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Matchstick Productions 100ft. gap jump; Crested Butte

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DirkDiggler
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Jacob Wester, and Russel Henshaw were sessioning the hell out of this jump today at Crested Butte. The halfpipe was transformed into this massive 100ft. gap, where the jump was piled up nearly 25ft. tall. After watching the guys speed check from 1:00- 3:00 the weather finally cleared to where filming was actually a possibility. A small crew of 20 locals gathered and drank a few PBR's and watched as the Helicopter geared up. Steve Winter was filming out on the right side of the helicopter and made laps as many times as the skiers wanted. I stayed for maybe 2 hours after the guys started going and saw about 15 jumps go down each, between Russel and Jacob. I don't want to say exactly what the guys were doing but there were some nasty DOUBLES!! I guess wait till the new Matchstick movie is out!!!!!!!
Apr 22 2009 9:33PM
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geet
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sounds sick. anyone take footy on a cellphone to be leaked?
Apr 22 2009 9:34PM
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DirkDiggler
Posts: 117 - Karma: 35
I might be able to do that after a bit....

Apr 22 2009 9:36PM
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FreeskierBh
Posts: 188 - Karma: 187
thats awsome dude must have been quite a day
Apr 22 2009 10:24PM
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sirskizalot
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Thats sick, shoulda got some secret video action for us.
Apr 22 2009 11:27PM
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bb_Skier
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sounds sick but how does one turn a halfpipe into a 100 ft. gap?
Apr 22 2009 11:30PM
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K.C.Deane
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Hit it from the side. Ken Block just jumped the superpipe at Northstar like 2 weeks ago. also about a hundo
Apr 23 2009 12:00AM
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K.C.Deane
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this is how



Apr 23 2009 12:03AM
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SHastatahoe
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They did it in TBC as well.  days ago.
Apr 23 2009 12:03AM
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HeartBeatFaster
Posts: 723 - Karma: 26
That is sick. Take a picture?
Apr 23 2009 12:05AM
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bb_Skier
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Thanks, that was dope
Apr 23 2009 12:10AM
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DirkDiggler
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waiting on pictures will have soon.........the halfpipe's snow was used to build this massive kicker
Apr 23 2009 12:54AM
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landonn
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sounds dope.
Apr 23 2009 1:00AM
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hartig
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whatever happened to brandon becker?
Apr 23 2009 1:04AM
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PhilboydStudge
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44 Days.
Apr 23 2009 1:07AM
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Mstchief
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back in the good old days when snowbird cared about their park
Apr 23 2009 1:10AM
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Z_rob
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haha 100ft GAP!
holy balls.
Apr 23 2009 1:31AM
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uni-corn
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,
Apr 23 2009 1:34AM
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Kajex
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drinking beers and watching some sick doubles live... sounds like you had a pretty awesome day
Apr 23 2009 1:39AM
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Caveman.
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Apr 23 2009 1:52AM
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K.C.Deane
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Hey slays utah on a daily basis from what i hear.  I though he was going to film with PBP this year. but that might now be correct.
Apr 23 2009 2:01AM
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mwaah
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video (top post)

www.jacobwester.com

its pretty big, yes.
Apr 23 2009 2:12AM
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snowboardersrule
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sick. does this mean they are stepping up cbs park next year?

Apr 23 2009 2:29AM
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mklammer
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holy shit!! that snowboarder at the end is crazy :)
Apr 23 2009 6:15AM
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Moon_Park
Posts: 413 - Karma: 110
That jump is HUGE
Apr 23 2009 6:25AM
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Krish
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BIG..... Ridiculously BIG
Apr 23 2009 9:59AM
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MoistAbode
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ok this made me realize I NEED TO GET MY HANDS ON A COPY OF TBC!!!! that was dope
Apr 23 2009 10:10AM
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Steakhead
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They used all the snow from the halfpipe, not a halfpipe gap as it were

Apr 23 2009 10:16AM
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Tinga
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i thought tj was going to die.
Apr 23 2009 10:21AM
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HeartBeatFaster
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At first I thought it wasn't that big... then it looks ridiculous from the side. They have to be 50 feet high too. They carried some of those hits super deep! except for TJ...
Apr 23 2009 10:47AM
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207
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God I wanna see some footy of this.
Apr 23 2009 10:55AM
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sirskizalot
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from jacobwester.com
Crested Butte mega booter MSP from Jacob Wester on Vimeo.

Apr 23 2009 11:02AM
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currentwestman
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^woah
Apr 23 2009 12:25PM
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geet
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this
Apr 23 2009 6:41PM
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Balto
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looks scary
Apr 23 2009 7:15PM
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CBROOKS
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Could just be me or the angle but that landing looks steep for the jump.... not much room for speed error?
Apr 23 2009 7:59PM
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K.C.dia
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Im so pissed! im supposed to be hitting that jump right now!

Story: My dad was the head race coach at CB this year, but i couldnt go and live with him because i had to stay and live with my mom (they're still together). So, over my spring break (past 2 weeks) i spent the first week out with him in CB and then to USASA nationals. He was then going to come and have me stay with him until this jump was built and he said that he would have been able to pull some strings and I would have been able to hit it. But, when my mom ordered plane tickets, she made mine so that i came back right after nationals because she said i couldnt miss this week of school to hit one single jump. God I wish i was there.

Apr 23 2009 8:23PM
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reukk
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yes
Apr 23 2009 9:08PM
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Whifazoo
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the jump 30 seconds in is fucking HUGE
Apr 23 2009 9:51PM
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ct_steeze
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yeah the jump at 1:43 is ridiculous
Apr 23 2009 9:56PM
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Shpadoinkle
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Oh, dear. I thought I was going to see another Spong crash (not as bad though).
Apr 23 2009 10:00PM
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vzdz
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woah.
Apr 23 2009 10:04PM
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richards
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tj must be praising JAH for not ccasing
Apr 23 2009 10:06PM
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RAWLAN
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one of my favorite segments in any movie

what ever happened to niklas karlstrom anyway?
Apr 23 2009 10:57PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Holy hell.
Apr 24 2009 2:15AM
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Manana
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that is ridicoulous

theres a picture of them building it on russ henshaws site
the wedge is stupidly big
Apr 24 2009 5:23AM
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dmc12380
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this jumps a little bigger than the one in your profile
Apr 24 2009 2:40PM
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578m
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It may be the angle but OMG that is so huge !
Click for larger image
Apr 24 2009 4:15PM
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Carter23
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is your father kevin? and i do doubt that any liability waiver ever made would have let you hit this jump..
Apr 24 2009 5:19PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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hahahaha...judging by the profile pic, you would literally die. That jump is just a bit out of your league, and in no world could your dad have pulled enough strings for you to hit it.
Apr 24 2009 5:38PM
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Nico_G
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god! that movie was so ahead of its time. one of my favorites by far!
Apr 24 2009 7:20PM
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