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Big Air on Elk

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flatspinner
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This past weekend in Crested Butte, the annual Big Air on Elk went down and it was a huge success! The field of riders killed it, tons of people, and a very nice setup made it a very fun event to watch. Here are a few pics from the event that I thought I'd share with you all here, come out next year to watch this event! And congrats to Aaron Blunck winning it with a cork 10 tail!

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Aaron Blunck's cork 10 tail

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A 50ft. step-over on main (Elk) street in CB! (with a nice death gap too)

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getting towed into this by a snowmobile going 60mph, kinda gnar

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Rodeo 5

Seriously, check out this event next spring, you won't want to miss it!
Mar 18 2011 9:53PM
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BenWhit
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i wish they had stuff like this on the east coast. that looks so sick.

also, what exactly is a step over?
Mar 18 2011 10:01PM
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_DUSTY_
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Do you have any shots of the jump? It looks like the park crew built a pretty good jump.
Mar 18 2011 10:28PM
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.squirrely.
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yeah whats the difference between a stepover and a step down?
Mar 18 2011 10:29PM
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californiagrown
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landing is higher than the lip, but is long and steep, so once you are over the landing, you can take it deep and have low impact landings if you under/overshoot.

stepdown, landing starts way below the lip, so there is much more impact if you under/overshoot.
Mar 18 2011 10:54PM
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BenWhit
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so step up...
Mar 19 2011 11:51AM
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KAS
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I saw the finals. It was a pretty sweet event
Mar 19 2011 7:21PM
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AWALLRUS.
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misleading thread name
Mar 19 2011 7:44PM
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SSteezle
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i busted my heel piece on my third hit but the event was super sick (super sketchy too!)

here's a couple other pics

davey-gdawg
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myself
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Bluncky
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sour steezle riders took 1st, 2nd, and 4th. jeaaa
Mar 19 2011 7:45PM
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jerm
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friend that did it said it was incredibly sketchy
Mar 19 2011 9:02PM
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julski
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eeeee brooo thas my cousin congrats aaron!
Mar 19 2011 9:15PM
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NWPA
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Sick! Glad to see the jump was a little bigger than last years
Mar 19 2011 9:28PM
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Dr-Strangelove
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Way too many people came up short on that jump. That is all.
Mar 20 2011 1:23PM
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CFSGabe
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The event went off incredibly well. Yes it was kinda shetchy but you'll have that when you are relying on a snowmobile to pull you in for speed. The guys did a great job building the sickest jump yet! If you would like to watch it, check it out here at ustream
http://http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13284574http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13284574

Aaron's cork 10 is at 2hrs 49min 15 sec to win the comp, sick event, def a party in Crested Butte.
http://www.coloradofreeskier.com http://Colorado FreeSkier puts it on with tons of help from friends. And the whole thing was available to watch from Colorado FreeSkier, you can still watch it, check it out
Mar 22 2011 1:40AM
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