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Really 107 tries???

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rupert_pupkin
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I just saw Long Story Short for the 100 000 time, and just like each time I stopped at Colby Wests part when he s trying that fucking long 6times kinked handrail. He almost kills it at first attemt but bails in the outrun and then it seems like he s trying to clean the rail the whole day (you gotta look at the light and the shadows, in the beginning the light is bright and its before midday and in the end its almost sunset)
In the movie it says that he tried that rail 107 times!!! I mean, 106 bails onto a stair is a fucking lot and I can´t understand that someone tries something for so long. So I was wondering if the 107 tries are real or if its fake, cuz... I don´t know, what do you think?
Mar 20 2007 2:57PM
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Alpineslide
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im pretty sure it was exagerated maybe not though
Mar 20 2007 2:59PM
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thelazyboy
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in the directors commentarry they say he actually did it 106 times

i wacthed it likr 100 000 000 times eek
Mar 20 2007 3:02PM
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FJibber
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Most of the times you don't clean a rail you don't bail, you just slide out to the grass or the stairs on a controlled descent. Sometimes you take damage that's for sure, but these guys know how to get of a rail without falling most of the time. 107 It's a lot anyways...

That said:
107 x 10 minutes each hit more or less (hiking, breathing, climbing on the drop in, thinking, hitting, falling and start again)=1070 minutes= 17'8 hours hitting a rail. That doesn't include long pauses or eating/drinking. And I don't think any american city gets 18 hours of sunlight anytime of the year... THEREFORE...

107 tries seems impossible to me. Let's get Berman here and tell us the truth!
Mar 20 2007 3:06PM
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HeathR
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thats real. I have sessioned a 65 ft c rail stairway for almost 6 hours. I kept having to whip in this snowboarder who was hitting it with me. The next day my abs and back were so soar i couldent move.
Mar 20 2007 3:07PM
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golf
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maybe the rails in alaska
Mar 20 2007 3:11PM
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FJibber
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Yeah that's an option but I'm still calling bullshit on the 107 hits since 18 hours non stop is just not possible. Maybe in 2 days...
Mar 20 2007 3:14PM
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HeathR
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how does it take ten min each hit. If ur determined you can get a hit every 3 min. 107x3=/60=5.35 hours. add in some breaks and there ya go.
Mar 20 2007 3:16PM
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dweezileast
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They were there from morning until dusk. I wouldn't doubt it
Mar 20 2007 3:17PM
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WeK
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10mins seems pretty long, and 107 seems too much. Still, I figure you could do a hit ever 5 mins with comfort, 3 seems a bit low, but then again 3/ea + break every 4-5 would be fine
Mar 20 2007 3:20PM
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FJibber
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3 minutes average? no fucking way. you gotta be realistic
Mar 20 2007 3:20PM
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HeathR
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how slow do u walk man. Hit it, take ur skis off, walk back up, put them on, hit it again. There is no way that takes 10 minutes. I was doing urban last night and looking at the captured footage it took way less then 3 minutes per hit. Granted this was only a 40 foot rail but still.
Mar 20 2007 3:26PM
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andy_boy
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Indeed.
Mar 20 2007 3:27PM
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FJibber
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I'm telling you 3 minutes is not enough at all. That rail is huge, so you have to walk all the way up again. taking off your skis and walking back up takes at least 2 minutes already, you're not running man, youre fucking tired. The once you're up there you need to rest a little bit (and wait for others to hit it and get off the video take!!! remember he was not alone in that session), get on the drop in (which is not a fast maneuver) put on your skis, athink about it, cameras ready etcetc and then hit it.

No way man
Mar 20 2007 3:34PM
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grapesoda
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if you watch berman's commentary he says that yes it did take 107 tries, he was there from 10am till dusk.
Mar 20 2007 3:38PM
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Alpineslide
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yikes didn't he come closer the first few times ?
Mar 20 2007 3:39PM
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HeathR
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ok i guesse all the video is fake and they are just making it up. Why would they even want to lie about how many tries it took.
Mar 20 2007 3:44PM
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Sun_Ra
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Or he just tried it for a few days like 30-50 times each days.
Mar 20 2007 4:45PM
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FJibber
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yeah whatever. maybe he did, it just sounds like too much to me
Mar 20 2007 5:09PM
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fouldsys
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haha your acount name is looser
Mar 20 2007 5:13PM
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Tucks
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I think you could hit a rail 106 times in one day
Mar 20 2007 5:26PM
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Sholte
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i think he did
Mar 20 2007 6:21PM
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shrEddie
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that would be very logical. in lots of movies they talk about going back to a spot multiple times to hit a rail.  i havent watched the directors commentary, but i feel like this would be the most logical
Mar 20 2007 6:28PM
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ecsm.
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that rail is close to my house
Mar 20 2007 6:44PM
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steevner
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go walk it 106 times in a day and report back. GO!
Mar 20 2007 6:51PM
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aronSKIP
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now u made me wanna watch the movie.
Mar 20 2007 7:23PM
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Alpineslide
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hehe i jsut watched it
Mar 20 2007 7:24PM
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freelowda
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Colby West is part cyborg, so its really not that unrealistic.
Mar 20 2007 7:26PM
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doublexl
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what a fag. its only 6 kinks. hahaha i would have given up way faster.
Mar 20 2007 7:29PM
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49566738265
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maybe he tried it on more than one day. just a thought that it would be possible to ski on 2 seperate days
Mar 20 2007 7:32PM
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Alpineslide
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if i was there i would have told him to diaster to the 2nd kink so he only has to do not alot of rail
Mar 20 2007 8:03PM
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617jibber
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wow you've watched alot of times
Mar 20 2007 8:11PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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107 times is alot, but not unreal. you can easily get 15 hits an hour with multiple people... I believe it.
Mar 20 2007 8:38PM
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artfullydodged
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yeah it was 107 tries
Mar 20 2007 8:47PM
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inthewoods
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HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

he is still walking man...or lying broken on a stair...
Mar 20 2007 8:48PM
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Alpineslide
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im cmoing up on watching the movie around 107 times
Mar 20 2007 8:48PM
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coop-son
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its colby west wat can u expect hes the man
Mar 20 2007 8:51PM
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skiEER
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you can def get a hit every 3 min.  Ten minutes is a very long time.  You guys must walk really slow and be out of shape.

Mar 20 2007 9:18PM
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ajax
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I think I can trust Level 1, even though that's a ton of tries. Like the other dudes said, watch the comentary.
Mar 20 2007 9:25PM
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steezy-joe
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fatigue brah... fatigue
Mar 21 2007 4:08AM
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cgroves
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im sure they wernt leaving untill he stomped it! and if he didnt get it on 107 there would of been a 108 and so on.
Mar 21 2007 11:28AM
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Gharf
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hard to be a proskier..
Mar 21 2007 11:39AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Colby is a fucking maniac too... that guy has more energy than any human I've ever seen. He's for sure the type that would try it 106 times. Hell he'd probably do it 300 if that was what it took.

Mar 21 2007 11:40AM
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nitsua
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coby went huge this year so i would be suprised either
Mar 21 2007 11:49AM
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ECfreeski3
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berman exaggerates everything...im sure it was a ton of tries but its very likely he was joking. he makes claims that sound like a literal, exact number all the time in other movies
Mar 21 2007 1:37PM
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mdvorak
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Ive probably tried a rail that many times, but over two days for sure
Mar 21 2007 1:58PM
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PinkEYEs
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lets just say I watched all 107 tries, and it did take them all day. They only hit it for that one day.

His first 3 attempts he pretty much cleans the whole thing then it just got out of hand. All in all, he hit it 107 times. End of story.
Mar 21 2007 3:04PM
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CoachG
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no its in danbury CT, i drive by it all the time.
Mar 21 2007 3:19PM
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JoshB
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We just had the interns watch all the raw footage and count each and every one of Colby's tries. We were a little off... it was only a total of 105 tries. Colby definitely learned his lesson and says he'll stomp all 6-kink rails first try from now on.
Mar 21 2007 3:19PM
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Calrin
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yeah but your assumptions suck it isnt 10 minutes per hit.
Mar 21 2007 3:30PM
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quebecfreestyler
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i knew you were bad with numbers!!!!

colby isa maniac like bishopp said, never seen anyone eat that much cereal with no milk or liquid whatsoever..

mad talented maniac too
Mar 21 2007 3:52PM
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