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What got you into freesking?

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Kretzschmar
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Search-barred and didn't find anything on this.

So basically stated already, either a video or something in your life got you interested in this awesome sport, so what was it?

If its a video and you know where to find, please embed it, should be interesting to see where people first got interest.

Here's mine:


and the other one of the 20 something skiers at Breck training the rails and jumps. it was called Awesome Skiing Tricks but got deleted :(
Sep 19 2012 10:14PM
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Logan.
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I wanted to ski more (without my parents) so I was looking around at random websites for ski mountains nearby and randomly found some "freeride/freestyle" day camps. The jumps and rails of the terrain park always interested me, but I never thought I would actually do it. But then I did this freeride camp and instantly fell in love with it.
Sep 30 2012 1:43PM
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Kretzschmar
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love this video
Sep 30 2012 7:27PM
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fruitstick
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Beacause of SSX!
Sep 30 2012 7:30PM
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jmasterp
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Will someone link me the edit of the guys with the matching magic suits at breck?
Sep 30 2012 8:17PM
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___ASP___
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saw this in a book store in 2001. needless to say i had no idea you could jump on skis or do anything cool for that matter. went out that weekend and taught myself how to ski. as they say the rest is history

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Sep 30 2012 8:40PM
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A^frame
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I'm old, but definitely Degenerates.

Sep 30 2012 8:56PM
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Slowbro
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I first saw freeskiing when I was a little gaper at Panorama, I saw someone do a cork 7 or 9 and called it an upside down helicopter, and I thought it was so damn cool. I didn't really know what the sport was until quite a few years later I watched Claim with my friend a liked it a lot, asked him about local shops and such, but didn't get any gear yet. I bought Everyday is a Saturday a few months later and watched the shit out of it for a few weeks, and I got some Crowbars and a pair of Armada Codas for Christmas (2009) and learned 180's and how to slide a box the next day at Silverstar and I've been skiing 3 or more days a week since then. These were my favorite segments in those movies. and my old favorite
Sep 30 2012 9:48PM
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T-Holt
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Well, one day while chillin in the hood, I was wondering what I could do to improve my street cred with my homies and suddenly Steele Spence slides down a rail outside my housing project. Right away, my and my crew were taken aback by this hoodrattery and that day bought skis and moved to Breckenridge to live our hoodrat dream.
Oct 1 2012 8:15AM
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Kretzschmar
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hahaha this is great. K+
Oct 1 2012 1:54PM
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DIPSY
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Well there pal, I was skiing one day down a ski hill and I accidentally slipped into the 70 foot jump line at my local ski hill. I then proceeded to accidentially do a quadruple flip thinga majiger with a small spin in it (idk maybe it was like a 1800) then I went on to win XGames and Dew Tour.
Oct 1 2012 6:41PM
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MR.DERP
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Oct 1 2012 6:47PM
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Kretzschmar
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BUMP!!!

End of the season, time to here some more
Apr 30 2013 7:42PM
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SEEL
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Slumdogillionare, I jizzed for the first time after I saw that shit
Jul 2 2013 11:58PM
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90053
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well since i started skiing at a young age i was always hitting jumps and stuff with my bro, then just playing like ssx and stuff we started doing tricks, but the real turning point was watching edias for the first time then things got super cereal, which led to freeskier and eventually newschoolers
Jul 3 2013 7:48AM
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Easy-E
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Ive been skiing since i was 1, and since i live in the midwest, there isnt much for regular skiing. The parks always seemed so cool and always changing. Up until about 2 year ago i thought the parks were for snowboarders and punks and stuff, but i started riding them and i just fell inlove with the sport.
Jul 3 2013 10:42AM
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SamSandmire
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I was coaching gymnastics at Woodward West and my 7 year old son was a camper. We both became enthralled with watching the action sports athletes (skateboarders, BMXers, inline skaters) during our free time. Pretty soon, Trevor switched over from gymnastics to action sports and I found myself spending a lot of time watching & filming action sports. Trevor's early gymnastics training definitely helps him in freeskiing. And my gymnastics coaching experience helps me appreciate how awesome  freeskiers are. I'm too old to throw tricks, but I love to ski & I'm a real freeski fan.
Jul 3 2013 6:55PM
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shelbskis
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My brother is the one who really got me into freeskiing! I had mostly stayed out of the park until this past season or two.. I started to have a lot more interest in it because I was constantly watching all of the ski movies and edits with my older brother. He also introduced me to NS, which turned out to impact me a lot and make me want to begin freeskiing!!
Jul 3 2013 7:32PM
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Petey.
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I saw some edits of Tom Wallisch & Nick Martini slaying it at Windells one summer, and realized the snowboard just wasn't cutting it for me anymore and that I had to go back to skiing that winter.
Jul 3 2013 8:08PM
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thesatanist
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The Grand Bizarre actually
Jul 3 2013 8:42PM
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tvonny
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getting bored with moguls
Aug 11 2013 5:00PM
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notspoicey
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art of flight. hands down
Aug 11 2013 5:19PM
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zahava
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So much nostalgia in the thread!

Growing up I never really had any interest in racing or any team sports, which at the time in eastern canada was sort of what you did. I would just rip bumps and glades with my Dad at Tremblant. I think around 8 I also picked up snowboarding which at the time (at least for me) was what you did in the park, but that wasn't very fun. I basically quit that and got my first twins in 2005-2006 because I'd always see guys throwing down on the Tremblant XL park the first year it was on Flying Mile and at the spring big air and street rail jam they used to have every spring; Dave Crichton, Gagnier Brothers, etc...

When I was 12 or 13 (2005) I found freeskier podcasts on iTunes and I'd watch all the movie trailers (Anomaly, Push, Yeah Dude!, Atomic 44 Days, Idea/Nimbus) and event coverage they did. I also went to see STEEP at the theatre with my dad when it came to Ottawa, that had a pretty big impact on changing my 'focus' from park back to powder. I found NS after meeting YETI at the Nestea Chill On The Hill at Tremblant in 2009, thats also the day I actually learned to slide rails...

Jossi, Chris, and everyone killed it so hard in this!

44 Days - A Ski Film by Kris Ostness from Dave Amirault on Vimeo.

Aug 11 2013 5:58PM
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Dr.Dickless
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definitely this video, I watched it probably 10 times in my Spanish 2 class


Aug 11 2013 6:18PM
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WillieFat
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The first time I saw one of Abe Kislevitz's videos...
Aug 11 2013 9:02PM
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PsychedelicMoose
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Watching Dew Tour in person got me started.
Aug 11 2013 9:29PM
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Bock
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*tears up* so much nostalgia in this thread. Just listening to the songs from these edits alone gets me so emotional about skiing.
Aug 11 2013 10:06PM
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Filet-O-Fish
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after i peed in her butt.
Aug 12 2013 11:54AM
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Kretzschmar
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THIS THREAD MADE IT IN TO THE NS MAGAZINE!!!!

If you havent picked one up go do so!
Nov 6 2013 10:00PM
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caderobinson
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I remember my first year skiing park.. wicked gaper and i remember my friend filming me that first year. The footage was so bad and i thibk seeing that influenced me to try to progress
Nov 6 2013 10:18PM
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MaryO
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Was stoked to see my post made it in the magazine!
Nov 6 2013 10:22PM
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.Asain-Skiier
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My home hill is basically all park, so its learn park or gtfo.
Nov 6 2013 10:24PM
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mski
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I would say ski movie three got me in, this segment however kept me hooked

Dave Crichton Forward Opening Segment from Level 1 on Vimeo.

Nov 6 2013 10:28PM
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Turd.Ferguson
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like fourmy friend just started doing park and showed me a video called line traveling circus ep.1 and i started to watch them and i dont know if i would have ever started park farting if it wasnt for andy perry and his crazy crew,
Nov 6 2013 10:49PM
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Turd.Ferguson
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four years ago***
Nov 6 2013 10:50PM
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RimJobber
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JOSS 2010. No doubt.
Nov 6 2013 10:52PM
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Woodhouse
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Being 5 or 6 taking ski lessons from some domed ski bum who was doing little 3s and 5s everywhere got me pretty stoked. After that, I bought a few ski magazines, saw pictures of Tanner and Pep.
Got twins for Christmas when I was 9 and from there it's fun and games.

Nov 7 2013 12:04PM
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seward
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bingo.

i remember watching this in the cafe in grade 9.
my jaw hit the floor.
freeze, 1080's, ski movie, snowjams, etc etc etc.
and here we are, 15 years later and i still have a rager.
Nov 7 2013 12:14PM
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LynxNation
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I went to Hood as a racer and realized everyone else was having more fun and more sleep than me.4 am wake ups suck. If I hadn't gone to Hood, I'd probably still live in Minnesota slapping gates. Not to forget watching Yearbook and Enjoy on repeat.
Nov 7 2013 3:34PM
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John18_6
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Must've been a lot of things, I can't remember exactly the moment. But I have been making jumps in my backyard up to 3-4 years before I'd consider starting freeskiing. I also put two plastic parts of a toy picnic table and grinded it like a dragon tail rail. Then I watched the trailer for revolver by PBP and thought, "okay, I should do that." Thus the adventure begun, and it was much harder than I thought.
Nov 7 2013 3:48PM
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CKpolicy
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my dad. thanks pops.

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Nov 7 2013 4:09PM
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BagOTricks
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Snowboarded for four or five years before Abe came around. This edit turned me to the light side!


Nov 7 2013 4:52PM
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MartianMan
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TGR's Anomaly
Showed me the life of true adventure and what I can do to pursue it.
Nov 7 2013 5:01PM
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Preston+
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I live in NC so naturally skiing isn't really known about in the eastern part of the state. I later moved to the foot hills in the western part of the state and It was only like a 45 min. drive up the mountain to my nearest ski hill (there are 4 in NC!!!). So finally after a few years and only skiing once i decide to rent a snowboard and go up. It was fun so i bought a board and started being a regular for a few years. During my second year as a boarder i was riding up the lift and I saw this skier in a full G suit come out of the park and was thinking to myself that guy is cool as shit (this is season 09-10 and I was in 6th grade). I got interested in skiing immediately and watched some videos and really enjoyed it but never switched to skiing. Two seasons later on a day when my hill had the guns blowing i decided i was gonna mess around and rent skis. I rode down the bunny hill once and immediately decided that i was gonna be a skier for life. I got some really shit skis and bindings for free from my friends mom and bought some packed out nordica superchargers from a guy at the shop for 75 bucks and skied 3/4 of the season on them. Last year i got some rossi scratches and beat the shit out of them all season, even though I sucked and was a huge gaper i really didnt care because it was too fun. This year i got some "skier" outerwear, chronics, and FT drop kicks. Im hoping that this will be my best year yet on snow.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywrQOt5CV-Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28wTbo7MXe8
Nov 7 2013 5:21PM
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Dr.Dickless
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more like 10 times a day




Also this

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Nov 7 2013 5:26PM
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Dr.Dickless
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I used to race with this kid back in the day
Hes a way dope skier, never made it big for some reason though
Nov 7 2013 5:28PM
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TheUngroomed
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My cousin came down from Alaska for a couple days when I was like 14 and showed me NS. I made an account and asked her what videos to watch. After watching all the TC's, i wanted to ski again (I was snowboarding at the time). And then after watching the JOSS Team America and Europe edits of 2009, I was hooked
Nov 7 2013 5:55PM
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B_K
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i always thought park was cool but never really saw skiiers in there and one day i was at Northstar and got to watch some Dew tour practice and i heard some guys talking about this simon guy so i went home and googled him and here i am now..
Nov 7 2013 6:02PM
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FrenchFriar
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My Girlfriend skis, and she went on to show me Traveling Circus, and introduced me to Newschoolers, and I have been addicted ever since.
Nov 7 2013 8:56PM
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Kretzschmar
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you have one awesome girlfriend.
Nov 7 2013 11:53PM
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avgvstynovich
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I was in Livigno with my parents and saw some guys doing flatspins, spins, crazy corks etc, i told myself. Fuck, this is what i wanna to do !!
May 26 2014 9:40AM
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