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Following his professional skiing career, Michel Daigle held a number of positions in the sports industry, including ski and windsurfing equipment marketing and sales. Today, Daigle works as a workforce productivity consultant and leadership coach. He has coached executives from a number of
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In the following years, Michel Daigle went on to compete in a number of
Canadian, American and European events organized by the emerging freestyle organisations, including the Canadian Freestyle Skiers Association (CFSA) and its American counterpart, the Professional Freestyle Association (PFA).
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Daigle also launched the first freestyle ski camps in Canada and built the first water ski ramps in the country. His camps and water ramps were instrumental in helping train a number of moguls, ballet and aerials skiers who went on to become world champions, in turn helping position Canada as a
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Daigle invented the Daigle Banger, a ski ballet manoeuvre that involves a front flip and rotation during which the skier's uphill hand or arm comes into contact with the snow, and pushes off once the front flip has been landed. The Daigle Banger became a widely used
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A number of coaches who worked at the Michel Daigle Summer Camp were or went on to become freestyle champions. Coaches included John Eaves, Michael Abson, André Derome, Pierre Poulin, Greg Athans, Larry Thouin, Tony De Joseph, and renowned dancer and choreographer
110:. During his career, Daigle reached the winners podium 34 times. He is considered one of the founders of freestyle skiing, alongside Darryl Bowie and John Johnston and has been credited with the growth of freestyle skiing in the mid 1970s. Daigle competed in
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Division Laurentienne de Ski (DLS). He raced for 3 years in Québec, Ontario and the Eastern United States and finished 2nd overall in the DLS championship in 1971.
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and international organizations. Among other types of workshops he organises, he leads corporate groups on outdoor activities, including skiing workshops.
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Daigle competed in the three main freestyle events: moguls, aerials and ballet. Daigle won the
Canadian National Freestyle Championship in 1974 and 1975.
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Michel Daigle completing a double front flip at the 1971 Whistler
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2nd place, Professional
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6th place, National Aerial
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1972 - 1st place, Eastern Aerial
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Michel Daigle - 1976 Summer Freestyle Camp - Aerials training on one of the water ramps
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Michel Daigle competing in the 1974 U.S. Freestyle Open, Aspen Highlands, Colorado, USA
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Roy, François (1974). "Michel Daigle a choisi le ski acrobatique pour gagner sa vie".
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Coates, Len (1974). "Hotdogging practice paid off - Winner worked on weakness". Star.
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Ladouceur, Albert (5 January 1975). "Les voyous des pentes ne portent plus le jean".
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1st place, Quebec Freestyle Championship, Le Relais, Quebec, Canada
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Dumesnil, Thérèse (2 October 1976). "En été au sports d'hiver".
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That same year, at the end of the ski season, Daigle moved to
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Ski Industry Association (now Snowsports Industries America)
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Ski Industry Association (Now Snowsports Industries America)
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Dubuc, Hélène (26 February 2010). "Le Journal de Montréal".
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Arteau, Jacques (1976). "Les risques du ski acrobatique".
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Notable campers include multiple freestyle world champion
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Ferguson, Bob (1974). "Hot Dog Skiing - It's showbiz".
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Vanasse, Jacques (1975). "Michel Daigle au Mont Echo".
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He is the inventor of the Daigle Banger and starred in
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manoeuvre during competition in the 1980s and 1990s.
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1st place, Canadian National Freestyle Championship
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