Billy Poole in Powder

**KungFu Eddie** · 01-31-2008, 09:18 PM

I have just been thumbing through the Feb 08 issue of Powder and the name Billy Poole jumps out at me. At first I assume it's a tribute to the man after his recent passing but as I read on it turns out to be a bio/ check out this guy type article. I can only assume that the mag went to print before the accident. If not, it seems pretty inapropriate to me and a tribute would have been far more fitting. Just my $0.02 for the day.

**grskier** · 01-31-2008, 09:25 PM

I had the mag before he passed. Pretty safe bet that it was printed prior.

**KungFu Eddie** · 01-31-2008, 09:28 PM

I see. Well that's ok then. This is what happens when you live on the other side of the world.

**grskier** · 01-31-2008, 09:29 PM

Did it get caught up in customs

Weird, but not that out there... He was bound to be profiled soon.

AK · 01-31-2008, 09:30 PM

I had the issue in my hands a few days prior to the accident.

it'd be nice to read a follow-up/tribute in a future issue; not sure that can happen in time for this season's mags though...

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**Jumper Bones** · 01-31-2008, 09:33 PM

Dude, he just passed, what, last week?

That powmag's been out for a good long while now - at least a month.

**jonski** · 02-01-2008, 05:29 AM

Not down here in Australia it hasn't!

**cinnepa** · 02-01-2008, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by grskier

Pretty safe bet that it was printed prior.

they're printed a year in advance.

**Particle** · 02-01-2008, 10:56 AM

I interviewed Billy and wrote the article in November, and the mag was printed well before the accident. It tears me up that the piece turned into an obit instead of a rad guy who rips heads-up.

**Smails** · 02-01-2008, 11:14 AM

I read that article on the plane out to Utah last week, 48 hours later he dies. Definitely struck me.

**gonzo** · 02-01-2008, 11:16 AM

you did a good job mang.

**Moss-Back** · 02-01-2008, 11:16 AM

Very odd experience with this...I've been reluctant to mention it here, until I saw this thread.

I was killing time at B & N recently. Saw the new Powder, so I bought it.

Took it home, started thumbing it. Stopped at the article about Billy, and read it.
I had never heard of him before (I don't get out much...).

Something about that picture...I thumbed the mag 3-4 times later that night, but I kept stopping and staring at his picture. (NO, I'm not gheigh).

The following day, Billy lost his life in a tragic fall in the Wasatch.

Godspeed and RIP, Billy Poole

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Something about his picture, Icouldn't help

**Tatsuno** · 02-01-2008, 05:31 PM

Billy was a good friend of mine. I haven't had a chance to read that article yet, as I lost the mag almost as soon as I received it in the mail. Then, we lost Billy. It's been a deceptively calm time in the wake of this news, and I'm not sure when most of us are going to have a chance to decompress and really feel the full weight of his untimely demise.

Thanks to all the maggots for the love and prayers in honor of such a ripping dude and rad skier.