5 most influential freeskiers since 1997 ??

13455949:Caucasian_Asian said:
3.) Seth Morrison/Jeremy Nobis. Big mountain pioneers. No more jump turns. Alaskan face pow 11s.

This. Especially Nobis,

Shane, Candide, and Plake would probably round out my top five
 
1.) Candide - overall domination of everything freeskiing (XGames, FWT, movies, custom events, etc...)

2.) Tanner - XGames domination + pillow game is on point

3.) McConkey - water skis to pow skis, BASE jumping/skiing

4.) Seth - going bigger than anyone in BC, no one could come close for multiple yrs

5.) Pollard - revolutionized webisode game (Nimbus) for freeskiing back before it was standard biz

Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)

6.) Pep Fujas

7.) Jon Olsson

8.) Tom Wallisch

9.) Simon Dumont

10.) Sarah Burke

11.) Edollo

12.) JP

13.) Cusson

14.) Douglas

15.) Sammy

16.) CR
 
1.- Tanner Hall

2.- JP Auclair

3.- Candide Thovex

4.- Simon Dumont

5.- Tom Wallisch

ExtraS: Gagnier Bros and B&E
 
1. Tanner Hall

2. Candide Thovex

3. Shane McConkey

4. Tom Wallish

5. Jon Olsson

A few runner ups:

Henrik Harlaut

CR Johnson

Fujas

Dave Chrition

Dumont

Mike Douglas

Jp Auclair

Mike Wilson

TJ Schiller

Phil Casabon

Jossi Wells

JF Cusson

Jonny Moseley

Seth Morrison

Andreas Håtveit

Sammy Carlson

Pollard

That was harder than I thought it would be. There are so many great skiers but some were just more influential. I didn't really want to put Wallish on there at first but he has had an insane following. Henrik was close to my top 5 as well.
 
1. Shane McConkey (by a mile)

2. Tanner Hall

3. Sarah Burke

4. Seth Morrison

T5. JP / Candide / E.Dollo

Tried to base this around progression of freeskiing, number of people inspired, and progression of technology... I'll get my nerd coat.
 
Candide THOVEX PLS, first chads gap, first cork on dpwnrail, biggest jump la bertha candide invitational was the best event on the earth, linecatcher and fwt win easily with a broken back and x games domination !
 
In no particular order:

-Jon Olsson, for making people realize that "newschool" doubles were actually possible to do

-Candide, for obvious reasons

-Tom Wallisch, for illustrating how easy tech tricks can actually be made to look. After he grew famous it seems as if steeze was taken to a whole other level across the board

-Harlaut for once again pushing the boundaries of what people thought was possible. I'm talking about forward and switch butters to multiple corks, dub sevens and huge spins early on

-Whoever was the first man alive to intentionally land or set a trick switch
 
anyone who doesnt add candide doesnt know much. only have to watch few words to know that.

1.Candide Thovex

2. Shane Mcconkey

3.JP auclair

4. Vinnie Cash

5. T Wallish
 
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