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Skiers ahead of their time.

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uncle_muscles
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Have there been any skiers in the past that were way ahead of their time?  Maybe they were virtuosos who had no real room to grow so they made their own style or pushed mechanics like tweaks and spins to their limits?
I'm talking Glenn Plake and Laurent Favre types.
Hopefully someone has some names that didn't get much recognition because they were too different.
Oct 22 2009 12:22AM
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ajax
Posts: 2852 - Karma: 1,245
Glad to see some people saying Vanular. He's one of the first ones I think of, he's always a year or two ahead it seems like.
Oct 22 2009 9:29PM
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LMPJibbin
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i could list all the skiers that changed skiing but i think right now eric pollard is pretty revolutionary with the whole switch in pow thing it may not be that big a deal but i think hell be seen as a pretty innovative guy like 10 years from now
Oct 22 2009 9:29PM
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mynilla
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tim d
Oct 22 2009 9:39PM
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joly.sp
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candide for everything he has done. I think dorey actually in the pipe he is getting so good and creative which is sick to see.But for most of us vanular made park skiing the way it is now a few years back. Like someone said his LSS part was nuts, the  mute to lead japan 9 and true tail shifty 5 are tricks kids are mimicking now.

Craziest thing about Corey is that even though he had 2 knee injuries he is still younger than wallisch and the LSS shit was filmed at like 18/19. Kids gonna get retarded this year!

Oct 22 2009 10:04PM
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saskskier
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Pollard
Pep
Shane
Skogen
Oct 23 2009 12:04AM
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ski@jaypeak2
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Dash Longe
I have always liked his smooth style and his part in dub ski 106 is soo hot
Oct 23 2009 12:11AM
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TheBlurredChrons
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I think you guys have forgot about Seth.

He was tossing rodeo 7's off cliffs years ago when hardly anyone is doing that now.

Pollard is wicked innovative and creative.

I'd even say the Traveling Circus kids with all of their rail variations as of late.....

And of course The Canadian Air Force.
Degenerates changed the game more than any other time in skiing as far as I'm concerned....
That was the first time I ever saw skiers doing Misty 7, Rodeo 7, Lincolns, switch anything.....
THAT was the day of progression. There has not been that much progression all at once since then. (minus rails)


Oct 23 2009 12:35AM
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Forkstealer
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Frank Bare, huck that shit.
Oct 23 2009 12:56AM
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sklermang
Posts: 2981 - Karma: 1,954
just a guess at some skiers who are currently ahead of the present time

delorme
turpin

yeah
Oct 23 2009 1:08AM
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AMcCraw
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travis steeger. Kid would of blowen up
R.I.P dude.
Oct 23 2009 1:25AM
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TheBlurredChrons
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Nice man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9GHFW5qn1E
Oct 23 2009 1:33AM
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