“That’s Just Wrong”; Pro Snowboarder Scotty James Once Debunked a Scoring Myth Around His Dangerous Olympic Sport in 2020

Every sport has certain rules and regulations. All the participants have to abide by those laws. However, commercial shows and movies manipulate some aspects of sports to make to look more appealing to the viewers. Makers often end up playing with the basic rules of the sports, thinking that the unaware audience won’t notice it. However, things get tricky when a professional player brings out such mistakes. One such incident happened when Scotty James reviewed famous snowboarding scenes from different movies. 

In 2020, Scotty James appeared in a special YouTube series of GQ Sports. 

Scotty James discarded various scenes shown in Cloud9

Scotty James watched snowboarding sequences from popular movies and kept informing the audience about the related details. He highlighted the functions of different objects available in a pipeline that normal viewers aren’t aware of. He explained the technical aspects and key terms related to the sport. However, things got interesting when the competitions kicked off in the competition. 

Scotty initially reviewed scenes from the Cloud9 movie. The first scene featured a girl showcasing her skills on the pipeline. However, the star snowboarder revealed that in actual sports, the attempt wouldn’t even be considered a skill. He said, “I am not sure whether they are trying to say it’s a trick, but I would say it’s a pose.” Scotty was amused by the fact the girl kept repeating the same pose. 

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Later, a toe-touching technique impressed him. However, the pro snowboarder got disappointed after seeing the scoring criterion of the judges. A scene popped up where judges were shown giving points out of 10. James completely discarded it and immediately said, “Now that’s just wrong.” He added the total points in a pipeline are 100 and not 10. Scotty added, “We don’t get scored out of 7s, 8s, and 10s, we got scored out of 100”.

James provided interesting information

During the full interview, James delved into various perspectives and angles of snowboarding. He provided fascinating information to the viewers about judgment criteria, scoring options, and much more. He kept cracking jokes and tried to give unbiased objective reviews about it all the scenes. 

Scotty James is the youngest Australian to ever compete at the Winter Games. The 28-year-old snowboarder has dominated the halfpipe event for more than a decade. His precise knowledge helped him achieve great heights in his career. It seems like his opinions would bring more reality to the movie scenes. 

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