Nick Crowe

Biography

Candide Thovex is a skier freestylor French, born on May 22nd, 1982 with Annecy, and grows in the village of Clusaz. It put at the feet its very first pair of skis at the two years age, and joined the ski club of Clusaz with 5. It very quickly showed an interest for the ski of bumps. Towards the 8 years age, it integrates the team of ski of bumps of Clusaz where it remained until its 16 years. After having worked on the bumps, its trainers wanted to make known to it out-track with their protected.

Thus Candide started to practice the ski Freeride, in the middle of the trees, and to take natural jumps… which it practices always today. Beside its passion of the ski, Candide also made foot during 5 years, as well as hockey, with the club of Clusaz. At the time of its first contests, Ingenuous then very young met the very high bar and starts to be made known like an excellent skier. At the 13 years age, it is selected for its first contest in the pro category, at 14 years, it gains the championships of France of ski of bumps. It starts to create its style, and in the following year it takes part in several demonstrations. However, the ski of bump was a very heavy sport for Candide, in 1997, it leaves the team to devote to the new wave very right arrival in France, the ski Freestyle. Its philosophy To wrinkle corresponded perfectly to this new form of ski and competitions.

Ingenuous then finally found its vocation, which enables him to express the totality of its talent. It then takes share in many films, as “the Night of Slips” and other documentary. In the United States it makes strong impression, at 17 years, in 1999, it arrives 4th of the X-Ranges, proving thus that it was a true phenomenon, and becomes thus more mediatized of the French skiers. However, Candide does not take the famous person and continuous to achieve its dream, to make dream people who look at it wrinkling. And the results are there: Ingenuous gains the X-Ranges in 2000 then in 2003, it becomes largest then freestyler world, it also imposes itself on Gravity Games, which always had hitherto been dominated by Americans. Following its successes, Candide met then places from there its own event, Ingenuous Invitational, with Clusaz, its own station. The purpose of this competition is to join together all best the riders world to make live with the spectators one unforgettable moment.

When he does not ski, Candide master key its time with skater, like promoting its sponsors, or with the realization of its own films, the saga Rastafaride initiated in 2001.

In 2002, it organizes its event, Ingenuous Invitational, which joins together best the freestylers world for a photoshoot on an enormous snowpark carried out on the solid mass of Balme, in Clusaz, which takes place every year.

Candide Thovex is without any largest doubt freestyler of the world, and is from now on one of the initiators of the new ski freestyle, as centered on the style as on the difficulty of the jump. In March 2006, Candide carried out a new record at his place in Clusaz. The greatest jump starting from a Quarter-pipe. Video on Skipass.com

It belongs to the team of skiers of Rossignol (Scratch) and also has a contract at Quiksilver.

In September 2006, Candide Thovex leaves its new Rastafaride entitled " Wha' PEN?! ".

At the time of the Candide Invitational 2007 Candide Thovex fell on largest Big air ever carried out, Bertha with Clusaz, that is to say a module of 45 Mètre S length and 14 top. It missed the reception, landing in the dish of the bump, breaking a Vertèbre. It enters then in the center of rehabilitation of the high level sportsmen of Capbreton.