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Best rail skier of all time?

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BlueVillain
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My vote goes to andreas hatveit. Prove me wrong
Jul 10 2018 10:27PM
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s.j.mitchell
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We taking style wise or skill wise
Jul 10 2018 11:08PM
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JoeF2661
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Glen plake. There's footy. Guaetamealan persuader I beleive.
Jul 11 2018 12:00AM
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seanahue.
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will wesson in my book. him vs hatveit would be a hell of a slvsh match though
Jul 11 2018 12:26AM
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Yung_Feb
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Cale Carlson
Jul 11 2018 1:11AM
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.FRY.
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probably a 9 year old Asian kid
Jul 11 2018 2:25AM
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LukeTheWaffle
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Siver is a fucking God, and if ya look at some of candides stuff...
The guy did the first 8 on too
Jul 11 2018 2:56AM
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NPF
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probably henrik
Jul 11 2018 3:41AM
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Julius_Steezer
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Technically, probs will w
Style, always been weak at the knees for henriks rail game
Jul 11 2018 4:00AM
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auski
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seanahue.will wesson in my book. him vs hatveit would be a hell of a slvsh match though


Andreas would win slvsh but Wesson more creative
Jul 11 2018 4:17AM
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rojo.grande
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Jarad McCarl or Carson
Jul 11 2018 10:29AM
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B_K
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Wall Tomnuts
Jul 11 2018 10:43AM
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270on420out
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B-dog for style
Clayton Vila (in his prime) for burlyness
Kai Krepela for technicality
Jul 11 2018 10:51AM
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SammyDubz
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No bellemare mention yet???
Jul 11 2018 11:11AM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Lj strenio, nobody else hits those impossible kink rails that I know.


https://youtu.be/PoMDSvZjGEI

**This post was edited on Jul 11th 2018 at 12:21:10pm
Jul 11 2018 12:19PM
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1776
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Luc Selles
Jul 11 2018 2:25PM
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elcoach
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will wesson
lj strenio
alex bellemare
siver voll
Jul 11 2018 3:25PM
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JohnnyDope
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What about Antti Ollila? sick rail game imo
Jul 11 2018 3:36PM
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SidehitsJesus
Posts: 677 - Karma: 2,650
LJ. He is always going after the craziest rails in Level 1 movies
Jul 11 2018 5:03PM
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BlueVillain
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SammyDubzNo bellemare mention yet???


He's definitely up there with the other railgods
Jul 11 2018 5:08PM
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SnickleFriz
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Cole Wilson
Jul 11 2018 5:13PM
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mattybaums
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Wabs
Jul 11 2018 5:46PM
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brotherdad
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Hugo Burvall
Jul 11 2018 6:12PM
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Saga.
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It has to be WW or LJ. Those two are ridiculously skilled, creative and not scared to try things no one else has ever thought of before. They both have also been putting out ridiculous edits and parts for a solid decade now.
Jul 11 2018 6:28PM
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SEABURN
Posts: 4859 - Karma: 2,762
DIRTYBUBBLEB-dog for style
Clayton Vila (in his prime) for burlyness
Kai Krepela for technicality

+1 for Kai (maybe Will Wesson) on Tech (a-hall is a goddamn wizard too)
Cam Riley for Burliness
Style? Henrik or B-dog
Jul 11 2018 6:29PM
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ThatSkiierKidd64
Posts: 372 - Karma: 1,101
Tucker Fitzsimmons out of Hood River. He is a god on rails.
Jul 11 2018 6:51PM
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lil.Boye
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siver voll takes the cake for both style creativity and tech.
also think that Jake carney deserves a spot on the style list.
Jul 11 2018 7:22PM
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noah_jaff3
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Khai Krepela is nutty. I spent a day with the g and he was backsliding s rails like it was nobodys buisness
Jul 11 2018 9:54PM
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fredyferl
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I'd say Will Wesson is the best rail skier of all time. He's progressive in the park and in the streets, and just keep getting better and reinventing himself. When you think about it, it's pretty fucked how creative he is, and he knows where to draw the line, so he doesn't really do any wack tricks
Jul 11 2018 10:16PM
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s.j.mitchell
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Will Wesson vs siver slvsh game?
Jul 11 2018 10:21PM
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GrandThings
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Gunna have to be Will Wesson
Jul 11 2018 10:22PM
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codizzle
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Clayton Vila and it's not even close.
Jul 11 2018 11:15PM
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codizzle
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But LJ and Will Wesson get lifetime achievement awards.
Jul 11 2018 11:16PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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cory.iyoob
Jul 11 2018 11:24PM
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LivingDaLife
Posts: 352 - Karma: 1,349
Watch all the Andreas' backyard edits (and SLVSH game) and there's no doubt on park rails. He was hitting some gnarly urban back in the day too, though LJ, Will, and Tom all have more urban under their belt. LJ has the most tech tricks on urban rails. Shoutout to Andy and the Gagnier brothers for creativity on rails - both park and street. And Clayton for some of the gnarliest urban segments.
Jul 11 2018 11:54PM
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dwt802
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Maybe not the best but Siver Voll is a fucking animal. Some of the shit he is throwing at Windells is insane. Every trick he had in the session 2 Edit was mental, like front up front 3 swap continuing 6 damn
Jul 12 2018 12:30AM
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thebusiness19
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This is a hot take but

Forster Meeks---King of the quad kink
Cam Riley---King of the double kink
LJ---king of the (insert number) kink
Noah--king of the gap to down box
B&E---king of the down tube
Colby Stevenson---king of the challenge rail
Brogan---king of the lip 2 on (goes without saying, although Andy Partridge would give him a run for his money at this point)
Wallisch---king of pretzels (again, goes without saying)
Krepela--king of the S rail
Clayton Vila---king of the bluntslide
Kieran McVeigh---king of the surface swap
Jul 12 2018 1:36AM
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.otto.
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Watched Siver do the most insane swap combos, all of them done first or second try. Probably one of the more consistent guys i have ever seen.

But all around Id have to go with Henrik, ya gotta be able to go big and be tech. At Dollos level, anything is possible, its simply trick selection being what determines ones potential for rail skiing.

but really probably some kid from the midwest rope tows that quit skiing for a lacrosse scholarship
Jul 12 2018 1:37AM
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NPF
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.otto.but really probably some kid from the midwest rope tows that quit skiing for a lacrosse scholarship


Brenden Reid is that kid for me haha quit skiing and pretty sure just works construction now. https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/850225/-1-M0RE-YEAR----BRENDEN-REID----GGW
Jul 12 2018 2:14AM
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SidehitsJesus
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NPFBrenden Reid is that kid for me haha quit skiing and pretty sure just works construction now. https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/850225/-1-M0RE-YEAR----BRENDEN-REID----GGW


Haha this kid is nasty
Jul 12 2018 6:54AM
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860media*
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Jon Brogan
Jul 12 2018 10:28AM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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thebusiness19This is a hot take but

Forster Meeks---King of the quad kink
Cam Riley---King of the double kink
LJ---king of the (insert number) kink
Noah--king of the gap to down box
B&E---king of the down tube
Colby Stevenson---king of the challenge rail
Brogan---king of the lip 2 on (goes without saying, although Andy Partridge would give him a run for his money at this point)
Wallisch---king of pretzels (again, goes without saying)
Krepela--king of the S rail
Clayton Vila---king of the bluntslide
Kieran McVeigh---king of the surface swap


the bunch -- king of pallets
Jul 12 2018 10:56AM
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patskis22
Posts: 364 - Karma: 1,150
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8Rrq31b6Q

5:50. Sharpest skiers in the game. Sorry.

**This post was edited on Jul 12th 2018 at 8:47:16pm
Jul 12 2018 8:46PM
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_____alfredo____
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It's bellemare
Jul 12 2018 9:02PM
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SSteezle
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Will W, LJ, Wallisch, Henrik, Andreas are the top 5, hard to say who's number one but I'd have to give it to Henny
Jul 12 2018 10:45PM
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Mr.Front4
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AHall
Jul 12 2018 11:11PM
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mcswizzle
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I'm surprised Wallisch hasn't been mentioned more, but either him or Clayton Vila gets my vote.
Jul 12 2018 11:50PM
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percs
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^ ikr he pops in my head when I here best rail skier
Jul 13 2018 12:06AM
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Isaac_Nyakundi
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cal carson
Jul 13 2018 12:13AM
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Two_Slabs
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s/o jesper tjader
Jul 14 2018 8:16AM
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Nickc88
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Jake Carney jumps to flats like nobody's business.
Jared McCarall doesn't even poop onto rails.
Jul 14 2018 12:09PM
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