Back in the ’90s as blading made its ascension to the heights of popularity, something unexpected was captured in the Erik Burke profile in “VG5″— skiing! First glimpsed possibly as a Fiction ad snippet in “VG4″, to any mountain-adjacent blader this was confirmation of a connection that many of us had already made: blading and skiing had a lot of shared potential. Flash forward 20+ years and the connection is more explicit than ever. Just look at Instagram, which is where we re-focused on pro skier Vincent Gagnier, and his litanny of blade-like freeski moves. After being “that guy” that would leave comments suggested the “real” blade names for tricks Vincent was landing, we decided to reach out and see if he’d be down for an interview. Well — spoiler alert — he was, so here’s what we learned about the ski/blade connection while talking with one of his sport’s best. Enjoy!

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