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Age When Pros Started Skiing

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cb27.
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So apparently Noah Wallace started skiing when he was 13. It seems crazy to me that he could get this good in 11 years(He's 24 now).
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/801838/5-Questions-With-Noah-Wallace?c=11
So I'm wondering, when did other pros start skiing? I would think they all started at a very young age.
Dec 17 2015 7:27PM
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Pachankz
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Keri Herman didn't start til her twenties.
Dec 17 2015 8:09PM
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gnar_whal
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Ok that gives me some time..
Dec 17 2015 8:11PM
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270on420out
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Magnus Graner didn't started when he was 13 after he borrowed some skis from a friend and spent a day learning 360s
Dec 17 2015 8:12PM
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270on420out
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THEDIRTYBUBBLEMagnus Graner didn't started when he was 13 after he borrowed some skis from a friend and spent a day learning 360s


Ok then. I guess this thread is where grammar goes to die
Dec 17 2015 8:13PM
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Pachankz
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It's all about the level you surround yourself with. I started djing in the year 2000 , got good quick and within a year was opening up for world traveling pros. Back in the vinyl only days before CDs and controllers got big. Opening for these guys gave me a huge inspiration and insight to the level of professionalism out there . Being a pro at anything takes marketability also and politics play a huge role too.
Dec 17 2015 8:14PM
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zakattack66
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There is hope... There is hope.
Dec 17 2015 8:20PM
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404404
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I'm not, "pro, pro" but I was 13. Will wasn't too much younger.
Dec 17 2015 8:23PM
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fredyferl
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PachankzKeri Herman didn't start til her twenties.


It shows
Dec 17 2015 8:33PM
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NewEscuelers
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I'm so bad that I'm not even sure I've started skiing yet...
Dec 17 2015 8:42PM
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VANULAR
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started at 11, pro by 16 #thuglife
Dec 17 2015 8:52PM
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Pachankz
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VANULARstarted at 11, pro by 16 #claimlife


Fixed that for ya :)
Dec 17 2015 8:55PM
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VANULAR
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PachankzFixed that for ya :)


haha
Dec 17 2015 9:30PM
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Rennis_Deynolds
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it seems like a lot of pros start skiing when they are older
Dec 17 2015 9:39PM
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Swandog7
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I could start last week and be semi pro if i had a vag... anyone know a surgeon that specializes in transplants?
Dec 17 2015 9:46PM
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John18_6
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It's not about the age, it's about the mindset. People can progress to pro level in 2-3 years with the right attitude and avoiding injury.
Dec 17 2015 10:00PM
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JohnBolea
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ParryWithAnAI'm not, "pro, pro" but I was 13. Will wasn't too much younger.



You are defiantly pro pro one of my favorites too.
Dec 17 2015 10:11PM
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-WZ-
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john18061806It's not about the age, it's about the mindset. People can progress to pro level in 2-3 years with the right attitude and avoiding injury.


100% this. Ive been skiing for about 5 years now but this is the first season ive really had an aggressive mindset towards it and Ive already almost doubled my bag of tricks just in early season. its all a mental game
Dec 17 2015 10:19PM
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InDeV.gif
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I started around 7-8 years ago but most of that was just cruising the groomers. I didn't really start taking skiing seriously until around 3 seasons ago.
Dec 18 2015 1:52AM
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Easy-E
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I heard the Sildaru kids were pro before conception (Or lab creation).
Dec 18 2015 9:59AM
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SPUTnik.
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PachankzKeri Herman didn't start til her twenties.


That explains alot
Dec 18 2015 10:27AM
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Karl_Hungus
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ParryWithAnAI'm not, "pro, pro" but I was 13. Will wasn't too much younger.


what makes people pro, pro in skiing anyways? like i understand youre not sammy carlson and have non skiing jobs but your face is on a van and some skis so if your not pro im confused
Dec 22 2015 11:59AM
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