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Dave Chrichton

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ski-time
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Where'd he go? is he still doing comps?
i miss his style!
Jan 17 2006 4:31PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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he wrote jurrasic park 2 and then kinda just fell off the edge of the world it seems. Andromeda Strain was DOOOOOOOOPE. Was that crichton?
Jan 17 2006 4:34PM
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fitz
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i think he might be taking a rest, I heard his knee was hurting. I KNOW he's still skiing.
Jan 17 2006 4:39PM
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user098123
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Andromeda Strain was the shit! So was prey, I liked that too......
Jan 17 2006 4:50PM
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Big-Punisher
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actually it was Michael Crichton who wrote those books, David's older brother.
Jan 17 2006 5:43PM
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SkiingNinja
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 902
he broke his neck doing an urban rail, I think he should be almost recovered if not already
Jan 17 2006 6:06PM
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spyder1
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he designed/help build the park at the hill he used to ski which is outside of ottawa.
Jan 17 2006 6:09PM
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*emma*
Posts: 610 - Karma: 89
i heard he has had a lot of health problems over the years, but still skis as much as he can
Jan 17 2006 6:15PM
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poncho
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he is not competing in the x games or any other competitions as far as i know due to health problems. skiied with him the other day. he is still skiing quite often and yes he did help design and build the park at camp fortune, a local ski hill.
Jan 17 2006 6:35PM
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Ace3+4
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I miss him so much too!
Jan 17 2006 6:38PM
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dweezileast
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yeah, id heard that.
Jan 17 2006 6:45PM
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cams
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*Crichton
Jan 17 2006 6:59PM
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t3shellvenom
Posts: 3491 - Karma: 56
dave crichton had a sick segment in shanghai six, although the song kinda blew
Jan 17 2006 7:02PM
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twintipteles
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and then he decided that he was smarter than the vast majority of climate scientists and wrote a bullshit book supported by bullshit studies.
Jan 17 2006 7:13PM
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Bees_Knees
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he likes surfing better than skiing
Jan 17 2006 8:37PM
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JamesB
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yea sketch shut the fuck up his song was dope and whatt has happened to this guy he kills it
Jan 17 2006 8:41PM
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M+M
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his forward segment was dope steez
Jan 17 2006 8:43PM
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skiierman
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^ Yeah dude, when he destroyed that Copper jump.
Jan 17 2006 8:48PM
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twintipteles
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that bit of his segment still gets me more pumped for skiing than anything else.
Jan 17 2006 9:06PM
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poncho
Posts: 1573 - Karma: 23
wow...no offence but do any of you know how to read..i just posted that hes not competing due to health problems.
Jan 17 2006 9:09PM
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ski8990
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Everything about his segment in forward was just as sick as almost any other segment in a movie to date. He destroyed EVERYTHING!
Jan 17 2006 9:11PM
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skiierman
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^ Dude, we know and we really do not care... Well we do care greatly but we're not going to stop talking about him because you said he's not competing.
Jan 17 2006 9:11PM
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poncho
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i said that because people kept on asking the question i had just asnwered
Jan 17 2006 9:14PM
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skiierman
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It's NS... That's all I've got to say to that.
Jan 17 2006 9:18PM
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JamesB
Posts: 1461 - Karma: 11
i read what you said but what are these health problems thats wat i meant is the shit serious ^ ya cunt
Jan 17 2006 10:24PM
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___ASP___
Posts: 3861 - Karma: 490
didnt he break his back or something last year?
Jan 17 2006 10:27PM
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M+M
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i think at all different times he broke his back, neck, leg, arms, toes, fingers, and nose, thats why hes not competing due to those health reasons....jeez
Jan 17 2006 10:37PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
Congo was a good book. Too bad the movie sucked.
Jan 17 2006 11:54PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7487 - Karma: 3,618
and forward
Jan 18 2006 9:56AM
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ski8990
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His part in Forward was WAAYYY better. Ready Fire Aim had most of the same shots, but not the crazy ass quad kink and a few other things that were in forward
Jan 18 2006 9:59AM
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SBP
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he is my life hero. i was talking to him at best buy the other day. good old erands with the mother.
Jan 18 2006 12:00PM
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jibjim
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forward was amazxing vecause of dave
Jan 18 2006 1:43PM
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Tapes
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his 720 double backflip was sweet.
Jan 18 2006 1:44PM
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skogenjake
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BOOM! front page!
Apr 20 2006 8:15PM
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MarkieR
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welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.
Apr 20 2006 8:17PM
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Tze.C
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sweet pic. so good to see him back in action
Apr 20 2006 8:28PM
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forfun
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the front page pic is from his part in Shanghai 6
Apr 20 2006 8:33PM
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M+M
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what the hell is he doing in it
Apr 20 2006 8:37PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
either a shifty, or a shifty 180. its from sh6
Apr 20 2006 9:25PM
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r.w
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rehabilitation
Apr 20 2006 9:34PM
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skisebski
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yup.
Apr 20 2006 9:46PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
i guess we shouldnt be talking about his ailments, i learned this yesterday, it is a family matter, and shouldnt be discussed on ns. i learned the hard way
Apr 20 2006 9:48PM
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eastchris
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he is a solid skier
Apr 20 2006 10:05PM
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LDuggan420
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i think he is doing a shifty 180 and it is sooooo dope
Apr 20 2006 10:19PM
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justinm
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he was skiing at the d-jam, i wish he could make a comeback, he was my favorite skier by farr
Apr 20 2006 10:20PM
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iskilibertys
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his 50-50 on the big aspen rainbow was the sex
Apr 20 2006 10:26PM
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4frntSkier
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hes the man
Apr 20 2006 10:28PM
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MacMahoooon
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Please respect his privacy and not discuss his medical history whether you actually know or not
Apr 20 2006 11:49PM
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milkdud951
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yea we seshed the dfd n chris did the trap rail w/ him
Apr 21 2006 1:25AM
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Dan-Man
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ya I thought so so it is actually old!
Apr 21 2006 10:08AM
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skodeo7
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His seggy in RFA (footywise) had sooooo many of the same shots as Forward. Even in the same order at times. It was stupid.
Apr 21 2006 11:18AM
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