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Most Influential Park Skier

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BlakeG
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In my opinion the most influential park skier right now is Henrik, he literally changed the face of skiing it is mostly because of him people arent skiing park with poles. Discuss
Apr 21 2013 4:07PM
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WaffleMaster
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Andy Parry has brought so many new things to skiing and is his own genre of style. Him.
Apr 21 2013 4:12PM
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Chubz.
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nah
Apr 21 2013 4:12PM
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fredyferl
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In Quebec it's B-Dog by far
Apr 21 2013 4:15PM
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Laurent.
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Candide Thovex.
Apr 21 2013 4:19PM
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jordy19
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Apr 21 2013 4:19PM
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M.M
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me, i can double helicopter
Apr 21 2013 4:22PM
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_Garagely_
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Henrik, Tom, and the other mainstream skiers that 12 year olds drool over.
Apr 21 2013 4:26PM
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Steeze_Irwin
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Big Air Dave

seriously, i have never seen so many kids hucking their meat to the gucci plateau since dave came along.
Apr 21 2013 5:40PM
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people were skiing poleless before Henrik, but he has definitely helped with it's resurgence.
Apr 21 2013 5:46PM
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last_tango
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In Maine Shea Flynn.
Apr 21 2013 5:46PM
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a_burger
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TOM WALISH



























but really I would probably sayall the dudes in LTC and Real SkiFi
Apr 21 2013 6:01PM
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joly.sp
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mik d and corey vanular. /thread.


Tanner would be high on that list too. But as far as 90% of style goes nowadays these 2 are among the most influential.

And OP pep and mahre used no poles on hellbents in the park YEARS ago, henrik did not just start this. Hell im sure people used no poles in the park before pep also
Apr 21 2013 6:05PM
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DGski
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andy's entire new bag of tricks changed the game, he doesn't get enouhg credit for it i don't think
Apr 21 2013 6:06PM
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scarsimd
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woodsy. role model for UK park skiers
Apr 21 2013 6:09PM
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Plankton
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candide
Apr 21 2013 6:15PM
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Kretzschmar
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definitely
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Apr 21 2013 6:40PM
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myllhouse
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came in here for this
Apr 21 2013 8:09PM
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wasatch_rat
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tough question, because a lot of times the guys that make tricks and styles popular were by no means the first to do them. jon olsson deserves a lot of credit for making dub corks and dub rodeos popular, but on the other hand, mike wilson was doing dub 10s years earlier, and people before him did "risky flips" (dspin 7 to backflipp). wallisch made pretzels super popular but people did those way before he came along. b-dog made presses, 50-50s, and one footers more popular but the gagniers were doing them way earlier. and, no disrespect, but if you think henrick is the first person to get people to stop using poles then you haven't been following this sport for very long lol.

in the last 5 years: wallisch. with bdog as a close second

last 10 years: mik d, jon olsson or tanner.

for the next 5 years: my money is on henrik

overall: its gotta be the first skiers to popularize park skiing, all the canadian airforce crew.

even this list leaves out important people though like charles gagnier, corey vanular, mike wilson, dumont, candide, travis heed and andy parry and too many others to even name.

sorry for the rant but its aways good to look back at where this ridiculous, awesome sport of ours came from. fuck yea skiing.
Apr 21 2013 10:10PM
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dvx100
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inB4 everyone says Tom, Henrik, or Phil


But yeah Jon Brogan aka YOUNG BROGEZZZ
Apr 21 2013 10:14PM
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WaffleMaster
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True dat. If you invent a new trick, you've gotta be up there.

Also, this isn't my era but TANNER HALL probably set skiing in a totally different tangient, he's actually probably the most influential in history. Kinda started the thug thing too right?
Apr 21 2013 10:29PM
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The_Real_EWilly
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David lesh


No but Simon, Tanner and candide really got the sport going.
Apr 21 2013 10:33PM
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downhilljack
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Nick Goepper, hands down. The guy is taking skiing into the future.
Apr 22 2013 1:34AM
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McLS
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YES.
Apr 22 2013 4:13AM
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JonasJuhler
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Im gonna set my money on Torin as for the next 5 years. He is so young and has already stomped a 1800. He is gonna break the 2000 barrier and spin us into the future
Apr 22 2013 5:47AM
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GrabsForFun
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Pun intended?
Apr 22 2013 5:49AM
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ScottyN
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Not just UK, the world and not only as a skier as a person too. hero.
Apr 22 2013 6:29AM
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scarsimd
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i lol'ed
Apr 22 2013 9:15AM
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weedski
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influencing personal style is much more than trending.
poles/nopoles, one extra spin....hippykillers, diamonds are forever



have you peeped this?
Apr 22 2013 11:37AM
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Petey.
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Did you ever stop to think that they are "mainstream" because they are two of the best skiers in the industry?

Probably not.
Apr 22 2013 11:38AM
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Mainah
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Candide, THall, Simon, and Vanular really got the sport going and got it recognized and noticed
Apr 22 2013 12:07PM
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Timotheezy.
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How has nobody said Hornbeck?
Apr 22 2013 12:12PM
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scarsimd
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pretty sick.. good style
Apr 22 2013 12:27PM
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ZeechMcHuck
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Since this came out ive seen tons of kids sending deep to flat while claiming that theyre the next big air dave.
Apr 22 2013 12:29PM
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K-Thomas
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Aside from the early legends like the canadian airforce, then tanner, candide, CR, pep, etc... Dave Chrichton. He's your favorite pro skier's favorite pro skier. Therefore, his influence is twofold.
Apr 22 2013 1:22PM
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ja.
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back in the day = Tanner

now = Henrik
Apr 22 2013 1:29PM
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JUP*
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Word
Apr 22 2013 5:19PM
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Peter.
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tim wamstick
Apr 22 2013 5:31PM
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coldcuts69
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i dont know about all of skiing but personally maks gorham's style influences me the most.

its just so compact, flowy, and clean.

MAKS GORHAM - EARLY SEASON KEYSTONE from Stept Productions on Vimeo.

Apr 22 2013 5:38PM
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FerrisBueller
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educated by Iberg as always
Apr 22 2013 6:15PM
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FerrisBueller
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Its changed as time goes on but id say

Mik D
Candide
Tanner
Henrik
Apr 22 2013 6:19PM
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_Garagely_
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Of course they're mainstream because they're really good. What makes them influential is that most kids go crazy over them IMO.
Apr 22 2013 6:24PM
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Steve_Glandsberg
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Armada crew.
Apr 22 2013 6:52PM
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dvx100
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MOST INFLUENTIAL PARK SKIER NOT PARK SKIERS.
Apr 22 2013 7:55PM
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SIMPLE.
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Naw man B-DOG everywhere. The guy get's about half the respect he deserves. He still does things people dont even think about doing as far as rails go and so he has taken the game to a whole new level and like Andy Parry does stuff that just can't be matched
Apr 22 2013 8:41PM
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