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So about Dumont's 34ft

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cobra_commander
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so yeah now that we all know that Dumont successfully kicked the shit out of the previous record and got 34 ft out (looked more like 38 to me) and did it with a 9 no less, I have one question for you all



how dope would it have been if he did an air to switch?  I mean that would be scary as fuck.
Apr 11 2008 9:18PM
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bibs_skibum
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That would be ill as hell.  Almost as ill as a corked 9 id say.  Either way i dont really think it matters what trick you throw on a 34 foot air, it will still be dank as shit.
Apr 11 2008 9:20PM
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TechnoPotamus
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remember the flatspin 5s that crighton used to do in the pipe?   that shit would be unreallllllll on dumont's hit
Apr 11 2008 9:21PM
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BootySpunk.
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lol yah by the pic is def looked about 36-38ft
Apr 11 2008 9:22PM
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East.
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Yeah but thats obviously just the angle its taken at. Air to switch would be soooo sketchy. If his tails caught at all he would basically fall 60ish feet to flat. Kinda like Jake Brown x-games run.
Apr 11 2008 9:30PM
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garrett.
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or his table overshoot incident without any forward momentum
Apr 11 2008 9:43PM
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cj
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Like someone said above, its just the angle the shot was taken at. The height meter is behind the skier which makes it look smaller and Dumont look like he is going higher.
Apr 11 2008 9:53PM
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BootySpunk.
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Yah but it still looks bad ass and someone said before he fell? does anyone know if this is true?
Apr 11 2008 10:03PM
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fnstoked
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anybody know how big the pipe was for terje when the previous record was set? i think that matters for some reason.
Apr 11 2008 10:07PM
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fnstoked
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yeah, but it's gotta be easier to get 30+ ft of air out of a 30 foot pipe than a regular 18 or 20 foot one. that's what i'm guessing. obviously speed is a factor also, but that is why we have bigger kickers, to go bigger.
Apr 11 2008 10:19PM
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steezerampage
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I dont know exactly how big but 18 to 20 is normal pipe size, I'm sure it was bigger than that since it was a quarter pipe.

Apr 11 2008 10:26PM
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sirskizalot
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that would be sick
but setting a record while throwing a cork 9 is wicked

Apr 11 2008 10:41PM
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JuliusJ
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just do the math-he air about 34 feet out. he was airing about 60ish feet off flat ground. so the qp is (60-34=26) about 26 feet, or probably more i think
Apr 11 2008 10:50PM
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thejackal1177
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what most of you are really gonna be impresed with, was that he was doing it alley oop, friggen crazy
Apr 11 2008 10:54PM
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YT.SKEEZE
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In the other thread about this someone posted a link to an article about it... it think the QP was 30+ ft and 70+ft wide

Apr 11 2008 11:30PM
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*GP*
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^ yeah the QP was 30ft tall.
And to the peeps talkin bout landing switch, Colby was sessioning hard after Simon broke the record and was boosting and landing switch.

Apr 11 2008 11:33PM
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alaskakid
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How big was colby going?
Apr 11 2008 11:47PM
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*GP*
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Colb was right around Terje's record on one hit and was in the high 20's a lot. So big.
Apr 11 2008 11:55PM
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alaskakid
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landing switch from that high up? fucking props colby! your the man!
Apr 12 2008 12:17AM
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WikiWiki
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i  get nervous at like 8 feet- id shit my pants at like 15
Apr 12 2008 12:41AM
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*GP*
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Nah man, he wasnt landing switch going that big, sorry for the misunderstanding. Im not positive how big he was going when he was landing switch cuz they took the height meter down.

Apr 12 2008 12:44AM
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Armanzoid
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This is from Symms blog:

"Dumont began hitting the quarterpipe in the early afternoon when he reached heights as high as 28 feet, before drifting in the air and falling nearly 66 feet onto the snow below."

Dumont is the toughest man alive.

Apr 12 2008 1:14AM
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colin13
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ya i cant believe he came back two days later on pain killers and just sent it
Apr 12 2008 1:32AM
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PBraunstein
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well one thing i noticed about larger qps is there sort of convex shape they put on the lip.. sort of makes you drift from one side to the other.... this is so you can hit the middles (which sticks a little further out) and land on the sides without worrying about decking so much... you can sort of see the convexness in simons pic..
Apr 12 2008 10:52AM
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Blurst
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yah i saw that thread too and it said that he was in hosptital im not sure if it was deleted or what? but i hope thats not true
Apr 12 2008 12:40PM
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*GP*
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Not true at all. Simon is perfectly fine (other than a bruised heel), that thread was BS.
Apr 12 2008 1:01PM
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Blurst
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ok cool man thats always good
Apr 12 2008 2:00PM
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relytava
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that is so friggen big he was almost 7 stories up
Apr 12 2008 2:47PM
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