X-Games big air gold, the roots....

[tride]

Just for pure nostalgia, here's the clip of the first ever skier big air X-Games gold medal jump, JF Cusson.
http://espn.go.com/media/xgames/2000/0119/video/0119jfc.avi

Sorry, still don't know how to embed, or even make it a link, but I'm sure there's somebody smart on here that will take care of it.

Pretty sweet to think of how far we've come in a relatively short time....

 

[thatsG]

Steezy

 

[josh.]

http://espn.go.com/media/xgames/2000/0119/video/0119jfc.avi

 

[skodeo7]

I remember being so fucking stoked when I saw that. Wanted those yellow 1080s soo bad after seeing that.

 

[skiblandford]

when do the x games start

 

[MarkieR]

hahahaha that's so damn funny. skiing has come so unbelievably far in the past decade.

 

[Avifarer]

how times have changed

 

[Jwalk]

schiller did double the spins with a grab way steezier and still switch we have gotten alot better

 

[landonn]

damn, i could have one x games big air if that waswat people were throwin this year.

 

[steezerampage]

I remember watching that on TV. J mo was in the x games that year.

 

[Albino]

i know. how funny is that.

 

[freestyler540]

boy times have changed...

 

[poofartpee]

u are mother fuckin god

 

[VT_scratch]

720 fakie to fakie!!! I dont know what to say I gotta sit down for minute!

 

[Alex_G]

hahahaha fakie to fakie....

 

[Carter23]

yeah crested butte, represent!!

 

[ajax]

haha, that is priceless

 

[Silence]

its strange but true when you think about it like that