This shot is SO Doug Coombs — tight, compact, flawless, and in control. It’s just a simple air, nothing fancy, but that’s just the point: Graceful style never gets old. Even the two snowballs hovering in the air stop to watch.
Photo: Doug Coombs in the Crags, Jackson Hole, mid-1990s by Steve Casimiro
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Thanks for posting that. I was lucky enough to ski with him a couple of times and watched him many other times. My overriding thought was always, “How does he make it look so easy and smooth?….damn”