Origins of Freestyle Skiing

[@ramper50]

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

[@fearlessll6137]

Lmfao

[@aharonmlynsky]

Lol, like I actually loled (if thats a word)

[@johnyeary6695]

Damn

[@dvgsun]

lol

[@victordaraban4695]

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

[@DustFR]

Same lmao, no reward though

[@danyking660]

1:46

[@gharials1071]

i was thinking the exact same thing

[@michellebrunsvold7363]

wwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaa!?

[@moneyandtimefreedom3352]

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

[@a10goesbrrrrrrrrrrt52]

Lol back in the days

[@mrknarf4438]

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

[@lebaillidessavoies3889]

Mr Knarf yes , way more fun !

[@unripetomato4312]

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]

@@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]

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]

He sure did Jadyn!

[@HeleneLogan]

He was ripping fun to watch! :-)

[@henrystowe6217]

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]

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

[@frieskier567]

My knees hurt

[@rahkinrah1963]

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

[@bigPianist99]

+rahkin rah is that true?

[@keiahnigbruder1453]

bigPianist99 why would he tell you if it wasn't

[@sandrotabidze6726]

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

[@Bushwacked487]

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

[@paulwhetstone0473]

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

[@joshuavaalburg890]

Who needs a helmet

[@theodorerobertcowell1275]

Joshua Vaalburg me i brake 3 tooths feldt on my road bike

[@gavinengel294]

@Joshua Vaalburg heads were made harder back then

[@1967davidsrebrnik]

I thought about the same.

[@tommylynch7887]

Theodore Robert Cowell stroke?

[@fivefoot2indianman716]

@@gavinengel294 I already have a thick skull

[@samoliver7772]

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

[@drvissie]

Sam yes

[@soleaguirre100]

me Dec/28/2019

[@stuehl8607]

Shut up

[@brodybiker3705]

sole agui dec29

[@soleaguirre100]

Brody Biker 3 Happy new year 🥳

[@boathemian7694]

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

[@marksjohnson5]

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

[@higaddrip2583]

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

[@geoffrey6000]

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

[@xxxx85]

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

[@NecumNaTo]

Freestyle skiing is olympic sport. And it is boring.

[@nelkboys]

@@NecumNaTo Ur trippin

[@lukamncr]

@@NecumNaTo yeah buddy that’s cap

[@bionicsjw]

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.

[@johnthompsonnunu2556]

Did you ever ski with Jack Taylor

[@DannyPodesta]

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

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

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!❤😂

[@Zachytb]

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

[@stefansuvari5439]

Lmao

[@thethingiskhan9250]

Rotfl

[@anko44]

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

[@takiteazy1]

Yeah but talent and apropriate ski are good to

[@nestorcepeda9189]

And pure crashes

[@SebHaarfagre]

"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]

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]

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

[@ArgueNaught]

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!

[@ultrab2777]

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

[@jibbinjibberish8886]

Nigga.

[@masonwhipple7834]

Ultra B your rich aren’t you

[@hirohito2271]

It didn't start here

[@HowFoolish]

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

[@jakejudkins1]

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

[@andrewzhang3808]

Did I just watch a whole documentary on this unnoticeably.

[@muptwitch9129]

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

[@alphasportstv]

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 :)

[@MartyFrolik]

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!

[@notproplayer3649]

I've never seen anybody ski this good before

[@sk-sm9sh]

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.

[@jcrio9014]

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

[@vominator]

All these old guys have no idea who that is.

[@mgb1974]

New Canadian Air Force!

[@pltz7317]

I‘ve got my knees blown out watching this video

[@cfssdfdsffs5071]

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

[@rahkinrah1963]

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

[@valueinvestor77]

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.

[@HristoVelev]

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

[@Bob_Morrow]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@xxbubu]

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]

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

[@bobmylo]

my legs are burning just watching this

[@diabl2master]

1:50 is a masterpiece

[@stevedoe1630]

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.

[@Nonplused]

What bindings?

[@hugowilliams1988]

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

[@DirtyyDom]

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

[@eikeb.942]

Who is here 2019?

[@AngelOfDarkness01]

You.

[@keiahnigbruder1453]

Angel of Darkness you too

[@a1kilthire]

Me too

[@varvaarikas]

me, don’t even know how I ended up here

[@stuehl8607]

STFU

[@arjanitkallaba9230]

Se you after 10 years when this is again in recommended

[@MattNeufy]

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

[@teetoo_3090]

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

[@aaronmueller1560]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@vmour]

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

[@Kkidzz]

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. 😉

[@richardmason902]

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

[@tommylynch7887]

1:46 woah that was cool

[@naoyukisasanami]

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

[@jameslougheed6605]

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

[@emmo6680]

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]

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.

[@cocainemedia2675]

My ankles...they're broken!

[@gabe6475]

Cocaine Media they’re surely broken

[@trekstermann]

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

[@nik7069]

KZbin... I don't understand your recomendations... but i love it!

[@667DOOM]

gotta admit thats some wild skiing

[@MrChangCJ]

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

[@jedimindknight]

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

[@joemaster312]

"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]

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

[@FISHGOMOO4321]

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

[@marksjohnson5]

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]

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

[@snowboardbocamp6047]

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

[@tenhendee5479]

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

[@Poopchute]

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

[@RVHatcher]

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]

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

[@leemorris2127]

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]

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.

[@achiltsompanos447]

These guys are made of rubber.

[@SebHaarfagre]

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]

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.

[@kermit88a]

Champions! Great video!

[@CathyLaughter]

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.

[@musicman8942]

And a nice guy.

[@kevinmerrill8074]

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.

[@stanlee399]

Brooksbank was gold in the Warren Miller movies 🎬

[@invisiblebridge]

Greatest video in history.

[@sendinit6413]

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

[@MichaelAxelKlose]

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.

[@millyboarder]

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]

Learn to spell or did spell check take over MOGUL

[@justinnoble6506]

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

[@S_Mishere]

This is literally skiers flipping down mountains

[@johnodo764]

That last guy skis like me, smile and everything!

[@onecutmedia]

that was me in the 70's ;)

[@Zachytb]

1:50 me when I try to impress my crush, but I lie and im not a professional skier

[@gregdolecki8530]

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

[@augustkelly8772]

I feel like this is how I look when I ski

[@johnyeary6695]

Hot dogger you

[@davebossardrealtor5691]

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.

[@Qian1980]

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

[@Northwestshredders]

Watching this in 2023

[@rebeccalee4785]

2020, I watched this video, thanks.

[@chrism9976]

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

[@Jlyon99]

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]

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

[@BadmanPictures]

I never skiid before but this is so cool

[@apollothirteen3993]

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

[@k3corvette35]

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 !!!

[@Thesvyatful]

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

[@erickradline5113]

Kenny Smith, my uncle, at the 2:33 mark wearing#45 Sure looks like him

[@resonance2001]

I LOVE skiing. I might go twice next year.

[@straba7380]

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

[@specialt3701]

These guys had big balls at least

[@uwannaknowdawae4767]

U don't really need big balls, just be good at skiing

[@gethigh961]

Dudes going powder skiing with skis half the with of their feet, damn

[@068067]

This solidified my belief all snow sport is just falling.

[@prestonleaper9492]

Great job mark , we really enjoy your work . Maybe do one on woman? - the 70's through 85.

[@marksjohnson5]

I can't really help you there Preston. Say hello to your dad though.

[@nickersonjake50]

my knees hurt just watching this

[@ivokoimecs]

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

[@billiamc1969]

I remember those stupidly long skis...

[@TheSkijunkee]

that was epic

[@stefanre8129]

great clip!

[@goldennugget223]

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

[@marksjohnson5]

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]

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

[@TruettD]

This is about freestyle

[@Thomas-so1oz]

Yes the ski begin before the USA

[@peteplayz-norskgaming5723]

Migfra Danmark how old are they

[@pin9r]

It has come a long way

[@nikita-ri2zp]

Why did this get recommended 11 years later?

[@superjubs]

this really is just falling with style

[@DamnUsernameTakenFU]

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