Origins of Freestyle Skiing

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  • @ramper50
    @ramper50 4 роки тому +680

    Oh shit. Turns out I've been doing it right the whole time!!

  • @victordaraban4695
    @victordaraban4695 5 років тому +548

    This reminds me of the cheese rolling contest for some reason...

  • @moneyandtimefreedom3352
    @moneyandtimefreedom3352 6 років тому +390

    TECHNIQUE: Lean way back on your tails, fronts be damned and wave your arms and poles as much as humanly possible. GOOD STUFF!

    • @a10goesbrrrrrrrrrrt52
      @a10goesbrrrrrrrrrrt52 6 років тому

      Lol back in the days

    • @mrknarf4438
      @mrknarf4438 5 років тому +7

      1:15 those competitions seem way better than modern days'

    • @lebaillidessavoies3889
      @lebaillidessavoies3889 5 років тому +1

      Mr Knarf yes , way more fun !

    • @unripetomato4312
      @unripetomato4312 4 роки тому

      I've been skiing since I was five tried snowboarding 3 years ago and I Haven't skied since........
      Also isn't freestyle jumps rails and halfpipe????????

    • @mrsmartypants_1
      @mrsmartypants_1 3 роки тому +5

      @@unripetomato4312 So you’re saying you can’t do mogul fields, you sit your ass in the snow half the time, can’t deal with ice, can’t carve to save your life but you’re damn good at plowing snow off the slopes. Gotcha.

  • @jadyns.9627
    @jadyns.9627 10 років тому +229

    Watching the Olympics and thinking about my great uncle David Wheeler! He placed second at the first freestyle ski competition in history!! He was an amazing and crazy skier! RIP Uncle Dave you made skiing what it is today!

    • @marksjohnson5
      @marksjohnson5  10 років тому +18

      He sure did Jadyn!

    • @HeleneLogan
      @HeleneLogan 8 років тому +3

      He was ripping fun to watch! :-)

    • @henrystowe6217
      @henrystowe6217 5 років тому +5

      I watched a movie back in the early 1970s starring Dave Wheeler, I believe. It was called Yahoo, I think. In any case, It was awesome to see the old names like your great uncle. He was one of the greats! I was happy to have been in Sun Valley in 74 and 75. Great times. I wanted to take lessons....

    • @RogerDiotte
      @RogerDiotte 4 роки тому +1

      Right ON Jadyn...Big Dave go for it!

  • @frieskier567
    @frieskier567 11 років тому +694

    My knees hurt

    • @rahkinrah1963
      @rahkinrah1963 9 років тому +8

      +Connor Galardo both of mine were replaced in last 5 years - 40+ yrs of skiing

    • @bigPianist99
      @bigPianist99 8 років тому +1

      +rahkin rah is that true?

    • @keiahnigbruder1453
      @keiahnigbruder1453 5 років тому +4

      bigPianist99 why would he tell you if it wasn't

    • @sandrotabidze6726
      @sandrotabidze6726 5 років тому +7

      You would never know why everyone is angry at me because i edited this comment

    • @Bushwacked487
      @Bushwacked487 5 років тому +2

      @@sandrotabidze6726 Would someone do that? Get on the internet and tell lies?

  • @joshuavaalburg890
    @joshuavaalburg890 5 років тому +277

    Who needs a helmet

  • @paulwhetstone0473
    @paulwhetstone0473 2 роки тому +20

    Hysterical retro view of the 1970s with excellent cheesy soundtrack. I love that no one wore a helmet.

  • @marksjohnson5
    @marksjohnson5  14 років тому +23

    It's great to hear that Scott can still turn them. I haven't seen him since 1983 when I skied down Silver Fox with him and Mike Chu at Snowbird. All the best, Mark

  • @samoliver7772
    @samoliver7772 5 років тому +1444

    Who is watching this in 2020 because it popped up in your recommended.

  • @boathemian7694
    @boathemian7694 Рік тому +2

    Skiing bumps on my 215’s in the eighties was epic

  • @bionicsjw
    @bionicsjw 4 роки тому +10

    I skied Freestyle for Lake Eldora 1977-80. I then skied pro until 1983. Being coached be Eddy Lincoln, Bruce Dinman, Peter "Rabbit" Johnson and getting to ski with Scott Brooksbank, John Clendnnin and some of the early greats was amazing.

  • @jamesbarisitz4794
    @jamesbarisitz4794 2 місяці тому

    I started skiing when I was four. Born in 1962, I lived through hot dogging on long planks in the 70's. Thing's improved with shorties,ski leashes, then two prong ski brakes. The quads are fried now, but it sure was fun watching this video!❤😂

  • @DannyPodesta
    @DannyPodesta 8 років тому +13

    Fun watching airborne Eddy's run with back scratchers and mule kicks, awesome!

  • @higaddrip2583
    @higaddrip2583 4 роки тому +103

    Cheering for the best crashes doesn’t sound like it will end well...

    • @geoffrey6000
      @geoffrey6000 3 роки тому +1

      If the point system works that way I will most definitely win, after my hospital stay....

  • @xxxx85
    @xxxx85 8 років тому +76

    1:04
    THIS WOULD BE THE MOST WATCHED OLYMPIC SPORT EVER!!!

    • @NecumNaTo
      @NecumNaTo 4 роки тому +2

      Freestyle skiing is olympic sport. And it is boring.

    • @nelkboys
      @nelkboys 3 роки тому +4

      @@NecumNaTo Ur trippin

    • @lukamncr
      @lukamncr 3 роки тому +2

      @@NecumNaTo yeah buddy that’s cap

  • @alphasportstv
    @alphasportstv Рік тому +1

    Great vid! I used to ski with some of these guys back in the 70's & 80's...golden era, good times. Thanks for posting :)

  • @anko44
    @anko44 11 років тому +319

    No shape skis, no fat ski, no rocker ski, just pure talent.

    • @takiteazy1
      @takiteazy1 5 років тому +25

      Yeah but talent and apropriate ski are good to

    • @nestorcepeda9189
      @nestorcepeda9189 5 років тому +10

      And pure crashes

    • @SebHaarfagre
      @SebHaarfagre 4 роки тому +10

      "talent" xD
      Those first clips lol
      I've done Telemark turns on wooden skis myself at age 12 down bump tracks and off piste and whatever. Fun to watch though
      (just wanted to input perspective nothing else)

    • @RogerDiotte
      @RogerDiotte 4 роки тому +3

      I KNOW...that is how I was brought up in the 70's and am fiercely competitive still today cause of all my near death experiences and super fast omg moments all them years ago...Today I'm super confident on my K2's and enjoy em much thanks to my latter years!

    • @SkratAnimations
      @SkratAnimations 4 роки тому +1

      @@RogerDiotte Do you mean thanks to your former years?

  • @muptwitch9129
    @muptwitch9129 5 років тому +5

    decade is ending and I am watching this...Lovely :D

  • @ArgueNaught
    @ArgueNaught 3 роки тому +5

    Excellent review!
    Two aspects are awesome - how far we have moved since the early days of this sport, and how amazingly instinctive some skiers were technically even back then!

  • @notproplayer3649
    @notproplayer3649 5 років тому +9

    I've never seen anybody ski this good before

    • @sk-sm9sh
      @sk-sm9sh Рік тому

      Yeah really not sure can even call this skiing, maybe rolling down mountain with two planks of wood attached on feet would be the name.

  • @andrewzhang3808
    @andrewzhang3808 3 роки тому +2

    Did I just watch a whole documentary on this unnoticeably.

  • @ultrab2777
    @ultrab2777 5 років тому +41

    Aspen local here, never knew this is where it started.

    • @jibbinjibberish8886
      @jibbinjibberish8886 5 років тому +2

      Nigga.

    • @masonwhipple7834
      @masonwhipple7834 5 років тому +1

      Ultra B your rich aren’t you

    • @hirohito2271
      @hirohito2271 5 років тому +3

      It didn't start here

    • @HowFoolish
      @HowFoolish 3 роки тому +1

      the video is mistaken, the first national competition for freestyle skiing was in waterville valley, nh.

    • @jakejudkins1
      @jakejudkins1 3 роки тому

      @@HowFoolish correct, i live right next to waterville valley and right as you drive in it has a sign “birthplace of freestyle skiing”

  • @HristoVelev
    @HristoVelev 5 років тому +2

    That is one of the most fantastically entertaining things I've ever seen 😀

  • @MartyFrolik
    @MartyFrolik 3 роки тому +4

    It's so crazy to actually see how some sports and competitions were started.
    Oh and hello to everyone else who finally got this in their recommended after 12 years!

  • @Zachytb
    @Zachytb 4 роки тому +54

    1:46 me when I promise to my crush I can do a frontflip in ski and she ask me to do it

  • @pltz7317
    @pltz7317 5 років тому +2

    I‘ve got my knees blown out watching this video

  • @xxbubu
    @xxbubu 7 років тому +7

    This is so great, thx sooo much for sharing! Today all is standarded even the moguls. Its not compareable with back in the days. They are the real heros.

    • @智黄
      @智黄 5 років тому

      xxbubu no you can try it in alpine mogul, not regular sized

  • @cfssdfdsffs5071
    @cfssdfdsffs5071 6 років тому +54

    so the competition was to see who could through their body around at top speed till they basically died

  • @jcrio9014
    @jcrio9014 5 років тому +71

    And then Candide Thovex descended to earth from heaven to show the humanity what freestyle skiing is about. Amen.

    • @vominator
      @vominator 2 роки тому

      All these old guys have no idea who that is.

    • @mgb1974
      @mgb1974 Рік тому

      New Canadian Air Force!

  • @bobmylo
    @bobmylo 4 роки тому +3

    my legs are burning just watching this

  • @rahkinrah1963
    @rahkinrah1963 9 років тому +4

    thank you! good stuff! I was in Vail in '73 for that.

  • @diabl2master
    @diabl2master 4 роки тому +16

    1:50 is a masterpiece

  • @hugowilliams1988
    @hugowilliams1988 3 роки тому +1

    I love those skiers. They are having so much fun,.

  • @teetoo_3090
    @teetoo_3090 3 роки тому +12

    Imagine being a grandfather and telling ur grandchildren that u won the first ever skiing competition

  • @nik7069
    @nik7069 3 роки тому

    UA-cam... I don't understand your recomendations... but i love it!

  • @Bob_Morrow
    @Bob_Morrow 3 роки тому +2

    Agreed that VERY FIRST event was at Waterville Valley.
    Just dug out an old trophy and it reads.
    Chevrolet Skiing / Waterville Valley / Nat'l Championship / of / Exhibition Skiing / 1971 / Amateur Champion
    So it was 1971 but clearly the buzz at the event was that it was THE first.
    I think Warren Miller had footage from that years movie of me bleeding when my ski cut my head in the qualifier. (First Blood lol)
    And yes the crowd went wild so I got to advance!
    There was so much snow coming down that they had to postpone the finals one day. (So it was definitely way before March in New England.) Took over a decade to make it to my recommended but it sure brings back memories . Thanks.

    • @marksjohnson5
      @marksjohnson5  3 роки тому

      That's awesome that you were in it Bob! Yes, I've looked for available footage of that competition but haven't been able to find it. I think Wayne (Wong) managed to get to that one too. As I stated in the info at the top, Dick Barrymore appears unaware of that the Waterville Valley meet in 1970.

    • @Bob_Morrow
      @Bob_Morrow 3 роки тому

      @@marksjohnson5 The Mantra of that Waterville Valley event was to "Ski the Wong Way" with the spin offs of that... "When you did it right you did it Wong" etc. lol
      My brother Steve who was a member of the PSIA USA Demonstration team competed in the pro division and was top ten finisher. I was told by a friend they had seen footage of my bleeding face in that seasons ski movie so focus on clips by the big hitter film makers of 71

    • @marksjohnson5
      @marksjohnson5  3 роки тому

      @@Bob_Morrow Thanks Bob. I'll look for these films.

  • @stevedoe1630
    @stevedoe1630 5 років тому +24

    You just know those hot dogger have their bindings tightened all the way. Seeing some of those “recoveries” make me cringe as I sympathize with the knees taking those forces.

  • @valueinvestor77
    @valueinvestor77 10 місяців тому

    Watching this and watching Franz Klammer’s gold medal downhill run in 1976……..and I’ve got to say that these guys and the skis they used back then, makes them far and away the best skiers I’ve ever seen.

  • @MattNeufy
    @MattNeufy 4 роки тому +9

    All these comments: who’s here in 2020?
    Me: wait. When was this uploaded?!

  • @tommylynch7887
    @tommylynch7887 4 роки тому +16

    1:46 woah that was cool

  • @kermit88a
    @kermit88a Рік тому

    Champions! Great video!

  • @joemaster312
    @joemaster312 10 років тому +302

    "The oldest wooden skis found were in Russia (ca. 6300-5000 BC), Sweden (ca. 5200 BC) and Norway (ca. 3200 BC) respectively." -Wikipedia
    "Skiing began in america in the mid 18 hundreds."
    Soooo either the first sentence here is misguiding by sentence structure (i.e. its only referring to skiing in 'merica) or i smell biiiig bullshit.

    • @marksjohnson5
      @marksjohnson5  10 років тому +46

      He means "In North America, skiing began in the mid 18 hundreds".

    • @FISHGOMOO4321
      @FISHGOMOO4321 10 років тому +12

      Or, this movie was made before any real research went into the history of skiing and were therefore ignorant of this information?

    • @marksjohnson5
      @marksjohnson5  10 років тому +22

      Jackmerius Tacktheritrix No. Barrymore made many movies in europe and knew and stated in those that skiing in the U.S. was brought over from there. The reason the U.S. is the focus here is because that is where freestyle skiing began.

    • @rahkinrah1963
      @rahkinrah1963 9 років тому

      +WAKE ME UP INSIDE probably before you were born. WAKE UP!

    • @snowboardbocamp6047
      @snowboardbocamp6047 6 років тому +8

      He is also refering to skiing as a sport, not as a means to travel, which was the main purpose back then.

  • @DirtyyDom
    @DirtyyDom 3 роки тому +3

    5:37 Even when he falls, he doesn't actually fall. . . amazing.

  • @trekstermann
    @trekstermann 11 років тому +8

    This is so cool! No rules - just ski your ass off!

  • @vmour
    @vmour 10 років тому +3

    Franck, Simon, c'est ça le vrai STYYYYLE !!! la classssssse :-)

  • @invisiblebridge
    @invisiblebridge 2 роки тому

    Greatest video in history.

  • @richardmason902
    @richardmason902 5 років тому

    6:42 -- Nice one Greg. Good to be able to watch you again. From Dick Mason -- Thredbo.

  • @arjanitkallaba9230
    @arjanitkallaba9230 4 роки тому +2

    Se you after 10 years when this is again in recommended

  • @667DOOM
    @667DOOM 4 роки тому +1

    gotta admit thats some wild skiing

  • @millyboarder
    @millyboarder 14 років тому

    wow that is awesome to watch scott brooksbank. I hang out with his kids and board with his kids all the time. See so many rad photos and awards in their house...yet to get to see video of him from the past. He slayed some crazy mogels up at the canyons the other winter on a family ski day. His kid stowe is a rockin' skier as well, maybe he will take after his dad.

    • @dianzap
      @dianzap 5 років тому

      Learn to spell or did spell check take over MOGUL

  • @eikeb.942
    @eikeb.942 5 років тому +89

    Who is here 2019?

  • @Kkidzz
    @Kkidzz Рік тому

    I will never forget attempting my first Helicopter in ‘78 and only getting three- quarters of the way around….ended up going through one of those old light wood fences…😂 . The days of Olin skis, Scott & Hanson boots. 😉

  • @aaronmueller1560
    @aaronmueller1560 2 роки тому +3

    This makes me want to go back in time and hand these lads a couple modern skis. I wonder if they would instantly be able to absolutely rip on them, or if they are so different than what they are used to that it would be like learning to ski all over again…

    • @tainicon4639
      @tainicon4639 Рік тому

      They would pick it up… but it’s sufficiently different that they would have to learn all new skills.
      It’s easier to go backwards because you can still ski like this on modern skis. But you can’t carve on older skis

    • @musicman8942
      @musicman8942 Рік тому +2

      @@tainicon4639 Bullshit you couldn't carve on older skis. Did hotdogging back in the 70's/80's on Olin Mark IV Comp IV in 190 length and carved like nobody's business. It's all in how you set up the skis - did my own tuning. They had a bit of an upturn in the tail (not much). Modern mogul skiing like practiced by competitive skiers is nothing more than a slalom race without gates. WAY too fast. On seeded moguls as well .
      Only reason I don't ski anymore is extensive knee damage.

  • @cocainemedia2675
    @cocainemedia2675 10 років тому +25

    My ankles...they're broken!

    • @gabe6475
      @gabe6475 5 років тому

      Cocaine Media they’re surely broken

  • @Poopchute
    @Poopchute Рік тому +1

    Back when skiing moguls was a full contact sport😂 Love the messy energy of the Hotdog era!

  • @TheSkijunkee
    @TheSkijunkee 5 років тому +5

    that was epic

  • @jameslougheed6605
    @jameslougheed6605 7 років тому +5

    RIP Squirrel O'Callahan. You died doing what you loved. We will never forget your inspiring contributions to our great sport!

    • @emmo6680
      @emmo6680 7 років тому +3

      James Lougheed I know my reply is probably out of nowhere for you at this point, but bro, O'Callahan didn't die while skiing. He was a recklessly brave guy with a lot of close calls though

    • @orcastom
      @orcastom Рік тому

      I loved Squirrel. Fine guy, totally unique freestyler, the outrigger-through-the-steep-bumps-guy....I'll never forget him. He and. Hunter Eng should both be in th H.o.F.

  • @onecutmedia
    @onecutmedia 4 роки тому +3

    that was me in the 70's ;)

  • @stefanre8129
    @stefanre8129 4 роки тому

    great clip!

  • @MrChangCJ
    @MrChangCJ 6 років тому +21

    Holy shit I fking love this. Their din number gotta be infinity man

    • @jedimindknight
      @jedimindknight 5 років тому +6

      Din? I'm pretty sure they just welded their boots to the skis ha. Torn acl's all day long.

  • @RVHatcher
    @RVHatcher 10 років тому +8

    The first "World Professional Freestyle Championship" was held at Waterville Valley, NH in 1973, Wayne Wong won it. Other notables from the Waterville Valley area were George Askevold and Floyd Wilkie. I was there. There were no rules, just a panel of three judges giving scores. The cool thing about the scoring was "Extra points given for wicked cool recoveries"

    • @Tobi-yl2in
      @Tobi-yl2in 9 років тому

      Wow, I would do a lot, for having seen this :D

    • @leemorris2127
      @leemorris2127 2 роки тому +1

      I'm replying to your seven year old comment! I was at that competition with my dad as spectators.. I remember Wayne Wong receiving a Chevy Vega as his winning prize.

    • @musicman8942
      @musicman8942 Рік тому

      I was there and it was an awesome experience. Did not compete though - had just gotten new skis and hadn't broken them in yet.

  • @naoyukisasanami
    @naoyukisasanami 3 роки тому +1

    remember Ive firstly seen a freestyle group skiing in 90s Niseko that was unbelievable as if ignoring huge bumps

  • @achiltsompanos447
    @achiltsompanos447 5 років тому +21

    These guys are made of rubber.

  • @resonance2001
    @resonance2001 11 років тому

    I LOVE skiing. I might go twice next year.

  • @goldennugget223
    @goldennugget223 5 років тому +329

    Skiing didn't begin in North America but in Norway, the editor is american 100%

    • @marksjohnson5
      @marksjohnson5  5 років тому +91

      Of course, skis have been around for 5,000 years. A Norwegian king was saved by skiers in 1206. It didn't begin in North America until the mid-1800s as Dick Barrymore correctly states.

    • @FroggyRibbits
      @FroggyRibbits 4 роки тому +28

      He meant that skiing (in North America) began in the mid 1800s

    • @TruettD
      @TruettD 4 роки тому +12

      This is about freestyle

    • @Thomas-so1oz
      @Thomas-so1oz 4 роки тому +5

      Yes the ski begin before the USA

    • @peteplayz-norskgaming5723
      @peteplayz-norskgaming5723 4 роки тому +2

      Migfra Danmark how old are they

  • @johnodo764
    @johnodo764 Рік тому

    That last guy skis like me, smile and everything!

  • @rebeccalee4785
    @rebeccalee4785 4 роки тому

    2020, I watched this video, thanks.

  • @CathyLaughter
    @CathyLaughter Рік тому +1

    I remember watching Hot Dog skiing as it was born in the '70's. I'm surprised no mention of my hero at the time Wayne Wong. Definately the coolest Hot Dogger of the time.

  • @tenhendee5479
    @tenhendee5479 5 років тому +3

    Bones of rubber and muscles of steel! Incredible. One of theirs jumps made of me = immediately helicopter rescue.

  • @BadmanPictures
    @BadmanPictures 11 місяців тому

    I never skiid before but this is so cool

  • @kevinmerrill8074
    @kevinmerrill8074 Рік тому

    Back scratcher,Corkie,Iron Cross, 360, Daffie,nothing upside down on purpose. It was a blast my knees have a lot of miles on them.

  • @augustkelly8772
    @augustkelly8772 5 років тому +6

    I feel like this is how I look when I ski

  • @MichaelAxelKlose
    @MichaelAxelKlose 4 роки тому +1

    I was a ski bum in Lake Louise in the early 90's and I was hated on for doing tricks because powder skiing and back country was the thing.

  • @voodoowood
    @voodoowood 15 років тому

    BRAVO Mark!!!

  • @gregdolecki8530
    @gregdolecki8530 3 роки тому

    Oh man, to be young, exceptionally flexible and completely fearless.

  • @justinnoble6506
    @justinnoble6506 5 років тому +6

    Basically, there were two types of freestyle skiers then: those in the backseat, and those in the trunk. Sheesh!

  • @ivokoimecs
    @ivokoimecs 4 роки тому

    0:36 This is how our last year's skiing in Val d'Isere looked! ... :)))

  • @betu8768
    @betu8768 4 роки тому +70

    Fun Fact : You didn't search for this video.

    • @jegi6856
      @jegi6856 4 роки тому +3

      Sav fun fact shut the fuck up

    • @mattfrostii1114
      @mattfrostii1114 4 роки тому

      That isn’t fun just shut your stupid fucking mouth please

    • @PJL72809
      @PJL72809 4 роки тому

      I did my friend recommended it to me

    • @tejicamdfk
      @tejicamdfk 4 роки тому

      I did actually

    • @philidor9657
      @philidor9657 3 роки тому

      Please just fucking stop

  • @stanlee399
    @stanlee399 6 місяців тому

    Brooksbank was gold in the Warren Miller movies 🎬

  • @apollothirteen3993
    @apollothirteen3993 4 роки тому

    No flashy Twin tip skis, or freestyle bindings, and boots. Just pure Technique, talent and Guts ;)

  • @s0rc1
    @s0rc1 5 років тому

    amazing vid, made me smile

  • @nikita-ri2zp
    @nikita-ri2zp 4 роки тому +1

    Why did this get recommended 11 years later?

  • @sendinit6413
    @sendinit6413 2 роки тому +2

    I see people who ski like this every day still. And they have top of the line everything. These guys are true savages for skiing like that on skinny flat sticks

  • @chrism9976
    @chrism9976 4 роки тому +8

    Would be great to see mogul competitions return to their roots by competing on ungroomed slopes.

    • @Jlyon99
      @Jlyon99 3 роки тому +1

      Agree, that’s what made it fun to watch, plus you needed to practice dealing with all sorts of random stuff.
      BTW, pretty sure the fantastic run by Eddie Ferguson was on Look Ma in Vail. Notice the few perfectly smooth turns at the end (with old style skis no less)?

    • @musicman8942
      @musicman8942 Рік тому +1

      You and me both. Today's mogul comps are nowheres near what they used to be.

  • @nickersonjake50
    @nickersonjake50 4 роки тому

    my knees hurt just watching this

  • @pin9r
    @pin9r 3 роки тому

    It has come a long way

  • @tompem
    @tompem 10 років тому +1

    great posting!

  • @Thesvyatful
    @Thesvyatful 4 роки тому +1

    my knee ligaments hurt so much from just watching this, LOL

  • @tmdad
    @tmdad 15 років тому

    great video.

  • @k3corvette35
    @k3corvette35 Рік тому

    Anyone remember the Lincoln roll ? And how Midas muffler backed some of the early freestyle skiers ? My oldest brother used to wear a midas muffler scarf as he did his best to imitate those early freestyle skiers while in his Scott superhots boots and on his blue Olins Mark3s and ballet skis !!!

  • @S_Mishere
    @S_Mishere Рік тому +1

    This is literally skiers flipping down mountains

  • @SebHaarfagre
    @SebHaarfagre 4 роки тому +1

    OK so they're talking about the Olympic specific competition "freestyle". lol
    'Cause I'm Norwegian and only really clicked to write "it originated in Telemark, Norway"
    (playing on skis downhill have been done here for centuries lol)
    In our language the "gren" or competition is called "kulekjøring" (bump "driving") originally, before the English denomination became more common (due to practicality I guess).
    "Fristil" aka "fri stil" or "free style" is naturally pointing to "driving" /stå på ski /skiing downhill without being confined to proper Telemark turns (or slalom for that matter)...
    English is weird sometimes, feels like the words have no meaning behind them anymore.

    • @marksjohnson5
      @marksjohnson5  4 роки тому

      Of course SebSk, skis have been around for 5,000 years. A Norwegian (baby) king was saved by skiers in 1206. It didn't begin in North America until the mid-1800s as Dick Barrymore (the film's narrator) correctly states. This movie is about what we called hotdogging in the late '60s and early '70s. Skiing Moguls became a challenge, then a game, and many skiers became good at it. My friends from Europe at that time, said that ski resorts in Europe plowed and leveled the moguls every night. Thus, many European skiers came over to U.S. to practice skiing the "bumps" (of course the great ski racers such as Jean-Claude Killy, Stein Erickson and Pepi Stiegler could ski anything well). It didn't become an Olympic Sport until relatively recently, in 1992.

  • @Qian1980
    @Qian1980 3 роки тому

    I did quite a bit back rolling and recovering in the moves in my own skiing, I guess I am talented for this.

  • @Pantouflable
    @Pantouflable 4 роки тому

    The style is amazing lol

  • @DamnUsernameTakenFU
    @DamnUsernameTakenFU 3 роки тому +3

    All you need is brass balls and the audacity to go down the hill at speed. Hotdog indeed.

  • @straba7380
    @straba7380 4 роки тому +1

    Can someone please remind me if you guys got it in recommendation too?

  • @davebossardrealtor5691
    @davebossardrealtor5691 6 років тому +1

    It was fun being a part of it from the early 70's to the late 70's as a competitor and to early 2000's as a FIS A judge.

  • @billiamc1969
    @billiamc1969 3 роки тому +2

    I remember those stupidly long skis...

  • @superjubs
    @superjubs 11 років тому +3

    this really is just falling with style

  • @BoogabooMusic
    @BoogabooMusic 14 років тому +1

    great stuff, I remember wayne wong, he was quite famous back in the day. My freestyling was limited to grouse, mt seymour and whistler. back then we did 720's with style, not like nowadays when peeps look like hunched over chimps on boards, haha :) also we used to call boarders knuckle draggers

    • @alexdouglas2637
      @alexdouglas2637 2 роки тому

      Was on Seymour 1970’s to2020. Did a retro hot dog contest in 2020 just for the fun of it