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What made you start freeskiing?

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ttave514
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How and why did you start doing tricks on skis? Who/what made you want to ski freestyle? For me, once i randomly found this video on youtube I kney what I wanted to do with my life.
Jun 18 2013 9:32PM
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000000000000
Posts: 843 - Karma: 1,552
I started out snowboarding, so freeskiing came naturally.
Jun 18 2013 9:38PM
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Dingo69
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Msps focused changed my life in 45 minutes in the fall of 2003
Jun 18 2013 9:47PM
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~Gotama~
Posts: 821 - Karma: 3,160
i was done with racing after high school, and wanted another way to keep pushing my progression in skiing when the conditions were east coast.
Jun 18 2013 10:35PM
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DeRizzo
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Mostly seeing my friends in the park. But some of this got to me:

I Feel Ghood - Edit. from Ante Olofsson on Vimeo.

Jun 18 2013 11:39PM
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DeRizzo
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Oh my god just watching it makes me want to cry. The memories...
Jun 18 2013 11:43PM
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LarsTynes
Posts: 88 - Karma: 5,952
This!

Corey Vanular Long Story Short Segment from Level 1 on Vimeo.

Jun 18 2013 11:51PM
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Nate.Dog
Posts: 1672 - Karma: 2,098
The searchbar helped a lot, but honestly it was watching some poor boyz movies and some windells skiing edits, I had been skiing since 2 but didn't even think about going into the park until last year.
Jun 19 2013 12:59AM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
I found this video on Kazaa when I was like 10 or 11. I already skied, but that's when I knew freeskiing was for me.

Skiing-Fakie double backflip by Matthieufrites
Jun 19 2013 1:21AM
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zahava
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Seeing the guys doing 540's and 7's on the 'big' jumps at tremblant, that was so long ago, like early 2000's.
Jun 19 2013 1:32AM
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PoopDollar
Posts: 296 - Karma: 423
Teej's segment in seven sunny days. Never looked back.
Jun 19 2013 1:59AM
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will_powder
Posts: 3194 - Karma: 5,445
Seeing the park at my local hill, skipping race training as a little punk to straight slide flat boxes. Then I saw Level 1's Forward. Crichton's seggy changed it for me.

Dave Crichton Forward Opening Segment from Level 1 on Vimeo.

Jun 19 2013 2:20AM
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buddychaps
Posts: 1817 - Karma: 583
Just skiing with my friends as a kid and pushing each other every day we went out made me the freeskier I am today.
Jun 19 2013 2:20AM
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TACO-DOG.exe
Posts: 11989 - Karma: 12,264
i did it for the children.
Jun 19 2013 2:24AM
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HolySchimmel
Posts: 1601 - Karma: 1,297
Just somehow came naturally. Going through the parks every now and then, taking some small jumps. Somehow all fell into place from there on...
Jun 19 2013 2:54AM
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Jenkins_
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk4V12zHtjc

someone please embed
Jun 19 2013 3:02AM
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milk_man
Posts: 5252 - Karma: 5,978
This really good snowboarder at my local hill inspired me to start skiing park. I knew I would never snowboard so I bought some park skis
Jun 19 2013 7:17PM
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SnowMiser
Posts: 801 - Karma: 3,150
I got bored with the regular slopes to be honest. I got about as good as an East coast skiier of my age could get on our mountain's groomers, and I just ventured into the park from there. Had a terribly long gaper phase that I now look back on with scorn, but I was blissful
Jun 19 2013 7:31PM
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animeallstar
Posts: 835 - Karma: 1,245
This shit right here, thanks Eric.
Jun 19 2013 7:40PM
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whoa-dere
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i saw these on youtube. i was like "pretty cool but i'll stick to snowboarding" that was 3 years ago. now i do both



Jun 19 2013 7:48PM
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stupendous-man
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still one of my favorite edits to this day, it was this and my best friend nagging me to try it out


Jun 19 2013 8:01PM
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DeRizzo
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and not to mention you live near Hood. Lucky bitch.
Jun 19 2013 8:31PM
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ScuffDUFF
Posts: 2027 - Karma: 143
The first time I saw an older kid at the mountain hit a rail and do a 360 on twin tips, I was hooked.
Jun 19 2013 8:41PM
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JWeinstock
Posts: 3439 - Karma: 1,352
Simon Dumont. Some older kid posted this edit on facebook:



i then proceeded to watch all of his joss edits. This was one of them:



I then found about Tom Wallisch and saw this edit:



Then i begged my mom to buy me twin tips and for my 13th birthday i got over $600 in gift cards from so many people that i bought myself some salomon threats with squires. the rest is history
Jun 19 2013 8:47PM
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Hodor
Posts: 503 - Karma: 2,578
started skiing park around 13 years old when I saw Todd Wallnutz and Black Steve (then green goblin) destroying rails at Ski Roundtop Pennsylvania 8 or 9 years ago. I also remember seeing them smoke a blunt in the middle of the park. it was the first time I ever saw weed
Jun 19 2013 8:57PM
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Sir.Steezealot
Posts: 1156 - Karma: 677
I did it for the ratchet hoes and the 500k salary i'll be pulling in when im sponserized by motorola.
Jun 19 2013 9:00PM
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Turd.Ferguson
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A reason to wear huge baggy clothes and bonk around on rails to shitty underground rap. Seriously, haha i enjoy fucking with people on the mountain.
Jun 19 2013 10:05PM
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Stose
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My parents had me do race team when I was little because I liked to ski fast. And then after 2 years a realized racing blows so I switched to the freeski team instead
Jun 19 2013 10:41PM
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FerrisBueller
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I grew up in Snowmass Village, CO so i guess you can say i started because my parents put me on skis at age 1 down the driveway
Jun 19 2013 10:53PM
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freestyler540
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In 1994 when Jean Luc Brassard won the Olympics, his run blew me away. I always wanted to ride moguls. Finally, my parents signed me up when I was 13 and I was hooked. After 7 years, the federation was heading in the wrong directions and I had to quit for school. I started to focus on park until I rediscovered freeriding.

http://youtu.be/BsaWL56na0
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Jun 19 2013 10:57PM
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WillyTheKid
Posts: 106 - Karma: 639
My home mountain is small and very park based, so I got bored of skiing the runs regularly and started doing goofy little cliffs and jibs with friends. Eventually I got some park skis, (Candide's pro model used) and it clicked.
Jun 20 2013 1:13AM
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JonasJuhler
Posts: 347 - Karma: 1,351
My uncle dared me to do a "helicopter" when i was like 13, and after doing that I could never stop again

Jun 20 2013 9:50AM
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The_Polock
Posts: 345 - Karma: 1,280
Greg Tuffelmire.  The original gansta.
Jun 20 2013 10:31AM
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Byron_tha_gr8
Posts: 4573 - Karma: 14,299
Came here to post this, and this

Jun 20 2013 10:58AM
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maximiliaan
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Jun 20 2013 11:43AM
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j.engel
Posts: 245 - Karma: 417
I was just joy skiing and I was curious to see what all these jumps were so I went to go check it out.. Boom insta hook
Jun 20 2013 12:27PM
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Kebec
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Extreme Skiing 60' cliff drop!! ^^^
Jun 20 2013 1:09PM
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McLS
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Shawn white
Jun 20 2013 1:11PM
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VANULAR
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poorboyz productions 13 got me into freeskiing
Jun 20 2013 1:42PM
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Lemuel
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Basically my mountain put in a terrain park, and there were like 2 or 3 older kids at the mountain who skied park. I wanted to do what they were doing. I had my first pair of park skis for the 04/05 season. Then I found the 4bi9 videos on youtube before I even started coming on NS and that really pushed me. I'd watch them every day after school. #highschool
Jun 20 2013 1:43PM
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skodeo7
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Cusson sw 7, Degenerates, Balance & 13
Jun 20 2013 1:51PM
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PNSkier
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man i used to sit and watch teasers all summer long back in like 2003ish. pop your bottles had dipset for their teaser and i used to get so amped watching that. then i bought up every video i could get my hands on that year. Rory Silva's part where he was running around slashing dudes in PYB was the shit! i grew up skateboarding and used to seeing these gnarley dudes ride, but he was the first dude i saw put out a segment that wasnt all G'ed out. and he was riding the my first pair of skis i bought, k2 fujitives! so i was even more amped on that... good times with my buddies settin up ghetto boxes in the fall was equally fun and got me more stoked to ride
Jun 20 2013 1:57PM
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forrest-cole
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Jun 20 2013 2:04PM
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Line_Skis
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Jun 20 2013 2:08PM
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magicalkitten
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I skateboard pretty much every day of my life so when winter comes on the east coast i had nothing to do and of course i wanted to snowboard at first and i did for like 2 seasons and then last season i was chilling at the top of the terrain park and i looked over and saw these dude with huge shirts and baggy ass pants just getting super hyped off of each others tricks and it looked like they were having a really good time and I knew i wanted to do that. So i saved up my christmas money for twin tips and started going as much as i could and i love it now. Haven't snowboarded since.
Jun 20 2013 2:09PM
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EternalJens
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My friend got SSX: Ontour for christmas and we played it, and I was completely amazed by the idea of doing tricks on skis. So yea, I guess thats what got me into skiing!
Jun 20 2013 2:11PM
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The 2005 D-Jam at Val St. Come was a gamechanger for me! It was the first time I got to meet Doug and Felix, and was the catalyst to me wanting to work in the ski industry.

Jun 20 2013 2:17PM
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ski-swagga
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I was skiing for years and hitting random side booters here and there doing 180s and shit. then started hanging out with older kids who skied/boarded park, but this edit was the beginning of my obsession.
Jun 20 2013 2:47PM
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redking
Posts: 148 - Karma: 437
SSX: Ontour, holy shit i loved that game so much. I remember my brother did a safety grab when we were doing ski lessons like 5 years ago and it was the coolest thing ever
Jun 20 2013 2:58PM
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Brule.
Posts: 3933 - Karma: 6,262
Saw this on MTV2 with my dad when I was in 5th, maybe 6th grade. This really inspired me.

Jun 20 2013 3:18PM
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pfoulger
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SASfilms.com did it for me. Todd Dostal whoever he is was incredible and never got the fame he deserved!!
Jun 20 2013 3:29PM
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