Big time skiers that took off late

Z-Juice · 2012-01-10 23:00:20

Walnuts is the only one I can think of... Any other big time skiers that started freeskiing 15ish or later that you guys know of?

dirty.

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the fuck are you talking about? he was no older than 17-18 when he won super unknown, thats late now?

Jan 10 2012 11:04PM

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turpin started skiing when he was like 19

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well i guess 18 isnt exactly early these days anymore with all these crazy young guns running amock

Jan 10 2012 11:06PM

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https://www.newschoolers.com/readnews/2104.0/The-Tom-Wallisch-Interview

Jan 10 2012 11:06PM

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didn't Delorme get his break when he was like 22 or something?

Jan 10 2012 11:11PM

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im 28 and still havnt got my break :(

Jan 10 2012 11:12PM

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dirty.

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okay? an irrelevant interview that came out two years before you were even a part of this website? i dont know what youre getting at man?

no hate though, this thread is a good idea

Jan 10 2012 11:15PM

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Colby james west started skiing at like age 12 but didn't start jumping until 16

Jan 10 2012 11:19PM

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It says he legitimately started skiing 06-07 season

I mean skiers like this too that didn't start charging hard until they were 15 or older or so

Jan 10 2012 11:40PM

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when you mention 'big time' your really limiting yourself.

especially in our sport, when wallisch is 24 and is considered 'old'

tanner hall is only 28, very much a young man, but has had 2 broken knees and 2 broken ankles... people are questioning if he will be competitions ready at 30, and were talking about the guy that got pretty much got all of this started.

its not like baseball where players go into their forties or even football where players go into their thirties.

Jan 10 2012 11:46PM

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Mike Douglas I'd assume. He's 41 or 42 now, still a legitimate skier, and him an JP auclair and the rest of the New Canadian Airforce. Really would have been old when they started free skiing. And hell, they pioneered it.

Jan 11 2012 12:03AM

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colby west started skiing at a pretty late age i believe

Jan 11 2012 12:58AM

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glen plake was 24 for Blizzard of AAAHHs

Jan 11 2012 1:07AM

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colby west started at a late age

Jan 11 2012 1:10AM

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Yepp pretty sure of this too

Jan 11 2012 5:23AM

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logan imlach was like 22 or 23 when he won superunknown

Jan 12 2012 12:36PM

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IIRC, Cody Townsend didn't get his big filming break until he was 24 or 25.

Jan 12 2012 2:15PM

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bobby brown didnt start skiing until he was 16

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Keri Herman grew up in MN playing ice hockey and was on the Varsity hockey team all through highschool. She didn't even start skiing until she started attending college at the Univ. of Denver. She didn't hit her first rail until age 21. I can't believe what she's accomplished in that short of time.

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