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Adam Delorme- better at park or backcountry?

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brend
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What aspect of skiing is he better at? I thought i made my desicion until his new park edit came out.
Dec 21 2013 10:26AM
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.Hugo.
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he absolutely slays both
Dec 21 2013 10:37AM
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amo
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One of the best all around skiers out there I'd say
Dec 21 2013 10:54AM
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JAHBRADOR
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aerials.
Dec 21 2013 10:57AM
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sNaubi
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I'd say, he's amazing in any place, just throw some kind terrain at him and he'll probably blow your mind no matter what.
Dec 21 2013 12:07PM
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CashmereCat
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I was thinking the other day, who's the better all around skier, Delorme or Ahmet Dadali?
Dec 21 2013 12:17PM
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Cambrewski
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Delorme for sure.
Dec 21 2013 12:21PM
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fredyferl
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IMO they're two really different skiers
Dec 21 2013 12:27PM
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Turkelton
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Sammy, Dane, Candide, Delorme = Beyond everybody
Dec 21 2013 12:28PM
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CashmereCat
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Both really well rounded though. Delorme kills it everywhere no doubt, but Dadali does too. His partly cloudy segment was insane, killer urban and BC.
Dec 21 2013 12:37PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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Dadali is nowhere near as strong of a skier as Delorme
Dec 21 2013 12:54PM
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Petey.
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Dude. C'mon. You make it sound like there's a huge skill gap between them. False. Have you seen Partly Cloudy?
Dec 21 2013 12:59PM
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Dec 21 2013 2:52PM
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Session
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You need to put down the fucking crack pipe.
Dec 21 2013 3:06PM
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CashmereCat
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Exactly what I was getting at, Delorme kills it everywhere, so does Dadali. They're the two most well rounded skiers in my opinion.
Dec 21 2013 4:05PM
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PDoyle
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Can't forget to mention P White when talking about best well rounded skiers. Probably my personally favourite skiers out there.

As to OP, depends what you classify as 'better' - style of tricks as opposed to complexity/technicality.
Dec 21 2013 4:17PM
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PizzaKid
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Buttering
Dec 21 2013 6:17PM
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belden...
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Sammy is no where near as good a big mountain/ back country skier as any of the other 3
Dec 21 2013 6:54PM
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SnowMiser
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did you see his xgames real snow entry?
Dec 21 2013 6:56PM
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californiagrown
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Sammy has been on 2 trips to AK with TGR.

You honestly think delorme is better, let alone in the same orbit? I would like some video evidence...Sammy's is all over youtube.

Dec 21 2013 7:05PM
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Film.
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Can't tell if trolling...
Dec 21 2013 7:13PM
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notorious_candy
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Hows about: adam delorme- great at park and backcountry! ??
Dec 21 2013 7:14PM
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SSteezle
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Are you dumb? Sammy is one of the best backcountry skiers in the sport
Dec 21 2013 7:50PM
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OwenReynolds
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yes.
Dec 21 2013 8:00PM
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Rusticles
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Gotta add Pettit
Dec 21 2013 8:03PM
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-emile-
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yeh not at all ...
Dec 21 2013 8:19PM
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Pudge
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I'll take JP for 800 Alex

Dec 21 2013 8:41PM
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belden...
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Ha nope, just because he can hit a back country jump doesn't mean he's the best backcountry skier (at least in my opinion)

Delorme, Tudor, Candide, Wiley, Durtschi, Tanner, Petit, Treadway, Hjorleifson, Windstedt, Mark Abma, Mike Fucking Douglas, Seth, JP, Julien Regnier

all of them are better backcountry/ big mountain skiers than sammy is.
Dec 21 2013 8:57PM
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SSteezle
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You didn't list to Thall. therefore you're wrong and I don't respect you
Dec 21 2013 9:12PM
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Pudge
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After Durtschi, before Petit (;
Dec 21 2013 9:41PM
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Mrworm10
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Dadali does urban, I think he's much better than delorme at that, also maybe some jibs, but delorme slays dadali on any kind of jump/backcountry.
Dec 21 2013 11:08PM
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Rusticles
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I dunno about slays dadalli on jumps, maybe because of his unique style but I'd say that ones pretty close, A better backcountry skier for sure.
Dec 21 2013 11:32PM
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theorolfs
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dadali is way better at park and urban, delorme is better at backcountry and big mountain. they are both incredibly talented tho.
Dec 21 2013 11:56PM
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DUKES
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Delorme = moguls
Dec 22 2013 12:10AM
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Turd.Ferguson
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dadali has this meaty style tho
Dec 22 2013 1:47AM
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Jakelapham
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I am sorry but Sammy is at least equal to some the aforementioned skiers; Tanner, Windstedt, Delorme
Dec 22 2013 8:15AM
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zyzzbrah
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I can't see how Dadali and Delorme can be compared to each other - Dadali clearly has urban over delorme, but delorme has powder/big mtn over dadali...so they can't be compared...

and they are both boss in the park but with completely diff styles.

No need to compare them - They are both incredible
Dec 22 2013 8:30AM
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CrotchKiller
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Damn, you really don't think that much. Didn't even include Parker white in that list... What a Fucking joke. Deformed is smooth as fuck with the tricks he does but there are people with wayyyyy more tricks and people who ski wayyyyy more gnarly lines.
Dec 22 2013 9:42AM
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Turkelton
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I did forget Parker. Including Parker those guys as all rounders are in another league
Dec 22 2013 10:47AM
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KA-47
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one of the most underrated skiers out in my opinion
Dec 24 2013 12:56PM
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willysworld
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thats quite a good list you have put together there.. but sammy did 360 fat bastard in jackson hole ... and like gaped to a transition bump/spine ... one of the sickest things ive ever seen... Sammy is probably top 10 best all round skiers...

1)Candide
2)Sean P
3)Tanner Rainville
4)Sage
5)pollard
6)Parker White.
7)Tanner Hall
8)Sammy Carlson
9)Dane Tudor
10)Pep
11)Adam Delorme
13)Kye Peterson
14)Calum P
15)Josh Bibby


Honorable mentions: Bene Meyer., Rory Bushfield,,Jp Auclair, Dana Flair, Tim Durtchi, Mark Abma, Wiley Miller, Richard Permin, Henrick Windested,Jon, Julien Rengier,



Dec 25 2013 1:42AM
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Saga.
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It's good to see 3 of your team members mentioned several times over in threads like these.

But in response to the OP, Delorme isn't better at one or the other. He's simply on a different level than anyone else in both aspects.
Dec 25 2013 5:30AM
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Ryanvdonk
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he's not even close to windstedt in terms of big mountain skiing...when he gets a FWT championship we can begin this conversation.
Dec 25 2013 11:32AM
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Agamemnon
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Big Air Dave doesn't have a FTW title, so I care not about them.
Dec 25 2013 11:54AM
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dom_daq
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I gotta say personally, I get more stoked over Delores park edits than backcountry. I know he puts his serious filming time into the backcountry, but it seems to me that his park skiing is really more abstract and changing the game. Nobody can ski a park like ad but his backcountry just seems a little more standard shredding pow and hitting cliffs.
Dec 25 2013 7:37PM
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busterburns
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Isn't this a matter of opinion? all of these guys run our sport, but to say that one is better than the other without at least comparing two videos is kinda pointless.
Dec 25 2013 8:02PM
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SteezoSaurus
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This for days.
Dec 25 2013 8:33PM
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