This is absolutely wrong. It's the jumpers fault. Let me tell you why:
Reason #1:
The girl is down hill and therefore has the right of way
Reason #2:
The filmer, who can easily see the landing, has no sense about him. He didn't notice the little girl standing in the landing before his 'bro' got wicked....*
Reason # 3:
The jumper has no sense about him. He didn't notice a little girl riding around in the park. And then he failed to notice that after she went behind that next jump she never reappeared?**
* Obviously said filmer was focusing on his gnarly bro. However, how do you not notice a little girl coming down the hill and then standing in the landing of the jump. I really doubt that the little one busted out of the gnar trees unseen and then tried to kitty-afterbang on that landing. Even if she rode around the far side of the jump and pulled up on the landing, that still shouldn't be hard to miss.
** Obviously the skier is focusing on his ub3r r4w line and can't focus on everything. However, before he dropped in did he not see the little girl skiing the park beneath him? Should probably set off some "I'll just wait till she comes out the other side style red flags."
So, in conclusion, the jumper is 100% at fault. Little girl was doing her own version of getting rad (I'm sure most you kids on here ride the park the EXACT same way). She is just as entitled as your are to be there; and because she has the right of way you MUST yield to her. Let me guess, but she sucks? Dudes, she's probably six.
Anybody with any sense would see her from above and realize I'd be a smart thing to do to wait until she pops out of the far end of the park before you go and get gnar points.
After writing all this, rtav, may very well have been being sarcastic, I hope so. But the post is a general rant of park-non-stupidity for all to follow. Short version: if some kid is riding the park, just wait for them to finish. You get a few extra seconds to talk to your friends and having to wait won't kill you - but not waiting might kill her. If you ever run into someone else skiing, and they are down hill, it will ALWAYS be your fault. Period. Zero exceptions. If you have to straight line green circles to get your jollies (you should learn to ski better), you should got straight line something that is difficult instead, switch.
Epilogue:
I've had two bad experiences hitting things blind when either:
1) Waiting an extra minute or two to make sure all nearby traffic is clear using my eyes
2) Not hitting the feature without a spotter or something.
Event one happened at Mt. Hood Meadows. Short version, high speed collision of my helmet to an innocent ladies face in the runout of a chute. Large cut, lots of blood, very pissed off boyfriend. Offered to help, was asked to leave, felt very bad, took two more runs, sans jacket of interest, and went home.
Event two happened last winter at Targhee. Hitting a gay little drop near the bottom of the lift. I was always nervous rolling up to it because it is 100% blind into the merger of two trails. The landing seems far enough out traffic and not very side accessible for real concern, but it scares me. Nevertheless, I still hit it on occasion. The last time I hit (it really will be my last time) some kid was sitting in the landing. I yelled, he moved over a foot or two, I didn't land on him. If he didn't move (this is my plug to not ride with music in him - you never know what you need to hear) he and I would be in bad shape.
