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The decade in skiing

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fatherb
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Ever since johnny mosely in nagano in '98 freeskiing has progressed at a ridiculous rate. Tons of crazy things happened this decade, in your opinions, what are the top events of 2000-2010?

Dec 31 2009 5:46PM
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ninjax6792
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dub corks becoming a no big, in like 5 years
Dec 31 2009 8:00PM
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drwclrk
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i think the rail game alone has become unbelievable. when you think about the level that rail skiing is at- large spins onto rails, 3 ups, large spins off, etc.- its hard to imagine anyone 10 years ago predicting how gnarly it would be.
Dec 31 2009 8:08PM
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CarRamRod
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Its technically not a new decade.  For it to be a new decade we need to finish the year 2010.  Think of it as a race with 10 laps.  Lap 1-2000,lap 2-2001,lap 3 2002, lap 4 2003, lap 5-2005, lap 6- 2006, lap 7- 2007, lap 8 2008, lap 9-2009, lap 10- 2010.  We need to complete the lap for it to be a total of 10 laps.  Do you know what i am saying?
Dec 31 2009 8:13PM
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Mrvic.
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my immortal powers alowed me to predict it was all gonna happen the way it did, so i saw it coming...
Dec 31 2009 8:21PM
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skier_boy26
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Except you totally fucked up and it really goes:
lap 1 2000
lap 2 2001
lap 3 2002
lap 4 2003
lap 5 2004
lap 6 2005
lap 7 2006
lap 8 2007
lap 9 2008
lap 10 2009

It should have been obvious, considering the END of 1999 was the END of the millennium.
Dec 31 2009 8:23PM
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skier_boy26
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What?

You mean sw 10 in pipe? Get yer shit right.
Dec 31 2009 8:24PM
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BShear66
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Up there is defs Shane Mcconkey's life and death. The man pioneered Freeskiing by doing crazy shit that nobody else would try. His contribution to the sport should be just as huge as the sad news that he passed away pioneering the sport he loved.
Dec 31 2009 8:31PM
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drwclrk
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^big mountain and tree skiing must have progressed out the wazoo, but i guess i dont know much about the level of progressions because its overshadowed by pipe/park skiing i absorb in the movies I watch.
Dec 31 2009 8:35PM
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Fischer-Addicted
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i dont know about anyoen else, but when i saw CR Johnson air 22 feet out i was like holy shit! now if you r not going that big you arent pro. . . shits getting crazy
Dec 31 2009 8:53PM
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K.C.dia
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Shit's gone crazy. Sure i dont remember much from ten years ago (being that i was 5). But i was aware of probably the last 4 or 5 years and shit has just gone off. It's crazy to see how much everything is progressing.
Dec 31 2009 8:59PM
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garrets
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i agree with this
Dec 31 2009 9:36PM
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joly.sp
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No one mentioning Pep Fujas in 1242? damn, thats one of THE biggest things tro happen in freeskiing for sure.
Dec 31 2009 9:38PM
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fatherb
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i definately agree with all the double flip stuff, especially jon doing all those kangs. We went from mute 3 in 98 to people doin dubs in every contest
Dec 31 2009 10:29PM
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BMS-Productions
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for ever
Dec 31 2009 10:30PM
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Shark.
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i'd say the whole Pep, Mahre, Pollard movement has been pretty big in the past few years
Dec 31 2009 10:32PM
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finnafuckyobitch
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word up, Idea, hornbecks rail tricks, the bang, seth still killing it, shane, dubs, steezy switch 10's and creative urban
Dec 31 2009 10:49PM
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skier_boy26
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Spent like 30+ min going through my ski mag archive, looked at all me ski movies, opened my brain, typed out a shitload of things that stood out, for me, and somehow i pressed back and lost it all. Suffice it to say, as stated in the first post, this shit has changed a lot, but it had a fluidity to it.
Dec 31 2009 11:07PM
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Leveroni
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My dick grew about 9 inches in the past decade..so im pretty stoked about that.

Dec 31 2009 11:59PM
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Triple_Strum
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Top events off the top of my head:

- The first X-games Big Air won by JF Cusson with a switch 7

- The first superpipe comp with CR, Candide and others throwing down

- Seth Morrison's slaying of big mountain hucking including a rodeo 7 off an 80 ft cliff

- Pep's switch landing off a 30 ft cliff among other highlights of his 1242 segment

- Tanner's domination of slopestyle in the mid 2000s, marked by monster switch hits to the bottom of the tranny

- Simon's first hit in the pipe in the 2005 pipe finals of 22 ft, shattering previous bests of around 15 ft

- Candide's cork 810 to rail, and Laurent's rodeo 630 to rail, both blowing minds about rail possibilities

- Candide clearing the hip at Superpark in '04 with the most monsterous cork 5 possibly still in history

Just a few to throw out there.  There are so many more. 

Jan 1 2010 12:53AM
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shredables
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eveyrthings going big mountain.. jibbings pretty maxed out, its just gonna get nutty technical

Jan 1 2010 1:32AM
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wintersway
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you missed something

lap 10 was last year
Jan 1 2010 2:03AM
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BMS-Productions
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I think henriks shirts are pretty dope!

and this little kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEj_dyCuEnA


Jan 1 2010 2:06AM
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.Emerson.
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ya 2004 was a gay year anyways
Jan 1 2010 2:12AM
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-fungus-
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2004 please?
your point be void
Jan 1 2010 1:09PM
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ChadThundercock
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afterbang.
Jan 1 2010 3:48PM
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Burgy
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BUMP! Same question, new decade.
Dec 16 2019 12:20PM
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pbs
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track pants, triples and really tech rail hits, also Tanner Hall is still going stronk
Dec 16 2019 12:29PM
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Burgy
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Some off the top of my head (no particular order)

- Henrik's nose butter triple 1620

- JP Auclair passes away

- Triple corks (Bobby Brown)

- Sarah Burke passes away

- Slope Style debuts at Sochi Olympics

- CR Johnson passes away

- Ladies doing Dubs (Lisa Zimmerman)

- Candide drops One of Those Days

- Tom Warnick passes away

- Rise of Insta edits

- End of many ski movie production companies

- New Wave skiing

- Quads (Wacko and Ragettli)

- SLVSH

- Revision skis lol

- Park skis get wider and more rockered

- Indoor ski hills become more popular

- Xgames Real ski
Dec 16 2019 1:29PM
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armchair_skier
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rockered skis, thrift shop kits, quads
Dec 16 2019 1:30PM
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