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Most Influential Skiers Of All Time

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Z_rob
Posts: 3076 - Karma: 152
I searchbarred and all I found was threads from like 3 years ago and felt like skiing has changed a lot since then so here we go...


well actually its pretty self explanitory.

my vote goes to
-4bi9 and the Jiberish team (Totally changed the style of skiing)
-Pep and Andy (No Poles)


Jan 30 2009 7:13PM
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madsskaar
Posts: 492 - Karma: 191
for me tanner have been most infrluential, and the guys on 1242
Feb 1 2009 7:33PM
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Dr.Scholl
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jon olsson because of the blog and joss and joi and spanning the gap between racing and park
Feb 1 2009 7:42PM
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Ski_Punx
Posts: 783 - Karma: 49

Glen Plake

Mike Hattrup

Kevin Andrews

Stumpy

New Canadian Airforce

MSP

PBP

Seth Morrison

BH

Shane M.

Squallywood

 All x-games contenders

Simon and Tanner

Feb 2 2009 1:39PM
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eastcoastsoloMAN
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just like i said, look at this guy,
[IMG]extremetv.pl/Files/Story_Image/glen1.jpg[/IMG]

can you say steeze
Feb 2 2009 2:01PM
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Colt45er
Posts: 1650 - Karma: 336
all these new-school kids didn't really change the technical style of skiing to me, they are just the next generation influencing a new group of people, mostly the youth.

Watch some old ski vids, theres a different influence for every generation of freeskiers

I think these dudes influenced the most in LARGE NUMBERS
Feb 2 2009 2:45PM
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highaltNM
Posts: 552 - Karma: 52
word
Feb 2 2009 3:03PM
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wskibum176
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A-FUCKING-MEN

guys, i like tom just as much as the next guy, but creighton pioneered rails in 04, 05 ,etc so much earlier. i know everyone here at NS has a tom wallisch fetish (he IS an amazing skier) but we must keep in mind that this is a survey of the most influential skier of ALL time. Tom is only in his first couple years of being pro
Feb 2 2009 4:17PM
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jksl
Posts: 12727 - Karma: 854
there is no wrong question to this answer so everyone stop being such fucking douchebags about who influences people, it's different from person to person.
Feb 2 2009 5:47PM
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SMH[-__-]
Posts: 545 - Karma: 13
CR Johnson wasn't mentioned enough, if you put tanner hall then you have to include CR
Feb 2 2009 6:00PM
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skihood
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griffin and josh
Feb 5 2009 2:27AM
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WhoWantIt
Posts: 395 - Karma: 26

Jonny Moseley. Fuck everybody who says he isn't influential. Back in 1998 spins were pretty rare of and throwing grabs in there were unheard of. And so what if he sold out after the olympics, he popularized our sport and then came back and threw the dinner roll which is still one of the sickest things I have ever seen. Everyone can talk all the shit they want about the Dinner Roll but that was a huge point in freeskiing not only was it a sick trick but he stomped the shit out of it. The FIS went back and changed the no feet above the head rule because of Jonny. He was the first skier to have a video game, too. So what if it sucked, does Tanner, Jon, or Dumont have a video game? No. Should they have a video game? Yes.

Thall too. He has pushed this sport harder than anyone in the past decade and is still pushing it from the BC to the pipe, park, everything. Tanner is too sick and I will be sad when he stops filming/competing.

Feb 5 2009 9:08PM
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SV420
Posts: 242 - Karma: 10
you should read my previous post.
Feb 5 2009 10:38PM
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tride
Posts: 1038 - Karma: 26
Of all time?

-Toni Sailer

-Jean Claude Killy

-Wayne Wong

-Nancy Greene

-Scott Schmidt

-Trevor Petersen

-Eric Pehota

-Harkin Banks

-Hermann Maier

-Sarah Burke

-Seth Morrison

-New Canadian Air Force

-Johnny Decesare (even though it wasn't his own skiing that influenced, he is a skier, and his movies played a huge part in the birth of newschool)

-Bode Miller
Feb 6 2009 12:53AM
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benk
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Feb 6 2009 12:48PM
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adanac_360
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jibtech, you are hilarious. I dont no why CR hasnt been mentioned more tho, same with critchon or the phils. I remember i got twin tips because i saw some nasty edit from critchon.
Feb 6 2009 2:24PM
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brenker
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JASON LEVINTHAL
Feb 6 2009 7:51PM
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