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jarrell
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I was watching Bode today in Soelden and was thinking if he gave up the racing and trained for it how far do you think he could go in freestyle. It would be cool for him to do what Jon is doing but the other way around. What you think?
Oct 24 2010 5:59AM
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starsky_hucks
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big mountain maybe...
Oct 24 2010 6:39AM
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Su[G]ar
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probably just ride pow, and maybe a 360. and on jumps it would be a flat 3
Oct 24 2010 7:16AM
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Mr.DarthVader
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he wouk be okay because they hit some huge jumps
Oct 24 2010 9:01AM
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jojje3
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I dont he would hit big jumps and do tricks but maybe he could ride big mountain.
Oct 24 2010 11:54AM
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chardi
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he would hit big jumps no problem, but what tricks do you think he has? as a very talented skier he would progress quickly, but he's probably never even been on a rail. i would say he should probably stay where he is, because he kills is. but as a newschooler i can't imagine racing all the time and not going into the park (or pow, bc, etc) so i feel like he should try it out. i bet he could rip one crazy line
Oct 24 2010 12:06PM
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-AWC-
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i reckon being able to survive something like this would take him pretty far!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjMsvSof5O8&feature=related
Oct 24 2010 12:25PM
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NickMartini
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I grew up near Bode and he used to get down on jumps back in the day, doing lincons and backies and shit. Im sure he would slay
Oct 24 2010 1:13PM
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reverendwrong
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I thought I heard awhile back that he can already do cork 7s
Oct 24 2010 1:46PM
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fatbastard
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I skied with him years ago and he surprised the hell out of me when he was flying down a groomer and busted a high speed 3 off a little roll. But air awareness is a whole different game, so really, who knows.
Oct 24 2010 1:57PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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If he is air aware, which he is, then he could for sure kill it in park with a little time.
Oct 24 2010 2:40PM
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Ducky.
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Look what happened to Daron Rahlves!
Oct 24 2010 2:43PM
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Poudreblanche
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I heard he was throwing misty 9's a few years ago
Oct 24 2010 3:18PM
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Pee_and_Ski
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screw the park send him in to the bc, hes a hell of a skier
Oct 24 2010 3:19PM
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powerslide
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this could be good to see. Axel Lund Svindal (multi Olympic and world cup champion) has a part in field productions movie. but thats all in BC i would be cool to see Bode kill it in a park.

I would love to see a comp for the title as the worlds best skier:
3 runs - one GS, one Freeride, one slopestyle.

Jon might win that.
Oct 24 2010 3:49PM
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altadonkeys
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he's probably too old to progress in park skiing but those guys that can hold it down on an icy downhill course could be really good at big mtn no doubt. it just depends on how healthy his knees are for dropping cliffs.
Oct 24 2010 4:01PM
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hoodratz47
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what a fuckin save!
Oct 24 2010 4:16PM
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austinmetsch
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he slays bc. he had a movie seg of backcountry heli skiing that i was once. it was impressive.
Oct 24 2010 5:44PM
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aquinn
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impossible, racers can't pop.

but bode, PPPPRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOO
Oct 24 2010 5:47PM
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chardi
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does he hit any kickers or cliffs or anything? i just imagine him like bombing and ak line.
Oct 24 2010 6:34PM
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jarrell
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This would be SICK! Reckon there'd be a few contenders.

Jon
Bode
Reckon Ligety can throw down
Candide
Seth

are a few I can think of.

Oct 25 2010 4:03PM
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AJizzle
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^shane would of def pulled that down, dude is still the illest
Oct 25 2010 4:27PM
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BMskier
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bode is the shit. anyone that can win while drunk is a champ
Oct 25 2010 4:31PM
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bdonn
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hahhahah YES
Oct 25 2010 4:36PM
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powerslide
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henrik windstedt was good back in the day in slope (2. in us open - i think) and he has a racing background - like Junior worlds and the world freeride tour.

Jon won the Scandinavian freeride championship in early 2000s
Oct 25 2010 4:42PM
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DaBeers
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US Ski Team skiing freeskiing in Italy
Oct 25 2010 4:57PM
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O.D.S.P.
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i ski with his Grandfather. and have skied with bode. hes a cool guy and prolly could do what ever he wants on skis.
Oct 25 2010 7:14PM
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hurrisun
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i guarantee he could 3 any park jump
Oct 25 2010 7:17PM
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MothaHucker
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uhhhh then we wouldnt win gold in the olympics, r u high?
Oct 25 2010 8:27PM
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cwillygood
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i think hed rip
Oct 25 2010 8:30PM
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OGHolliday
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Hes probably not allowed to ski park.
Oct 25 2010 8:31PM
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McFellon
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he'd be really good. a lot of the best skiiers, like jon and t hall don't just focus on one or two things, but a bunch of different types of skiing
Oct 25 2010 8:32PM
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EmperorKuzco
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guys a legend im pretty sure if he can finish a gs run with one ski and still place then he can do alot in the park scene
Oct 25 2010 8:39PM
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omIV
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No, we're just really really good at not popping. We generally have a good air awareness; mandatory airs are a standard part of SG and DH courses, and to win you have to be damn good at hitting/adjusting/landing PERFECTLY, or you'll blow out. Plenty of racers teach themselves to throw backflips and 3s; we just don't have the time to really progress.
Oct 26 2010 4:45PM
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rudager
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look at the Nyman brothers.

I think I saw Steve shred it somewhere.
Oct 26 2010 4:47PM
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BMskier
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are you actually on the dmouth race team? cus if you are then props to you because that means you are damn good. i loved watching the winter carnival and seeing the dartmouth skiers throw down and go balls to the wall
Oct 26 2010 4:50PM
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omIV
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This. Billy Kidd was one of the best American racers of his day, and now that he's settled down at Steamboat, every day he shreds big mountain with anyone who can keep up. I think that there is actually a specific time that he waits somewhere to meet up with whoever.

Daron Rahlves made the switch from Apline to Skiercross. Sure, they're related, but he's doing pretty damn good for someone with no prior experience.

Point is, I firmly believe that learning to ski super precisely at high speed makes you a solid overall skier, although this is obviously not the only way to approach the sport/become really good.
Oct 26 2010 4:51PM
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rudager
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It's where a lot most of the kids in my age(17-25)started.

I raced and did all that Nancy Green stuff, along with some freeride coaching with Chris Rubens (before he went pro). I did the ski programs till I was about 11. I had my first twins by then (Line 1260). Looking at where I am in skiing now, I am happy that I raced, and took all those programs. They give the kids the best technique. Being 19, and seeing all these younger kids ski, you don't always see it, but you can tell who took the programs.

I don't ski park though, so I have yet to put my childhood racing and skiing techniques I learned into it.
Oct 26 2010 4:57PM
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omIV
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Same situation as you; 20 as of Thursday.

I came late to racing-started around 13 or so-but in my first year I probably doubled my skills. I just ordered my first (two) pair(s) of non-used twins this year after having skied a friend's extensively last season; I'm looking forward to not being on 4-year-old beaters. I remember the first twins I saw though, those old Solly 1080s with that retarded robot graphic. Ohh how times have changed.
Oct 26 2010 5:03PM
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B.Aussie
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Would be sweet to get some of the Ski cross world cuppers in there too, some of them slay hard in the park.

A few years back there was some footage of Bode doing tricks in the pow, nothing spectacular but there were some pretty big tricks thrown by a racer.
Oct 27 2010 2:23AM
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Yung_Gnarley
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he'd kill it at big mountain.
Oct 27 2010 2:49AM
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frampton
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA0QzVsOmg0
Oct 27 2010 3:03AM
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AJizzle
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^that is possibly the craziest thing i've ever seen done on skis, talk about balance and edge control, holy shit!!!!!
Oct 27 2010 3:04AM
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Yung_Gnarley
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Oct 27 2010 3:17AM
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Holte
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Yeah, someone made a thread in like 2004 or 05 about watching Bode learn cork 7s.
Oct 27 2010 3:22AM
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Moo
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dude. couldnt have put that better. but i havnt seriously raced for like 2 seasons. but racing helped my skiing in general so much bode would slay park
Oct 27 2010 3:53AM
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AlexMartini
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he was the first person i ever saw do a cork 7, testing race skis back in the day, i think when he first got on K2
Oct 27 2010 12:54PM
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Pee_and_Ski
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im like 99% sure bode does whatever the hell he wants
Oct 27 2010 1:12PM
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OGHolliday
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I hope because hes a fucking beast. However, hes too precious to America.
Oct 27 2010 7:04PM
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omIV
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On race skis? Shazam. I think this discussion is over.
Oct 28 2010 3:46PM
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T.DUDE
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no matter what, he fuckin kills it in the backcountry.
Oct 28 2010 6:17PM
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