Most influential skier?

i only knew who he was when that issue of freeskier came out about "the godfather of skiing"

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Shane, for bringing fat skis to the world.

Totally changed powder and big mountain.

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can't believe no one is saying Eric Pollard. Does any one remember when gorilla style was invented? Actually, Pollard didn't invent gorilla steeze--he invented style and then gorilla steeze was invented by those trying to copy Pollard. By inventing style I mean he was the first to try (and succeed) at making everything look good, and to have a purely aesthetic motivation . . . he wasn't trying to do the biggest spin or the trick that would win. Before Pollard, no one tried to master a simple trick or make a small spin look as good as possible. That was overlooked.

If you don't believe me, look at Tanner and CR pre and post Pollard.

Pep was the next person to do what Pollard did with style--to come up with something new, genuine and aesthetically perfect. Pep looks like no one else, and his style has no flourish--it's totally genuine. I think his Happy Days part is almost as significant as his 1242 part, because it was the first part to document his style and show him doing an entire segment of tricks that didn't look like anyone elses. Take that alley-oop at the highnorth QP or his unnatural 5 at high north table. No one else comes out with movie parts where the tricks all look unique. Can't wait to see what he does this year.

 
Freestyle skiing is diverse and has so many different facets to it that I think it's unfair to name a 'most influential skier.'

Plake, Mike Douglas, the Canadian Air force, Tanner Hall, Seth Morrsion, Eric Pollard among so many other people behind the scenes have contributed much to the industry.

 
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agreed i almost said pollad but douglas came before pollard

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plake, schmidt, mcconkey and morrison

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anyone throws down big mtn park shit at alta/snowbird and the backcontry beyond resort

sage, collins bros, telerippers, pro bros and all unknown lcc rippers

 
i would have to say THall even though i don't like him

simon dumont maybe, but only in halfpipe

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AGREED. Pollard has, BY FAR< the most influence on me at least. he kills it every time he even LOOKS at skis. Up until the first time i saw him ski i was just influenced by TJ and Dash Longe and stuff, but then i saw Pollard and then i knew he was the man. he's fucking amazing!

also, Dash Longe is still one of my influences. not necessarily for skiing but how hes so good but hes so under the radar and out of the gossip and stuff. i think thats a genuinely good trait for anyone, famous or not, to have. and in the ski industry, hes one of the only ones who has it.

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jon has definately influenced me the most. when i look at skiing, coming from a racing background (like jon), i look at stablility, and a quiet upper body, and other things that wont mean anything to most people if i say them. when i watch jon, his style reminds me of all those things that you work so hard to get in racing, but done in a creative and innovative way, in a totally different arena, and that appeals to me alot. i think hes the dude. pep too.

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i read in a Pollard interview once, he was influenced by a group of skiers in Oregon. So i guess they had the style b4 eric did

 
word. there is a reason he is called "the godfather" of freeskiing. he was the innovator of grabs and off axis spins and he invented the d-spin 720. he also put a lot of r & d into the pocket rocket, which was the first powder twin tip.
 
In the beginning of freeskiing it has to be Mike Douglas aka 'The Godfather' or JP, they pushed twin tips and the actual freeskiing movement. Lately Jon Olsson has progressed tricks to a whole new level with double flips and a whole new level of jumping with the JOI. Pollard, Pep, and Andy Mahre are all pushinng backcountry to an entirely new level with switch skiing pow and sick backcountry lines. Seth Morrison is pushing big mountain to where he is the only one within any comparison, Double Front off 150 ft. Cliff!?!?!? To say Bode Miller is full of shit cuz this is freeskiing were talking about not spandex! As of late freeskiing is growing incredibly due to many different people, but it all started with JP and Douglas
 
for me, I would say JP Auclair is a big one. Tanner Hall kind of, with the Gangsta/ghetto style and stuff. Simon Dumont is really starting to be one. to me it seems like, popularitywise he is the Sidney Crosby of skiing. You can't really single out one person. It's like in art, everybody influences each other. Jonny Mosely too for sure.
 
Interesting that this thread is a couple years old, but all the old responses are still relevant.

We shouldn't forget to include people, like levinthal, outside of the pros. I'd say that either film-makers or magazine creators have as much, if not more, influence than most of the pros.
 
+1 for that one.

and + 1 for the one who saw tj as influential 2 years ago. his crazy tweaked grabs, as gagnier s grabs influenced a lot of people. but i dont think there is a most influencial skier;
 
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