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Candide Thovex is the best skier of all time.

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Online_Alien
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OF ALL TIME.

Winning every type of comp for more than a decade:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide_Thovex#Competition_results

Being a man in 2002:


Being the man more recently:




And yes, he only does tail grabs. Fuck you, that's all he needs.
Jul 26 2011 7:40PM
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AJizzle
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He may be the best comp skier of all time, and not many guys have gone from winning comps in every freestyle discipline, to winning fwt stops on huge faces in gnarly snow conditions, but I still have shane as the best skier of all time
Jul 28 2011 2:32AM
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Barmski
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candide thovex will go down as the greatest skier of all time. WILL , hes not even close to done. He has more widespread abilities than any other pro skier.
Jul 28 2011 2:25PM
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b-ladd
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The pole plant makes every trick he does that much steezier.

Jul 28 2011 2:54PM
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Melvs
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The tree stall at the end still gets me.

Jul 28 2011 7:08PM
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Oldmann1584
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false; seth morrison is...
Jul 29 2011 1:43AM
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Karma_Police
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As two people who live closer to kirkwood than most people on this site I would expect YOU of all people to give the FWT a little more of a fuckin nod than fairly legit.

When's the last time someone died on X games slope course?

Yup that's what I thought.
Jul 29 2011 2:07AM
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californiagrown
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what does kwood have to do with the Freeride World Tour? Squaw is the one that hosted some stops for it.

anywhoo the fact that you even considered my wording to be serious is laughable.

Though, i do think that tanners domination of the xgames is as laudable as candide winning the fwt.


Candide and Tanner are the two best, tanner being better at the freestyle aspect, and candide at the freeride aspect.
Jul 29 2011 2:17PM
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beater_bob
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if all-around ski ability were the criteria for best skier of all time, candide takes the cake in my book.  if he spoke more english and put more effort into getting into the limelight, i'm sure more people would agree with me.  but it seems to me that he just loves to ski and isnt trying to win popularity contests, which makes me hug his nuts just a little bit tighter
Jul 29 2011 2:24PM
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.ZT.
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candide over t-hall
Jul 29 2011 2:46PM
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rudeboy
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id love to see a candide double cork tail
Jul 29 2011 3:18PM
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Karma_Police
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Sorry dude, I've been surfing too much and haven't been trolling NS.  I'm glad we're on the same page. I do miss it here.
Jul 29 2011 6:05PM
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Laurent.
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Best allround skier? Candide without a doubt. Big air, slopestyle, pipe, he does it all he is also a three time gold medalist In the France championships of Mogul Skiing before he started with freesking.And he has been in the freeski world for so long.

But his style is what sets him apart, so fluid he is like a cat. He skis with so much ease it looks effortless, so solid and his technique is excellent.

Jul 29 2011 6:18PM
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ajax
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bronzes probably
Jul 29 2011 7:29PM
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Zump.
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Jul 30 2011 12:22AM
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blatt
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I've always been a Candide fan. First pro I ever enjoyed watching ski when I first learned about freeskiing. I will always respect t-hall for how much he progressed the sport, but Candide will always be #1 in my mind.
Jul 30 2011 1:38AM
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family_vacation
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The way he lets go of his tail grabs and puts down the landing gear is just perfection.
Jul 30 2011 3:59AM
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albatross.
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bam bam billa, bam bam
bam bam billa bam bam...










ey what a bam bam
Jul 30 2011 4:47AM
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hemlockjibber8
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haha yeah Tom. that's all i can think of when I think of Candide
Jul 30 2011 11:43AM
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AwR
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Long Pole Steeze as well as Pole Plant Steeze for the win!
Jul 30 2011 11:58AM
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T-Nutcracker
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this^
Feb 28 2012 6:26PM
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T-Nutcracker
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Sorry for the double post, but Candide is the man who got me into freeskiing.
As a kid i did racing, never really liked it, used to go pow as much as i could.
Then i saw Candide's segment in The Game. Changed my life forever.
Ten years ago, he went bigger in park then skiers these days do, not even mentioning his bc skills...
Feb 28 2012 6:30PM
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freestyler540
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Candide has to be the best skier of all times. He is in the hall of famers when he retires, that is for sure.
Feb 28 2012 7:06PM
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loomis
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Such a dedicated skier
Feb 28 2012 7:12PM
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TijmenDal
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Except for the fucking xgames in every discipline. Go fuck yourself. Even if it's sarcastic it isn't funny. You don't make jokes about Candides awesomeness. YOU DON'T!!!
Feb 28 2012 7:21PM
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Barmski
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most versatile and best skier of all time.
Feb 28 2012 7:47PM
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wasatch_rat
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people should be reminded that candide kamera was not on rockered skis. and that he is on his second year filming for a two year full movie. oh and that europe is getting hammered with snow.

i'm expecting big things from candide when the trailers start coming
Feb 28 2012 8:11PM
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CrotchKiller
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negative charlie
Feb 28 2012 9:15PM
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Ronix
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X games pipe/slopestyle gold , FWT champion, linecatcher gold, and all of his video segments (especially Kamera 1+2). Candide is definitely number 1 in my opinion.
Feb 28 2012 9:41PM
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Huck_Norris
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Hmmmm... If only candide had broken his back or something, maybe he could fuck with that. Heh.
Feb 28 2012 11:35PM
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CrotchKiller
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Knuckling a 120 foot step down and breaking your back is not a potentially career ending injury?
Feb 29 2012 1:00AM
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codizzle
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boss ... big, big, big boss, baby.

he's the boss hog.
Feb 29 2012 1:18AM
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exile_ch
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From which he came back to win Linecatcher and fucking FWT... Candide is BY FAR the all time best in my book.

I cannot wait for his 2 years project.. This thing will blow so many minds.
Feb 29 2012 1:21AM
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heFF
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candides ill..he's going to put his mind to anything he wants and exceed at it..this movie project dropping is going to be sick
Feb 29 2012 1:49AM
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Age
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I dont think a lot of the folks on NS understand how much of a huge deal it is to win the FWT or Line Catcher. Its not something you can learn on the tramp, there's no clear learning progression, it's just sheer fucking raw talent and balls. And Candide has got that talent in spades.
Feb 29 2012 1:57AM
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BROSEIDON
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Feb 29 2012 2:08AM
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hot.pocket
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Feb 29 2012 2:10AM
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Casey
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Candide has the dirtiest switch cork 5 double tail of any skier around. Best trick hands down.
Feb 29 2012 3:17AM
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grambo
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This. Winning the FWT is insane, top level skill and talent to have consistently high finishes on that tour.
Feb 29 2012 3:18AM
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DR.SHRED
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amen op!!! never noticed this till now but he goes modern day huge in the pipe back in the day
Feb 29 2012 3:24AM
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powerslide
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Candide is the cat. i have seen the kamera edits 20 times and its stil amazing. That being said, there is in my book 3-4 guys out there that are so all round skilled that it takes my breath away.
Candide: X gold in pipe, slope and big air, French junior champion in moguls, Freeride WT champ.
Jon : 11 X medals in all disciplines, big mountain titles and close to the top in GS (last year i think he ended up ranked 60 in the world GS)
Windsted: Junior world champion in moguls, freeride world tour champ, x-games and us open finals in slope and big air.
Feb 29 2012 3:46AM
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Huck_Norris
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TOUCHE! 

My all time favs reads something like this- and in no particular order, as it changes every time I think about it.  Each for different reasons, all of them personal.   

Candide

Plake

Seth

Shane

But yeah, the more I think about it, Candide just slays anything.  Bumps, park, pipe, big mtn, urban, the guy just has no idea how to suck- or even just be ok at something for that matter.  If I had a wife and she left me for Candide, I'd track her down to high five her every week. 

Feb 29 2012 8:55AM
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hodlekve_jibber
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I agree with OP



gotta love mike douglas haha
Feb 29 2012 9:18AM
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TijmenDal
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This. I'm so super excited for his 2 year movie project! This shit will blow minds.
Feb 29 2012 9:21AM
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Mike-O
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I don't see no reason to say he isn't. There was a moment when I got bored of watching the Rastafaride movies and the pretty common poletap-tailgrab combos over and over again, but then he revamped his style a bit in... 2007 maybe? The year he did a sw cork 630 mute disaster to a rail.
Feb 29 2012 9:26AM
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SkierX
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Candide has crushed each discipline he has shown up the party for and has been a huge groundbreaker for the park scene through the early 2000s.

-Crushing moguls at 14
-He stomped a D-Spin 7 over Chad's back in 2000. This was the first big trick thrown over a gap at the time.
-First place finishes in major slope and pipe comps.
-Ground-breaking pipe run
-Consistent top big mountain competition results

Moving into the big mountain world and crushing competitions there is just another chapter in his legacy. The man is a legend and among the select few that are truly deserving of the title as one of the best skiers of all time.
Feb 29 2012 9:56AM
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TheGnarwhal
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you should probably throw your skis away and quit
Feb 29 2012 10:32AM
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montanan
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just fairly legit ..... haha
Feb 29 2012 10:58AM
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fucking
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what's laughable is your ability to constantly say the dumbest shit. fuck off you clown.
Feb 29 2012 2:24PM
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colin13
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Yea it might as well be called Candide's Gap. He was the first to ever even make it over the gap.
Feb 29 2012 2:25PM
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Moon_Park
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WOah double tail? where can I see this?
Feb 29 2012 2:54PM
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