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5 most influential freeskiers since 1997 ??

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codizzle
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so who are the most influential freeskiers since 1997?

i'll start:

- Jonny Mosely
- JP Auclair
- Tanner Hall
- Seth Morrison
- Shane McConkey

hit me!
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auski
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Start again, you're missing Candide
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JohnLocke
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and of course Pep Fujas
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codizzle
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give me the 5 most influential. not easy.
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Brocka_Flocka
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Big Air Dave
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hoodcrew
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1. B.dog & Edollo
2. Mike Hornbeck
2. Shane McConkey
3. B-Mack from the Bunch
4. Sarah Burke
5. Noah Albadejo

and honorable mention goes to:
Brad Bulzan
Parker White
Vinnie Cash
Tim McChesney
Austin Torvinen
and maybe Wallisch
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S.J.W
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Hall
JP
Pollard
Candide
McConkey
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Adam.Guare
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JP
Candide
E-dollo
Tom Wallisch
Vinni Cash
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.GaperMan.
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Brett Fischer
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270on420out
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Mick Comte
Mconkey
JP
Sarah
The Gagnier family
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Ugmasugma
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- JP Auclair
- Sarah Burke
- Simon Dumont
- Tanner Hall
- E-Dollo
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wameron
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Pep
JP
Shane
Candide
Seth
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t-rent
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In no particular order

Shane McConkey, you can thank this gentleman for the invention of the Vollant Spatula
Seth Morrison
Candide Thovex
C.R. Johnson
Tanner Hall

Honorable Mentions

Pep Fujas
Dave Crichton
J.P. Auclair
J.F. Cusson
Glenn Plake

Its pretty much impossible to have a top 5, a top 10 or 12 is the only way
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yeahmon
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hoodcrew1. B.dog & Edollo
2. Mike Hornbeck
2. Shane McConkey
3. B-Mack from the Bunch
4. Sarah Burke
5. Noah Albadejo

and honorable mention goes to:
Brad Bulzan
Parker White
Vinnie Cash
Tim McChesney
Austin Torvinen
and maybe Wallisch


This plus Warnick, and JP
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N.L.
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greg tufflemire
mike wilson
tanner hall
travis heed
dave chriton
cr
candide
vanular
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steezyjibber
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Wallisch should be on every single list already posted in this thread.
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willysworld
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Candide
Mckonkey
jf cusson
Seth
Eric Pollard

Runner ups..

JP
Vinnie Dorion
Kent Kreitler
Julien Rengier
Mike Nick
Mike Douglas
Wallisch
EDollo
Pep
Cr Johnson
Mike Wilson
Jon
Skogen Sprang
Evan Raps
Tanner Hall
Mik D
Johnny Mosley
Toben Southerland
Trenon Paytner
Dave Chrition
3 phils (more like 2 phils dion was meh)
Sage
Kris Osteness
Seb Michaud (showed candide what was up backflip master)
Dumont
Andy Mhare


This is the list..
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ndye
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So god damn hard
Hall
Dumont
Wallisch
Corey Vanular
Mik D

Honorable mentions:
Charles Gagnier
Vincent Gagnier
Jossi
Pep
Andy
Schiller
Henrik Harlaut
Phil Casabon
Phil Bellanger
Nick Martini
Auclair
McConkey
Delorme
A huge list really, its almost impossible.
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hi_vis360
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Is Candide that influential or just better than everyone? Nobody can even get on his fucking level
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corona
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BASEDJAHIs Candide that influential or just better than everyone? Nobody can even get on his fucking level


yea he's pretty influential, but the 5 skiers first mentioned in OP are all arguably more influential than Candide.
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Zimmy
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abc
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Andy Perry & Will Wesson !
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FUUUCK
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Real tough, but:

Candide
Tanner Hall
Jon Olsson
Seth Morrison
Shane McConkey

Runner ups:

JP
Casabon
Gagnier
Vanular
Coombs
TJ
Pep
Jossi
Wallish
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C.Smith
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hoodcrew1. B.dog & Edollo
2. Mike Hornbeck
2. Shane McConkey
3. B-Mack from the Bunch
4. Sarah Burke
5. Noah Albadejo

and honorable mention goes to:
Brad Bulzan
Parker White
Vinnie Cash
Tim McChesney
Austin Torvinen
and maybe Wallisch


No bobby brown?
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thewookiejesus
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JP
McConkey
Candide
B & E
Wallisch
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wasatch_rat
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this is seriously tough.

mckonkey for changing ski design
wallisch and bdog are tied for changing how everyone skis rails
jon olson has gotta be on there for getting the dub cork/dub rodeo train going
any of the numbus guys for getting people jibbing and doing switch stuff in pow
jp auclair for basically setting the standard for guys like candide and tanner and getting the revolution started
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CHU-TANG_CLAN
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Candide
Wallisch
J.P.
T-Hall
Sarah Burke
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willysworld
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VinnieFyea he's pretty influential, but the 5 skiers first mentioned in OP are all arguably more influential than Candide.


you are an idiot. . Candide is probably the most influential freeskier of all time..

So blown away no one else has said JF cusson.. with out cusson freeskiing wouldn't even exist. .
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corona
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ozzywrongyou are an idiot. . Candide is probably the most influential freeskier of all time..

So blown away no one else has said JF cusson.. with out cusson freeskiing wouldn't even exist. .


good =/= influential.

Yes, he is crazy influential, but he also didn't exactly single handedly revolutionize any aspect of the sport like others on the list did.

Jonny Moseley kind of goes without saying. Just his 1 trick at the Olympics is more influential than the entire careers of many other skier.

Auclair also goes without saying. I mean his early segments with Poor Boyz, the 1080, his switch stuff, Armada, etc.

Morrison and McConkey: Freeskiing doesn't just mean park you know. Morrison is far more influential in anything outside of the park than Candide and McConkey, well how do you like your rocker?

Hall I guess isn't as influential than Candide. But he's pushed boundaries in all aspects of the sport, and of course Armada and him just being an inspiration to many many skiers.



Not downplaying how amazingly influential Candide is, but there is definitely good arguments for those other skiers.

And one would have to be an idiot to just say Candide is more influential than all of them.
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.FRY.
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Obviously Brett fisher
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codizzle
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VinnieFgood =/= influential.

Yes, he is crazy influential, but he also didn't exactly single handedly revolutionize any aspect of the sport like others on the list did.

Jonny Moseley kind of goes without saying. Just his 1 trick at the Olympics is more influential than the entire careers of many other skier.

Auclair also goes without saying. I mean his early segments with Poor Boyz, the 1080, his switch stuff, Armada, etc.

Morrison and McConkey: Freeskiing doesn't just mean park you know. Morrison is far more influential in anything outside of the park than Candide and McConkey, well how do you like your rocker?

Hall I guess isn't as influential than Candide. But he's pushed boundaries in all aspects of the sport, and of course Armada and him just being an inspiration to many many skiers.



Not downplaying how amazingly influential Candide is, but there is definitely good arguments for those other skiers.

And one would have to be an idiot to just say Candide is more influential than all of them.


good summary...
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Kygourz
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Most of you are going to the mainstream big names right now, you gotta be thinking pioneers of free skiing like JP and Candide, the guys that were at the original super parks, yeah guys like t wallish and e dollo are keeping attention on the sport but I would not call hucking octupla corks influential.
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Zimmy
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Does JF Houle come into this? VinniCash https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/775017/J-F--Houle--Season-in-Review
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methscratchface
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1. JP
2. Candide
3. Eric Pollard
4. Pep
5. Radio Ron
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jynx81
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It depends on the skiing for pow& park were looking at totally different names
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casey_cope
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I know glenn plake's time was sort of in the 80s but he still skis today and he skied in 1997 so he can be added to the list
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steeze_louise
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1.Radio Ron
2.Radio Ron
3.Radio Ron
4.Radio Ron
5.Radio Ron
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Ryanvdonk
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Really Hard to Narrow it down, but here's a top 15:

Candide Thovex
Johnny Mosely
Shane McConkey
Tanner Hall
Seth Morrison
Eric Pollard
Mike Douglas
Vinnie Dorian
Jesus? No, JF Cusson
JP Auclair
3 Phils.
Jon Olsson
Mick D.
Sarah Burke
Ingrid Backstrom


Glen Plake and Scott Schmidt are pre 97 for me.
And people really overlook vinnie, he was the pioneer of switch tricks, and every bit as important as JF and JP, not to mention was the best competitor of the three.
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jibbpeter
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Can't answer the all time top 5, however these are the 5 that inspired me the most when i started freeskiing back in 2005. I mostly saw Norwegian skimovies since im from Norway.

1) Andreas Hatveit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUhErwQvv44

2) Candide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYLprMcqEJU

3) PK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR82kDkl7ew

4) Sammy Carlson. Truckdrivers all day bby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5iC5WQXjMw

5) Charles Gagnier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mOKANlizVQ


Honrable mentions:

T Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0KliNB-gZ0

Even Sigstad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgCO64BU1lU

Vanular
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOW2lWob7Y

TJ
Jon
Dumont

I mostly watched park so that's what influated me the most.

peace!
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Adam.Guare
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I_Bohrmann1.Radio Ron
2.Radio Ron
3.Radio Ron
4.Radio Ron
5.Radio Ron


The only call
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Caucasian_Asian
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1.) Shane McConkey. Everybody thinks of the Spatula, but he was also the first to ski pow on a fat ski. The Chubb and then the lightly-twinned Huckster.

2.) Mike Douglas. Speaking of twins, he was the driving force behind the 1080 and the Pocket Rocket.

3.) Seth Morrison/Jeremy Nobis. Big mountain pioneers. No more jump turns. Alaskan face pow 11s.

4.) Tanner Hall. He wasn't the first park guy to ski pow or big-mountain lines, but he brought park lines into the pow.

5.) Matt Sterbenz/Jason Levinthal. Start up companies by skiers, for skiers. Giving their athletes the chance to develop and design their own skis, and in some cases, make them. Designs by Pollard and Hoji would not have come about without the freedom to be creative.
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Holte
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Most of these lists cover the top 7 or 8 most obviously influential people, but there are major arguments for Jon Olsson and Tom Wallisch too.

After JOI with the kangaroo flip and the next year with Jon's dub 10 (dj flip or Olsson flip?), it was a different era of park skiing.

I'd argue that Wallish did the most to push modern style and rail technicality in the past several years. Somebody had a thread something along the lines of "What Were You Doing The Night When TWall Superunknown Dropped?" a few years ago, which nicely sums up his early influence.

Pretty tough to define 5 skiers across almost 20 years and 4 or 5 distinctly different "eras" of freeskiing any way you look at it though.
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zahava
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Chris Davenport
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Sngl2th
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0. Plake
1. JF Cusson
2. Jon Olsson
3. Candide
4. Brogan
5. Brogan

Also, Mike Wilson.
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90053
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1. pollard
2. candide
3. wallisch
4. mcconkey
5. casabon
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90053
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900531. pollard
2. candide
3. wallisch
4. mcconkey
5. casabon


darn misread the title, ^skiers that have influenced me most
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Mr.Bishop
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ozzywrongyou are an idiot. . Candide is probably the most influential freeskier of all time..

So blown away no one else has said JF cusson.. with out cusson freeskiing wouldn't even exist. .


Cusson is my #1.
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.GUCCI.
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hoodcrew1. B.dog & Edollo
2. Mike Hornbeck
2. Shane McConkey
3. B-Mack from the Bunch
4. Sarah Burke
5. Noah Albadejo

and honorable mention goes to:
Brad Bulzan
Parker White
Vinnie Cash
Tim McChesney
Austin Torvinen
and maybe Wallisch

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mtfull
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For me its
JP
Wallisch
Everyone from traveling circus
Henrik
Tanner Hall
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L.Watts
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hoodcrew1. B.dog & Edollo
2. Mike Hornbeck
2. Shane McConkey
3. B-Mack from the Bunch
4. Sarah Burke
5. Noah Albadejo

and honorable mention goes to:
Brad Bulzan
Parker White
Vinnie Cash
Tim McChesney
Austin Torvinen
and maybe Wallisch


Are you broken? Let me put it this way, who inspired wallisch and harlaut and vinnie cash?
Only one real answer, Candide.
His style is unrivaled
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L.Watts
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Candide should be on all of the lists above!
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