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wh@t
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after seeing the posts people were making in the thread about who they thought were the most influential skiers of all time, i am beginning to think some NSers need to be informed or put in the know about freeskiing history.

if you read down this list and you dont know who or what im talking about, you need to go get on some research right away. its not the young guns coming up today with talls and G-Suits on. its of people like Rex Thomas, the 3 Phils, Tanner Hall of course, Evan Raps, Chris Turpin, Dave Chrichton, Candide Thovex, Eric Pollard, Boyd Easley, Iannick B (last name i cant spell, not gonna try), JF Cusson, JP Auclair, Jon Olsson and all the big pros from back in the day. all the influential film companies like PBP and MSP for doing what theyve done for skiing, not to mention the greatness of Warren Miller. all the guys who were there in the very beginning. no not Wayne Wong era, more like Glen Plake (whom ive had the pleasure of meeting. favorite skier of all time), Seth Morrison, Doug Coombs R.I.P., and the New Canadian Air Force when they were still called such. a word should be said about Jonny Moseley. he is the one who brought our fledgling sect of skiing to the world. if you dont respect him, you are a fool.

im not saying people like Takahara Walnuts and the Green Goblin arent major influences to skiing and that the hyphy edit was not a historic world event, because it was. im not saying HH isnt one of the most ridiculously talented skiers of all time, im just saying that people need to learn theyre history so we dont have ignorant fucks asking "oh why did you say Jonny Moseley was influential? youre gay if you like Jonny Moseley." (not actual quote).

get learned.
Jan 31 2009 4:44AM
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Joan
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contraband is correct
Apr 6 2009 10:26AM
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-PowAir-
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Tanner hall Rocked POWAIRs in some old LVL1 movie. He had spiked hair.

The way i hear it the D-spin was invented by Alex Applegate however Douglas learned the trick that summer and blew up.
Apr 6 2009 2:36PM
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Mr.Huck
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Great nostalgia.   My coach skied on Mark IV's, with Spademan bindings and Scott boots.   He also had the pistol grip Scott poles which were guaranteed to dislocate your thumbs the first time you fell.  I wanted a  pair of IV's but the smallest size the made that wasn't the Ballet model was like a 170.  I never saw anyone land switch on them unless they were doing ballet. 

This is a great thread.   I mentioned it in another thread but Ed Lincoln passed away earlier this year.   I was bummed to learn after his death that he lived only a few miles from me.  It would have been great to spend a little time with him.  The stories that I have heard are that he was not actually the first guy to do a  Lincoln Loop.  He had a buddy that he skied with and competed with at Copper and that guy did it first.  Ed was the first guy to do it in a freestyle comp so he got the credit.  That is the story I was told.

It would be awesome if someone could dig up footage of JF Cusson's unnatural switch 720 in the 1999 X Games.  Actually it would be great if someone could post the entire big air comp.  I think that was one of the most, if not the most influential thing to happen to new school.   Not to butter my own bisquit, but In the early 90's I could throw 7's like nothing and I tried 10's a few times unsuccessfully.  In the mid 90's a buddy of mine from Australia was throwing huge Mute 3's years before Jonny did it in the Olympics.  I had a tail grab 3 on lock too.   The misty flip was pretty ground breaking because I am pretty sure that was the first off-axis trick.   It almost felt like New School was kind of losing momentum, because everyone was doing the same tricks just with different grabs.  

When JF did his switch 7 in 1999, it was like we all got our first glimpse of a totally new world.   I about fell off the couch.  Trust me, if you watch the hole comp, you will see that his move was like something from outer space. 

Anyway, it is pretty sweet to see the respect people have for the pioneers of the sport.  ...and Plake rocks.   In the day I called him "big hair, no talent", but I was dead wrong.  He was and still is a beast on skis.  He came and skied a few runs with my freestyle team a few years back.   He taught all my kids how to do worm turns.   My freestyle guys had never seen a Greg Stumpp flick or had any idea who this crazy dude with the big mohawk was.  He just showed a love of skiing that was contagious and my guys had a blast hanging with him.  That to me is what it's all about.  There comes a point where you finally realize what skiing has given to you and then you start looking for ways to give back.   There are some pros from years back who do that really well and they deserve our respect and gratitude.

Apr 10 2009 1:18PM
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