Johnny is right now, starring in a new Nextel commercial where he falls into a giant crevasse. Down there he finds a bunch of gapers from the 70's thinking his phone is a sandwich. In his free time he is either going to school, longboarding, skiing of course, sailing in the San Francisco bay, and straight chillin.
I give the guy all the respect in the world. Back in 1994, when I first saw mogul skiing, I thought it was kinda dull. They couldnt do backflips or go inverted, it was all a bunch of twisters. Then, in 1998, johnny comes out and busts a 360 mute grab. This caught huge attention, especially bein he won the gold medal. in 2002, he busted the dinner roll. He got 4th place in the competition, but that is still very good, and he did bust the sickest trick.
This year was so cool though. There were no twisters. there were D-spins, 720's, backflips, and pretty steezy stuff. There was a lot of pencil steeze, but thats okay. It was tight. I really enjoyed it. One guy even busted out a 1080. I thought that was super sick, especially being that he had barely any room to stick the thing.
All that stuff can thank Johnny Moseley for getting going. If he hadnt done the dinner roll, nobody would have tried to get inverted tricks to be legal in mogul comps.
You can also thank him for getting freestyle skiing out there in the minds of people. Ever since he won gold in the olympics, freestyle skiing has BOOMED. Think. the year after he won, the first salomon 1080 skis came out. Johnny Moseley was also the first to have his own signature freestyle ski: The Head Mad Trix. Those things were bad ass, and the same design, although slightly upgraded, is still being used on their Mojo 80s.
Johnny's influnce on the sport was the powderkeg.
Think about it. Skiing had all the makings to get started. They just needed a guy who was creative enough to bust out. For years there were guys like Evan Raps, Vincent Dorion, JF Cusson, Micah Black, JP Auclair, and Kent Kreitler. Guys like that, who were daredevils and threw down crazy tricks that no other skier would attempt.
Johnny Moseley just came out and did it publicly, and essentially got the ball rolling, and Operation: *Make Skiing Gnarlier and Get Off This Gaper Business* was underway.
This last summer, in San Francisco, Johnny and his skiwax sponsor, ICER, held the first ICER AIR. They trucked in like 500 tons of snow and dumped it all over one of the steepest streets in the city. Snowboarders and skiers from all over came to ski. C.R. won the event, which is pretty cool being hes from just up the road in Truckee, California. Johnny got to throw down a few tricks of his own, and also was able to give away the bride to be married on the snow. CRAZYNESS. Gotta love that kinda shit.
in 1999, just a year after Johnny won the medal, The X games put skiing big air into the comp. JF Cusson won that year, with Johnny coming in 2nd, and Vincent Dorion in 3rd.
The next year, Candide Thovex, a 16 year old at the time came out and beat everyone. That same year, so many other skiers busted out of the mold. Just look at the names!
1. Candide Thovex 83.00 77.50 83.00
2. Skogen Sprang 74.75 81.25 81.25
3. Evan Raps 74.25 80.75 80.75
4. Boyd Easley 69.75 80.25 80.25
5. Vincent Dorion 75.00 79.00 79.00
6. Philippe Poirier 70.50 76.25 76.25
7. Philippe Belanger 66.25 75.75 75.75
8. Tanner Hall 73.75 67.25 73.75
9. Jonny Moseley 73.50 42.00 73.50
10. Motoki Shimomura 70.75 73.00 73.00
11. J.P. Auclair 72.75 43.50 72.75
12. C.R. Johnson 64.25 72.50 72.50
13. Michael Deschenaux 49.75 72.50 72.50
14. Shane McConkey 69.50 41.75 69.50
15. J.F. Cusson 68.00 43.75 68.00
16. Philippe Dion 40.75 42.50 42.50
17. Josh Loubek 33.50 38.50 38.50
Candide? Skogen? Phil Belanger? THall? C.R.? Mik-D? McConkey? CRAZYNESS.
I say the guy can be on MTV all he wants, as long as he promotes skiing in the positive way he always has.
I give the guy all the respect in the world. Back in 1994, when I first saw mogul skiing, I thought it was kinda dull. They couldnt do backflips or go inverted, it was all a bunch of twisters. Then, in 1998, johnny comes out and busts a 360 mute grab. This caught huge attention, especially bein he won the gold medal. in 2002, he busted the dinner roll. He got 4th place in the competition, but that is still very good, and he did bust the sickest trick.
This year was so cool though. There were no twisters. there were D-spins, 720's, backflips, and pretty steezy stuff. There was a lot of pencil steeze, but thats okay. It was tight. I really enjoyed it. One guy even busted out a 1080. I thought that was super sick, especially being that he had barely any room to stick the thing.
All that stuff can thank Johnny Moseley for getting going. If he hadnt done the dinner roll, nobody would have tried to get inverted tricks to be legal in mogul comps.
You can also thank him for getting freestyle skiing out there in the minds of people. Ever since he won gold in the olympics, freestyle skiing has BOOMED. Think. the year after he won, the first salomon 1080 skis came out. Johnny Moseley was also the first to have his own signature freestyle ski: The Head Mad Trix. Those things were bad ass, and the same design, although slightly upgraded, is still being used on their Mojo 80s.
Johnny's influnce on the sport was the powderkeg.
Think about it. Skiing had all the makings to get started. They just needed a guy who was creative enough to bust out. For years there were guys like Evan Raps, Vincent Dorion, JF Cusson, Micah Black, JP Auclair, and Kent Kreitler. Guys like that, who were daredevils and threw down crazy tricks that no other skier would attempt.
Johnny Moseley just came out and did it publicly, and essentially got the ball rolling, and Operation: *Make Skiing Gnarlier and Get Off This Gaper Business* was underway.
This last summer, in San Francisco, Johnny and his skiwax sponsor, ICER, held the first ICER AIR. They trucked in like 500 tons of snow and dumped it all over one of the steepest streets in the city. Snowboarders and skiers from all over came to ski. C.R. won the event, which is pretty cool being hes from just up the road in Truckee, California. Johnny got to throw down a few tricks of his own, and also was able to give away the bride to be married on the snow. CRAZYNESS. Gotta love that kinda shit.
in 1999, just a year after Johnny won the medal, The X games put skiing big air into the comp. JF Cusson won that year, with Johnny coming in 2nd, and Vincent Dorion in 3rd.
The next year, Candide Thovex, a 16 year old at the time came out and beat everyone. That same year, so many other skiers busted out of the mold. Just look at the names!
1. Candide Thovex 83.00 77.50 83.00
2. Skogen Sprang 74.75 81.25 81.25
3. Evan Raps 74.25 80.75 80.75
4. Boyd Easley 69.75 80.25 80.25
5. Vincent Dorion 75.00 79.00 79.00
6. Philippe Poirier 70.50 76.25 76.25
7. Philippe Belanger 66.25 75.75 75.75
8. Tanner Hall 73.75 67.25 73.75
9. Jonny Moseley 73.50 42.00 73.50
10. Motoki Shimomura 70.75 73.00 73.00
11. J.P. Auclair 72.75 43.50 72.75
12. C.R. Johnson 64.25 72.50 72.50
13. Michael Deschenaux 49.75 72.50 72.50
14. Shane McConkey 69.50 41.75 69.50
15. J.F. Cusson 68.00 43.75 68.00
16. Philippe Dion 40.75 42.50 42.50
17. Josh Loubek 33.50 38.50 38.50
Candide? Skogen? Phil Belanger? THall? C.R.? Mik-D? McConkey? CRAZYNESS.
I say the guy can be on MTV all he wants, as long as he promotes skiing in the positive way he always has.
