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Official Eric Pollard is NOT washed up thread

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jvvaulter
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dude seriously you rule
Feb 21 2007 10:35PM
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snocompton
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waiting for someone to make this. but yea seriously your not even close to being done.
Feb 21 2007 10:36PM
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andy_boy
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Yeah we all love him...
Feb 21 2007 10:36PM
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4frntSkier
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probs most progressive skier
Feb 21 2007 10:37PM
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drewishish
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that shit is just whack. pollard with NEVER be washed up.
Feb 21 2007 10:37PM
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unchyll
Posts: 4554 - Karma: 96
who teh fuck said he's washed up??????
im really getting tired of everyone thinking that after you hit 25 your skiing career is over
Feb 21 2007 10:40PM
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ThaLetterM.
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who said he was? they are foolish.
Feb 21 2007 10:40PM
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snocompton
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he said he was on ns radio like 10 minutes ago. he thinks hes close to being "x"ed out of the industry. crazy bastard.
Feb 21 2007 10:41PM
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james44
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your not washed up eric

Feb 21 2007 10:44PM
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inaba116
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I heart him and his skis
Feb 21 2007 10:47PM
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CTD
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seriously. eric is the most amazing, artistic skier ever. ive been sooo amazed listening to him. id love to sit down and talk with him about life.

never, on earth with pollard be washed up. the impact hes had on the sport has solidified him a role that will never be able to be removed.
Feb 21 2007 10:51PM
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Cheeseninja
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Even if the "industry x's him out," I'm sure many smaller companies would be stroking their boners at the idea of having him with them, designing skis and whatnot. Hopefully he's gotten enough money to not need much of an income now.
Feb 21 2007 11:03PM
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watchmefall15
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u better not quit skiing pollard, u got mad skillz on dem skiz
Feb 21 2007 11:05PM
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AwR
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please dont quit skiing man, best skier hands down. I want to be like you, i have your skis and love them.
Feb 21 2007 11:08PM
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Silence
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Pollard will never be washed up. e.h HH clip
Feb 21 2007 11:09PM
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604.
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You are not washed up...your one of the best skiers out there.
Feb 21 2007 11:15PM
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Black-Bandanna
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He said "I think im nearing the end of my career." or some shit like that.....


BUT ITS BULLSHIT!!
Feb 21 2007 11:17PM
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604.
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Oh and also the site looks pretty cool. Any one that wasnt listening to NSRadio his new site is www.ericpollarddesign.com
Feb 21 2007 11:17PM
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Literature
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Mike Douglas is washed up.

Eric Pollard is a skier, not an Xgames announcer. He continually creatively forces skiing to collectively go "Damn, I didn't know that was possible." No where near washed up.
Feb 21 2007 11:27PM
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AKdiv
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I disagree. X-Games gigs notwithstanding, he's amazing at big mountain freeriding and seems to be stepping it up each season. I'm not saying he has the current impact of Pollard, but I don't think it's fair to call him washed up.
Feb 21 2007 11:51PM
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Literature
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Douglas can freeride, but his failure to differentiate between rails and boxes, his comments about the "level" of Stephan Thomas' riding, and the fact that he never brought any attention to the lack of grabs or how Andreas Hatviet got robbed in pipe make him washed up in my opinion.
Feb 21 2007 11:59PM
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AKdiv
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No doubt, he's a shitty commentator. In his defense, all of the X-Games media acted like crack-smoking monkeys.
Feb 22 2007 12:06AM
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RoLLLinDeep
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who gives a fuck about his failure to differentiate shit.......he still rips
Feb 22 2007 12:54AM
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tjski
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pollard is just getting stared with the new generation of skiing. the only reason some people think he is washed up is because he doesnt do comps and isnt in every fuckin ski magazine. he just shreds for fun.
Feb 22 2007 1:06AM
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SmoKinSkier
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I dont think j levs giving up on him n e time soon considering he dropped the whole minus Eric!!
Feb 22 2007 1:07AM
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MtHoodCork9
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I saw him pep and andy up at mt hood one weekend, they ate lunch right next to me. But I didnt know what to say to them so I just left them alone. Saw them take a couple runs too, pep and eric ski backwards so fast and comfortable.
Feb 22 2007 1:07AM
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wazzucrewskier
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watch the meadows video on his site, it says it all, nose butter 5 on a little rock knoll thing.  crazy
Feb 22 2007 1:15AM
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Casey
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his commentary at the X-games wasn't supposed to be for you, or me, or people that know anything about skiing. I mean, I kind of doubt you need someone to differentiate a rail from a box for you, but someone who doesn't know the difference probly doesn't give a shit either. The X-Games is about bringing fringe sports to the masses, and to just have someone pointing out that that spinny flippy thing was a little harder than that spinny flippy thing. I don't think he did that good of a job, but he probly made a huge amount of money for it, and at least they had someone who does actually know their shit talking about it. It would've been a lot worse to put Sal Masekala and that 50 year old chick that sits inside trying to explain candides run to people.
Feb 22 2007 3:49AM
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UFOsarereal
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jea, but I wish that he'd give us a little bit to work with, you know? I mean, we're kind of the reason he's got the gig he's got, right? He should at least give a little credit to the kids watching X pipe or slope. Either way though, he IS better than Sal or anyone else that could be commenting....
Feb 22 2007 4:04AM
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Logchucker
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So winning the K2 Back nine=washed up, OK got it
Feb 22 2007 5:07AM
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XXL_Steeze
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I wont allow Pollard to stop skiing before he has pulled a shifty zero spin over chads gap.
Feb 22 2007 7:19AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Yeah seriously Pollard is so not washed up... I'm going to send him the link to this thread. Little positive re-inforcement never hurt anyone!

Feb 22 2007 8:48AM
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steezyjibber
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wow. thats retarded
Feb 22 2007 9:11AM
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chrismoJBEATS
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honestly, pollard you are my idol. everytime i try to ski powder or something of that sort, i just remember your style and it seems like i ski so much better.
Feb 22 2007 10:01AM
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lt.milo
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IMO hes just getting started
Feb 22 2007 10:06AM
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chrismoJBEATS
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do it seriously, im kinda pissed he thinks hes washed up!
Feb 22 2007 10:11AM
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nitsua
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yeah hes the nicest chap ever...
got some maaaaaad skiing skillz
Feb 22 2007 10:20AM
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hiphopopotamus
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ya Pollard is the man and will always be the man
Feb 22 2007 11:31AM
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psychkub
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Dude, you're freakin' 24! no where near being washed up... or ever will be, in my opinion. You're one of the few people I can watch ski and get totally amped off of. You're an asset to this industry!

Feb 22 2007 11:47AM
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*DrewT*
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haha washed up. I don't think you'll ever get washed up and if you do you're far from it
Feb 22 2007 11:49AM
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Sholte
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pollards not washed up, he is the sickest skier in the inddresy.
Feb 22 2007 11:55AM
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General.
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Washed up? never saw that coming ...
Feb 22 2007 12:39PM
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Skierkiddo
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pollard is the shit, hes one of a kind
Feb 22 2007 12:54PM
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ponyboy
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I really think he's too old to ski anymore. I mean he's like married now and really lame. poor guy.
Feb 22 2007 1:06PM
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lolFRONTFLIP
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Eric Pollard is a steaming pile of shit, no one likes him and i think he looks like a jew and a homo.
Feb 22 2007 1:15PM
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SHastatahoe
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POLLARD IS THE MAN, but he does kinda look jewish.

He is so core that he's liquid hot magma.
Feb 22 2007 1:52PM
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Holte
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I can understand modesty, but man...such a shocking remark from arguably the best skier alive. It'd be like THall winning the X-Games and suddenly claiming he's washed up.
Feb 22 2007 1:55PM
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hoodratz47
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well. i see where he might be saying that.. with compans kicking off old guns for young'ns ,, but no way is he done with his skiing.
Feb 22 2007 2:27PM
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Fintendo
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The thing I love about Pollard is no matter what, he'd be doing something different all the time and it seemed he didn't really care what people thought of it. Skiing needs a guy like Pollard who isn't out there doing what everybody else id throwing to get coverage and coin, 450/810 to rail, switch 5s or 9s off any back country hit, so on so on. His part in push was only part I really got into, and it's one of my favorite segments of that season and the last couple.
Feb 22 2007 2:37PM
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kepler.
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have i missed something? i haven't heard anything sayin he's washed up. he's my favorite skier right now and has been for years. i love how anywhere he goes, he throws the most style into whatever he does. plus rippin through trees switch is plain sick
Feb 22 2007 2:44PM
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