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A guy called Lawrence Holmes has digitalized a bunch of amateur freestyle skiing videos.  This is a real blast from the past.. for the older ones these will provide some nostalgic memories and the younger (like me) will get to see how things were done ‘back then’. Out of the different freestyle ‘genres’ (if you can call ‘em that) I probably like the ski ballet most… uhhm, how elegant and beautiful that is. Or at least funny to watch. Pretty sure that some of those tricks will be adapted by newschoolers soon. Like the pole flip, that is très cool. Add a tall-T and some baggy pants and voila, you got a contemporary trick that’ll score you some chicks in the terrain park.

Here’s a preview of 90s freestyle skiing, starting with summer training and moving on to winter stuff, my personal fave, the ski ballet, starts at 4:30 or so..

Don’t forget the 80s and this awesome “how-to-ski-on-grass” machine? .. hmm

For more freestyle skiing videos go to digitalfreestyleskiing.com for a pretty comprehensive list. Now we’re just left wondering when the pole flip and other ski ballet tricks invade the slopes again.

photo source: digitalfreestyleskiing.com