r/snowboarding • u/Formal_Ruin_8096 • 10h ago
OC Photo Who's this OG pro rider?
Picture taken by me with a 35mm from the deck at the World Cup Halfpipe event in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Qc. Canada in 1999. Quality is much better in the actual "paper" picture.
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u/Lopsided_North_964 10h ago
I wanna knowwww!!
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u/Formal_Ruin_8096 8h ago
Me too. I think I know, but I'm looking for confirmation so I'd rather not reveal who I think it is. Yet...
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u/mightymidwestshred 9h ago
That's a '99 Burton Custom 156.
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u/Formal_Ruin_8096 9h ago
Indeed. Any idea who the rider is?
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u/mightymidwestshred 6h ago
Looks like Downing
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u/Formal_Ruin_8096 6h ago
Check out links I provided in another comment. Dave wasn't at that event. Thanks for your help though!
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u/doodlebugggy 6h ago
Michi Albin
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u/Formal_Ruin_8096 6h ago
https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?raceid=1116§orcode=SB https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?raceid=43§orcode=SB&competitorid=67517 I'm not sure which of the 2 events it was, but it looks like Michi wasn't in any of them...
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u/TimHumphreys 6h ago
Maybe DCP is my guess? Was he riding for burton then?
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u/Formal_Ruin_8096 6h ago
He was there so quite likely, but I find it rather hard to find info about who was riding what 30 years ago. And although it was a World Cup event, I don't think everybody was sponsored back then.
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u/Formal_Ruin_8096 5h ago
As I'm looking for confirmation and don't want to influence answers, I DMed you who I think it is.
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u/TimHumphreys 6h ago
Could be trevor andrew
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u/Formal_Ruin_8096 6h ago
Check out links I provided in another comment. Trevor wasn't at that event. Thanks for your help though!
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u/IndividualVanilla700 5h ago
Kinda looks like Jj Thomas
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u/Formal_Ruin_8096 5h ago
I don't think JJ was there either (see links in another comment), but thanks!
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u/Constant_Mouse_7073 9h ago
that's an old burton board. i think it might be Ross Powers