Replying to Forget Mik D. Remember Eric Pollard

What's with all the Mik D worship? Sure, he had his moment. But he's getting more credit than he deserves. Eric Pollard brought WAY more to the table. He pretty much introduced unnatural spins and grinds. He was the first to do zero spins, and arguably the first to land switch in powder (his zero spin in the Utah backcountry may have been the first legit switch pow landing in a film--it was in a Volume episode). He was just as influential in terms of style, too. It was Pollard who kicked off the gorilla steeze craze. That was basically everyone--from Tanner Hall to your local park rat-- trying to look like him, and failing.

And look what Pollard is doing now. Still skiing. Still contributing. Yet all you little munchkins are on Mik Ds dick. I miss the days when Lilhorsey and John Symms would set the record straight....