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Tanner is top pick

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smeeze
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Tanner is FREESKIER magazines top male skier... again.
May 1 2010 9:16PM
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C.Apple
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SPARTA!!!!
May 1 2010 9:23PM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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yeah thats bizarre

THREAD TOPIC CHANGE : who do you think SHOULD have been top male skiier?

May 1 2010 9:28PM
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Bukkakeskitrip
Posts: 5677 - Karma: 95

...or did he deserve it?

May 1 2010 9:31PM
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chickenwang
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people still read freeskier?
May 1 2010 9:34PM
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Backyard.Skier
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i sure do
May 1 2010 9:37PM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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dammit...fail

May 1 2010 9:40PM
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EmperorKuzco
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even though Bobby got injured, he still should have won, or maybe Andreas Hatveit
May 1 2010 10:05PM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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fuck yeah, killed it at joss
May 1 2010 10:09PM
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SteezeBall
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I think Sean Pettit should be skier of the year. He stomped some serious yard at the cold rush.
May 1 2010 11:46PM
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Line0777
Posts: 532 - Karma: 42
Bobby, Andreas or Jossi imo

Bobby won X and Dew stop
Andreas, Killed it all year, and won overall Slope right? I think?
Jossi, Killed Pipe and overall pipe for dew
May 1 2010 11:56PM
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ski-swagga
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jossi all the way.
May 2 2010 12:03AM
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joly.sp
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yea in freeskiers feb 2010 issue, meaning he was LAST seasons top skier
May 2 2010 12:09AM
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Sun_Ra
Posts: 983 - Karma: 279
Candide Thovex

Candide Kamera
Freeride Wold Tour Victory
May 2 2010 12:26AM
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skiierman
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um well tanners done a few other things for skiing aside from skiing... like armada and uh... being the most iconic skier for people outside our sport. he's like johnny moseley but not as good.
May 2 2010 12:46AM
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Travapple.
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this.
May 2 2010 1:00AM
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shr@gler
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Anyone except him, \

Who the fuck is making this poll?

I say they should be executed by boxcutters!

May 2 2010 1:14AM
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rozboon
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Sean Pettit.
May 2 2010 4:56AM
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CHARLES.BRONSON
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cause he's still the best
May 2 2010 4:58AM
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nickyp
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Except he did none of those things this year. And it is supposed to be based on this year's performance. He shouldn't win because of something he did several years ago.
May 2 2010 5:52AM
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Matty_C
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As you correctly point out, the answer is of course, without any question whatsoever, CANDIDE

Candide Kamera

Wins FWT on rookie year

Won Red Bull Linecatcher

May 2 2010 7:48AM
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nickyp
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His pedigree in park skiing makes it all the more impressive
May 2 2010 8:39AM
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p.jones
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I hope you know you have 23456 posts...
May 2 2010 8:49AM
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fricino13
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thovex should win without disscusion...
May 2 2010 8:58AM
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bp.lando
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before you all go nuts... this is from the feb 2010 issue of freeskier with poll results from the 08/09 season (the one before this one). Tanner was indeed actively skiing that season until he got injured at the end of it.
May 2 2010 10:13AM
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freeskibum82
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well.. you know.. he skis REAL mountains, with REAL cliffs... soo.. thats why.
May 2 2010 10:40AM
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chickenwang
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was waiting to see how long it'd take for candide to be brought up, took longer than i thought.
no one is on the same level.
May 2 2010 11:30AM
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dan4060
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Have Jossi, Bobby, or Andreas ever done anything noteworthy outside the park?  Until they do they don't belong in this discussion.

Sean Petit, Abma, Sage, Dan Tudor, Windsedt, Candide.....These guys are all good candidates. 

I might say Candide.  Although I thought he was somewhat over scored, he still killed it on the FWT, and won that red bull contest.  He also had an insane edit on Kamera. 
May 2 2010 1:06PM
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Davy.Crockett
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dane tudor FTW
he was rookie or something this year but next year unless he gets injured or something i think he will he will get it.
May 2 2010 1:09PM
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skiierman
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armada isn't out of business bud. and he's still an ambassador for the sport. this is more than just comp. results or edits. its hard for anyone to really see that because we are so involved with the sport. and really, just because he's not on camera doesn't mean he's doing nothing for the sport.
May 2 2010 2:00PM
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RyCo19
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Bobby Brown. While I'm not a huge fan of seeing one dude dominate the slopestyle scene, his consistency at nearly every comp of just demolishing the competition shows that not only does he have a lot of skiing talent, but he is strong in the clutch (IE when you only have two or three runs to throw down something tight)

Giving it to tanner is just... uhhhh... why?
May 2 2010 3:09PM
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Matty_C
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fair point, but seeing as all he's done ON camera this year is (rightly or wrongly) shat all over what most people on this site think of as skiing, apologised for it, and then gone to Jamaica to smoke weed, sit on a beach and help some dudes make reggae (quite what tanner brings to the table in this respect is beyond me but w/e), i think it's safe to say that Tanner is not 2010 skier of the year. it would however be amusing to see a before/after photo of armada's director of marketting over the course of this season. my guess is that his/her hair will have turned about 17 shades in the direction of grey, assuming that is that he/she hasn't torn it all out.

as for Candide having been overscored in the FWT, i wouldn't say so. there has been a change in judging criteria recently in favour of smooth, controlled lines over high-risk, hyper exposed stuff, presumably based on what happened to Neal Valiton (RIP) 2 years ago, and Adrien Coirier last year, both in the Tignes FWT stop. And Candide's skiing this year in comps has been just that- fluid, controlled, fast and smooth as silk. In Verbier I swear I was half expecting him to stop halfway down the face, bust out a deckchair, order an espresso, smoke a blunt, read the back pages of the newspaper and then finish his run like nothing just happened. that's how comfortable he looked which, given that it was his first time skiing the most committing comp face (or any face for that matter) in the world (by miles), is pretty fucking amazing.

so yeah, as I say, nobody comes close to Candide this year.

May 2 2010 3:28PM
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Lemuel
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Didn't this issue of the magazine come out like... 4 months ago?
May 2 2010 3:32PM
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Darth_Veeder
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Duh you guys, this is why!
May 2 2010 3:38PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Tim D
May 2 2010 3:47PM
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Ryan*
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Lol nobody is listening; if they were, they'd all go, "oh," and this conversation would be over.
May 2 2010 4:00PM
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teleak
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Well that's not fair...
May 2 2010 4:12PM
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rach
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sorry, no one knows who tanner hall is
May 2 2010 4:36PM
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Frankensteeze
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Id vote for tanner every year.
May 2 2010 4:39PM
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bp.lando
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ignorant statement. a lot of people know who "Tanner" is let alone Tanner Hall.
May 2 2010 4:59PM
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TheMoostafian
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i would have said candide but just because tanner didnt ski this year
May 2 2010 5:01PM
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drumbumocdp
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Read the thread. He won for 08/09 season
May 2 2010 5:08PM
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steep
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this
May 2 2010 8:28PM
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steep
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this
May 2 2010 8:41PM
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steep
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sorry for dub post... spambuster...
May 2 2010 8:42PM
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Chompo.
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Hahahahahaha
May 2 2010 9:23PM
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crankdatsoljaboy
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ohh yah + he got 2nd at xgames slope
May 2 2010 10:33PM
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Balto
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wrong. most people who i know that dont know shit about skiing still know who tanner and simon are
May 2 2010 11:10PM
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rach
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i know some snowboarders that loosley follow skiing that know who he is...but people who are not involved in snowsports in general; yeah, no clue.
May 3 2010 2:15AM
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Dustin.
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Andreas had a hell of a year.
May 3 2010 2:16AM
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Craigskis
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K+ BHaha
May 3 2010 8:38AM
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