Best Turns Ever Filmed

AlexMartini

AlexMartini

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Been obsessed with the shot for a while, just found it posted on youtube, thought I'd share:

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Every left turn he made from that angle looked like a cover shot of powder. So sick
 
Coombs is such a badass. In terms of best individual turns/lines ever filmed, I think the line at 5:04 in the video below is a contender.
 
It bums me out the only style often talked about is air style, not turn style. Hoji, Rubens, Abma, Seth, Coombs, they make skiing look like fun just by making turns down the mountain. Pretty incredible.

Good thread Alex.
 
Pollard makes some nice turns. Like in the older hunting yeti movies. He does them like a surfer would do a backside turn, drawn out at the bottom then really snappy at the top. And he does them on snowbanks too.
 
This conversation needs a little Jeremy Nobis. His steep high speed AK turns and spine riding are common place today, but in the late 90's was fucking mind blowing.
 
now add some cliffs and some tree jibs/bonks and you have the perfect run. Maybe some friends and green trees if that's your thing.
 
This is why people care about form in skiing. I might get to old for airs and tricks but I hope to be pursuing the perfect turn for the rest of my life
 
that part of the movie is so good, found this movie on netflix a couple months ago and i think i've watched it 4 or 5 times already, so dope

this site needs more threads like this +
 
Doug Coombs is the legend of big mountain skiing. How bout Ingrid in Yearbook, she was made famous by ripping three fast, steep ass turns.
 
"Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms."
 
Doug was such an amazing skier and from what I've gathered, person. Such a legend of our sport.
 
This was in Steep right? That was the first ski film I ever saw, got me so stoked on pow. Then I realized I live in Maine.. Fuck
 
My Dad turned me onto Doug Coombs. He and Shane were the first two professional skier names I ever knew. And Mosely of course, but that was more b/c he lived in the town next to mine.
 
yeah that's so true. I really love the way that Pwhite skis in the backcountry, just watching that man fly down anything is so tight looking
 
I couldn't agree more.

Hoji, Rubens, Hjertaas and a few others who grew up skiing in the Canadian Rockies seem to have a really similar distinctive style that's so good to watch. You can see it in Dan Steth (who fucking kills it) as well even though he's a completely different generation.
 
That was sweet. I also loved that POV one, even though I almost always love POV because you get to see the skiers perspective.
 
Hey me too! I remember going to the theatre to see it with my dad when I was like 12. Maine has so legit steeps, it's not west coast, but 1337 and I have some plans to explore the terrain around SLoaf next season, it looks super promising.
 
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