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Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103557 03/26/22
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Gooch_McGrundle Campfire Tracker G Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 3,632 Likes: 1 PNW	Originally Posted by jackmountain Sony Bono, prove me wrong. “I got yew babe”

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103576 03/26/22
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Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103584 03/26/22
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deltakid Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,966 Eastern WA	I grew up watching Buddy Werner ski in Colorado. He was world champion caliber and a member of the US Ski Team. He died trying to outrace an avalanche and escape in 1964. Think it was in France.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103595 03/26/22
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KenMi Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,039 Likes: 6 Michigan	What about that white chick with jungle fever for Tigger Wood? Haha

Re: Greatest skiers of all time Sheister #17103604 03/26/22
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windridge Campfire Regular W Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 1,672	Originally Posted by Sheister Jean Claude Killy, Roberto Tomba , Steve and Phil Marr In that order, yep. TV has become nothing more than the Petri dish where this country grows its idiots.

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Re: Greatest skiers of all time deltakid #17103638 03/26/22
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BeanMan Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,765 Western Colorado	Originally Posted by deltakid I grew up watching Buddy Werner ski in Colorado. He was world champion caliber and a member of the US Ski Team. He died trying to outrace an avalanche and escape in 1964. Think it was in France. St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time Teal #17103642 03/26/22
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257_X_50 Campfire Tracker 2 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,923 Quaker Valley	Originally Posted by Teal Was a big Billy Kidd fan when I was a kid. Grew up on old Warren Miller movies. An old girlfriend’s dad was one of Millers cameramen. Ski with a camera on your shoulder. Old fart could ski. Last edited by 257_X_50; 03/26/22.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time 257_X_50 #17103647 03/26/22
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87Ford Campfire Greenhorn 8 Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 62	Maher brothers Phil and Steve from Yakima, Wa. Gold and Silver in the Slalom, 1984 Winter Olympics.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103652 03/26/22
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257_X_50 Campfire Tracker 2 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,923 Quaker Valley	Best I remember......Pirmin Zurbriggen........Had won in all 5 disciplines at different times......but the 1988 Olympic Downhill final was amazing IIRC ....he ran it last. First skier down with the best course set the standard. Zurbriggen was last. Everything too rough to possibly make a run. Can still see it. Hanging it out all the way down. Like Juan Fangio in his crazy best. Taking too many chances and thru skill and guts getting away with it. Always on the edge. The first skier was walking away ......sure of victory. He was stunned. Look on his face says it all in the Video Just the greatest run I ever saw. When you call to your gods.......and they answer... Great on YouTube. Last edited by 257_X_50; 03/26/22.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time gkt5450 #17103672 03/26/22
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fester Campfire Tracker F Joined: May 2010 Posts: 6,665 N. California	Originally Posted by gkt5450 Originally Posted by RufusG Klammer was awesome. As a Texas kid w no knowledge of snow skiing and winter sports, I’d make time to watch him. Seemed he dominated for quite some time. That was an intense run.

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Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103721 03/27/22
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JeffA Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 9,743 Likes: 15	Hands down the greatest skier of all time was Dick Pope JR. But I spent my youth in Florida.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103723 03/27/22
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Beretta_Shooter916 Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,822 Likes: 6 St Clair Shores, MI	Ingemar Stenmark DON’T BE TOO PROUD OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED. THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE. - Darth Vader

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103725 03/27/22
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CharlieFoxtrot Campfire Tracker C Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 4,831 Likes: 2 Great Lake State	I was always a fan of Franz Weber. Held the record for fastest man on skis for quite some time. 138mph IIRC. That's been blown away by new technology and better physically trained athletes by 20mph now. Met the Mahre bros - they're good and Bill Johnson...he's good too. But Bode Miller is probably the best American skier. Ingemar Stenmark, IMHO, is the best there ever was. He just dominated. Hirsher and Herrman Maier a close second. "A Republic, if you can keep it." ~ B. Franklin

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103738 03/27/22
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JRaw Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,597 Ger, CO, AK, VA, or maybe some...	Best American racer and all around athlete - Bode Miller Will be the best American racer - Mikaela Shiffrin. Sure, she hasn’t had a great olympics, but she dominates Slalom and Giant Slalom and wins downhill and super G. She is an amazing talent, and a good person. Best skier - Candide Thovex.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103878 03/27/22
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GRF Campfire Regular G Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,631 Lethbridge Alberta	Another vote for Ingmar Stenmark.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17103905 03/27/22
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OldmanoftheSea Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 17,295 Likes: 21	Originally Posted by jackmountain Sony Bono, prove me wrong. The whole freaking Overton Family.. She is "on a mission from God" (Jake, Blues Brothers) https://inhiswakes.com/meet-our-founder/ Seriously take your pick... https://iwwf.sport/hall-of-fame/wall/ -OMotS "If memory serves fails me..." Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay " Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time Sheister #17104031 03/27/22
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Chisos Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,629 Likes: 1 Between Hondo and Bandera	Originally Posted by Sheister Jean-Claude Killy, Roberto Tomba , Steve and Phil Marr I believe they made the 1969 movie Downhill Racer about Killy.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17104056 03/27/22
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GeoW Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 17,281 Likes: 2 The Land of Cotton	Bubba Wallace.. "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon! "A Well Regulated Militia" Life Member

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17104087 03/27/22
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simonkenton7 Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 14,272 Likes: 3 Marshall NC	Franz Klammer and the Downhill in 1976. Fantastic run! I lived in Steamboat Springs one year. Buddy Werner was from Steamboat and they named the mountain after him. The theme in Steamboat is "cowboy skiing" and Billy Kidd lived there, you could see him skiing down Mt. Werner, wearing his cowboy hat.

Re: Greatest skiers of all time jackmountain #17104172 03/27/22
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Plumdog Campfire Regular P Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 862 Florida Nature Coast	Stein Eriksen, Anderl Molterer

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