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Pro skiers that are actually cool

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thankagaper
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after meeting and sessioning with pros throughout the years, not many are notably chill and cool people. most seem to be x-racers, with a shitty attitude. considering they get paid to ski, you'd think they would be amazing characters, not douchers. this is not a hate thread, listing of chill pros only.


tanner hall
sammy carlson
xavier bertoni
seth morrison
mike hornbeck
ahmet dadali
adam delorme

im sure plenty of kids had good experiences with pros at camps, so who are they?

Dec 14 2009 2:01PM
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EastCoast315
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Sage
Dec 14 2009 2:04PM
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bootleg_BEN
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TJ Shchiller? Anyone met him, he seems pretty chill
Dec 14 2009 2:05PM
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bootleg_BEN
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*Schiller
Dec 14 2009 2:06PM
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jksl
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kza
Dec 14 2009 2:09PM
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jamodeo
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Brogan talk to him on FB sometimes
Dec 14 2009 2:09PM
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wh@t
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i swear i just finished dealing with you in another thread.

are you saying all ex-racers have shoddy attitudes? do you realize that some of the skiers you named raced in their past? making them ex-racers. dont come onto NS and say that alot of pros are shitty people when:

1) you do not honestly know them well enough to say anything.

2) they are professionals who get paid to ski. they obviously love what they do, considering they would not have put that much time and fucking effort into making skiing a PROFESSION.
Dec 14 2009 2:13PM
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spliff.Life
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met him in pc a few summers ago, one of the coolest guys ive met.

tim durtschi
Dec 14 2009 2:14PM
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OMGWTFBBQ
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BROGAN and witt
Dec 14 2009 2:16PM
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tommycat
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Hung out with Decker, Brogan, and Dadali over the weekend. Add them to your list. Also hung with Tom Wallisch, Mike Hornbeck, Andrew Hathaway, and Matt Walker at the Midwest Ski Film Festival. All of them are totally legit.

It's harder to find an uncool pro skier, than to find a cool one.
Dec 14 2009 2:17PM
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dmc12380
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ike smith is the chillest dude
Dec 14 2009 2:20PM
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wh@t
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!!!
Dec 14 2009 2:21PM
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jreilly
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the whole nimbus crew
Dec 14 2009 2:26PM
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skiierman
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kza
Dec 14 2009 2:28PM
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thankagaper
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alex, have you ever met a pro? or ride the lift with your favorite skier of all time?

its an incredible experience that say a "football fan" will indefinitely never have. skiing is small, and pros are at the mountain all the time, and if you compete you will hike with the people you aspire to. some are cool and friendly, some are not.

WHAT?, i dont know you, and i dont care.  dont post in my threads!troll

you wouldnt meet a chill pro if they werent down to earth enough to talk to.


Dec 14 2009 2:30PM
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fillup
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ant
jp auclair
chris turpin
michelle parker


Those were my favorite coaches at high north
Dec 14 2009 2:36PM
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Twinjibber77
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Sage and Eric Pollard are two of the nicest guys i have ever met in my life.
Ahmet and Giray are both awesome as well. Tanner is hilarious, i would love to ride with him cause he's such a cool guy and just gets mad stoked.
Dec 14 2009 2:38PM
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babujib
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hmmm calling someone a troll...how ironic.
Dec 14 2009 2:38PM
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Ben.
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this thread sucks
Dec 14 2009 2:41PM
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MANDER
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tj was cool but i imagined him to be a lot nicer.
rory bushfield and sarah burke are the nicest and most down to earth pros ive met. colby and chug are hilarious and nice too. kaya turski was kinda a bitch and worried about herself learning new things more then the campers.
Dec 14 2009 2:51PM
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gigi.d
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Yeah dud i heard he is pretty chill, from a guy that was with him when he went up to BC.
Dec 14 2009 2:52PM
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MANDER
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brogan was nice to me but my friend came to momementum with me that wasnt very good at park and brogan was a dick to him.
Dec 14 2009 2:54PM
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ONE-UP
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phil casabon, met him skiing urban in NH and he let me in on the sesh. so chill
Dec 14 2009 2:54PM
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thankagaper
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that is sick^

if you post in a thread, and its not about the thread, and directs attention away from the idea of the thread, you're a troll. seriously, like 5 trolls posted something other than a cool pro. why bother,? because you're a troll.
Dec 14 2009 2:58PM
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Ben.
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you are a moron.
Dec 14 2009 2:58PM
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eheath
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Nice claim thread.
Dec 14 2009 2:59PM
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babujib
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i remember my first queer.
Dec 14 2009 3:00PM
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STAUSS
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willem.
Dec 14 2009 3:01PM
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McLeod
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i would say it would be more interesting and realistic to nae pros that are not chill. anyone?
Dec 14 2009 3:02PM
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juanborlando
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i know eheath
Dec 14 2009 3:04PM
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Brenone
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exactly what the fuck i was thinking.
Dec 14 2009 3:07PM
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Ski.Ballet
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This thread is fucking stupid.
Dec 14 2009 3:12PM
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skgirts
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i was friends with tom wallisch and tom warnick before they were pro theyre pretty chill
shane mocconkey was just awesome
all the girl pros are chill
Dec 14 2009 3:12PM
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Joshua.
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Compton And Parry. I haven't met either but they're always chill on facebook and stuff.
Dec 14 2009 3:13PM
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Twinjibber77
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Does eHeath still have beef with Gus?
Dec 14 2009 3:13PM
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Balto
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tanner
mike d
andy m
Dec 14 2009 3:15PM
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ballzdeep
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I'm best friends with everyone thats been mentioned on this thread so far. all of them. is that a claim? pfff nizlopi
Dec 14 2009 3:18PM
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McLeod
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i dunno, ask the man himself, i think he just doesnt dig his skiing
Dec 14 2009 3:32PM
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bdowning
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met jp auclair at a premier. introduced myself. was so black out i fell over my feet and ate some shit in front of him...withOUT skis on.


AND...was still cool.
Dec 14 2009 3:42PM
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nickyp
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I just quoted eheath

/claim
Dec 14 2009 3:44PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Timtim Durtbag aka Timbo aka Tim Durtschi, Dane Tudor, Tom Wallisch, and Mike Hornbeck are the only pros I have had a conversation. They are all super chill, except for tim, he's a bully.
Dec 14 2009 3:46PM
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McLeod
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i wanna know who the douchey ones are
Dec 14 2009 3:49PM
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Justo8484
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they're just regular people out to have a good time on the hill, no different than me or anyone else on this site. i've skied with, hung out with, drank with a bunch of people who i'd consider friends and are now 'pro' by NS standards. i guess being involved in this industry for so long has kind of worn away all the sparkly glittery amazingness that some people seem to get when they catch a glimpse of tom hiking a rail they're about to hit or something like that.
Dec 14 2009 4:15PM
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.Jack_S.
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I think that most pros seem to be chill. If u are annoying and try to like hangout with them and shit that would get annoying for someone who gets it all of the time.. You really have to understand where they're coming from
Dec 14 2009 4:25PM
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deleted5
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i feel like chug would be cool
Dec 14 2009 4:27PM
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Dan-Man
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Ahmet is one of the coolest i've ever met!!!
Dec 14 2009 4:31PM
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N.L.
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greg tufflemire and nick mercon, after skiing at copper they invited me to a party. which ended up being at their house and it was a shit show. epic pros.
Dec 14 2009 4:37PM
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TheStudioCC
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HENRIK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 14 2009 4:44PM
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TWoods
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valley is pretty cool.
Dec 14 2009 4:47PM
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