games reacts videos every year!💯
the way steep refers to nose butters with popping off of the olfactory cells im dying of laughter
Gotta say, I hate how the Knuck Huck is going from style and creativity, to now a miniature big air comp. A few people try for the OG KH styles but they eventually have to start throwing big flips/spins to get judged properly. Sad to see and I hope that it changes next year.
Steep, I love how you are always so nice and good in skiing. Just how far you have become is insane ❤
You have no idea how happy it makes me whenever i hear the skyrim or runescape music in your vids, keep it coming ...
Dude, the music in your edit is choice. First with the Skyrim classic, and then the SOAD N64 soundfront?!
Nice DKC2 Soundtrack
Wow you're really good at this commentary stuff, you should make a career out of it!
favorite time of year is when this video comes out
Pov: you’re watching him watch an ad and TH-cam decides that you need your own add fo you can finish watching him watch an ad
Bro the warcraft 3 music hit me SO HARD 1:03
Ayyyyy that’s me at 0:46 ❤
I love the music in the background.
Yoooo 15:48 Toxicity by soad
Your editing made this better than watching live
Sick video the stoke is crazy
The best skiing content on the planet right here lads
Would be awesome to see you film here in Finland with Juho!
I’m looking forward to the day that Red Bull and X games hires you to be their commentator. Keep up the great work brother! 👁❄️👁
Does Mr. Steep not work for ESPN because he’s already making too much money on TH-cam? Because Mr. Steep is by far the most superior commentator of all snow sports.
True lol
LineSkis trynna advertise the women’s knuckle huck was so goofy 😂
Love the Skyrim music in the background😂
The warcraft 3 music in the background is fucking hilarious 😂
Dude! This is the first video I’m watching from your channel and not only are the vibes amazing but I think I just heard west side Gunn?? Amazing
Edit: you a real hip hop head
i dont even ski but loved the commentary man. new sub.
Jesper deserved it for that first trick alone. Looked totally inhuman. Juho a close second for me.
Some of these don't even make sense physics wise, it's incredible. Love your enthusiasm, keep it up!
Ah, I'm looking forward to the quad 2160's on the knuckle huck next year. Maybe they can do some 2340's the year after.
whats the song at 7:50?
I think it’s keith murray, don’t know the song tho
Sounds like ”The Rhyme” with a different beat
Love the skyrim background
Jesper was the only one who actually had some creativity and it bothers me they reward spin over style, that’s what big air is for, everyone did impressive jumps but Jesper is the only one that stood out amongst them.
0:53 the Wc3 soundtrack goated soundtrack
Jesper’s runs were magnificent
have the popcorn ready, im enjoyin this one rubber ducky
I have never watched a ski channle that makes me this happy to watch
the runescape music had me rollin🤣
soundfont SOAD had me in tears
Great now we have 2 big air competitions. Everything past a 1080 looks the same to me as a casual fan (I'm sorry) but I've never seen a front flip to flat and then a second one off the knuckle in any sport. Thats the stuff I want to see when I turn on X Games. If I want to see how many completely soulless spin tricks someone can do I'll watch the olympics or something idk.
What a lineup of legends
Wish everything wasn’t spin to win, nice to see jesper is still trying to keep it stylish and clean
Here for another year!!
That system of a down toxicity remix was lit
Hits so hard
11:25 which music is this? Sounds so epic for skiing
Warcraft 3 music? wow i didnt expect that
THIS IS WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR
Glorious thumbnail xD
Steepsteep drops same day as justalex, Mind blown 😅
Hitting a backflip on flat ground with skis is fucking crazy.
The knuckle was not designed well, forced competitors into using it as a reg booter. The lads were sending that shit to flat (which is fine but you know what I mean). In my opinion, knuckle huck screams style and creativity.
I’m loving the mid-air spin cancels and Alex’s shifties look so hot my dudes. These tricks are really pushing the sport, I’d rather see these cats stop a spin mid air than continue. Leave the spins for big air or slope style. All love though. Shoutout to the boys freestyle is sick. Henrick lookin fly as heck💸. Thanks steepsteep!
They should allow the people to vote/score to get a measure of subjectivity/creativity. Or just seperate creativity into a seperate ranking or something
GOATED for the Runescape music
When you hear Skyrim you know it’s about to be sent
When everyone and their mother is talking about the superbowl and there’s this guy
When do we get the 2024 snowboard knuckle huck reaction?
Did I just hear Skyrim? 😂 2:19
Love how the judges said Colby was obviously going to win before it was over… makes ya think
dont even ski but the way this guy talks is incredible
'How do you bring the level of objectivity to the subjectuve suport' is all that we can say.
Steepsteep X games feature 2025?!!? 🤩
Been waiting for this. Nice.
Perfect. Now do big air maybe?
Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos soundtrack goes hard
harlaut gotta be one of the cutest skiers out there
The commentary on this and the little sound bites are too good
It’s weird that they seem to have gone in two totally different directions with the judging, between the first place and the second and third place finishes. Stevenson with the more straight laced spin-to-win and then Harlaut and Tjader with their respective unique artistic style and the effortless swaggering execution of physics defy feats. I think events like knuckle huck create works of art and are somehow fun to watch without the competitive aspect. But, our culture, and maybe humanity as whole, does love to make things a competition, it gets the people goin’. Wu-tang is for the children!🕊️
Gotta check the snowboard huck now
Great breakdown!
thank god they didn't make them wear the jerseys this year
Henrick was given too much credit there, although I like the creativity. I think Jesper and Colby deserved tie for 1st while Quinn and Henrick should have been given tie for 3rd. I agree that its too hard to be objective with this and say who was really "better", but one of the best years yet in terms of just across the board wild tricks. I mean, you have Alex hall in like 6th after doing some pretty neat and gnarly stuff, and that guy is next level, so that should really say it all. Hopefully next year has less spin to win and less "jump" in the knuckle and maybe we get something wild like a double knuckle line or something fun to spice it up and force creativity
How do they not have you THERE commenting this. “prepare for your cerebellum and pituitary gland to be blown to bits” I love mitrani for example. But he ain’t comin up w that shit on the spot😂😂😂😂🔥
Is knuckle huck snowboard reaction coming too?
Love ya steep
when you said that Juho did the same thing as Jesper last year i think that when Juho popped from his tails it was wayyyy harder compared to what Jesper did
Baby give me the remote new steepsteep xgames vid dropped
I believe Alex Hall did a 1440 in Oslo in 2020 or maybe 21
I'm usually a defender of big spins in Big Air because well, It's Big Air. But the Knuckle Huck was always meant to be different, yet 80% of the tricks are dub 12's. Turning the knuckle into its own little jump was a big mistake. It's called knuckle huck, not mini air
Thanks for Skyrim music