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Skier drops 230 foot cliff at snowbird, ut

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Susanna.
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http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50011&page=1



Mar 28 2006 8:16PM
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ragadytrees
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that isant the world record the recerod is 250 i think by Jamie Paire
Mar 28 2006 8:18PM
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Susanna.
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and more specifically http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50011&page=6
Mar 28 2006 8:18PM
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.nafus.
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i thought there was already a thread about this but he landed between two rocks to the side of where he meant to go but if he had landed where he planned it would be 290
Mar 28 2006 8:19PM
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ragadytrees
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o i didnt read that right it is 290
Mar 28 2006 8:19PM
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Susanna.
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thanks schmo. that was insightful. i personally htink its crazy. the whole 'world record drop' is like 'spin to win'. skiing isn't about that!
Mar 28 2006 8:19PM
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nickmcnutt
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apparantly he mant to hit the green line, but hit the red line instead.Click for larger image
Mar 28 2006 8:22PM
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Susanna.
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yeah i saw that! click on it and put it in full screen to make it bigger btw.
Mar 28 2006 8:23PM
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thedutchmayn
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wow, could he pick something with less ummm...rocks!?
Mar 28 2006 8:23PM
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RudyGarmisch
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I agree its crazy, but skiing is kinda about that. If the sport didnt push boundries, we would all be going crazy over peoples powder suits, straight skis and crazy ass backscratchers.


But yeah, the record drops are getting into more like failed base jumps than skiing off cliffs.
Mar 28 2006 8:25PM
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Susanna.
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what amazes me is that landing on your back off a 230 foot cliff is cool, but stringing together a sweet ass line in the bc is lame and everyday.
Mar 28 2006 8:32PM
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ragadytrees
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both spin to win and jummping of big clifs dont require very much skill because with spin to win you are mostlikly going to like like a fliing fesies and with clife any one can do that all u do is go as fast as u can an pray

conclution = DUMB
Mar 28 2006 8:34PM
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720laxskier
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hahah, "failed BASE jumps
Mar 28 2006 8:34PM
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nipe
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why doesn't anyone get video of this shit? its obviously a big deal. or maybe they do and dont bring it out until the movies.
Mar 28 2006 8:38PM
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Susanna.
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i have a feeling that's more or less why
Mar 28 2006 8:39PM
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SeanB
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just picture someone going massively huge, probably flailing a lot, and then double ejecting in epic fashion.
Mar 28 2006 8:44PM
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-+Siver+-
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so true
Mar 28 2006 8:48PM
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SirFryanator
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holy shit...Pierre's record gone in one season.
That sucks.
Mar 28 2006 9:00PM
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Susanna.
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no. wrong.
Mar 28 2006 9:02PM
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SirFryanator
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pierre's was 255. This one was 270 or 290 or something.
Mar 28 2006 9:05PM
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PhillyBluntz
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no. wrong again
Mar 28 2006 9:07PM
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PhillyBluntz
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pretty sure, as the title states, this one was 230 feet. look at the 2 pics dude. totally different trajectories. one was planned ( hte green) and the red is actual
Mar 28 2006 9:07PM
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timmi
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not gone. he lost it by 20 feet
Mar 28 2006 9:08PM
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jayamait
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that = big.
Mar 28 2006 9:08PM
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spudz
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Oh god, I did a 10 foot one too, like the guy on Teton was saying... and Ive been having back problems since and that was 2 months ago, it was onto flat though.
Mar 28 2006 9:17PM
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K2skier12001
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he almost hit that rock...that would have sucked....
Mar 28 2006 9:23PM
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TheQuailman
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how hard could it be to miss your line if theres a giant green line running down the cliff???
Mar 28 2006 9:23PM
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casimiro
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no shit, why would you ever follow a red line when there would be a green one, he must be color blind.
Mar 28 2006 9:30PM
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Melvs
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from reading the TGR thread, it sounds like he was going on the right line, the other line was one he had *thought* about but decided against...however it seems he landed a lot higher then he and everyone else expected, which is why he ended up where he did. However, it sounds like he's considering doing it again, with a jump off the top... insanity.
Mar 28 2006 9:34PM
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timoski
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read the thread.

he was fuckign money in the air apparently, and backslapped real nice, to the rock....i htink hell stomp it next time. leo is the man.
Mar 28 2006 10:15PM
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crazyfuck
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i'm not sure why these guys are straight-airing these massive drops- it's not like they're going to land in such a way that's going to let them ski smoothly out of it. especially when Pierre dropped the one off Targhee- he knew the snowpack was deep enough that no matter how he landed (on his head, perhaps?) he was going to live, so i don't know why he didn't throw a lincoln or something like he did off the 160' drop he did a couple seasons ago.

i'm not ragging on them, don't misunderstand- just thinking, um... not really "out loud"... online?
Mar 28 2006 10:15PM
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friedcheese
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i like jamie pierres cliff better
Mar 28 2006 10:35PM
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IcePointa
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The horizontal distance on that cliff is massive. With a booter on top of that cliff and a little more speed he's going to throw 300'. I hope for his sake he doesn't. But if he does, hopefully he does a cork 7 or something.
Mar 28 2006 10:44PM
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DietCoke
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cliff drops are stupid.
Mar 28 2006 10:44PM
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Nivrittam
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thatas huge but i believe jamie pierre could top it
Mar 28 2006 10:44PM
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iskilibertys
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thats fucking massive, wow
Mar 28 2006 10:53PM
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chillonhill
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thats called possible suicide & not skiing
equal to going over niagara falls in a barrel. not too intelligent like jaimie pierre
Mar 28 2006 10:54PM
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french_fry
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the dude is not sponsored, he was filmed by amateurs, not movie companies. So hopefully some footage soon. And where he landed has to be a godly intervention, huge balls, congrats for skiing out alive.
Mar 29 2006 12:30AM
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crazyfuck
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partially wrong. cliff drops of 100' or less are cool. everything above that is just asking for trouble.

i'd hate to be the friend who encourages him to go for it again only to watch him die on the next attempt... that could just get bad VERY fast. not something you'd find me doing anytime soon.
Mar 29 2006 12:36AM
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timoski
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i know him, its all him, his friends aren't telling him to do it, hes done a 200 fter before, he's kind of crazy but he knows his shti so well
Mar 29 2006 1:51AM
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KeegLove
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thats beginning to verge on ridiculous.
Mar 29 2006 2:25AM
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Olo
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wow thats sooo huge! but pierres record didnt hold for to long..:(
Mar 29 2006 6:24AM
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rachael575
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people who say that usually dont know how to do them right
Mar 29 2006 6:26PM
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PhillyBluntz
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so true.
Mar 29 2006 6:46PM
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eheath
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Stupid park rat.
Mar 29 2006 6:52PM
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hollygrove
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That doesn't look as big as Pierres.
Mar 29 2006 6:57PM
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chapz
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those are all hugeeee
Mar 29 2006 7:11PM
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Teenage_Zero
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Man, why would he waste his time with a cork 7, he could do like a cork 3960 (11 spins) no problem with that much air, or like 6 lincoln loops, 8 backflips...the possibilities are endless.
Mar 29 2006 7:11PM
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liukangkid
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i love skiing cliffs
Mar 29 2006 7:22PM
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SeanB
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I wasn't trying to bag on him, I don't even know the guy that's just what I've come to expect from cliff hucks of that magnitude. If he kept it together in the air off that shit then he truly is the man (hell even if he didn't he's one ballsy son of a bitch).
Mar 29 2006 7:31PM
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PhillyBluntz
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really? because you've done so many right?
Mar 29 2006 7:41PM
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