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SuwakaFlocka
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i was at the mountain today and i tried these speed gates. I clocked in at around 95 km/hr (about 60mph). Not impressive, but I felt like i was haulin rockin a backpack and camera. So how fast do people hit the big boy jumps? Like the JOI or some 100+ footers. I cant imagine hitting a kicker switch at 80mph.
Feb 18 2010 12:36PM
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Tinga
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wasnt tanner doing like 53 when he hit chads gap?
Feb 18 2010 12:37PM
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SuwakaFlocka
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not sure. maybe. i was under the impression that people just haul ass like 80+. I remember seeing Tanner and Alex Schlopy in some TGR vid at Steven's Pass with like a half mile in-run or something ridiculous like that.
Feb 18 2010 12:40PM
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Feb 18 2010 12:41PM
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WVskiing
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it all depends on jump size and how far you want to go. if you want to go a 100ft go 100 mph.

thos guys in long jump go 300 of the lip

Feb 18 2010 12:43PM
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Pinguu
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100 mph does not = 100 ft... I seriously doubt if free skiers are hitting jumps at 100mph. The 53mph for Tanner sounded a little more realistic.
Feb 18 2010 12:47PM
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Shadows
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didnt mike wilson hit 98 in the rage shoot at shasta?

fastest ive ever gone into a jump was 47. scared shitless.
Feb 18 2010 12:53PM
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Tinga
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i think i remember that one too. except that jump was suuuuuuppppppper long.
Feb 18 2010 12:54PM
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dlilly
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yes he did, in corduroy
Feb 18 2010 1:00PM
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SuwakaFlocka
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ridiculous. thanks.
Feb 18 2010 1:03PM
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MattWeiss
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I believe the gun read 92 or 93, which by anymeans it haulin ass
Feb 18 2010 1:30PM
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BootySpunk.
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That is so insanely fast...holy shit.


Feb 18 2010 1:45PM
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.peter
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they definitely don't go 80 that's like average world cup race speed event speed. (sometimes faster)

I think the jumps are usually made well enough/with enough thought that you don't have to go too crazy fast to hit them. Think physics.
Feb 18 2010 1:57PM
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skithesprings
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I'm pretty sure that's in KPH (92kph=54ish mph) not MPH because world cup racers don't even go that fast and they jump 150+ feet off of rollers and subtle drops in the slope. imagine if they hit a booter at that speed, now you're talking like a 300+ foot jump. not realistic at all. plus if a racer in a speed suit is hardly breaking 80mph there's no way mike Wilson in baggy shit on park skis was doing 90+
Feb 18 2010 3:06PM
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MattWeiss
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i cant remember if it was mph or kph, but i remember seeing the picture of the gun in an older freeskier, i would look it up but im at work right now
Feb 18 2010 3:18PM
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backcountry_22
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Feb 19 2010 2:34AM
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49566738265
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You don't have to go that insanely fast. I would say I have to go 40 mph to go 90 feet. Maybe less, someone could do the math. Obviously a step down takes even less speed.
Feb 19 2010 2:44AM
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No_Dub
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yeah there is a clip in teddybear crisis.
Feb 19 2010 6:55AM
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feihlination
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yes, chads gap was 53 MPH (at least tanner). it impresses me in a way to hit that switch. but not regular. comon, 53 forward is not fast for jumping that big.

we had a 80 ft with a huge lip and that thing was massive and i dont expect the speed to be a lot less than 45 or so.

idk it sounds a little weird, but what i want to say is, i dont think it is that big of an issue for pros to go that fast. and i expect the JOI kicker to be hit at something under 50 since it was in no way bigger than chads (140 ft)
Feb 19 2010 8:23AM
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MattWeiss
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so that pic I saw had to have been 92 mph then, cause he really overshot the fuck out of that thing
Feb 19 2010 9:18AM
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feihlination
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idk, 1mph +- can make several ft +-, like 5 mph + make easily 30 ft +
Feb 19 2010 9:28AM
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MattWeiss
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well 92 or whatever was on the in run, he hit it doing 85 mph and went 190 feet on a 100 foot gap, I would consider that a wee bit of an overshoot
Feb 19 2010 9:33AM
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MattWeiss
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i guess it would have to do with trajectory, and some wind speed.  if the jump is 100 feet, but the lip is low as fuck, your gonna have to mach at it to get to the landing, but if the lip is poppy, it will send you up and you will have all that air time for it to take you across the gap, and thus you don't have to hit it as fast

physics apporach:  the horizontal component of velocity, once in the air won't change (except for drag) but the vertical component will, based on the shape of the lip, so basically the poppier the lip (to and extent) the more hang time you will have, and thus the more distance in the air you can travel

Feb 19 2010 9:42AM
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feihlination
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but only to a certain extent. an aerials kicker will never give me 100 ft of horizontal travel
Feb 19 2010 9:47AM
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MattWeiss
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yeah, thats why i said to a certian extent :) but who wants to hit an aerialist jump an try to clear a 100 footer? fuuuccckk that, i'm hittin rails ha
Feb 19 2010 9:51AM
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JumboBum
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If only they had those Zeal HUD goggles... Then we would know how fast they really were going...
YECkkk


Feb 19 2010 11:09AM
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Caveman.
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Anyone could make an edit and key in any speed they want the way that was done in that edit. Proves nothing.
Feb 19 2010 1:52PM
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Tinga
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Feb 19 2010 2:01PM
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Caveman.
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All I'm saying is that's super un believable and it's presented with zero solid evidence. Wouldn't be the first time Rage has manipulated a shot (remember the Sammy C mirrored shots to make it look like he spun both ways) and Freeskier misprinting something.... psh that never happens.... Show me some real evidence and I'll believe you.
Feb 19 2010 2:13PM
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ike.
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i doubt they ever go over 50 mph to go into a regular table. stepups obviously would be much faster and stepdowns much slower.
Feb 19 2010 2:13PM
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feihlination
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yeah, we had that step up on my home mtn and it had a 500 m 45 degrees groomer as "inrun". the thing was 40 ft horizontal and 6 ft vertical at best. even regarding the loss of speed before the lip, we easily went 50 mph. the whole inrun straight, that was a nice thing to it
Feb 19 2010 2:18PM
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feihlination
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kill hitler
Feb 19 2010 2:32PM
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Caveman.
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Picture of a radar gun for example
Feb 19 2010 2:35PM
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SuwakaFlocka
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this.
if he hit 98 just before the flat of the valley it makes sense. probably sat up a bit before he hit the wedge, and slowed down to like 75ish. gettin pulled in down the hil? he was truckin.
Feb 19 2010 6:23PM
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MANDER
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shoulda done 55...
Feb 19 2010 9:25PM
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