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The real Godfather of Skiing

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chillonhill
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O.K. lets here it, Who in your opinion is the real
godfather of skiing, Who's style influenced you the most, Made you want to be stylie like him, ect.
Can make this a east / west war
JP or Mike D, or maybe someone else. It is time to add your 2 cents.

Apr 7 2005 11:43AM
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chillonhill
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or euro / america war
Jon / Tanner

Apr 7 2005 11:44AM
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Cytane
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Pep
Apr 7 2005 11:57AM
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yetigonecrazy
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dood.....Glen Plake, Scot Schmidt, Robb Gaffney, etc....without them there would be no freeskiing.....but if youre going to be a gay park rat and say who influenced park skiing the most, then its without a doubt Mike Douglas....hes the one we have to thank for the twin tip



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Apr 7 2005 12:13PM
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ItsPhil
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Plake

Apr 7 2005 12:15PM
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DANETRON
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pep

LINE kicks ass
Apr 7 2005 12:16PM
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freestyler540
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Plake Mike Douglas are the godfather (and grand-fathers) of modern freeskiing.



Responsability,what's that?
Apr 7 2005 12:16PM
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t_walker
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godfather = plake
most influencial modern skiier def candide

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Apr 7 2005 12:22PM
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J.D.
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Teddy Knape.

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Yeah the truth is, that I miss you so.
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I should not have let you go.
Apr 7 2005 12:23PM
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d-loc
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peekaboo street

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Apr 7 2005 12:23PM
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Machete23
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McConkey


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Apr 7 2005 12:29PM
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kendrick
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Plake, Sergei, Evan Dybvig, Caleb Martin, Mike D, Chip Knight, JF Cusson, JP Auclair

cko is a pussy
Apr 7 2005 12:32PM
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ensv
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Different skiers influenced there type of skiing with there tallent and promonence
Park - tanner hall
Free Ride - Shane McConckey
Moguls - Johny Mossly
Race - Herman Myer

those who can't ski snowblade and those who can't snowblade snowboard
Apr 7 2005 12:42PM
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Switchstyle
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plake

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I wish I had super powers
Like being able to summon tasty cheese
But would I use it for good or evil?
I just don't know...
Apr 7 2005 12:51PM
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freezeskier540
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Glen plake

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Apr 7 2005 12:52PM
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gaperslayer
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plake and schmidt


Apr 7 2005 12:55PM
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lineskier07
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ya id have to say plake and shmidt to but you cant forget the first generation park skiers like skogan and clint fiala

Apr 7 2005 1:03PM
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highfive
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tanner

$$$$$-BOSTON-$$$$$
Apr 7 2005 1:37PM
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chillonhill
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Congrat's you are all correct, You have won
nothing

Apr 7 2005 2:28PM
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michiganjibber
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I can't believe nobody said C.R. Johnson. Maybe he isn't all old and stuff but he definitely was a pioneer of making halfpipe skiing legit and also bringing the big tricks to the b/c. In my opinion he's the best overall skier in the world, and on top of that he ALWAYS has super solid video parts. He was the first person I saw do a bio in a video as well. (Not sure if he was the first though) .




I dont know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
Apr 7 2005 2:38PM
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Logchucker
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Billy the Kid, World Champion 64, really brought america into skiing, creating the boom in ski villages we see today.


The smart man does not know everything, rather the smart man admits when he knows nothing.
Apr 7 2005 2:41PM
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montageskier
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plake.

Apr 7 2005 2:41PM
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samwise
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the guy to invent skiing

Apr 7 2005 2:56PM
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InfernoHits
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Candide in The Game

Apr 7 2005 2:56PM
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4frntSkier
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PLAKE

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Apr 7 2005 3:05PM
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downhiller52
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i can't believe i'm the only person on this site that has learned anything from seth....but i guess a lot of you never ski outside the park!

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Apr 7 2005 3:09PM
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Melvs
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plake, schmidt, douglas, and I really do hate to say it, but for me in the begining.. mosely... as much of a toolas he is now, he is one of the reasons I'm into freeskiing today.

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Apr 7 2005 3:11PM
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Astomp
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pollard....

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Apr 7 2005 3:12PM
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MarkieR
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godfather you jackasses, not hot right now. if i see tanner or pep or pollard on this post one more time i am going to puke. plake and schmidt were the first skiers to be sponsored who didnt really do anything in particular besides rip all the time and look like rockstars doing it. without them, there wouldnt be sponsored skiers, or a newschool scene.

if i said it, it must be the truth!
Apr 7 2005 3:17PM
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Astomp
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hey douche bag... why dont you go watch some of pollard and you will see how progressive he was in the beggining of the whole movement. he was workong on the progression of the sport far before tanner or pep.

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Apr 7 2005 3:20PM
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skifiend
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PLAKE all the way. He made me want to be a rock star on the hill.


Smuggs kicks ass

Fat skis, Tight trees
Apr 7 2005 3:20PM
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skiierman
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For park, anyone in the New Canadian Airforce and for big mountian it would have to be... Shit I don't know my history...

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Apr 7 2005 3:29PM
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SkierJulie
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Plake and Schmidt in Blizzard of Ahhhs.

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Apr 7 2005 3:30PM
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Logchucker
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The smart man does not know everything, rather the smart man admits when he knows nothing.
Apr 7 2005 3:31PM
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Logchucker
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DAmn right, 17 year old wonder kid Roy Sherwood

The smart man does not know everything, rather the smart man admits when he knows nothing.
Apr 7 2005 3:31PM
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freestyleskiin
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not a pro yet but these two kids named rob allison and bobby tranzoski (i dont auteully kno how to spell it)

Apr 7 2005 3:33PM
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MarkieR
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to ass stomper: pollard is extremely progressive, he is probably my favorite skier to watch, however, he is not the godfather. a godfather is someone who starts a movement, not someone who participates in a movement. get that straight before you start talking shit and sounding like a jackass.

if i said it, it must be the truth!
Apr 7 2005 3:33PM
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asac
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plake obviously. no newschool skiers or racers are godfathers. we're to far along in the sport to be picking a godfather now.

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Apr 7 2005 3:38PM
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DannyMac
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KREITLER!

Apr 7 2005 3:38PM
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skiierman
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Feschies! How could we forget about him!?

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Apr 7 2005 3:41PM
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mammothloc
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Plake, and who are these kids saying Pep? he didnt get in the game till lke five years ago, how does that classify him as a godfather of skiing?

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Apr 7 2005 3:43PM
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chillonhill
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oh well maybe stein ericson then yeah scmitt too, they were pioneers even wayne wong,
but that wasn't really newschool

Apr 7 2005 4:10PM
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skisebski
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Glen Plake, Scot Schmidt, Robb Gaffney,

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Apr 7 2005 4:19PM
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mmm4twintips
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Plake
McConkey
Hate to admit it but Johny Mosley
Salomon Dynastar and the other companies who produced twins at first.

Dont get mad for people saying pep and tanner and pollard a lot of people on this site are between 13-18 years old and that is what they remember and thats who it was for them.

Apr 7 2005 4:19PM
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Astomp
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Josh Frazier, Griffin Cummings and Eric Pollard are the west coast godfathers. they made the first twin tip in a garage and sold the idea to salomon. so that sounds like a movement to me.

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Apr 7 2005 4:24PM
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Armadaguy
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JP and douglas did it togerther but douglas is still the godfather

do it for yourself and no one else
Apr 7 2005 4:25PM
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Astomp
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"And this was before they had any twin-tips. They were riding huge 200 centimeter skis. They were such rebels, and so far ahead of everyone that no one would listen to them. They were the first to do ollies on skis, and they were sliding logs back in the day. And they did it all with good style. They were the originators of what everyone’s doing today. "

The Tao of Pollard
Micah Abrams


http://www.freezeonline.com/freeze/features/article/0,13122,554963,00.html

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Apr 7 2005 4:29PM
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Girays_Brother
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tanner and jp

I HATE NY PRODUCTION
Apr 7 2005 4:35PM
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skitolive123456789
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yea!! the original nose grab!!!

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Apr 7 2005 4:38PM
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chillonhill
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Now there is a very reasonable answer, and true for the younger Generation it might be other people but the name Godfather is owned by Mike Douglas for most of us

Apr 7 2005 4:38PM
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freestyle_rich
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too hard to pick a 'godfather' of skiing because too many ppl contributed to newschool skiing. im surprised that noone has mentioned JF cusson - hes been killin it for years

Apr 7 2005 4:53PM
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