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Best big mountain skier

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lukemeahan.
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Whos the best pro big mountain skier? Like lines and spinning tricks off giant shit. And whos the best on ns!

Apr 29 2011 6:37PM
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Yinzer
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Ager's dirty
Apr 29 2011 6:44PM
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Yinzer
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I'm just gonna throw backcountry in with big mountain
Apr 29 2011 6:45PM
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ThunderousFilms
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My Buddy George Rodney was a junior olympics racer until this year when he switched to big mountain and won 2 of his first 3 big mountain junior fis competitions. Plus hes probably the funniest fucker I know, I shall have an edit of him up soon.
Apr 29 2011 6:46PM
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Ski.Ballet
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Sage
Apr 29 2011 6:48PM
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triebby
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No you're not. They are two very different things.

As for true big mountain, that is strictly lines and technical skiiing ability, my top choice is of course Seth. Sage, Ian McIntosh, Hugo and Abma are also all right at the top.

When it comes to tricking within technical lines, I'd say Sage, Abma, Candide, Tanner, Durtschi and Petit.
Apr 29 2011 6:48PM
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californiagrown
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when have you seen candide ski something 60+degrees? or anything AK steep?

My vote would for sure be with the OG Sage Cattabriga-Alosa.
Apr 29 2011 6:49PM
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Dhane
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either b-dog or tom wallisch, im a little torn at the moment
Apr 29 2011 6:55PM
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Rosbif
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I'd say the Bec des Rosses (in the pic) was quite gnar enough, winning the FWT is also a fairly good indication that he is a fucking madman.

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That said, I like watching Eric Hjorleifson, dude is a nutter.
Apr 29 2011 6:56PM
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ONTerriible
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i love em all, the TGR guys are all sick, but lately ive been really impressed with pep. the stuff at the end of his self edit is awesome
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Apr 29 2011 6:57PM
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triebby
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I knew I was forgetting someone.
Apr 29 2011 6:57PM
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chuck_testa
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Pettit bros.
Apr 29 2011 7:01PM
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Yinzer
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yeah I know I was sarcastic, I realized my retardation immediately after posting
Apr 29 2011 7:07PM
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POWDER.RANGER
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seanyp sage and henrik windstedt
Apr 29 2011 7:08PM
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Just_Send_It
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Apr 29 2011 7:12PM
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jca
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FIS has nothing to do with freeski comps... But i saw George ski at the Red comp, he fucking slays.


Apr 29 2011 7:20PM
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123ski
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people who can't ski alaska don't win stops at the FWT

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Apr 29 2011 7:29PM
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Ryanvdonk
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sage and candide...other people can ski what they can, but not with the style and trickery. petit brothers are the future tho.
Apr 29 2011 7:34PM
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The_Big_LePowSki
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come on people. seth morrison

Apr 29 2011 7:34PM
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fatbastard
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There are too many ways to look at it.

If you're talking about incorporating tricks:
Sean Pettit
Henrik Windstedt
Sage
Abma
Hjorleifson
Candide

If you're talking strictly gnarly lines:
Kaj Zackrisson
Ian MacIntosh
Sage
Henrik
Cody Townsend
Hoji
Seth
and a whole slew of FWT competitors like Reine Barkered and so many others

Apr 29 2011 7:41PM
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Cantskiforshit
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Pep rips for sure.
Apr 29 2011 8:08PM
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SPskier543
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Kaj Zackrisson and Sage
Apr 29 2011 8:17PM
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TheAtomicPunk
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James Heim, Rory Bushfield, Dana Flahr, JP Auclair, Ian Mcintosh, Daron Rahlves, and Chris Davenport should all be up there too.
Apr 29 2011 8:21PM
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YoungJah
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Sage cattabriga-alosa knows how to get them wild man-eating spine walls done.
Apr 29 2011 8:28PM
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extravert
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very true
Apr 29 2011 8:29PM
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Jaymon
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the pros agree; definately hoji
Apr 29 2011 9:08PM
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monkatizer
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Apr 29 2011 9:10PM
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FUUUCK
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There are so many up there, but if I had to pick one it would be Candide.
Apr 29 2011 9:23PM
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crunkiest
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hes pretty good but im going to go with seth morrison
Apr 29 2011 9:47PM
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Skithedeep
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Seth and Hoji. they are my favorite to watch, although we can always argue there are others that ski gnarlier lines, maybe not
Apr 29 2011 9:50PM
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The_Big_LePowSki
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So pumped for this. It seems appropriate to put this here.

Apr 29 2011 10:03PM
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californiagrown
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i see your ass, and raise you a grundle:

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Sage & Morrison ride one of the gnarliest spine castles that AK has to offer. from Teton Gravity Research on Vimeo.

Apr 29 2011 10:06PM
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joshua
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Seth Morrison or Candide Thovex.
Apr 29 2011 10:06PM
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thejerkstore
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no love for krietler? dude was the absolute dominator
Apr 29 2011 10:17PM
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belden...
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The OG? Really? Seth was ripping line way before sage. Im surprised he's not higher up on your guy's list.

Seth Morrison
Apr 29 2011 10:20PM
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123ski
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haha..my point wasn't that candide is better than sage or seth..my point was that i have seen candide rip the lines which you posited that nobody has seen
Apr 29 2011 10:23PM
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californiagrown
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Sage went from bumming it tuff, washing dishes for a pass at alta, to one day out of the blue given the make it or break it opportunity to hit chads with a film crew, and proceeding to shit all over that gap. he then went on to rip the BC and AK a new one all on camera.

Seth and Candide, had the pedigree, and people knew who they were when they were coming up. thats all i meant.

And seth doesnt ski nearly as hard as he did 5 years ago.10 to 5 years ago, no one could touch the guy in the big mtn realm. he is still top 5 film style big mtn slayers, but he isnt #1 anymore.



and im sure candide could hold his own in AK, but i dont think he could flawlessly integrate tricks into mach chicken spine wall runs, the way that sage can. Im the kind of person that has to see it to believe it. hopefully his new 2 year project will shut me up, and prove he is the GOAT, but until then...Pics/vid or it never happened.

oh, and those FWT are super gnarly because of the exposure, not neccesarily because of steepness.
Apr 29 2011 10:39PM
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huck_to_flat
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Petit
Apr 29 2011 10:45PM
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Z-Juice
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what everyone's said and I haven't seen Dane Tudor in here yet
Apr 29 2011 11:42PM
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Z-Juice
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or Wiley Miller wtf

Apr 29 2011 11:48PM
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Pool.
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i disagree, skiing pow=/= skiing gnarly ak lines or dirty couloir
Apr 30 2011 1:51AM
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californiagrown
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neither of your nominees would be in the top 10 best big mtn skiers in a TGR flick, top 5 in an MSP flick, and top 2 in a PBP flick. Hell, 80% of the Dendrite crew kill it easily as hard in the big mtns.

Lemme guess, you think the AK segment from eye trip was the gnarliest big mtn of the year?
Apr 30 2011 2:05AM
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BIGben*
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Sean petit.
Apr 30 2011 10:18AM
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array.
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Mark Abma
Apr 30 2011 10:21AM
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dan4060
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This.

I would add Dean Cummings.  Here is Dean, skiing a spine on Meterorite.  It is one of the sickest descents I have ever seen.  The exposure is insane.

http://youtu.be/jF1nvcZ5npU


Apr 30 2011 10:33AM
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array.
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Apr 30 2011 10:45AM
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GBS
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1: Candide
2: Erik Pollard
3: Seth Morrison
Apr 30 2011 10:57AM
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dan4060
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What exactly do you mean by this?

I do believe Candide has ripped some insane, unseen lines.  His skiing on the Bec De Ross was incredible.

If you are insinuating that Candide has skied 'Hotel Room,' which is the name of the insane line Sage and Seth ski in that clip, well he has not.  If you are insinuating he has skied another AK spine wall like that, that no one saw, well I don't buy that either.  Candide does not live in Ak.  He does not have his own heli ski operation.  Guys like Candide don't go to AK and have their sickest lines up there NOT get filmed.  It takes far too much for a sponsor to get a guy up there.

I love Candide.  I'm just saying that I don't see him hitting serious AK spine walls that we don't know about.  Serious lines in Europe?  I'll buy that.
Apr 30 2011 11:20AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Alright, I laughed.



Seriously, hucking a backflip or three off a cliff doesnt make you a big mountain skier. Top of the field, overall, IMO:

Sage, Hoji, Hugo, Kai, Seth, Pep, Abma.


The guys that win FWT stops are fucking nuts, but these guys are the best being professionally filmed right now.
Apr 30 2011 12:17PM
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Z-Juice
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Lol yea haha! No I wasn't saying either are the best- just two that are up there
Apr 30 2011 1:12PM
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Z-Juice
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I wasn't saying he was the best. And you might laugh again but his last line in revolver is pretty damn good and some of his AK lines in edias (at least one that I can remember) are ridiculous too. But yea. Seth or sage are my votes
Apr 30 2011 1:21PM
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