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The Top 10 Ski Moments From X Games History To Get You Hyped For This Weekend

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Cusson's (Not So) Big Air

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Cusson's (Not So) Big Air

The first ever Winter X Games Freeski Big Air event took place at Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado in 1999.

Taking top honours was JF Cusson, one of the original ‘godfathers’ of freestyle skiing. His disgusting (in the literal sense) switch 720 was enough to claim this historic X Games gold.

But check out the size of that jump! It certainly puts the progression of the sport into perspective when you look at the kickers that these guys throw themselves off now…

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