ESPN released its list of the 50 most influential people in action sports today and included on it 9 skiers and ski industry personnel.
Overall, the list seems on-point to us, though we would have tried to get Tanner Hall and a couple filmmakers on the list. (And Tom Wallisch won Level 1‘s Superunknown contest, not Freeskier’s as indicated on Tom’s slide.) Here are the ski all-stars who made it:
46. Trennon Paynter – longtime Canadian coach
42. David Reddick – photo editor at Powder and Bike
37. Candide Thovex – pro skier, filmmaker
36. Ingrid Backstrom – pro skier
33. Josh Loubek – co-founder of AFP, head judge
29. Chris Davenport – pro skier, mountaineer
18. Tom Wallisch – two-time Skier of the Year, internet sensation
17. Mike Douglas – pro skier, filmmaker
8. Sarah Burke – pro skier