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Best Turns Ever Filmed

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AlexMartini
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Been obsessed with the shot for a while, just found it posted on youtube, thought I'd share:


Jun 27 2013 2:57PM
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TheClap.
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dem skis
Jun 27 2013 2:59PM
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cameron_taylor
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The line he pulls at 1:00 is without a doubt my favorite I've ever seen in video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjYwM6FHD_4&list=SPB6B2BE6AD6D24AEA
Jun 27 2013 3:12PM
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sports*creel
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Amen.
Jun 27 2013 3:20PM
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A^frame
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This guy gets left out of too many Greatest Skier ever conversations.
Jun 27 2013 3:51PM
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1337
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Every left turn he made from that angle looked like a cover shot of powder. So sick
Jun 27 2013 3:54PM
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DIX~
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this
Jun 27 2013 4:36PM
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Kreech
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Coombs is such a badass. In terms of best individual turns/lines ever filmed, I think the line at 5:04 in the video below is a contender.

Jun 27 2013 5:02PM
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SSteezle
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thanks for posting its all about the turns
Jun 27 2013 5:27PM
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arcadebelts
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It bums me out the only style often talked about is air style, not turn style. Hoji, Rubens, Abma, Seth, Coombs, they make skiing look like fun just by making turns down the mountain. Pretty incredible.

Good thread Alex.
Jun 27 2013 6:28PM
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DrZoidberg
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Pollard makes some nice turns. Like in the older hunting yeti movies. He does them like a surfer would do a backside turn, drawn out at the bottom then really snappy at the top. And he does them on snowbanks too.
Jun 27 2013 6:34PM
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wasatch_rat
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dude is so insanely technical and good at skiing. absolutely every movement looked intentional
Jun 27 2013 6:38PM
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methscratchface
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This conversation needs a little Jeremy Nobis. His steep high speed AK turns and spine riding are common place today, but in the late 90's was fucking mind blowing.
Jun 27 2013 6:45PM
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sports*creel
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Absolutely agreed... the turn heard round the world!
Jun 27 2013 7:28PM
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Backyard.Skier
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i want to ski nice steep gladed pow now
Jun 27 2013 7:38PM
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last_tango
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now add some cliffs and some tree jibs/bonks and you have the perfect run. Maybe some friends and green trees if that's your thing.
Jun 27 2013 7:47PM
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cydwhit
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This is why people care about form in skiing. I might get to old for airs and tricks but I hope to be pursuing the perfect turn for the rest of my life
Jun 27 2013 8:53PM
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will-blackwell
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that part of the movie is so good,
found this movie on netflix a couple months ago and i think i've watched it 4 or 5 times already, so dope
this site needs more threads like this +
Jun 27 2013 10:04PM
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A.Paul
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So much respect for Doug Coombs. Died doing what he loved.
R.I.P
Jun 27 2013 10:07PM
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a_burger
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No to mention he died trying to save a friend too. Coombs was one of the best big mountain skier ever
Jun 27 2013 10:10PM
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loganimlach
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Jun 27 2013 11:11PM
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Saintlysteeze
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that got my adrenaline going just watching it, holy shit I just want to go ski something really steep and deep right now
Jun 28 2013 12:36AM
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HannesSchneider
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Love this. Love the skiing, love the commentary, love the thought, love the man.
Jun 28 2013 12:47AM
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NWPA
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One of the best ever. RIP Doug
Jun 28 2013 12:52AM
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MartianMan
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Doug Coombs is the legend of big mountain skiing. How bout Ingrid in Yearbook, she was made famous by ripping three fast, steep ass turns.
Jun 28 2013 1:07AM
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4bi9
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"Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms."
Jun 28 2013 3:07AM
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kvan
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fuck park skiing
Jun 28 2013 7:12AM
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skodeo7
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Doug was such an amazing skier and from what I've gathered, person. Such a legend of our sport.
Jun 28 2013 8:51AM
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NPF
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this
Jun 28 2013 9:57AM
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Ryanvdonk
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i've always been a fan of hugo harrison, the dude is such a beast.
Jun 28 2013 10:06AM
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EllieMae
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easy to understand the obsession with this shot.
Jun 28 2013 2:54PM
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Forcillo
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This was in Steep right? That was the first ski film I ever saw, got me so stoked on pow. Then I realized I live in Maine.. Fuck
Jun 28 2013 9:16PM
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jahplaze
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Just shit my pants
Jun 28 2013 10:57PM
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ThaLorax
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My Dad turned me onto Doug Coombs. He and Shane were the first two professional skier names I ever knew. And Mosely of course, but that was more b/c he lived in the town next to mine.
Jun 29 2013 2:02AM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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yeah that's so true. I really love the way that Pwhite skis in the backcountry, just watching that man fly down anything is so tight looking
Jun 29 2013 3:35AM
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I_Am_Mod
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Summer NSG does not disappoint !
/threads!
Jun 29 2013 7:31AM
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minihef
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I couldn't agree more.

Hoji, Rubens, Hjertaas and a few others who grew up skiing in the Canadian Rockies seem to have a really similar distinctive style that's so good to watch. You can see it in Dan Steth (who fucking kills it) as well even though he's a completely different generation.
Jun 29 2013 8:15AM
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lewist
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Always loved the 'turn' at 9:30
Jun 29 2013 9:56AM
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lewist
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And by 9:30, i meant 9:40...
Jun 29 2013 9:59AM
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DeRizzo
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That was sweet. I also loved that POV one, even though I almost always love POV because you get to see the skiers perspective.
Jun 29 2013 12:36PM
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heFF
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the turn at one minute deep is $$$
Jun 29 2013 9:55PM
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zahava
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Hey me too! I remember going to the theatre to see it with my dad when I was like 12. Maine has so legit steeps, it's not west coast, but 1337 and I have some plans to explore the terrain around SLoaf next season, it looks super promising.
Jun 29 2013 11:23PM
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