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my_ar5_steeze

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who has influenced you the most in skiing, and who do u think have influenced the sport the most... for me, schiller has influenced me, the sport i'd have to say tanner or douglas
 
the one person who i wanted to be like when i first started freestyle skiing was eric pollard, and still is.
 
Pollard was my first favorite, he got me out of skiboarding and into skiing again in 7th grade, haha, but then I discovered Mik D. Dumont got me wearing du-rags too.

For the sport overall, I'd say that Moseley got a bunch of skiers into the park, and once they were there they saw, JP, JF, Vinne, Douglas, all those guys who got things going. THall has pushed us into a new era, though, with Pollard & Pep in the BC.
 
anyone who just has fun and can throw down and is chill to hang out with, can be anyone really even someone you just meet at a mtn and sesh with
 
tanner has had the most influence on the industry since douglas and szocs. he has also started every trend in the past 5 years. so yeah, tanner. however, for me it started out as dash cuz he skied at squaw and i would always see him. he got me way into the whole style thing. and now i don't really have an influence.. i just progress as fast as i can and my style is kinda unique i guess.
 
gagnier, (charles and antione), pete O, thall, JP/Julian...douglas and JF Cusson for the second part.
 
when i first got into the newschool scene, i loved the LINE team, the pros were so good in my opinion, so i would say Skogen, Pollard and Mike Nick though i dont see much of Skogen and Nick anymore, or Vinne and JF Cusson
 
Iannick Brullette, and Skogen Sprang, i loved theyre style, and they both had sick mustaches and beards when i first found out about them
 
Vinnie dorion Mike nick Liam downey peter olenick not so much michael though mikael desheanx
 
most influential... he had steeze before anyone else(watch tee time), for me it was either t hall anthony b or philio porter (sp)
 
It was my friend who was the only park skier at my mountain for a few years way back when. He influenced me to get into freeskiing but it's sad because he quit. :(
 
my friends and the 11th hour kids influenced me the most. pretty much the reason i started skiing; because they made it look fun as shit. and it is.

as for the sport; i'd have to throw out the new canadian air force.
 
i disagree/ no doubt tanner has been the best comp skier in this period, but in terms of pioneering style, he doesn't come close to candide (made the true tail inimitable), jon (effortless steeze, particularly grabbing) and pollard ffs. redefined bc steeze.

overall, it has been candide that's been responsible for the most groundbreaking progression:

1. Age 16- 1st to stomp chads, then Dspin 7s it

2 2001 X pipe- the most definitive pipe run ever

3 world record quarterpipe hit (flair mute 45 ft La Clusaz)

4 world record 24.5 ft tree jib (war)

5 candide invite continues to assault the limits of the possible.

Trust me, in europe at least, Candide is a much bigger deal than thall in NAmerica. Some argue that his signing for rossi is what made quiksilver buy them....
 
good point postman, yes i agree but i also was influenced by gagnier as he really is pretty damn "newschool" as in progressive ,caribou grinds etc.
 
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