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Is Charles Gagnier the best rail skier in the world?

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Plod
Posts: 142 - Karma: 6
Reason I ask is because I saw this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mOKANlizVQ

I haven't seen anyone else doing stuff like that. He's throwing switch ups down HUGE urban rails, and I don't even have a clue what his 1 foot slide on that box rail is all about?!
Mar 24 2007 4:02PM
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holyDINOSAURS
Posts: 7038 - Karma: 639
MAYBE technically but i cant stand his style
Mar 24 2007 4:04PM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
he's real good, and ballsy no doubt, but not the best
Mar 24 2007 4:06PM
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DDrem.
Posts: 3552 - Karma: 24
his style is really weird, like the 1 foot butter. i cant decide if i like it or not. i know its hard but it looks so odd to me
Mar 24 2007 4:10PM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
ya seriously, being able to 12 with a perfect octo is not stylish. ????????
Mar 24 2007 4:13PM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
gotcha, and i see what you mean. hard to be stylish on that 3 rail series
Mar 24 2007 4:26PM
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Pman13a
Posts: 3800 - Karma: 452
is that skimatic footy?
Mar 24 2007 4:49PM
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--Daniel--
Posts: 1248 - Karma: 8
he's really good and creative and all, but all the handrails he does look sooo sketchy and he just leans into them so much that it takes all the style away. basically he's good at getting to the end of the rail but he doesn't look good on the way down.
Mar 24 2007 4:52PM
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Albino
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 123
ill pay that.
Mar 24 2007 5:24PM
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mtbakerteacher
Posts: 4185 - Karma: 20
the i hate ny boys are better
they do CRAZY shit
even though gagnier is hella good and that was a sick little urban chain thing he had ahah
Mar 24 2007 5:25PM
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AMcCraw
Posts: 845 - Karma: 703
hatveit is pretty good at handrails watch ski porn
Mar 24 2007 5:50PM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
yeh the bogart crew in my mind is one of the best i have seen anyways at urban...gagnier just makes everything he does look sooo easy...and i then i try it and fall before i even hit the rail...
Mar 24 2007 5:58PM
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shagalabagala
Posts: 2101 - Karma: 10
the most impressive thing about gagnier to me is that he basically has no unnatural or natural it seems like.  Look closely at most of his shots there- he spins and grinds both ways quite often. 
Skimatic in general was a sick movie for urban.  soooo many different rails
Mar 24 2007 6:04PM
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suji.fnacks
Posts: 1174 - Karma: 10
hes not to steezy on those handrails, hes everywhere with it, all flailing around. But hey better then me
Mar 24 2007 6:29PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7488 - Karma: 3,620
word
Mar 24 2007 6:31PM
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bryceCTS
Posts: 1069 - Karma: 7
hes no tom wallisch
Mar 24 2007 6:35PM
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Carter23
Posts: 1722 - Karma: 17
tom wallisch is pretty amazing
Mar 24 2007 6:40PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,538
I hate how plehouse ends his segment with him in mid air...they should have shown the whole shot
Mar 24 2007 8:07PM
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emb531
Posts: 468 - Karma: 28
that vid is sick, cork 10 all 4 ways was amazing. he completley sets the cork differently in every one.
Mar 24 2007 10:17PM
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Treestman
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 300
nah, i dont like his style on handrails, and ive seen more tech stuff in i hate ny and meatheads
Mar 24 2007 10:22PM
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invader7
Posts: 5756 - Karma: 49
ya hes deffinatly got him beat his still prety good tho
Mar 24 2007 10:25PM
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andy_boy
Posts: 4434 - Karma: 107
I think Ahmet Dadali has better style on them... and he may be better too.
Gagnier is just too French on them.
Mar 24 2007 10:25PM
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eheath
Posts: 61601 - Karma: 123,020
No.
Mar 24 2007 10:29PM
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slaydave
Posts: 1697 - Karma: 62
i love how people rag on his style... so ignorant
Mar 24 2007 10:45PM
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jhackbeez
Posts: 2136 - Karma: 258
i think he is just really creative, but he isnt the best one out there
Mar 24 2007 10:45PM
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ThePoopSock
Posts: 2619 - Karma: 22
he is sick
i think andreas is better on urbs and vanular is better in park rails, but its really just preference
for everyone to think one skier is the absolute best on rails he would have to be so unparralled by any means it would be rediclous, in other words their will never be one skier who is the best at rails, cause steeze is prefernce
Mar 24 2007 11:27PM
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.d.
Posts: 927 - Karma: 12
his bro is pretty good too
Mar 24 2007 11:33PM
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A@ron
Posts: 1320 - Karma: 86
his rails skills are really good but idk if there the best
Mar 24 2007 11:34PM
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powpow***
Posts: 196 - Karma: 10
^ agree
Mar 24 2007 11:46PM
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c+ald
Posts: 830 - Karma: 46
no, but he is in my mind one of the best jump skiers out there
Mar 24 2007 11:48PM
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forillasteeze
Posts: 168 - Karma: 10
he fucking sucks balls on rails cause he has no style.



TOM WALLISCH
Mar 24 2007 11:50PM
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CEDARIMAGE
Posts: 1428 - Karma: 257
werd hes a baller
Mar 24 2007 11:53PM
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crazyfuck
Posts: 5968 - Karma: -7
word. that was crazy.
Mar 25 2007 12:01AM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
its just creativity
Mar 25 2007 12:03AM
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Sholte
Posts: 2929 - Karma: 12
he's good probley not the best tho
Mar 25 2007 12:10AM
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nedward
Posts: 841 - Karma: 15
hes good...but not the best..



i also am not the biggest fan of his style on rails either
Mar 25 2007 12:57AM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
hes so far from the best its not even funnny.

In my opinion the top three rail skiers (in no particular order) ar Tom Wallisch, Will Wesson, and Ahmet Dadali.

Mar 25 2007 1:00AM
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erb-herder
Posts: 383 - Karma: 11
He has such crazy balance.
Mar 25 2007 1:10AM
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Plod
Posts: 142 - Karma: 6
Are there any other skiers that can do farvenugans like Gagnier?
Mar 25 2007 6:38AM
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