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Your favorite local skier that never "made it"

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fredyferl
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Who's a skier that you really liked growing up and skied at your local mountain, and you thought could've "made it" in skiing, or didn't get the recognition he deserves?

I'll start with Nuka Choquette, he's from Montreal and skied at Mont Avila in Quebec. He reminds me of Khai Krepela, and think he could've gotten the same kind of hype as Khai did when he came up a few years ago if he had kept putting out stuff. To me his style is very unique and timeless, and probably the best "tight pants" style I've seen.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/756910/Nuka-Choquette-Promo-09-10

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foolmetwice
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There was a dood at hyland when I was growing up who had bunch type style b4 bunch was a thing and skied park on pow skis and just was steezy as fuck. He wasn’t crazy talented but he inspired my style alot. Think he goes to msu or recently graduated. But ya him n paddy were big inspos.
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foolmetwice
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Also when I was rlly young there was a dood who always killed it and would wear early 2000’s sammy c type kits or basketball jerseys. Think it mightve been allen lam but not sure. Anyways that was the first time I saw someone ski at a “pro” type lvl. Specifically I remember him hitting a sketchy hyland style s box that I was terrified of and tail buttering out of the 2nd half.
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rubberpantaloons
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.FRY.
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Instantly saw the Khai-like style you mentioned haha

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skierman
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Ian Compton and Jeff Kiesel. So much potential... so much wasted potential.... so sad.
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little1337
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skiermanIan Compton and Jeff Kiesel. So much potential... so much wasted potential.... so sad.


I wouldn't say wasted, they got some good years and footage out of skiing
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AndreyaZvonar
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Mike Ness. Another MTL dude that I grew up watching ski Jay. Next level tricks back in the 2000s
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theabortionator
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My buddy Danny. Dude was throwing dubs in like 07. Fearless kid prolly cause he was sending huge mx and mtn bike jumps as a kid. Had 9s and 10s and a sick style on a board.

Unfortunately shitty east coast hills are hard to get away from and eventually most people stop riding as much, or totally and get real jobs.

If there was anyone that I was friends with that I though for sure would blow up it was him. Still was dope though. We all had a damn good time riding.

I hope he still gets out each season. Im sure he still shreds.
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fredyferl
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AndreyaZvonarMike Ness. Another MTL dude that I grew up watching ski Jay. Next level tricks back in the 2000s


Yeah I used to see him in the NSF movies and didn't think much of him, until I saw this edit the other day.

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All 4 lip 2s and 2on the blue down rail is pretty fucked for that time
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BlueVillain
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Gab Boudreau had crazy skills and could have gone pro https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/961574/Gab-Boudreau-2

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bennwithtwons
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unreal. Such effortless style
BlueVillainGab Boudreau had crazy skills and could have gone pro https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/961574/Gab-Boudreau-2

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jwilly
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fredyferl
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BlueVillainGab Boudreau had crazy skills and could have gone pro https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/961574/Gab-Boudreau-2

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Definitely could have gone pro, probably my favorite skier from Qc back in the days, and his edits would get a lot of attention on here
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TOAST.
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Steve Stepp really thought that guy had potential...guess not.
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CHU-TANG_CLAN
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Friend of mine and inspiration by the name of Will Schooler. He was the definition of style. He was our hill's Hornbeck. He never really wanted to be Pro per say. He just wanted to ski.

After skiing our local hill and destroying features, he decided to go to a ski college in Nelson BC. He started riding Pow there and it was wicked to see someone with such a love for skiing.

I was signing up for our freestyle program when some friends of mine told me outside the lodge that he had died. He was hitting a handrail in Nelson and hit his head on the stairs and wasn't wearing a helmet. He was and still is one of by biggest influences for skiing. His Skis have been mounted into one of the trees at our hill's terrain park.

Ski In Peace Willy
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willysworld
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Cory Zila.. kid was the best big mountain skier for his age
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TheWeaz
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AndreyaZvonarMike Ness. Another MTL dude that I grew up watching ski Jay. Next level tricks back in the 2000s

This kid Andreya I used to see around Vermont was real gnarly at skiing and then went to college and disappeared.

just playin, but theres a ton of kids on the east coast who could have made it big and didn’t, wheres Mcslay? Sam putnam?
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dylansiggers
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jwilly678519


Zak is the man, he's still insanely good. Did a really nice dub 7 into pow this winter it was unreal. Then he dislocated his hip being a mad man. V Sad
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a_burger
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luke brown wya?
601933https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/961582/exerpt-1
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Casey
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Half the people that came to mind I couldn’t honestly tell you if they are or ever were ‘pro’ - I don’t even know what that means anymore.
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skierman
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BlueVillainGab Boudreau had crazy skills and could have gone pro https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/961574/Gab-Boudreau-2

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hahahaha, 4 jump shots spinning the same way in a 5 minute edit. No wonder he didn't make it. Fucking rail jocks.
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.GUCCI.
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a_burgerluke brown wya?
601933https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/961582/exerpt-1


rory and keegan? thats a heavy hitting edit to hang in and disappear.
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TRVP_ANGEL
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jwilly678519


nice throwback, this was the edit that got me into portugal the man
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Young_patty
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Not from my local hill but this dude dropped one of the illest edits ever and then just disappeared off the face of the earth.




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Paddy Flanagan and Jank Drangis were always fun to watch when I was growing up at Hyland hills MN, so much style from both of them- definitely ahead of their time.



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Chinchi
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Not sure if this counts because he on was LTC, but I always thought cole drexler had the coolest style and best tapz, but I completely stopped seeing footage of him for years
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dizzydizzy
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Scott Nelson. Not sure that he ever was really trying to "make it", except maybe mogul skiing for longer than most...but his style and consistency was incredible. I was coaching slope while he was winning every contest in high school, you could tell he just had something different than everyone else
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a_burgerluke brown wya?
601933https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/961582/exerpt-1


Luc Brown. Forever.
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VT_scratch
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TheWeazThis kid Andreya I used to see around Vermont was real gnarly at skiing and then went to college and disappeared.

just playin, but theres a ton of kids on the east coast who could have made it big and didn’t, wheres Mcslay? Sam putnam?


yeah kieran mcveigh for sure
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Skibumsmith
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What ever happened to Ian Borgeson? He could do it all. Seemed like he was about to be huge around 2014. Then never heard of him again.
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skierman
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207Luc Brown. Forever.


bahahaha, a Bunchie fanboy that whiffs grabs and does more basic shit on smaller features than an 8-year-old.... yeahhh, his career was destined to last as long as an ice cube in the Sahara.
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little1337
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skiermanbahahaha, a Bunchie fanboy that whiffs grabs and does more basic shit on smaller features than an 8-year-old.... yeahhh, his career was destined to last as long as an ice cube in the Sahara.

Skierman say something nice about someone rn
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Keegankilbride
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had to make a new account to get back in here. Luke Brown was the best skier I had ever seen at this time (I’m from Maine and never rly looked online for skiing then) and most solid kid out. Kid is the truth
a_burgerluke brown wya?
601933https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/961582/exerpt-1
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Keegankilbride
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Clarification. ^^^ that post could be read differently. I had definitely seen some crazy skiing in movies here and there, but I had never been REALLY looking at these moves.. LUC will remain one of the GOATs in my mind.
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skiP.E.I.
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ChinchiNot sure if this counts because he on was LTC, but I always thought cole drexler had the coolest style and best tapz, but I completely stopped seeing footage of him for years

He gave up professional skiing basically because he couldn't get paid enough to have a good quality of life and make the risk worth it. There's something to be said for moving on and having a bigger life than just constantly risking getting badly hurt while not making enough to live on.
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little1337
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Keegankilbridehad to make a new account to get back in here. Luke Brown was the best skier I had ever seen at this time (I’m from Maine and never rly looked online for skiing then) and most solid kid out. Kid is the truth


TRUTH! I remember seeing him skiing at Sugarloaf when I was young guy was absolutely nuts
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danbrown
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ChinchiNot sure if this counts because he on was LTC, but I always thought cole drexler had the coolest style and best tapz, but I completely stopped seeing footage of him for years



good post. cole is sick
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faux_real
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Skierman for sure. Sad to see him now, trolling the forums, deluded of his own grandeur. Not sure how good he was at skiing, but could have had an orange name at his peak before his peers moved on.
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Unfortunately I didn't grow up skiing like many of you did. I've really only gotten into the sport since I came back from overseas 4 years ago. The dude I think of who is a local who 'never made it pro' at the bird is probably Jack Pilot, but I may be totally wrong here and he was pro for awhile perhaps. Super awesome dude, just incredibly encouraging.

https://freeskier.com/stories/jack-pilot-mandatory-air

My pick to go pro from the bird right now is Max Meza, dude is crazy good at skiing, super consistent, awesome style, good guy.
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J_Steez
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Christian franchino is so fucking nice with it and I wish he got more recognition
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Jems
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foolmetwiceThere was a dood at hyland when I was growing up who had bunch type style b4 bunch was a thing and skied park on pow skis and just was steezy as fuck. He wasn’t crazy talented but he inspired my style alot. Think he goes to msu or recently graduated. But ya him n paddy were big inspos.

seamus?
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Burandtchula
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Ben Zins. Effortless sty that was unmatched, shit just comes easy to him
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Burandtchula
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foolmetwiceAlso when I was rlly young there was a dood who always killed it and would wear early 2000’s sammy c type kits or basketball jerseys. Think it mightve been allen lam but not sure. Anyways that was the first time I saw someone ski at a “pro” type lvl. Specifically I remember him hitting a sketchy hyland style s box that I was terrified of and tail buttering out of the 2nd half.


Could’ve been Alex dutcher. He rocked a g suit and slayed hyland
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270on420out
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BurandtchulaBen Zins. Effortless sty that was unmatched, shit just comes easy to him

Yooo what happened to this kid? He dropped some heaters, went to super unknown, and last time I saw his name come up he had switched to snowboarding.
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GayWolf420
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Tim Maney aka Tim Zilla.....Used to coach for the team I grew up skiing on and he was one of my main pipe skiing coaches....Dude taught kids a lifetime worth of lessons on how to have fun and ski the way you want to. Wont ever forget that impact. Thank you man.. Shouts out to the rest of the OG 4bi9 crew as well.

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GayWolf420
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BurandtchulaBen Zins. Effortless sty that was unmatched, shit just comes easy to him


Does he have a brother named nick? If so, also another cool dude too.
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BarclayW
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Young_patty772762">http://772762

Not from my local hill but this dude dropped one of the illest edits ever and then just disappeared off the face of the earth.

YES. So glad someone beat me to posting this. Sooo underrated and I have no idea where this kid went this edit was INSANE
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GeorgeMadison
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jwilly678519

dub misty out of that rail was insane
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skiermanbahahaha, a Bunchie fanboy that whiffs grabs and does more basic shit on smaller features than an 8-year-old.... yeahhh, his career was destined to last as long as an ice cube in the Sahara.


you dont even deserve my two cents especially after keegan commented and I know luc doesn't care whatsoever about this stuff but he was the farthest thing from a bunch fanboy. Those Luc Brown edits were from 2013-2014. Go watch Magnus superunknown from 2013 or his Less part from 2014 and tell me Luc was jacking his style.
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mikemac
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Keegankilbridehad to make a new account to get back in here. Luke Brown was the best skier I had ever seen at this time (I’m from Maine and never rly looked online for skiing then) and most solid kid out. Kid is the truth


coached with luke at sugarloaf one year and not only was he one of the sickest park skiers I've ever ridden with he is a super nice dude and incredibly humble. he was snowboarding with other homies most days we weren't coaching.

watching you guys and sean make this edit was one of the sickest things I'd ever seen go down in person, and it honestly changed the way I looked at skiing forever:

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also for sugarloaf riders that I linked up with that year Henry Bonneau was always dropping hammers and Sean Mullins was super creative and sendy. Don't know if they ever dropped edits on here but they are some true soul riders.
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