Jp Auclair was one of the truly innovative athletes that made me want to start skiing terrain park. When I watched the Poor Boyz movie 13 in 2000 and saw skiers like JP slide a rail for the first time, all I wanted to do after that was learn. I feel so fortunate that working in skiing led me to have met JP and traveled with him in Turkey a few years ago, he was someone who even though was a legend, treated every new friend or colleague the same, with immense warmth. He would talk about music, internet videos, art or film with the exact same excitement no matter who you were. I usually scoff when people turn tributes of the deceased towards themselves, but days like this make me know why. It shakes you 10 fold more to imagine the last conversation you had with that person. This continues to show that the mountains are immensely unpredictable. If a superhero like JP can die; who was humble, experienced, skilled & safety minded; well then the rest of us need to take note. Stay safe out there this winter people. powder/stories/news/jp-auclair-andreas-fransson-confirmed-dead/
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:47:53 +0000
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