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Best All Around Skier in the World (AK + Park) = Candide

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Bangzilla
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Who is the best All Around Skier in the world that can kill it in AK just as hard as at X Games?

1 - Candide
2 - Chris Benchetler
3 - Sean Petit
4 - Dane Tudor
5 - Mark Abma


They need to have more competitions like the Red Bull Cold Rush with jibbing and big mountain to determine it.

Please embed vids if you know how.



Jun 27 2012 12:36PM
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FigNewton
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Sammy Carlson

Jun 27 2012 1:01PM
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TheWakes.
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not having t hall in your top 5 is sad lol.
Jun 27 2012 1:06PM
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Seany.n
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wheres adam delorme in ur list
Jun 27 2012 1:08PM
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3dressedupasa9
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dane tudors higher up id say
Jun 27 2012 1:14PM
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Pipe_Munky
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too bad you can't have a contest like mountain biking's Red Bull Rampage.

basically, a couple of organizer built features and then you build your own lines in a gnarly area. shows the best of the best in the big mountain and slopestyle mtn bikers
Jun 27 2012 1:25PM
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dogfishmcfiz
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That's exactly what Red Bull Cold Rush is.
Jun 27 2012 1:27PM
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Online_Alien
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Candide, I've already made that clear to everyone in this post:

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/633538/
Jun 27 2012 1:42PM
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jensen
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no tanner, are you high or just plain stupid?

1) Candide
1) Tanner
3) Tudor
4) Delorme
5) Sammy

notice the tie for first
Jun 27 2012 1:46PM
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Twig
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i don't particularly like the guy but Jon has to be up there: How many guys can say they've won a big mountain comp, an X-games gold and raced in the World Cup?
Jun 27 2012 1:56PM
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Session
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Not having Sage on this list is a fucking travesty.
Jun 27 2012 2:14PM
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Karma_Police
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I think sage is better than Abma.
Jun 27 2012 2:51PM
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Pipe_Munky
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not at all. Cold Rush is a series of pre-built features with one line.

in Rampage, the riders are given a zone and can use features they built themselves or massive features the organizers built. there's no determined course.

something like supernatural for skiing would be better than cold rush
Jun 27 2012 3:04PM
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Skieurdesarcs
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How about the Red Bull Linecatcher in Vars, France?
Jun 27 2012 3:50PM
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JWoods
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Do you mean literally just in Alaska or all BC big mountain stuff?
Jun 27 2012 3:51PM
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Bangzilla
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Good list.  Agree, Tanner and Sammy both deserve to be up there, but Sage does not.  Benchetler is damn underrated though. 
Jun 27 2012 4:10PM
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AnthonyWalsh
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when was benchetler and pettit in the fucking x games?
Jun 27 2012 4:13PM
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Session
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No way Tanner or Sammy slay big shit on the level of Sage. And Honestly Sage has been on top of his game for so long it's ridiculous.
Jun 27 2012 4:29PM
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Forcillo
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This.

Also, Jacob Wester maybe?
Jun 27 2012 4:33PM
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666.
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Jun 27 2012 4:47PM
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GrabsForFun
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Petit shouldn't be on that list. He isn´t a very well rounded skiier at all
Jun 27 2012 5:03PM
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SSteezle
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it's pretty hard to argue this list. I'd put it in a little different order:

1. tudor
2. candide
2. tanner
4. sammy
5. delorme

As much as I wish McNutt could be in this list he just isn't up to par in the park.


If i were to add a couple more

Duncan Adams (really surprised no one's said this yet)
Parker White (^)
John spriggs
mike douglas (it had to be said)



Jun 27 2012 5:03PM
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Backyard.Skier
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ERIC POLLARD.

/thread.
Jun 27 2012 5:08PM
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Session
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In all reality, none of these guys can stick uphill ice on their saucer.
Jun 27 2012 5:24PM
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ChasingFlakes
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I think Dane would probably own candide in the park now , but candide would make tutor his bitch in the BC. those two are deff 1 or 2. what about collin collins? guy kills both
Jun 27 2012 5:30PM
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bighomieflock
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definitely b-dog.






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Jun 27 2012 5:38PM
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FigNewton
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Is this as of right now or all time because tanner cannot ski the way he used to
Jun 27 2012 6:33PM
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Age
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Delorme? Really??  Dont get me wrong, I love the dudes style (I spend so much time rewinding bits of his segments to watch certain tricks over and over) but you cant put him on the same level as Candide, Tanner, Tudor or Sage when it comes to big, burly lines.
Jun 27 2012 9:26PM
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snakerton
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i didn't know bentchetler can ski park?
Jun 27 2012 9:28PM
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pope.
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He's the best big mountain skier. But he never ever goes in the park (anywhere without a heli for that matter)
Jun 27 2012 9:30PM
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JWoods
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What about Tanner Rainville. I've heard from multiple people that he is easily one of the strongest skier in the game in all aspects plus he's been around forever.
Jun 27 2012 9:32PM
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jerm
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thats what i was going to say. then i considered that he might not be the "best" but definitely a fan favorite. hes really good at what he does.
Jun 27 2012 9:33PM
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.ZT.
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He at least skis some pow jumps. See here:
Not as bad as some people, but really shut the fuck up, it wasn't even funny.
Jun 27 2012 9:34PM
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pope.
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Yeah, everyone says that he's the best "underrated" skier. He is amazing. Just a little under the radar of skiing community.

Jun 27 2012 10:19PM
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MothaHucker
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1. tudor

2. candide

3. tanner hall

4. p white

5. sammy

/end thread.

Delorme is damn good at deep pow and park, but all afore mentioned skiers can kill anything from pillow lines to rails to jumps to big mountain terrain. Find me a video where delorme skis big mountain. And to the first east coast kid who thinks powder=big mountain, it does not so please do not reply with a fucking video of him skiing powder along with your 12 year old rant.

Jun 27 2012 10:24PM
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MothaHucker
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and for the double post,

word. rainville has been my favorite skier for a while now. he is hella chill too

Jun 27 2012 10:25PM
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pope.
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I agree I mean out of all the pros doing whatever, Rainville was always in the background. Always killing it.
Jun 27 2012 10:29PM
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bighomieflock
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Someone's on their period.
Jun 27 2012 11:44PM
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Karma_Police
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Get a clue
Jun 28 2012 12:44AM
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Karma_Police
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Because skiing pow jumps makes you a better skier?

I'm sorry but anymore with today's skis skiing pow "jumps" or BC booters isn't what it used to be.  If you're tricking natural terrain like pettit and the rest of the above skiers then it's different but bc "booters" are just a park jump in the bc with a powder landing and bigger skis.

YES I know it takes significantly more skill to hit these but I don't consider it big mountain skiing whatsoever.

Then again I consider big mountain skiing shit like TGR and FWT, so who knows, maybe I'm WAY OFF.
Jun 28 2012 12:53AM
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skicowboy
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It all depends if you have a timeline involved. If you say throughout their career who is the best all around skier, I would argue for Candide's sake but give Tanner a very close second. Both have all three X-games golds, both have got gnarly over Chad's, but I give the edge to Candide on slaying backcountry and AK style lines. He just skis better than Tanner in that aspect.

All the other people saying best well rounded skier is Delorme or Tudor, man, not a chance. Both of them are amazing skiers, but neither have the kind of results that Candide or Tanner have, although Dane has some good freeskiing results for sure. Same goes for Sammy, one of my favorite skiers, but seriously, not the craziest lines as much as big bc booters and tricks off cliffs. Sage kills all of them on AK, but certainly is smoked out by most of the aforementioned names in park. Seriously, Sage killing it at X-games? Please. I'd much rather see him toss some floaty flat 3's over natural gaps anyway.

Thanks for reading, have a great day.
Jun 28 2012 1:14AM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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i just realized how insanely incredible it'd be to watch delorme slay a gnarly steep line in the ak just going fucking mock 10
Jun 28 2012 1:19AM
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250r
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i saw sean in the park a ton of times this spring on blackcomb. and while he is a very good skier, hes still got a ways to go before you can say things like that about him. What about seth, dana, ian, and sage?
Jun 28 2012 2:00AM
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AGOF
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i dont understan how people have put pwhite and delorme above sammy, he has shredded tons of gnarly bc and AK and has medaled multiple times at x games and podiumed at tons of stuff
Jun 28 2012 2:14AM
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TheWakes.
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rainville deserves an honorable mention as well.
Jun 28 2012 2:46AM
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MothaHucker
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Very true, switch the last 2 and then that list is gold.
Jun 28 2012 4:46AM
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donklyker
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Despite Chris Benchetler being one of my favourite skiiers, he is a bit out of place being your number 2 here. Switch him with Tanner and its a pretty solid list. There are so many others that could be argued into this list though! Difficult to select a clear cut top 5.
Jun 28 2012 5:10AM
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auski
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1 and 2 have to be candide and Dane, they're clearly ahead.. But if this is an all-time list then candide has to be better than Dane at all disciplines. Yes, Dane may be able to put down a slightly better slope run than candide these days but candide has gold in all three x games disciplines whereas Dane hardly qualifies. Big mtn is similar, although candide is also on top of that discipline both right now and, arguably, re all time
Jun 28 2012 11:28AM
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Caspaaa
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Dane has an arsenal of probably over 5 different dubs, and now 1 triple.

maybe i'm just fairly unexposed but i've never seen Candide throw down on park jumps or jibs at all like Dane can.


Dane is just on another level, all year I see edits from PC or Breck and he's KILLING IT, sending sick dubs and triples, throwing down on some gnarly urban, and who knows what else. Then movie time comes around and he has a COMPLETELY backcountry seggy in Alaska or BC with a few urban shots.... it amazes me.
Jun 28 2012 11:43AM
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AGOF
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there are tons of kids throwing multiple dubs, and when candide was on top of the game i never saw anyone come even close to what he did, the biggest thing that comes to mind was his d spin over chads, and that was super early in his career.
Jun 28 2012 3:33PM
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snowfinder
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pointless with out vid
Jun 28 2012 4:18PM
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