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Best Skier not in the X games

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SilkyJohnson
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My three are:
Mark Abma
Eric Pollard
Seth Morrison
Jan 28 2008 12:23AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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Pep Fujas should be in there. 90 to 270 revert would win no matter what
Jan 28 2008 12:24AM
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C-Burg
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Chris Benchetler
Rory Bushfield
Mark Abma
Pep and Andy
Jan 28 2008 12:25AM
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saucer_boy_lives
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wow, good call. big mountain skier competing in park.
Jan 28 2008 12:28AM
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solitaryman
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t wall
Jan 28 2008 12:30AM
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C-Burg
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I am pretty sure Abma pep and those guys would throw down some stylie and big shit. Watc abma's park shots in 7SD and tell me he wont do well

Jan 28 2008 12:30AM
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rynmartn
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Candide Thovex.....DUH! injured yes i know.

Tom Wallisch...i suppose yea.

Jan 28 2008 12:32AM
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*DrewT*
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dude seth should totally be in X games, I'm sure he'd win
Jan 28 2008 12:32AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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Dumont to...to bad he blew out is shoulder the night before
Jan 28 2008 12:32AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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in slope style i mean
Jan 28 2008 12:33AM
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AwR
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rory would just destroy and then throw a switch double back and stomp it.


Jan 28 2008 12:35AM
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eheath
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I was watching the xgames today and i said to myself to like 1/2 of the riders "wow, tom could have done that, but better."
Jan 28 2008 12:35AM
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Schoening
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dspong.

watch for this kid at the open. back and fucking destroying
Jan 28 2008 12:39AM
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Flo_Rida_2016
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eric ollard would NOT do well in the x games. anyone who says he would obviously doesnt understand big mountain vs park. also xgames is like all about tech+ style, not about uniqueness. im betting pep andy and pollard prob wouldnt even qualify. they do their own thing and props to that but they really cant compete in this league anymore.

i would say twall wouldve killed slope. i only saw colby west pretzel once and no completed finalist run included a pretzel nor switch up in it. twall couldve gone 2on2outpretz, underflip off the "cannon," then the standard spins.
Jan 28 2008 12:44AM
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SilkyJohnson
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i am not saying they should be in the x games, just ones that are good but not there
Jan 28 2008 12:48AM
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Krongos
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the idea crew
seth morrison
mark abma
Jan 28 2008 12:50AM
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eheath
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gah derek almost forgot.
Jan 28 2008 12:52AM
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SirFryanator
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YES. Such a sick skier, too bad that he had that crash.
Jan 28 2008 12:53AM
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Sholte
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pep and andy. and t walsh.
Jan 28 2008 1:43AM
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garrett.
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gee i dunno..... maybe sammy?
Jan 28 2008 2:02AM
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CMF
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he should have been in there instead of spriggs or backe. just my opinion.
Jan 28 2008 2:08AM
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J.D.
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There are tons of good skiers not in the x games for the very good reason that they don't ski in a way which is suitable to the x games' format. That's kind of like looking at a world cup downhill event and saying "Seth Morrison is a great skier and he's not in this." No shit, because he isn't a racer. Just as he isn't a comptetition park skier.

The best skier not in X this year who belongs there is Corey Vanular.
Jan 28 2008 2:36AM
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Billiards.
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Well as for good skiers not in the X games, there are too many to name. Or are we talking good skiers that should be in the X games but weren't in the X games? As for that I would say Ahmet, Tom, Adam Delorme maybe? Vanular and so many more. Outside of the X games there are hundreds of guys though, Idea crew, and just... a lot.
Jan 28 2008 2:40AM
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vosgcone
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candide, then t wall
Jan 28 2008 7:08AM
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.makuma.
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mos def    my three are pep, candide, and TJ
Jan 28 2008 8:42AM
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dontH8innovate
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quoted for truth
Jan 28 2008 8:56AM
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Mr.O
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yeah and the only reason TJ, and Candide weren't in it is because they are hurt
Jan 28 2008 9:00AM
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quebecfreestyler
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I dont remember seing tom wallish perform well in a comeptition. He's dope but he dont have the comp results to back him up yet.

Then you have kids like vanular (hurt), Phil Casabon (didnt get an invite), Henrik Harlaut (didnt get and invite)Adam Delorm (didnt get an invite) Tj Schiller (hurt) that should have been there but couldnt even tho they have good competition results in the past year and were either not invited or got hurt.
Jan 28 2008 9:07AM
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CoFreeskier369
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Cory Vanular>>>>>>>>>>>>
Jan 28 2008 9:33AM
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Pipe_Munky
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you guys need to realise that you're naming off skiers that don't compete anymore. why would pep, andy or seth compete? they don't need to up there credentials any more. they've paid their dues.

plus i don't think they could keep up with these young guns anyways.


Jan 28 2008 9:36AM
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al_britskiier
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Oscar scherlin

Jan 28 2008 9:39AM
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crunkasfuck
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Candide! no dought!
Jan 28 2008 10:09AM
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Billy_B
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yea tom wallisch i think so
Jan 28 2008 10:21AM
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Shorton
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mike wilson deserved to be in slope..he would have killed that up box so bad...

Jan 28 2008 10:35AM
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jerad
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are you KIDDING me?
Jan 28 2008 10:46AM
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Ryanvdonk
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you have never seen anders ski then, that guy is ridiculously sick, so much style, and stomps everything.
Jan 28 2008 11:22AM
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B-Haag
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Eric Pollard
Seth Morrison
Candide Thovex 
Jan 28 2008 12:05PM
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colin13
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if i could pick one skier it would be candide thovex. theres no question, he has BC skillz and he has gotten gold in pipe and slopestyle before.
Jan 28 2008 12:08PM
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radoripper
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no he is not kidding.  that is fact.  andy and pep did not qualify last year, so why would they this year?  did they start training rails or were they at keystone working on rightside 9s or switch 12s early season?  no, they were not.

they are both great skiers but they are out of their league when it comes to park nowadays.  they are much better/happier/fit for bc stuff like in idea.

the rest of you who are throwing out guys like abmaand seth morrison  are also wrong. they can hit a jump in a movie, but they will tell you that they do not have the bag of tricks to throw 4 consecutive hits from right/left and switch right/left.

imo, the best riders imo who could have done well (based soley on the video footage i have seen and not comp results) would be delorme, ahmet, and wallisch


Jan 28 2008 12:20PM
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LPT_311
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I read that as Oscar Schindler the First time I saw it...hahaha
Jan 28 2008 12:26PM
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spiegel
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tj schiller

corey vanular

tom wallisch
Jan 28 2008 12:35PM
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joly.sp
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vanular

mik d

benchelter
Jan 28 2008 12:55PM
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Line0777
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LJ best rail skier ever
Jan 28 2008 1:04PM
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B.Snow
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Pep, Benchetler, Bode Miller

Jan 28 2008 1:09PM
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Shmee150
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Candide Thovex
TJ Schiller
Tom Wallisch
Oscar Scherlin
Corey Vanular
Mike Wilson
Jan 28 2008 1:19PM
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Shmee150
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But based on his segment in 7 Sunny Days, TJ Schiller is on top of the world at the moment! :P
Jan 28 2008 1:21PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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Mik D
Rory Silva
Evan Raps
Jan 28 2008 1:24PM
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Alex_G
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Chris Turpin is getting really good he might be up in contention for this one
Jan 28 2008 1:26PM
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comeatmebro
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i agree with you somewhat, no they would not stand a chance as far as winning, but qualifying yes. just because they have went out this year and done their own thing, doesn't mean they aren't good. abma for sure would have qualified, and andy and pep would've had a decent chance. no they aren't made for the x-games and they don't like to do that shit, but they could still hold their own as far as qualifying.
Jan 28 2008 1:28PM
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e.will
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yes because there were so many rails in the course this year.
Jan 28 2008 1:28PM
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Rajna
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delorme
Jan 28 2008 1:30PM
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