User blog comment:ElectricEnder222/Volume 2 Episode 4 Discussion/@comment-4834824-20140815021551/@comment-2006510-20140815040600

That could have something to do with it

But we still have to remember this was a FoodFight; none of them were fighting with their full potential in many respects - and they had no reason to win beyond the fight itself. Plus we have to admit, none of their weapons or Semblances/Auras were capable of blocking a mini-hurricane. Damage, certainly, but not the ability to be unaffected by high-velocity winds.

In other words, it was a situational win - without walls or obstacles, Team JNPR could have landed on their feet, dazed, but still relatively unharmed by the attack. If Ruby pulled this move on the Giant Nevermore, it might have been buffeted, but little else... so it hardly seems like an I-win button in the first place imo