There are tricks, grabs, and styles that have come and gone in skiing over the last decade, but there’s one long lost grab that is greater than them all– the infamous Huntony.
The Godfather’s Huntony. Photo: Paul Morrison
During the first couple years of skiing’s “newschool movement” the Huntony was one of the grabs made famous by the likes of JP Auclair, JF Cusson, Mike Douglas and Shannon Schad. It’s more or less an overly tweaked mute grab that is pulled into the opposite thigh while the other leg is bent back like a daffy or back scratcher. To use more common grabs as reference, I guess you could say it’s a daffy mute grab, but that sounds really lame.
What’s interesting is that grabs and old school tricks always seem to come and go, but the Huntony just hasn’t been trendy again in almost a decade. It’s one of the original “newschool skiing” grabs and probably not one skier under the age of 25 could tell you what a Huntony is. We even searched it on NS and only found one thread, 4 photos, and zero videos. BroBomb is on a crusade to change this, because there might just be potential for the Huntony in today’s scene.
So, we would like to reward those who will help us bring back the overly tweaked mess that is the Huntony. Every month “Know Your Roots” will feature the Huntony of the Month. The best photo of YOU performing a Huntony posted on the BroBomb Facebook wall will be featured on BroBomb.com, and you’ll get some sort of schwag. This month the winner will receive a bunch of stickers and a sick ass Orage t-shirt.
JF Cusson full tweak. Photo: Chris O’Connell
Go tweak it to your knee, and let’s make the founding fathers proud!
So if i win this, will I be spancerized?
I’m doing one this weekend (CLAIM). Thanks Bro Bomb!
PK’s been doing huntony mute’s for a while, no? they’re not to the extent of a true huntony, but i wouldn’t call them a forgotten grab.
^^I don’t know my man. I’d argue the kicked back daffy leg is the essence of the trick. Without it you’re talking about a different grab. That leg puts the f-u-n in funtony!
Yeah PK is grabbing it high and tweaking it, but it’s not hitting his thigh! The thigh is everything with the Huntony.
I don’t think Huntonys are as forgotten as they are unknown. Guys and gals in their mid-twenties could never forget.
The vast majority of kids out there these days are idolizing and imitating the styles of current pros.
^ That is true that they are unknown by the youth, but the pros even forgot to bust out some Huntonys. Skimming through over a decade of ski magazines reveals that there hasn’t been a published photograph of a Funtuny in almost 10 years. I’m sure that is the case in the ski movies as well.
Oh and our friend Garrett Russell started off our contest with some sick Huntonys posted on the BroBomb Facebook wall!
Check out this amazing Orage mustache tall tee you can win if you post the best Huntony this month.
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