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

Triple corks, big air and Candide Thovex

Candide Conquers All

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Candide Conquers All

In an era when the infant sport of freeskiing was largely driven by north Americans, one bold Frenchman stood out from the crowd.

Like a latter-day Napoleon Candide Thovex regularly beat the yankees and canucks in their own back yard and went on to completely dominate the sport for a period, as untouchable in battle as Bonaparte himself.

This 2007 run, taken from the days of his high-imperial pomp (a period when helmets weren’t compulsory) earned him 95/100 and the gold medal. Comment aimez-vous ces oignons you feelthy Americains?!?

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