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jib background is evident both in the baggy clothes and his preference to ski without poles, the latter brings a certain element of unpredictability into his skiing: the turns aren’t rhythmic and are often mixed up with sudden starve turns or hand drags.
#AHMET DADALI PROFESSIONAL#
Dadali skis with the speed and confidence of a professional freeskier. Landed jumps have been included in several classic Level 1 ski movies, countless internet videos and iconic ski photos.Īfter the jump we head into the trees next to the Plaun lift with Ethan Stone – editor of Downdays Magazine and Dadali´s friend. Sometimes pulling off a particular trick might require several attempts, a busted lip or a broken nose. Raised in western New York and influenced by hip hop culture, Dadali is known internationally as the master of urban street stunts on skis, who is not afraid to have a go at tricks in sketchy environments. Words: Jaakko Järvensivu, Photos: Ethan Stoneīy Ahmet Dadali´s standards, nothing did happen. He gets up laughing with his brown eyes beaming, shakes the snow off his dark hair and beard, and continues skiing, as if nothing happened.
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The backflip over-rotates slightly and the skier ends on his back a few meters below me. He pops off the natural take-off and soars right pass me upside down. Dressed in a loose yellow jacket, the skier approaches the knoll in a tuck with no poles. I’m standing above the treeline on a knoll, focusing on a skier above me. It’s the beginning of December and thanks to a storm, that has brought 80 cm´s of fresh snow in the last 48 hours, Laax Ski Resort in the Graubünden Canton in Switzerland, has just opened it´s lifts.