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urbanskicoAs for who is the best freeskier? I think it's all subjective

If by "subjective" you mean "Candide", then yes you're correct.

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Lindsey Vonn GOAT

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Nope, by subjective I mean:

sub·jec·tive
səbˈjektiv
adjective

based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.
"his views are highly subjective"

synonyms: personal, individual, emotional, instinctive, intuitive
"a subjective analysis"

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

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popadonnaits funny you are talking out of your ass cali... i have been with candide while filming kameras 1&2, and Few Words, and have personally witnessed him killing it everywhere. in Few Words, it was at the tail end of the season in BC, the snow was shit, and he still sent three huge backflips off the spines, down a huge face in a single run. not to mention being with him in verbier, and how he crushed the bec with conditions way more dangerous than AK, ie... sketchy tracked out snow

so you agree with me, but i am still talking out of my ass? that makes you speaking from my ass as well?

Candide has yet to shred, on film, those martian looking 60 degree spine walls only found in AK. I rewatched Few Words to make sure i wasnt crazy...im not. you all are hallucinating something that never happened.

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californiagrownI rewatched Few Words to make sure i wasnt crazy...im not. you all are hallucinating something that never happened.

OMG guys! We've got an NS member that knows exactly every mountain side and line in the whole state of Alaska!!!

I think you missed the part where multiple people educated you that he filmed with TGR previously in ALASKA. Well done, retard.

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JenniferGarnerOMG guys! We've got an NS member that knows exactly every mountain side and line in the whole state of Alaska!!!

I think you missed the part where multiple people educated you that he filmed with TGR previously in ALASKA. Well done, retard.

You can ski park and mini golf in AK too. Everyone is too blind from choking on Candides dick with his balls over their eyes to read what i have been writing. Go back, read what i wrote, then come back with a coherent response that addresses what i said.

Or don't.

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californiagrownYou can ski park and mini golf in AK too. Everyone is too blind from choking on Candides dick with his balls over their eyes to read what i have been writing. Go back, read what i wrote, then come back with a coherent response that addresses what i said.

Or don't.

Ah so it went from he didn't ski Alaskan spines to he didn't ski long enough Alaskan spines. You're fucking pathetic. Stop trying so hard to be the devil's advocate because you're horrible at it. Your only point has been, "well he hasn't skied enough in a certain kind of terrain in a certain state so like you can't say he's the best ever... uhhhbuhh duhhh"

Fuck off and get a terminal illness already.

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https://www.newschoolers.com/membervideo/625942.0/Tanner-Hall-Goat-Line?s=171146&t=6&o=8

"Goat"

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JenniferGarnerAh so it went from he didn't ski Alaskan spines to he didn't ski long enough Alaskan spines. You're fucking pathetic. Stop trying so hard to be the devil's advocate because you're horrible at it. Your only point has been, "well he hasn't skied enough in a certain kind of terrain in a certain state so like you can't say he's the best ever... uhhhbuhh duhhh"

Fuck off and get a terminal illness already.

nope, what i said hasnt changed. You are just too intent on trolling in a meanspirited way to say it.

May you live long and thrive.

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californiagrownCandide has yet to shred, on film, those martian looking 60 degree spine walls only found in AK.

Um, about these martian AK lines with endless vert....
Just so you know most of the shit that Sage and Mac are riding with TGR are

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californiagrownCandide has yet to shred, on film, those martian looking 60 degree spine walls only found in AK. I rewatched Few Words to make sure i wasnt crazy...im not. you all are hallucinating something that never happened.

is skiing that exact terrain a requirement to be goat?

Who in your mind is the goat then?

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.Hugo.is skiing that exact terrain a requirement to be goat?

Who in your mind is the goat then?

Candide is. Without question.

I just dont agree that Candide is at the very top of the game for big mountain when such a huge part of pro level big mtn(imo) is missing from his resume. he may have won the FWT but I believe the difference between winning the FWT and just competing full time on the FWT is pretty minimal in terms of amazing talent. But he is missing an entire facet, and imo the most impressive facet of big mountain.

Not to say he doesnt kill it at big mountain far harder than anyone else being considered for "best overall skier alive".

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This isn't even debatable in my mind.

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someday when most of us old fucks who know Shane was and always will be the goat
are gone perhaps
but candice didn't design the ski that changed skiing or transcend the sport.
coombs had more well rounded skills and skied more rad shit in 1 season than
anyone listed in this thread

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Not many people could ride the chair with Candide and get to the bottom as quickly or stylishly as he can.
Scary thing is, judging by his latest video, he's still getting better and going harder each year. Honestly I'm not sure he's human.

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SFBv420.0someday when most of us old fucks who know Shane was and always will be the goat
are gone perhaps
but candice didn't design the ski that changed skiing or transcend the sport.
coombs had more well rounded skills and skied more rad shit in 1 season than
anyone listed in this thread

I am an old fuck and I'm going to have to disagree, Shane is definitely in the discussion, but I don't think he dominated park/backcountry tricks like a number of the skiers named. I would say most of the skiers named were closer to Shane's skill level in the mountains than Shane was to their park level, however he was also much older when the freestyle scene blew up. Also not sure how to gauge the value of developing the ski that was almost as instrumental as putting a tip on the end. No disrespect to Shane, he was truly a character that significantly shaped this sport

Also have to disagree with the Coombs statement

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SFBv420.0someday when most of us old fucks who know Shane was and always will be the goat
are gone perhaps
but candice didn't design the ski that changed skiing or transcend the sport.
coombs had more well rounded skills and skied more rad shit in 1 season than
anyone listed in this thread

A different kind of GOAT. Candecent is the GOAT in terms of overall talent and slayage, whereas McDonkey was the GOAT in terms of progressing (revolutionizing) the sport itself. Hell he even inadvertently progressed ski racing to another level with his skiing.

Coombs was insane but then again, a GOAT wouldn't have slipped and fallen off a mountain. Maybe he's a fainting GOAT but that's about it.

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californiagrownCandide is. Without question.

I just dont agree that Candide is at the very top of the game for big mountain when such a huge part of pro level big mtn(imo) is missing from his resume. he may have won the FWT but I believe the difference between winning the FWT and just competing full time on the FWT is pretty minimal in terms of amazing talent. But he is missing an entire facet, and imo the most impressive facet of big mountain.

Not to say he doesnt kill it at big mountain far harder than anyone else being considered for "best overall skier alive".

I dont think anyone thinks hes the best big mountain skier out there.

Just what u thought, youre arguing just for the sake of arguing

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.Hugo.I dont think anyone thinks hes the best big mountain skier out there.

Just what u thought, youre arguing just for the sake of arguing

no, some folks had said he was the best big mtn skier.

But yes, i am arguing just for the sake of arguing. So are you. how the fuck does Candides status as a skier affect you at all? haha. Its the internet. Its meant for stupid debates.

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SFBv420.0someday when most of us old fucks who know Shane was and always will be the goat
are gone perhaps
but candice didn't design the ski that changed skiing or transcend the sport.
coombs had more well rounded skills and skied more rad shit in 1 season than
anyone listed in this thread

[BTW, I'm old enough to have grey in my beard.]
Shane was rad as EFF. But he was a half generation too old to get quite as steezy as "candice." Shane ended up the best of his era, surpassing combs and schmidt, and besting the likes of holmes, seth, and mosely. But the younglings took it a step further while shane ventured into parachuting. Yeah, Candide didn't win the bud pro tour, but his medals were received in humility unmatched in this sport.

Also, I find it odd, but "candice" doesn't use a 5 dimension ski. just rocker. What Candide did do on his first pro-model was fucking awesome though... some will recall a bit of grip tape fashioned as a day-old shaven top of a beaver just in front of the toe piece, to assist with tweaking a good old mute grab.

JenniferGarnerCoombs was insane but then again, a GOAT wouldn't have slipped and fallen off a mountain. Maybe he's a fainting GOAT but that's about it.

Don't talk shit on Combs. Just don't. He died trying to assist a friend. While sometimes reckless in his youth, he was a class act.

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JenniferGarnerCoombs was insane but then again, a GOAT wouldn't have slipped and fallen off a mountain. Maybe he's a fainting GOAT but that's about it.

Shut the hell up. I know you're a troll and trying to piss people off and act like you're some big hardo or something, but just shut the hell up.

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Brocka_FlockaEither you are 12 years old or just stupid. Actually, probably both.

I love it when Brock decides to toast a newb

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Shane
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I think you could probably break down the GOAT of each particular skiing discipline, but overall, I think you can make a pretty solid argument that Candide is the overall GOAT in skiing.

What are your thoughts in more specific disciplines?

Pipe?
Park?
Big Mountain?
Film?
Mogul?
DH?
Other?

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californiagrownI've seen all of these movies and edits multiple times.

I will repeat, Candide has never skied, on film, any of those martian looking 2000' 60degree spine walls with massive bergschrunds that ONLY Alaska provides. Its generally just the TGR boys and a select few others that can, and do it at mach chicken.

He doesn't have to be the best at every facet of skiing to be the best overall skier.

He has never skied what I described. Anyone car to prove me wrong?

British Columbia has those lines too, and twice as big. Just sayin

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Candide Thovex is an absolute legend. Every time people start to think his done, he proves them wrong. Few Words is, without a doubt, one of the greatest ski films of all time. No other skier has been so dominant, in so many fields of freeskiing as long as Candide. Tanner comes close, but doesn't quite touch the legendary status that Candide has held for an unimaginable amount of time. Candide has shown his prowess in park, pipe, moguls, and backcountry. Those who doubt his ability to rip gnarly pow lines have clearly never seen Few Words.

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hemlockjibber8British Columbia has those lines too, and twice as big. Just sayin

Im sure it does. Ive never seen it on film though.

Ski_The_ECandide Thovex is an absolute legend. Every time people start to think his done, he proves them wrong. Few Words is, without a doubt, one of the greatest ski films of all time. No other skier has been so dominant, in so many fields of freeskiing as long as Candide. Tanner comes close, but doesn't quite touch the legendary status that Candide has held for an unimaginable amount of time. Candide has shown his prowess in park, pipe, moguls, and backcountry. Those who doubt his ability to rip gnarly pow lines have clearly never seen Few Words.

Few words was, IMO, not overly great as a documentary or as pure ski porn. In fact Few words was probably towards the bottom of impressive video that candide has put out in the lat 5-6 years. just didnt do it for me. CK 1 was a game changer for me that gets viewed multiple times each year, few words was a regrettable iTunes purchase that was viewed 1.5 times.

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californiagrownno, some folks had said he was the best big mtn skier.

But yes, i am arguing just for the sake of arguing. So are you. how the fuck does Candides status as a skier affect you at all? haha. Its the internet. Its meant for stupid debates.

God you're an insufferable toxic troll.

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This sport has lost some incredible talents and amazing people over the years. We should always respect them as they deserve it for at minimum everything they've done to progress this sport and the immense amount of respect they've paid to it.

Most of the athlete names dropped in this thread would be embarrassed knowing they were mentioned in it due to the disrespect paid to their peers and their fans.

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Candide is NOT actually a real person.

The person that we know as Candide Thovex is actually an imaginary person that we have all pieced together through the years. Think about it, someone couldn't win that many competitions, create such great film segments, and be that fucking awesome. Its not possible

That one guys brother said it the best, "have you ever thought about how much it would suck being the lame mortal brother of a demi-god?"

He is a demi-god in which this means he was once a real person but after death he obtained these great skills and abilities through the help of each and everyone of us.

He is not a real person more than less a figure of all of our imaginations.

So technically we made Candide Thovex who he is.

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californiagrownFew words was, IMO, not overly great as a documentary or as pure ski porn. In fact Few words was probably towards the bottom of impressive video that candide has put out in the lat 5-6 years. just didnt do it for me. CK 1 was a game changer for me that gets viewed multiple times each year, few words was a regrettable iTunes purchase that was viewed 1.5 times.

I get where you are coming from. Watching the trailer, it looked like it was going to be a "That's It, That's All" or "Art of Flight" for skiing. Expecting that instead of more of a documentary left me a little disappointed. It was beautifully shot, but not as much skiing as I was hoping for. It also would have been cool to see more interviews with the man himself instead of just family and friends.

Still really cool to see where Candide came from and a bit of insight into his skiing.

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1. Candide
2. Tanner
3. Dumont
4. JP
5. Pollard
6. Jon
7. Fujas
8. Crichton
9. Johnson
10. McConkey
Honorable Mentions: Burke, Wallisch, Brogan, Morrison, Coombs, Pettit, Hoji, Amba, Carlson, Schiller, Douglas Harlaut and Vanular.

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Bomber_BoBGod you're an insufferable toxic troll.

And you're an overly sensitive mental midget.

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schneidert6Candide is NOT actually a real person.

The person that we know as Candide Thovex is actually an imaginary person that we have all pieced together through the years. Think about it, someone couldn't win that many competitions, create such great film segments, and be that fucking awesome. Its not possible

That one guys brother said it the best, "have you ever thought about how much it would suck being the lame mortal brother of a demi-god?"

He is a demi-god in which this means he was once a real person but after death he obtained these great skills and abilities through the help of each and everyone of us.

He is not a real person more than less a figure of all of our imaginations.

So technically we made Candide Thovex who he is.

How high are you on a scale of 1-10?

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JenniferGarnerA different kind of GOAT. Candecent is the GOAT in terms of overall talent and slayage, whereas McDonkey was the GOAT in terms of progressing (revolutionizing) the sport itself. Hell he even inadvertently progressed ski racing to another level with his skiing.

Coombs was insane but then again, a GOAT wouldn't have slipped and fallen off a mountain. Maybe he's a fainting GOAT but that's about it.

you sound salty nuther tough day in the cube answering gorbies custies questions about rinky dink gaper gear?

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saskskierIt also would have been cool to see more interviews with the man himself instead of just family and friends.

That's why the movie is called few words. He's a man of few words.

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saskskierI get where you are coming from. Watching the trailer, it looked like it was going to be a "That's It, That's All" or "Art of Flight" for skiing. Expecting that instead of more of a documentary left me a little disappointed. It was beautifully shot, but not as much skiing as I was hoping for. It also would have been cool to see more interviews with the man himself instead of just family and friends.

Still really cool to see where Candide came from and a bit of insight into his skiing.

i feel you on thinking it would be more of a normal movie rather than a documentary, but i still loved it and the new footage was so good (destroying lines, trip backy, dub 12, etc etc)

i would like to see him tackle a that's it that's all type of movie-- shit, he's one of the few people on rice's level in the BC lines and jump game

and yeah, as for him not talking much in the movie, that's why it's called few words. he aint into talking about himself, so no surprise he didnt take the mic in the movie at all

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Candide is defiantly GOAT but Tanner is close behind

RubberSouli would like to see him tackle a that's it that's all type of movie-- shit, he's one of the few people on rice's level in the BC lines and jump game

I'm starting the movement for a quiksilver snow team edit just to see candide and rice ride together

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Tanner and Candide can shoot back and fourth all day in my opinion as greatest all-around freeskiers, but as far as greatest skier I don't know.

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kylemcleanjust to see candide and rice ride together

yes!

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Candide might have to watch out Jon is on the rise again

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saskskierI think you could probably break down the GOAT of each particular skiing discipline, but overall, I think you can make a pretty solid argument that Candide is the overall GOAT in skiing.

What are your thoughts in more specific disciplines?

Pipe?
Park?
Big Mountain?
Film?
Mogul?
DH?
Other?

Simon Dumont - Longevity, amplitude, style, competitiveness (pipe essential), influence, toughness
Tanner Hall - Took the sport from a stuntman, adrenaline trial and error spectacle to an absolute art form. So ahead of his peers in his air awareness and smooth, effortless style. Part of me wants to argue Tom Wallisch, and also part of me wants to argue Henrik because he's the current best park skier, but Tanner's place in history is undeniable.
Hugo Harrison/Seth Morrison TIE - Too obvious to explain. There may be people currently skiing bigger and better lines, but again, they both redefined what was possible on skis in their eras unlike any other skiers. There are many honorable mentions and people who you could make a case for, but for me it's an easy decision.
Eric Pollard - Artist. No skier better represents his personality and skiing in a video part.
No Idea, don't give a shit - Johnny Moseley I guess?
Bode Miller - Murica'. Fuck the Herminator.

Candide Thovex/Shane TIE - Candide IS the most well-rounded skier to ever live. Shane is the most charismatic, most "skier's skier" to ever live. The only litmus test is, "Which skier do I most want to drink a beer with?". He wins by a landslide.
Glenn Plake - GOAT OG. His skiing in Blizzard was basically the invention of modern charging and he's an icon.

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