Back in the 70’s, Dick Barrymore took American skiers, Susie and Ken Corrock to the French Alps to film them powder skiing at Les Grand Montets on two planks.

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However, what he found most appealing were two Frenchmen by the names of Pierre Poncet and Phillipe le Cadre. These two took a different path than the Corrocks and instead of making hop turns in powder, they descended the mountain in a crazy fast style on a single ski– The Monoski.

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