The Candide Thovex Comeback I 2010 Freeride World Champion • Best Runs

In 2010, at the age of 27, Candide Thovex pulled off one of the most impressive comebacks of all-time.
After winning just about every Freestyle competition (including three golds at the Aspen Winter X Games in the Big Air, Super Pipe and Slopestyle), Candide missed the 2008 and 2009 seasons through what many saw as a career ending injury.
In 2010, Candide returned to competitive sport, but this time around, he chose freeriding and decided to enter the 2010 Freeride World Tour. The skier from La Clusaz began in imperious fashion with a win in the first stage in Chamonix, and followed that up with a 2nd place finish in the second leg of the Tour. After finishing further down the scoreboard at Palisades Tahoe (in 17th), Candide arrived in Verbier occupying second place in the provisional overall rankings. And so, on a Sunday morning, Candide launched himself, for the very first time, from the Bec des Rosses, the iconic home of the Xtreme Verbier. With a smooth and controlled run, Candide bagged a third podium finish in four events, and gained the ultimate reward as he was crowned as the very best freerider on the planet.
A true legend of the sport that will forever be remembered as one of the greatest of all-time.
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[@MVPhurricane]

how could you not love candide? guy still shreds it to this day. absolute ski god.

[@mtnvalley9298]

Candide Thovex is the greatest skier of all time. There has never been a more brilliant use of brain, body and 4 edges ever. Truly the GOAT.

[@randymarsh7252]

it’s important to distinguish the different disciplines. imo candide is the goat for big mtn and harlaut is the goat for park

[@SolaceEasy]

Killy?

[@mtnvalley9298]

@@randymarsh7252 Not really necessary to separate each possible way to use a ski when talking about Thovex. He can lay down a perfect DH turn, SG turn, GS turn, Sl turn, bump turn, and any other turn you can think of, and then do park airs that he was at the forefront of landing, in any snow condition and terrain.

[@johns3106]

And a some point in the future, what he is doing now will look very ordinary

[@mtnvalley9298]

@@SolaceEasy Having grown up with 210's and short cuffed boots, I can see why you would say that. Gear, especially pre-plastic and early plastic boot tech, certainly limited his era and he stood out as a true talent most definitely. I worked for Dynastar/Lange when Thovex got his first pro model, and I am biased. I've skied with many WC racers, bumpers, park geniuses, etc., and I've never been in awe like seeing Candide ski. Could he do it on a 210 GS and a '70's Lange Banshee? Of course! I'm in WP, Co. and it's snowing like crazy.

[@anthonysteen56]

In my opinion he’s the best and most complete skier ever. He’s probably not the best at any one skiing discipline but he’s top 5 in all of them

[@arribamagazine]

give him a wild card

[@cycleoflife7331]

So glad Candide moved to big mountain extremes taking his fine Big Air Jumps with him. He moved the tour to a higher level that we see today. Thanks!

[@domwrinaldi]

Give the man a wild card for this year!!!!

[@RSR-04]

Please bring him this season! 😍

[@teeple1877]

Been Snowboarding for over 20 years and Candide makes me wish I was a skier. Dude is unreal.

[@cycleoflife7331]

Still time to switch lol

[@teeple1877]

@@cycleoflife7331 true but it’s expensive and I don’t get to go too often nowadays..so it’s hard to convince myself to spend the money and time to learn to ski when I could just do what I’m already good at. Definitely tempting tho. Lol

[@benjaminsergeant438]

​@@teeple1877 yeah I'm a snowboarder too, I've been watching a lot of Candide lately. I was trying to search youtube for cool snowboarding videos, I didn't and only found amateur guys, with millions of views though, fun, but it felt like slow slow slow motion, like almost a kid and his dad skiing or competing.

[@2richants]

He a pretty solid skater as well and reflects in his skiing. Skis like a boarder. Super tight stance, and really fluid. Ripper

[@martineast1787]

40+ years old and just slaying it at a different level.

[@louisgarnier4357]

Candide, he can and he did

[@vipahman]

A legend indeed. 😇

[@norman9785]

Zag, Henrik and Candide.. What a trio!!!

[@constipatedkangaroo]

Candide Candidate = Candide 4 President!

[@nicolasv4171]

C'est de loin le meilleur...incroyable qu'il revienne 🤩

[@RusseWillis]

non ca parle de 2010 lol

[@BacktoTrack33]

Put him back on!!

[@SKATAMP]

Oh boy I miss this guy

[@pirate_pizza2406]

The freaking GOAT

[@stanrey7]

The all time 🐐!

[@HiriartAndu]

Incroyable ! WAW il manque de se toller mille fois mais il pète le game

[@viktorjonsson26]

Best of all time and it's not even close

[@ClayTJohnson]

That France ride... WOW

[@vrwgq3q]

of all the greatest freeriders, my vote is with Candide. At his age, he must have train suspension as knees

[@boac2006]

GOAT

[@gisho9]

absolute stud

[@yarix1142]

Légende

[@Conkee1711]

No jumping over helicopters, riding through caves, across ponds and rocks, running from cops, WTF MAN!!?

[@lebbbleu8444]

bro is just too good

[@pastaga5020]

Filmé trop souvent par dessus en drone ou helicoptère: on ne s 'apercoit pas de la pente, du vide et ca enleve une grande partie du mérite du skieur, ca a l'air tout simple alors la pente est monstrueuse.

[@matsalaun]

Pas de gropro ni de drônes à l'époque

[@Indarow]

Bro competed for *one* year, took the title with minimal effort and just went “Well that was cool, I’m done.”

[@Mr_Dusty]

Don’t know if there EVER will be a better GOAT than him.

[@hankstowers]

Hurt my soul reading the first half now this thinking yall tossed him a wildcard 😭

[@maximealbeissen127]

I swear on his first line of this clip, if he do that in 2023, the fcking judges are gonna put him a 60 pts due to the biggg backslap.... But that's the way the freeride lives, big send and big bagslap

[@SolaceEasy]

Progression...

[@Joepvn]

He got 17th place in that comp..

[@bimfred]

I’m sure he would be the first to admit that this whole season he back-seated or back-slapped EVERY hit. Horrendous!

[@mbal4052]

@@bimfred ✊🏻💦

[@indicanorthern6849]

think it was his return too so hey he did go small indeed

[@THEcoloradoBuckeye]

Goat

[@user-lz2kz5kc4t]

I want ask a noob question, skiing in this style, can ppl do it all day or just one or two runs?

[@nicolop5]

The goat

[@Nephoris]

Even when he falls, he doesn't fall. 0:29

[@oogabooga4047]

🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@fred-san]

Yes'cool. Welcom'back.

[@matteoruzzon7356]

🐐🐐🐐

[@brunospasta]

This is already extra class. But imagine if they would have let him ski without a helmet!

[@cameronvancooper4939]

C beaux 🔥

[@jeanbonprod987]

It's in times like this that I'm happy to be French

[@Quentwo]

When is that wildcard coming ? It's been weeks you're teasing

[@Supply_Healer]

Casually causing avalanches like it's no big deal. This man is on another level

[@schwaggybammer968]

It’s called slough management.. dummy

[@kidnamedfinger420]

The GOAT

[@91mattmac]

The Cat**

[@serg2557NN]

WTF! Crazy)))

[@nothing_happening_here]

Not bad for a rookie.

[@Biallaoo7]

2010 !! Now fwt is 😢

[@Ronan_McIntyre]

Only time we gonna see him with a helmet on

[@TheGazavman]

KZbin fait chier avec ses copyrights, bonjour la musique...

[@lukismartin4143]

CRIME WATCH 2-6-2024 The lead up to this the opening ad was a criminal enterprise with a $3000 grocery allowance. I recognize this to be a crime upon my phone and life

[@SolaceEasy]

Line Selection wins.

[@rhettorical]

How does he ski with balls that big?

[@user-xx1ue4me8w]

Что там? Пятиэтажка?? Полетели!!!!

[@vincentbaudry8138]

Dingue

[@Surfwr3ck3r]

🐐⛷️🙏🏻

[@13rdp]

Pas vraiment raccord la musique.

[@vetrolett]

Готов ли ты сразиться с русским запрещëнным кататься?!

[@bimfred]

so back-seat!! 😂

[@user-vx6sb4gq9u]

enemy so you skii winsor what about you dead dogs !?

[@compulz]

Musique affreuse

[@damienvallette3753]

Grave, c'est tellement une faute de mettre ce son avec des images de Candide.

[@madeinwest-germany1671]

The stressful music is totally annoying.

[@emilholmsten8600]

So he won the world toutrmusing Salomon SPK one of the softest and worst ski boots in history😅🫡😍

[@yetigonecrazy]

GOAT

[@camdenburke3039]

Goat

[@king_sergej]

GOAT