Pick of the Litter

and i meant pipe not park

eric pollard end of discussion

this should be a poll.

anyways i say;

1) tanner, it has already been said enough why he is up there, best skier, period.

2) seth, duh, only the best big mountain ski ever. hands down.

3) mik d, his style absolutely owns when he is on, who knows when that will be.

honorable mention to pep, pollard, and dash longe. fuck the spin to win comps, it is all about tech and style. also candide because he is candide.

candide's the man

e poll

ERIC POLLARD

PEP FUJAS

CANDIDE THOVEX

TANNER HALL

yeah schmuck. good choice marc and josh!!

and T!

How could eric pollard not be on their every time. if jesus skiid he would look like eric pollard. they did forget morrison though. but eric pollard owns everyone

The reason why I like Eric, is because it doesn't seem like he is out to make tons of money, or to be the coolest shit around. He is going out, and skiing the way he wants to, and making skis the way they should be made. He's heading in a direction away from what maybe a lot of other sports headed. He is giving skiing a unique feel. Plus he's bad ass.

1. seth

2. corey vanular

3. tanner hall

Here were my contributions:

Marc-Andre Belliveau

First off, Marc’s a talented musician. Plain and simple, he rocks the house down. If you haven’t heard his songs, start looking for them. This guy is an inspiration. Before the accident he was pushing the sport’s boundaries. After the accident he’s proving there are no boundaries. His sit-ski segment was the biggest hit at IF3. While many tricks and segments garnered loud reactions from the crowd, Marc’s was monumental. Everyone had his or her eyes glued to the screen, screaming as loud as we could, alive in the moment, because something truly amazing was on display. It won best trick, segment, and every other category in my eyes and many others. Seeing Marc back smiling, doing what he loves in deep powder – wow. He exemplifies true passion.

Tanner Hall

Tanner Hall. A name synonymous with many things but all Tanner wants to be first and foremost is a skier. I admire Tanner because he isn’t afraid to try something new. He had the slopestyle and halfpipe world by the balls (and still does) and decided, that wasn’t good enough. Now he’s ripping huge lines in Alaska alongside Seth Morrison, making new and different ski films, and pushing some great athletes to go outside the park and into the backcountry. While shaky threads on NS.com hate on Tanner, I can honestly say he’s a phenomenal skier, a good guy, and we’re lucky to have him leading our sport in new directions.

Lynsey Dyer

I know. I know. I picked a beautiful girl as one of my favorite skiers. Take it easy and hear me out! Many of times we forget how difficult it is for the females to make it in our small industry. From meeting Lynsey at IF3, watching her in the TGR flicks over the years, and getting to know her through our interview on this site (shameless plug!), I realize she’s pushing the sport as much, if not more, than most of the men in our sport. While girls segments tend to be skipped over in films, Lynsey’s segments show a little blonde girl dropping sixty footers - impressive for any gender. Her work with her non-profit SheJumps is endless. She’s an environmentalist. She’s a photographer. She’s a graphic designer. She smiles. Most importantly, she’s a skier proving it’s not just ok, but pretty rad for women to drop big backcountry cliffs.



JP Auclair

JP has a style that is all his own. I spent a few days traveling with JP on the Bula Poor Boyz tour this past September. What impressed me most was his fun natured attitude. JP is always having fun. He is also a complete professional, always willing to sign autographs, and talk skiing with anyone, well after other athletes have moved towards the bar. His skiing – that speaks for itself. His segments in Poor Boyz films are always pushing for segment of the year and who can forget his exploits in the UP1 edits? Ten years ago he showed us it was ok for two plankers to be in “snowboard parks” and now he’s showing us we can get out of those parks and escape on a sled to the backcountry. He was apart of the revolutionary movement to walk away from large ski corporations and start core, athlete owned and operated companies, interested in our best interest. If we had a currency, I’d vote to put him on our dollar bill. He’s how our sport should be represented.

first

Peters, Hall, Rainville... hate it or love it.

i like pollard's name coming up a lot. i feel that pep should be in the mix. good article. opinions are fun.

no one can really argue with pollards name being therea few times....and super stoked to see Candide get som love.

What about a top 20? that would be interesting. And to list where they are from.

my top 4

1. candide

2. charles g

3. JP

4. pollard

just so ya know

what's good with some T-Heed love? huh?

1. Pep Fujas (if his BC stuff isn't crazy enough, he slays it in an urban setting too.)

2. Corey Vanular/Mik D (they both have such infrequent footage now that you can count it as one dude, right? I do.)

3. Garett Russell or Charley Ager? (someone like that for the up and comers. Steve Stepp is pretty legit too.)

4. Pk Hunder or Jon (scanners, jea.)

^ damn, that'd be my perfect ski movie cast, lol. Put Tanner Hall in there as 5 and we've got it.

Jon Olson , Simon Dumont, Tanner Hall,and... Candide Thovex !