Replying to Generations of professional skiers

After coming across a few pictures of Glen Plake in the People section of the photo galleries, I got to thinking how it is pretty cool how our sport really has at least three different generations of 'professional skiers'. We have people such as Scot Schmidt and Glen Plake who really are our godfathers of the sport, and then people such as Micah Black, Kent Kreitler, Mike Douglas who can be viewed as the veterans. And then there are the rookies like Tanner, Sage, Pep, etc. who have just been catapolted to the scene.

For me, I grew up with Degenerates, 13, Uprising - so JP, JF, Micah, Kent, Mike, etc are my icons. What is your generation? Who is your icon? Who's skiing have you admired the most? Do we have any here that grew up with Glen Plake, Schmidt, etc?

It is great to see new talent come on the scene, it'll be exciting to see who is next...