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What country has the best skiers? (In general not pros)

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YungEz
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This is probably a repost but the title says it all. Personally I've seen some crazy stuff come out of Finland recently so that's my vote.
Sep 15 2014 11:58PM
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SwedishSteezeJDH
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Sweden yessir. Can't really argue superiority, but with the Wester's, Dollo, and Tjader, I think we're up there.
Sep 16 2014 12:34AM
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theabortionator
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The US is up here if not the top. There have been huge evens and sick parks for a long time here. Lots of freestyle programs. The number of good parks is insane. So many options.
Sep 16 2014 12:46AM
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Literature
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Delaware.
Sep 16 2014 12:55AM
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patt.
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Jamaica
Sep 16 2014 1:08AM
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theabortionator
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patt.Jamaica


Pretty sure all their funding goes into their bobsled team
Sep 16 2014 1:16AM
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IKEA
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SwedishSteezeJDHSweden yessir. Can't really argue superiority, but with the Wester's, Dollo, and Tjader, I think we're up there.


Norways standrard is good too.
Sep 16 2014 1:22AM
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PKchu
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If this were about park skiing I would say the US for sure. But the title does just say "skiers" so I would have to go with somewhere in Europe.
Sep 16 2014 1:44AM
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theabortionator
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PKchuIf this were about park skiing I would say the US for sure. But the title does just say "skiers" so I would have to go with somewhere in Europe.


This is newschoolers so I would assume we're not talking racers, cross country, etc.
Sep 16 2014 2:00AM
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CJ_Brown
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I'd say Norway, shits crazy over there.
Sep 16 2014 2:09AM
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Negromancer
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In general probably Austria because skiing is more or less the biggest sport in Austria. While they're not known for the best park skiers the racers and big mountain skiers that come out of Austria are absolutely insane.
Sep 16 2014 4:16AM
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sNaubi
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PKchuIf this were about park skiing I would say the US for sure.


Dude, just because the population is massive and you have a larger amount of good park skiers doesnt mean theyre better., I mean, cmon, Sweden has a population of roughly 9million, the US about 319million, thats 310million more people. Sure like more than half of them rarely ski, but still, put it in perspective please...
Sep 16 2014 6:57AM
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Satans_anus
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SwedishSteezeJDHSweden yessir. Can't really argue superiority, but with the Wester's, Dollo, and Tjader, I think we're up there.


you forgot about The Bunch
Sep 16 2014 7:40AM
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Plankton
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MeapDude, just because the population is massive and you have a larger amount of good park skiers doesnt mean theyre better., I mean, cmon, Sweden has a population of roughly 9million, the US about 319million, thats 310million more people. Sure like more than half of them rarely ski, but still, put it in perspective please...


why do you sound sad
Sep 16 2014 7:48AM
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S.J.W
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Europe produces some cracker skis. French skiers are usually the most confident in big mountains. Sweden is crazy and Canada, I don't know what they put in the water over in Quebec but it's bloody working.
Sep 16 2014 8:35AM
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Blurst
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The sovereign state of Quebec puts out the best urban skiers of any nation by far.
Sep 16 2014 8:39AM
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ZachAndCheese
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*coughcough sochi slopestyle sweep *coughcough
Sep 16 2014 9:03AM
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SteezyStokes
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Canada
Sep 16 2014 9:15AM
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elcoach
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PKchuIf this were about park skiing I would say the US for sure. But the title does just say "skiers" so I would have to go with somewhere in Europe.


This , but considering europe skiers are maybe better all around but for park the us for sure
Sep 16 2014 9:35AM
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swisskhalifa
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did somebody mention Switzerland yet? We got everything, from big mountain dudes to park rats like Ambühl and Mahler. Urbans not that developed yet tho. workin on it
Sep 16 2014 2:32PM
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KravtZ
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Swtiz, Austria, US, Canada, Norway (?)
Sep 16 2014 2:35PM
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TOddy18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58jTlgKf9SU
Sep 16 2014 2:48PM
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joesdapoes
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Definatly holland, i'm not even sure if anybody in this country can do a double
Sep 16 2014 2:55PM
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whipple
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competing a lot it seems to be much more difficult to get into the big comps as an american, there are so many insane US kids these days. Europe puts out a lot of talent too but deff more spread out
Sep 16 2014 3:08PM
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sowowsodoge
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finland?
Sep 16 2014 3:32PM
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redking
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I've never skied in North America but it seems like there are loads of kids that try ski park before they even learn to ski. It's not really like that in Europe. Don't get me wrong there's obviously a few, just not as many
Sep 16 2014 4:59PM
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yeahmon
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North Carolina #SHREDNC
Sep 16 2014 7:20PM
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steezy_doge
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canada
#represent
Sep 16 2014 8:00PM
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zoaster
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Quebec. their fucking crazy
Sep 16 2014 8:43PM
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413Crew
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africa
Sep 16 2014 9:06PM
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Brocka_Flocka
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France deserves an honorable mention
Sep 16 2014 11:04PM
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suup
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Texas
Sep 17 2014 12:43AM
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cstromberg
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Finland or Sweden
Sep 17 2014 4:24AM
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El_flanderino
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definitely not australia for park skiing, maybe 1 in every 300 people on my home mountain can throw a flip, but we have some pretty crazy tree skiers and all mountain but not really anything special
Sep 17 2014 5:14AM
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Slowbro
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Scandinavia in general, not sure which country is best but I think Finland for park riders, have you ever seen an edit from Ruka?
Sep 17 2014 8:24PM
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floggnawmotors
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I'd say the U.S. just based on sheer numbers.
There's an insane amount of sick skiers in whistler and Quebec so Canada gets my biased vote
Sep 17 2014 11:35PM
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theabortionator
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MeapDude, just because the population is massive and you have a larger amount of good park skiers doesnt mean theyre better., I mean, cmon, Sweden has a population of roughly 9million, the US about 319million, thats 310million more people. Sure like more than half of them rarely ski, but still, put it in perspective please...


The vast majority of the population doesn't ski at all. It's a big country. There are a lot of mountains but also a ton of places nowhere near ski areas. Hell there are a ton of people in the US who have never even seen snow and the majority of people don't have access to ski hills.

ALso numbers or not there are a lot of people coming out of the states that are better than people from anywhere else.

Also nuff people say ya know they can't believe, jamaica we have a bobsled team.
Sep 19 2014 6:04AM
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sNaubi
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Double_Rainbowwhy do you sound sad


beacause, always someone 'MURICA!!!!!!!!!, yeah, well theyre, as i said, fkn 319mil. people, theyre bound to have shit tons of good skiers lol
Sep 19 2014 7:57AM
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Rodigan
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Ireland, the Irish throw down.
Sep 19 2014 9:02AM
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Hackster
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US wins in every aspect - park, big mountain, racing, recreational....
Sep 19 2014 10:31AM
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T-Holt
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Meapbeacause, always someone 'MURICA!!!!!!!!!, yeah, well theyre, as i said, fkn 319mil. people, theyre bound to have shit tons of good skiers lol


The title says what country has the best skiers, not the best skiers per capita. Due to our massive size, which is a big plus for the lady countries, we have a huge range of environments and of those we have a diverse range of mountains and skiing from small midwest molehills that breed fucked up good park skiers to massive, gnarly big mountain stuff. We're also competitive as fuck which is why we're better than everyone else ever, foreverever. Go US we're awesome, cue fireworks and explosions and monster trucks and big titties and stuff!
Sep 19 2014 11:53AM
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PacificRimJob
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Austria, Switzerland, Norway, or France.



Italy, USA, Sweden, and Canada are up there..

-note I'm also talking about real skiing on real snow on real cliffs on real mountains - not park and urban.
Sep 19 2014 11:58AM
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Elg
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Meapbeacause, always someone 'MURICA!!!!!!!!!, yeah, well theyre, as i said, fkn 319mil. people, theyre bound to have shit tons of good skiers lol


By that logic India must be way up there...
Sep 19 2014 12:55PM
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freeballer
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I think the Europeans probably have better fundamental basics down and know how to actually carve and be on edge. The French, Swiss, and Austrians have really amazing big mountain skiers. But overall, I think it goes to Canada, not the US. There's a higher percentage of the population that skis in Canada versus the US. OP is not asking about pro skiers, just the average recreational skier.
Sep 19 2014 1:18PM
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PacificRimJob
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freeballerI think the Europeans probably have better fundamental basics down and know how to actually carve and be on edge. The French, Swiss, and Austrians have really amazing big mountain skiers. But overall, I think it goes to Canada, not the US. There's a higher percentage of the population that skis in Canada versus the US. OP is not asking about pro skiers, just the average recreational skier.


Per-Capita I'd say the USA has the worst skiers of any country that's really into skiing haha. Either that or Japan/Korea. What I hear is that half the time the folks on vacation are even more n00by than the Texas dingbats that go to Vail and Park City for 5 days every year.
Sep 19 2014 1:50PM
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JibSome
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HacksterUS wins in every aspect - park, big mountain, racing, recreational....


Def not recreational. I ski most of my seasons in Austria, France and Italy and have gone skiing in the USA and to say you got the best recreational skiers is just well...ignorant
Sep 19 2014 3:35PM
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PacificRimJob
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JibSomeDef not recreational. I ski most of my seasons in Austria, France and Italy and have gone skiing in the USA and to say you got the best recreational skiers is just well...ignorant


Granted, that does entirely depend on where you go in the USA.

You go to Squaw Valley, or Jackson Hole or Crested Butte or something and seemingly everyone on the mountain makes you feel like a crap skier no matter where you're from.
Sep 19 2014 5:13PM
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J.D.
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Somewhere where it's part of the culture. In other words, not the USA, because let's face it, the vast majority of the country isn't in a position to access skiing. Canada's probably out too, because only Western Canada has the high quality stuff, and while Quebec has its presence, a large portion of the country (central / maritimes) is basically out of the picture.

I'd think somewhere like Austria.
Sep 19 2014 5:21PM
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Hackster
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JibSomeDef not recreational. I ski most of my seasons in Austria, France and Italy and have gone skiing in the USA and to say you got the best recreational skiers is just well...ignorant


Not sure where you skied in the US but as DingoSean said go to the proper places like he mentioned , Alta/Snowbird or the Tahoe area. My observation was that there were far more good recreational skiers than at any Euro resort I have been to - including the biggest ones.

Oh and I'm Euro btw so no bias here.
Sep 20 2014 7:10AM
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seanahue.
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Norway.

You could easily include Finland and Sweden and argue for Scandinavia as a whole too, for a huge chunk of history it was basically one country anyway.

At this point its like its embedded in their DNA or something. Recreational skiing is a relatively new concept (in the last 200yrs or so), but for transportation, hunting, and warfare, Scandos have been skiing for literally thousands of years.
Sep 20 2014 10:18AM
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JibSome
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DingoSeanGranted, that does entirely depend on where you go in the USA.

You go to Squaw Valley, or Jackson Hole or Crested Butte or something and seemingly everyone on the mountain makes you feel like a crap skier no matter where you're from.


I guess that's true. Only been to Utah and the best I've seen was at Alta.
Sep 20 2014 10:30AM
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