RELATED: Pro skier Ahmet Dadali finds his yin and yang with fly fishingĪnd so Dadali took menial jobs to support his skiing addiction and, before long, began gaining a ton of exposure. “For me it was just, ‘I need to move because they have insane terrain and awesome snow.’ Obviously every kid has the aspiration of being a pro skier one day, but really, I just wanted to ski every day.” “But that’s the thing: For me it was never the idea of becoming a pro,” he continued. “It was just a well-accepted fact that it was nearly impossible to reach a pro level on the East Coast.” “When I first moved to Utah, if you were a skier living on the East Coast you had to accept the fact that you weren’t going to get the same amount of exposure as someone out west,” said Dadali. How can't I be stoked.Ī photo posted by Ahmet Dadali on at 4:30pm PST Mad happy to be hitting the streets again with got my #happylense on, we getting hammered wit snow, and we lacing shots.
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It’s what persuaded him at age 18 to pack up his truck and head out to Utah to chase his ski bum dream of working at a resort and getting a free season’s pass. RELATED: Celebrate the history of street skiing with Cam Rileyĭadali also notes that one reason he has become one of the top street skiers in the world is a product of those conditions: Without huge snow totals or well-designed park setups, Dadali and his friends would frequently travel to Rochester or Syracuse to try to hit the craziest rails they could find on their boards.įor Dadali, the enthusiasm with which he talks about his New York upbringing seems to permeate into everything he does. “Guys that were hitting like 60-foot gaps way before their time. “It doesn’t make sense because there’s nothing at that mountain to breed world-class skiers, but we had some f***ing shredders there that I looked up to,” Dadali continued. “I lived just two miles away from the hill, and my mother took a job at the mountain so my brother and I could get free passes and ski every day and every night after school.” “I actually think I was pretty lucky with where I grew up,” Dadali told GrindTV. Who else ready for some of this 📷 photo posted by Ahmet Dadali on at 7:49am PDT
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