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Tanner Hall - Most inovative skiier?

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Shilling
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This quote was taken directly from the interview with Tanner Hall's Father:
"I’m not going to tell you what he’s already planning to do next year, but if he does three quarters of the routine he’s planning he’ll be doing something that nobody on skis or snowboard has ever done in a pipe."
What could he possibly be thinking of doing that hasnt already been done? another double flip?
Jul 1 2008 8:44PM
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i.ski.troll.
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hes gonna bring back the venus fly trap
Jul 1 2008 8:46PM
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ghosfacekilla
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I think in terms of trick Turpin is crazy innovative, one of the first guys to do full pipe runs switch and as far as i know he started the whole lazy boy/handdrag off jumps thing
Jul 1 2008 9:03PM
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Nicholas.
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TRIPLE BACKFLIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP11111111111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 1 2008 9:07PM
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skiRay
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andy parry!!!
Jul 1 2008 9:15PM
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Shilling
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Im thinking maybe a double flatspin or something close to the kangaroo flip. I dont know though i can jus tsay i am soooo stoked to see his run this year.
Jul 1 2008 9:41PM
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zackblain
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beowolfs ftw
Jul 1 2008 9:47PM
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Karcher
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i would say he is just about. or one of the most. he went from being one of the best skiers in the park to being one of the best skiers in the pow. not very many skiers can do that. he might be to blame for a lot of attention towards powder
Jul 1 2008 9:51PM
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chronicskiier2
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hes gonna whip out some ssx on tour shit...who says you cant actually rip off your skis when airing out?
Jul 1 2008 10:03PM
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VinniCash
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antoine gagnier
Jul 1 2008 10:03PM
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Shilling
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hah, i loled.
Jul 1 2008 10:06PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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Off topic... but i was super impressed with that little interview.
To have someone of that age, and stature call out the guys at the olympics for putting skier x, but not pipe... that speaks volumes about the mistakes those people are making at an international level. Something along the lines of skier x not being a spectator sport... right on the money. Plus everything he said about Tanner being a monster the next coming seasons, I believe every word. When you see a guy like that with that skill get powerful... you can not stop it.

He was the first guy with a different style... really. Calm, no movement, low down steeze. I would totally say he has been more innovative over the last stretch of time than anyone else. Guys come and go and do some really awesome shit, but no one pushes harder I dont think. He has slayed every single different type of what we do. Then people doubt the guy when he competes, he wins, and changes the way you look at that. Then he changes the way movies are made... (I would say IDea and believe were sorta similar in that aspect) The there is Armada, What havent they done?

Maybe not tricks, though I am sure if its out there the guy can do it. But innovative in the way skiing is done. He always seems to see the future. Doing everything both ways... check out your old freeze subscriptions, every year when the "official" Tanner interview came out he was speaking on something no one else was even thinking about at the time.

Thats just looking back... Imagine the shit he might come up with for the next few years of pipe. Go ahead, take a minute.............................................................................................................................
anything? ok well that is just one thing, now imagine if he decides to get back big into urban, and what the new kinds of skis can do for his bc game, holy crap I sound like I wanna marry the dood. no homo... I am just excited to see the hot new shit!
Jul 1 2008 11:02PM
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STwoops
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u need an "n" dude, and he's not very innovative, just all around really really good at everything, garratt russell, pk and tj are the most innovative skiers.
Jul 1 2008 11:04PM
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schism
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pollard?
Jul 1 2008 11:06PM
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STwoops
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yeah, back in the day, he did pretty much invent switch pow skiing and those crazy butters, but i was talkin like right now, he hasn't really done anything besides idea that was very innovative in a while.
Jul 1 2008 11:09PM
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LuchoR
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pep fujas = innovative
Jul 1 2008 11:38PM
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Atypical
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I lolled at the title.

Granted, he's a very good skier and innovative. but he's no the most innovative.

When I watch his segments I don't go "ZOMGIPOPPEDAWOOOODYYYYY"
Fujas, Polard, Auclair, West however...

But then again, it could just be personal taste.
Jul 1 2008 11:47PM
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dave44
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switch double flips in the pipe??
Jul 1 2008 11:47PM
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Atypical
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I'll give him that.

Jul 2 2008 12:04AM
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Franny
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J.O is the most innovative in my books.
Jul 2 2008 12:05AM
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ahmedthesailor
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supa man front in the pipe...
Jul 2 2008 12:24AM
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cottonwoodarmada1651
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I think it was 1242 I was watching last year and noticed that Tanner did a no grab sw7 shifty...and I was just like "What?  Nobody was doing no-grabs or shiftys back then!"

That said, I wouldn't say he's the MOST innovative out there, but he's certainly overall the best.


Jul 2 2008 12:53AM
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HermioneGranger
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is a genius.
Jul 2 2008 1:52AM
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Switchin_Dirty
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uhhhhhnnnn. tanner is gonna do somethin dirty, he kills it. probably do first hit switch double flip with two different grabs or some shit.

or flips into the pipe, or butter, or hand drag to switch hit, whooooooooo knows. tanner isn't real, hes a video game holograph, everyone knows that, he'll do whatever he wants. whatever he needs too, hes got a serious arsenal.
Jul 2 2008 1:57AM
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skiingonskis
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well seeing as they pretty much invented freeskier, i would sya Auclair, Cusson, Douglas, coombs, and all those dope older guys are the most innovative....it depends what light you see it in.  half the tricks we do today were invented by those guys.
Jul 2 2008 3:27AM
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.hanaski.
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Jul 2 2008 3:49AM
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shea.
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tanners segment in high society was the reason i freestlye ski... tanner ha been the best the whole time ive been skiing... no doubt the best
Jul 2 2008 5:06AM
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TheBigD
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while tanner hall is not the most inovative skiier, he is always pushing what others have laid out for him, and his "guerrilla" style of stance is by far the most popular style of skiing park, so that in it's own says a lot
Jul 2 2008 9:10AM
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FellowJibber
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lol. he does look like a gorilla.

he'll pul an 1800 in the pipe
Jul 2 2008 9:13AM
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Drew.C
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back to back switch 1080,s or he'll do 3   1080's in a row. I dont think hes gonna do a dub flip.
Jul 2 2008 9:46AM
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Malcolm
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yea his mutes on rails are sick
Jul 2 2008 9:52AM
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Shilling
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yeah its really hard to measure "innovation' because it really is opinion, but in my opinion he is the most innovative skiier, not necessarily in the tricks he throws, or the pow he skiis but when you combine them all together he is an innovation in itself for our sport, pushing it forward and onward into new areas never explored by men. People can't pretend that freestyle skiing doesnt exist, its out there, and we're pushing harder than ever. if only the internatiol olympics comitee wouldnt be so ignorant...
Jul 2 2008 1:42PM
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alaskakid
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What I really want to see is tanner double flip in the backcountry.

Jul 2 2008 1:43PM
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skiingonskis
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i would like to see that haha, seeing as it wouldnt work.

Jul 2 2008 1:45PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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he is so innovative, he would make it possible. with no revert. oooh
Jul 2 2008 1:51PM
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dorikin
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Check out the Redbull Ski video updates.
Jul 2 2008 2:00PM
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faux_real
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The history of freeskiing is getting re-written in this thread. Tanner's gorilla steeze wasn't an innovation--it was a response to Eric Pollard and other people who were focusing on style. Someone above suggested that he invented unnatural spins too. Again. Tanner picked it up quickly, but it Pollard was doing unnatural stuff first. Sure, Tanner did the first sw 450 onto a rail, and he got everyone to do cork 3s without grabs, but if you look back on his career, he's not an innovator like Pollard or Pep. Instead, he's a competitor. He's got a ton of raw talent and he feels compelled to stay on top of the sport. His move to the halfpipe and backcountry are clearly motivated out of a desire to stay on top of the sport. Not to say he doesn't have "soul," but he's obviously a calculating person who will do anything they can to stay on top (there's nothing wrong with that--it's good for the sport). Contrast him with Pep or Pollard. They're pro skiing's leisure class. Can you see one of having a bad video segment, and then going out and doing something along the lines of hitting Chad's switch or breaking the record air in a quarterpipe? Those guys are innovator's. Tanner has a different orientation towards the sport.
Jul 2 2008 5:30PM
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gregor
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I'd say he was innovative when he was a teenager.  Now simply one of the most technically gifted.
Jul 2 2008 5:38PM
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Mex_LineJib^a
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hunting yeti dude... that along with idea is some of the freshest and inovative skiing i've ever seen. such a good vibe to see pollard, mahre, pep & crew have so much fun out there. i think tanner is alot more influential than he is innovative, there's a difference.

Jul 2 2008 5:54PM
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dorikin
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A true marketing genius.
Jul 2 2008 6:17PM
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BIG_SALTY
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he is going to pull some tricks off of ssx on tour. Take of the ski mid air and do some crazy spin and put it back on
Jul 2 2008 6:29PM
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Celone
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jp auclair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 2 2008 6:41PM
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Mex_LineJib^a
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him or the oakley/redbull engine that powers him? (didn't include armada well because he owns it)
Jul 2 2008 7:29PM
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dorikin
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Probably all of the above. However, the image that is portrayed of you, is really your own doing. When he was younger and first becoming exposed he was rebellious, and I think a lot of us that were trying to break away from the spandex/knee patch scene so we really thought his style was new and cool and we saw parallels between him and our own interests. The whole hip hop reggae thing. The steeze. And then, in his later years he brings freestyle to the backcountry in a way that I think no other park skiers were really doing. (stomping takeoffs, throwing huge switch rotations with incredible style). Really skiing the whole mountain with style.

What I am saying is that he has made all the right moves at all the right times, from pursuing park, then pipe, and finally backcountry and big mountain. He made the right move when he ditched Rossignol (which was making sick stuff at the time) to start up Armada. And really legitimized the core ski company. I mean Line existed, but was small. Armada absolutely exploded.


Tanner is always one step ahead of the game, truly on the forefront.

Jul 2 2008 9:39PM
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Shilling
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+k for wording my thoughts better than i could
Jul 2 2008 11:23PM
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Daver_BC
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tom wallisch is probably the most innovated in my view.

every video i watch of him is some of the best things i have every seen in life. 
Jul 3 2008 1:21AM
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Klick_2_klaim
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you and i agree... on these issues. Kudos.
Jul 3 2008 1:25AM
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tjski
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probably a straight air...duh
Jul 3 2008 1:31AM
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Switchin_Dirty
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uuuuhh, he has. more then a few times I'm sure. watch his movies foo!
Jul 3 2008 3:35PM
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BrokenBones
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Tanner hall invented style, and then he proceeded to make it popular.
Jul 3 2008 9:11PM
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