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Looking for a skiing photo

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Mike-O
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Or two in fact, of the same skier. What I remember:

-Skier has black jacket, Atomic Tweaks (blue, circa 03-05) and spiky blonde hair sticking out, possibly Oakley A-Frames

-One picture is an amazing gorilla steeze cork 3 safety, the Other is some cork with a very tweaked reverse mute

-Pictures probably originally uploaded by an NS member

-Both pictures show only the bluebird sky in the background, with a few clouds, there are no points of reference

I just remembered how I had both of them as my background for years and can't find them anywhere. If someone has a clue, hook me up.
Apr 17 2012 8:04AM
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Mike-O
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Oh, and I'm pretty sure the skier has yellow pants.
Apr 17 2012 9:33AM
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danbrown
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rex thomas?
Apr 17 2012 10:30AM
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Willard
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These sound good...
Apr 17 2012 10:38AM
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Mike-O
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I'm pretty sure it's not him. Can't be certain, but this guy's name... it might have been one of those that sound a bit weird "How do you pronounce that?" type of deals... The thing is, I don't remember ever hearing about him again.
Apr 17 2012 11:17AM
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Mike-O
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This is how the Cork 3 picture looks like (through my best artistic impression and memory):

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Apr 17 2012 12:30PM
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Malcolm
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I'd use that as my background
Apr 17 2012 12:42PM
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Mike-O
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Haha, if I won't find the OG pic I probably will...

But I hope it could spark some pictorial brain cells into action for those who are better at visual memory than imagining from a short description.
Apr 17 2012 1:33PM
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Mike-O
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And this is the rendition of the reverse mute trick:

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I hope someone has a clue.
Apr 17 2012 2:28PM
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Capurnicus
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I can gaurantee the skier is Rex Thomas.
Apr 17 2012 2:57PM
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Mike-O
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Then I have no idea and am out of options. I've searched NS and Google pretty thoroughly with his name crossed with skiing, cork, mute, atomic etc. and came up with nothing like it...
Apr 17 2012 3:12PM
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Mike-O
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Well fuck me... I found it! It wasn't Rex Thomas, I knew it.

I Google Picture-searched my reverse mute doodle and BOOM! :D There it was after a bit of scrolling.

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Looks like the skier is in fact Anaiah Kirk, who was in a bad crash in '04 and had to stop skiing, finding 'God' in the process and wrote a motivational book about it... A video his website has the Cork 3 picture as well, but I just can't find any HQ versions.
Apr 17 2012 4:52PM
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inactive
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good work mike
Apr 17 2012 7:27PM
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PJS.
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Another life saved.
Apr 17 2012 7:29PM
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James7
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nice pic bro, glad you found it
Apr 17 2012 7:35PM
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Mike-O
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I called my dad and asked him to go through my old externals if they still worked, and he found the pics and sent them to me, along with a lot of others I thought I'd lost, nostalgia hit hard...

So here are the ones I had, they're not very high quality today, but better than nothing.

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So damn sick, too bad he was injured.
Apr 18 2012 8:54AM
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WikiWiki
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first thing I thought hahaha
Apr 18 2012 10:02AM
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rareison
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so d
Apr 18 2012 10:36AM
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rareison
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So dope*
Apr 18 2012 10:37AM
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EmperorKuzco
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it wasnt rex thomas
Apr 18 2012 12:26PM
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Mike-O
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Haha, plus Anaiah is one of those "how do you pronounce that" names as I remembered.
Apr 18 2012 1:04PM
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japanada
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Your MS paint doodle was pretty damn accurate! Mad skills!
Apr 18 2012 1:18PM
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206Productions
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1J8fbegGN0
Apr 18 2012 1:21PM
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Mike-O
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What the fuck was that?
Apr 18 2012 1:25PM
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*SNO*
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dafuq?
Apr 18 2012 5:49PM
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ForeverYung
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This
Apr 18 2012 6:09PM
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RICK_ROSS
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holy nostalgia
Apr 18 2012 11:05PM
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terrible_skier
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U BRING A BAD NAME TO SEATTLE U SHOULD BE BANNED - BASEDRILEY
Apr 18 2012 11:42PM
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PJS.
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hax
Apr 18 2012 11:43PM
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terrible_skier
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Okay, now its me. You fucking crystal skiers should go find the largest building and jump off of it
Apr 19 2012 12:31AM
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EmperorKuzco
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Bhahahhaha epic.
Apr 19 2012 12:32AM
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Capurnicus
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No way, thanks for the update bro!
Apr 19 2012 12:04PM
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DayMan
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those are so dope. those pictures you made were pretty damn accurate as well
Apr 19 2012 2:25PM
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stoned_sorcerer
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That thing small black thing on the safety grab pic was really bugging me so i decided to remove that and share it with ya:
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Apr 20 2012 10:26AM
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CrotchKiller
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naaa he got rid of the hair on the left side
Apr 20 2012 12:13PM
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