whenever zeb powell does a trick it looks like hes just making some random moves and then trying to not crash hahaha and I love it my goodness he's so good and he's got those intuitive moves it's literally freestyle and it's so good
Right people call it sloppy but it’s because like you said it’s intuitive, the other guys are mostly doing moves they’ve done so many times they have the muscle memory and the reps to make it look smooth or perfect, the “sloppiness” just proves it’s not a scripted freestyle
judges must've forgot what event they were judging this year. They just gave the top spots to the most complicated tricks, instead of style, which is what knucklehuck is actually about
Look at these young athletes give it their all while I'm in the hospital recovering from heart failure due to bending over to tie my shoelaces at the ripe old age of 17.
I'm mostly amazed with the amount of pop they are getting from just board flex, I expect to see this transition into big air which would be even crazier.
Feels like there’s some controversy going around with the results. While I do think and I think Marcus does too(hence why he was so surprised when he won) that zeb should have been on the podium or even at the top, doing the butters mid spin the way marcus does is insanely difficult and requires insane skill. no one else can do it but he’s so good at it that it looks effortless giving the impression that it’s easy. Yes I love the creativity and madness zeb brings and I think personally that’s what should be given the high scores in Knuckle huck, but it’s a hard call comparing mad tricks and super difficult ones. Stoked on this competition though and it’s always a joy to watch
@@R_O_S ya I did notice that and did find it a bit disappointing actually, Marcus had similar aspects but brought some new tricks so I guess that gave him an advantage. Dusty also had similar tricks but obviously amped up to a dub front flip of the tail. Fridge tho probably had the most unique set of tricks.
@@dylanelazegui2963 there are no points, it’s “overall impression”. Which is why it’s crazy to me the guy using other riders as rails, double shifty buttering, and switching to a massive swallowtail and bucking a coffin backflip method didn’t have the best “overall impression” on the judges. Like the event is about creativity and fun and I feel like the dude making it the most entertaining got the shortest end of the stick
@@VinCrudo also….marcus is up there going crazy but i’m getting tired of him just spinning as much as he can, there’s not much “knuckle huck” energy to his runs, zeb embodied that and got robbed
If anyone is wondering, Zebs long board is a 204 or 205. Had the pleasure to talk to the Burton employees making it at the factory, saw it before it was even done! Super sick to see it in comp as they promised
@@owenebersole2629 nah what marcus di on run 5 was 10 times better than anything xeb through this year. I love zeb but style doesnt score you points like badass tricks
I mean yeah maybe Zeb got a LITTLE more sloppy than usual but look at the way he made every run so creative: using props, using a huge CLASSIC old snowboard, like bro
Hope we get to see more like this, it's so much more fun and interesting than the usual pipe and bigair spin to win stuff. I really hope we get some small size slope style as well with more focus on smaller but more creative and stylish tricks. Maybe even have a spin limit like not more than 720°.
0:50 "i like the way it looks when he does that" "Yeah, we call it mammy swag. Because when youre from mammoth, theres a certain way you ride your snowboard"
@@tammiet1034 while I do agree and I think Marcus does do, (hence why he was so surprised when he won) doing the butters mid spin the way he does is super difficult and no one else can do it but he’s so good at it that it looks effortless giving the impression that it’s easy. Yes I love the creativity and madness zeb brings and I think personally that’s what should be given the high scores in Knuckle huck, but it’s a hard call comparing mad tricks and super difficult ones.
@@albinliungman1093 yea I agree with you for sure. It’s a tough call but zeb for sure should’ve been on the podium. He should’ve at least gotten second
@@bonster101 nope, it's said that most of the time people write their opinion when they're unhappy with the results :) and it's kinda doesn't matter, as Marcus still the winner :)
I just recently got into watching snowboarding and MAN is it exciting to watch!! I've never even been snowboarding but guess what? It's now a dream of mine. Looks extremely fun
I lost interest in competitions years ago when tricks got so over technical and complicated. Thank God for the knuckle huck bringing back soul and creativity to the sport.
Steez lol. I finish my drift runs with a lil technique, like a long sweeper into 360, or just like downshifting heel toeing and handbraking on the verge of over rotating
I mean i am major Marcus Kleveland fan, but it should have been 1. Zeb Powell 2. Dusty Henricksen 3. Fridge 4. Marcus Kleveland We all know it, how come the judges didn't see that.
Nahhh you gotta at least put Marcus on the podium. No one else came even close to 1440 in total spins because if they could, it would take them much longer and wouldn’t be as clean. He’s the one this event is even a thing and there’s a reason for that.
I had to come back and watch this video again I'm sorry but zeb freaking is unreal when it comes to knuckle huck (his stage presence is crazy and I'm just biting my nails in anticipation for what he is going to do), I could care less for the technical spins...I just want to see more creative riders for this section of competition
@@24mathiaswalser24 Aha, I'm Norwegian, only thing I can think of is that I know none of the Norwegian TV channels wanted to show this on TV so maybe for you a broadcaster in Austria has the rights to it or something?
whenever zeb powell does a trick it looks like hes just making some random moves and then trying to not crash hahaha and I love it my goodness he's so good and he's got those intuitive moves it's literally freestyle and it's so good
He's button smashing and it just works
@@vladp089 exactly haha
I'm always worried about his spine :D the man's spine does a 720 itself
Right people call it sloppy but it’s because like you said it’s intuitive, the other guys are mostly doing moves they’ve done so many times they have the muscle memory and the reps to make it look smooth or perfect, the “sloppiness” just proves it’s not a scripted freestyle
I agree. I love how authentic it looks. It's like watching someone land something for the first time
Dusty’s double front flip was the pinnacle of this event
And with such steeze too
Yeah but he wore a mask… how embarrassing. Instant deductions
@@TheSkierxing123 not quite as embarrassing as nitpicking people way more talented than you on RUclips
Yeah, and u gotta love that reaction @ 09:59
I’m just happy he earned a podium spot for it
zeb in knuckle huck 21 is the reason why i fell in love with this sport
NO SAME
Dude Zeb looks like he's having such a good time out there. Unbelievably creative, and so skilled
idk i still think Zeb should've at least podiumed. You can't put every run of his on highlights but not have him at least top 3
he skipped a run so that definitely had to do something with it
judges must've forgot what event they were judging this year. They just gave the top spots to the most complicated tricks, instead of style, which is what knucklehuck is actually about
@UCb5D1GAE84p21abegRIvuVg I've been watching snowboarding for three decades. I also believe Marcus deserved too win.
Every competition is about the most complicated and difficult trick
Look at these young athletes give it their all while I'm in the hospital recovering from heart failure due to bending over to tie my shoelaces at the ripe old age of 17.
I feel that, I’m 20 and fracture my elbow falling off my bike and we’ve got the likes of Dillon showing us how it’s done
same broke my wrist and then 4 months later broke my collarbone so i am finally evovering after a year
@@apx2060 It looks like a stroke set in at the end of your sentence
Dudes i‘m with you broke my collarbone fell off my bike on a single trail. But watching this is awsm. Best wishes to all of you
@@mariusuhde1708 mine weren’t even anything cool like a trial, just fell off on my way home from work ☠️
Best comp in x games! So incredible and mindblowing. I love it’s not spin to win, it’s real snowboarding.
4 of Zeb's runs are in the highlights, but he doesn't podium. This is knuck huck. Not superpipe.
These are tricks use
To do playing ssx snowboarding lol epic! Zeb is an animal
Marcus Cleveland’s cab double 7’s were incredible
Marcus is just effortless and very skilful but Zeb should have been on the podium as well
Can they put this in the Olympics. I just saw this for the first time and I freaking love the knuckle huck.
Zeb Powell is fuckin sick. My new favorite knuckle hucker
I'm mostly amazed with the amount of pop they are getting from just board flex, I expect to see this transition into big air which would be even crazier.
Feels like there’s some controversy going around with the results. While I do think and I think Marcus does too(hence why he was so surprised when he won) that zeb should have been on the podium or even at the top, doing the butters mid spin the way marcus does is insanely difficult and requires insane skill.
no one else can do it but he’s so good at it that it looks effortless giving the impression that it’s easy. Yes I love the creativity and madness zeb brings and I think personally that’s what should be given the high scores in Knuckle huck, but it’s a hard call comparing mad tricks and super difficult ones.
Stoked on this competition though and it’s always a joy to watch
tf you talking about creativity, 4 of the 5 tricks were identical to his runs last year
@@R_O_S ya I did notice that and did find it a bit disappointing actually, Marcus had similar aspects but brought some new tricks so I guess that gave him an advantage. Dusty also had similar tricks but obviously amped up to a dub front flip of the tail. Fridge tho probably had the most unique set of tricks.
Props to Marcus, but cmon... Zeb pushed the boundaries of the sport tonight. Cheers boys
where’s dusty’s props tho?
@@faxonwatkins2787 under Fridge's props😂
him missing a run really docked him some points
@@dylanelazegui2963 there are no points, it’s “overall impression”. Which is why it’s crazy to me the guy using other riders as rails, double shifty buttering, and switching to a massive swallowtail and bucking a coffin backflip method didn’t have the best “overall impression” on the judges. Like the event is about creativity and fun and I feel like the dude making it the most entertaining got the shortest end of the stick
@@VinCrudo also….marcus is up there going crazy but i’m getting tired of him just spinning as much as he can, there’s not much “knuckle huck” energy to his runs, zeb embodied that and got robbed
If anyone is wondering, Zebs long board is a 204 or 205. Had the pleasure to talk to the Burton employees making it at the factory, saw it before it was even done! Super sick to see it in comp as they promised
This was so much more unique and entertaining than big air where everyone is doing 1440's
This is the best competition of the xgames. So glad they kept doing it
My man caught an edge on purpose to make a backflip 😅🥶
So glad Marcus Kleveland won gold. I personally feel like he deserved it in 2020 as well
How come Zeb hasn’t even podiumed?.. OK, nothing too complicated this time, but at least his style deserves him to be in top-3 🤨
U cant just podium bc of your style when people did more complicated tricks
@@sawyer4417 Yes you literally can it is Knucklehuck that is the point
@@owenebersole2629 nah what marcus di on run 5 was 10 times better than anything xeb through this year. I love zeb but style doesnt score you points like badass tricks
Zeb is the people's champ
dunno, don't like his style, it never looks clean or effortless, this's more like skate punk to me
I mean yeah maybe Zeb got a LITTLE more sloppy than usual but look at the way he made every run so creative: using props, using a huge CLASSIC old snowboard, like bro
Fridge is an absolute maniac
Hope we get to see more like this, it's so much more fun and interesting than the usual pipe and bigair spin to win stuff. I really hope we get some small size slope style as well with more focus on smaller but more creative and stylish tricks.
Maybe even have a spin limit like not more than 720°.
spin limit would be so good in slopestyle. Like you say 720 and double flips max.
It warms this old man’s heart when these kids in 2022 are doing tricks invented by skateboarders in the 80’s. Awesome!
So even the announcer's chose Zeb. Markus was sick
0:50 "i like the way it looks when he does that"
"Yeah, we call it mammy swag. Because when youre from mammoth, theres a certain way you ride your snowboard"
Refreshing change to all the big air spin tricks.
The double front flip and the cab 720 to 720 were hands down the best tricks
Guy 1: "I like the way it looks when he does that."
Guy 2: "it is!"
Marcus klevland is so close to a 3 peat in this event for gold. One more gold and he’s got it!
Zeb should have got it he went off
@@tammiet1034 while I do agree and I think Marcus does do, (hence why he was so surprised when he won) doing the butters mid spin the way he does is super difficult and no one else can do it but he’s so good at it that it looks effortless giving the impression that it’s easy. Yes I love the creativity and madness zeb brings and I think personally that’s what should be given the high scores in Knuckle huck, but it’s a hard call comparing mad tricks and super difficult ones.
@@albinliungman1093 yea I agree with you for sure. It’s a tough call but zeb for sure should’ve been on the podium. He should’ve at least gotten second
Zeb has so much style compared to everyone else.
what kind of style? he never lands his tricks clean
@@MariMay_o uh...he landed as much as everyone else...dafuq...you high?
@@bonster101 I said “clean”
@@MariMay_o yea "clean" doesn't matter when ur rotations look so slick. Anyways based on the comments you're in the minority.
@@bonster101 nope, it's said that most of the time people write their opinion when they're unhappy with the results :) and it's kinda doesn't matter, as Marcus still the winner :)
Zeb's first run was so crazy they put it in the highlights twice
9:50 the cameraman casually getting decent air and maintaining the shot.....
I just recently got into watching snowboarding and MAN is it exciting to watch!! I've never even been snowboarding but guess what? It's now a dream of mine. Looks extremely fun
It's even better to ride. Undescribable. You should try, you're gonna love it.
Zeb is the future of this sport... judges just aren't ready yet.
Arent ready? They awarded him gold
@@dukewellington7050 they just aint ready yet bro
honestly this is where the creativity is ~
That double front was the best !!!!
how did zeb not even podium, bro had the best runs
not really lol. go off though sis
I lost interest in competitions years ago when tricks got so over technical and complicated. Thank God for the knuckle huck bringing back soul and creativity to the sport.
I would have gone 1. Marcus 2. Zeb 3. Dusty but either way it's always so much fun watching this event!
4:42 - my grandfather got flashback
3:35 “that’s just a little ham and eggs”
First time seeing this event. I love it!!!!
Zeb got robbed
“THATS AN NFT”
Zeb's run is like when you are just pressing random buttons on your controller.
I grew up playing Cool Boarders 3 and this is literally that game but now in real life 🤯
taking singularly , so many of those triks would break the instagram ahah.. what a show!
zeb is just such fine rider
This is the best Snowsport so far
whoever says Zeb isn't steezy, go grab your french fry skies and move along. peoples champ
Knuckle huckin/huckin knuckles is the flyest!
The more it looks like you didn't even try; the better it looks. Like "wut"?
Zeb is crazy and does some sweet stuff but it’s not so clean. Marcus is literally perfect. He’s on another level. Makes it look too easy
"That's an NFT" 💀
but the layout... so smooth 0:46
Steez lol. I finish my drift runs with a lil technique, like a long sweeper into 360, or just like downshifting heel toeing and handbraking on the verge of over rotating
I mean i am major Marcus Kleveland fan, but it should have been
1. Zeb Powell
2. Dusty Henricksen
3. Fridge
4. Marcus Kleveland
We all know it, how come the judges didn't see that.
what was the standings?
Nahhh you gotta at least put Marcus on the podium. No one else came even close to 1440 in total spins because if they could, it would take them much longer and wouldn’t be as clean. He’s the one this event is even a thing and there’s a reason for that.
@@coasterrick
1. Marcus kleveland
2. Fridge
3. Dusty
4. Zeb
ZEB ROBBED!! THE PEOPLES CHAMP YOU HEARD THAT CROWD EVERY TRICK OF HIS
9:29 best trick of the event!
They robb'd Zeb, I wouldn't say he was the only one out there throwing down, but he definitely should've podium'd
Idk much about this sport but zeb is the only one who entertained me
the 2 hands drag trick should be called a , hang ten !
I love this sport love the X Games
Zeb should have been up there
still a robbery that zeb didnt win this one... he is the goat of knuckle huck
Amazing content 💓
1. Dusty 2. Zeb 3. Marcus I could see zeb as 1 tho
nahh zeb was good and bi in but Marcus stuff was harder
What makes a miller flip a miller flip and not an underflip is it the hand drag?
ZEB WAS ROBBBEDDDDD
We've progressed so far that we're knuckle daggers now...might as well take up rollerblading at this point...
I had to come back and watch this video again I'm sorry but zeb freaking is unreal when it comes to knuckle huck (his stage presence is crazy and I'm just biting my nails in anticipation for what he is going to do), I could care less for the technical spins...I just want to see more creative riders for this section of competition
1:43 dude definitely fkd the landing. If you think he meant to do that…. 🤦🏼♂️
I’d rather watch this than dead fish jiggling on line any time 👏👏😁
My boy zeb got robbed asf
Is there a place to rewatch the whole event, or just the snowboarding knuckle huck?
All be doing these tricks soon
How about putting some lights at the knuckle so we can see them better?
Can someone explain to me why anything fs switch they're calling cab??
at this point we have to question if these guys are snowboarders or aliens. Jezus Christ
who won? Would say #1 Markus most technical, #2 Dusty this double was a beauty and #3 Zeb most creative
My man Zeb did a hand stand in the air.
9:16 🥇
Double cork without the kicker? Ok. Bonkers!
He did not just say "That's an NFT"...
Zeb is spamming the controller in his crazy head 🤡
Love the fries 🍟
Den’s knuckle knuckle drag🤙
commentators are hilarious
Sick!
haha
rofl @ 9:59 :D "im done"
best event of the gamaes
Who edited this?
Dusty Crammed That.
Zeb got robbed.
Dusty=Houdiny, layback double frontflip out of hand, thanks magician
yo @X Games where can we watch the full broadcast??? wth
It's up on the channel? A few videos before this. Wendy's knuckle huck: FULL COMPETITION
@@Khs1606 maybe its not available for europe
@@24mathiaswalser24 :O I'm in Europe, but maybe there is something else?
@@Khs1606 im from austria and can only watch the superpipe full broadcast. Dont know whats wrong
@@24mathiaswalser24 Aha, I'm Norwegian, only thing I can think of is that I know none of the Norwegian TV channels wanted to show this on TV so maybe for you a broadcaster in Austria has the rights to it or something?
Powell 👍👍👍👍👍