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Ski Jumping

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PurpleDino
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I'm curious to know if anyone else on NS ski jumps?  By that I mean this but on smaller jumps:




Jan 9 2012 8:49PM
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RawrRawrRob
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That guy must be half bird, half human.
Jan 9 2012 8:52PM
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LevelFour
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That shits for shunews
Jan 9 2012 8:52PM
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.Ian.
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My friend who lives in Lake Placid used to ski jump a couple years ago. Not sure if he still does or not. I went up to visit him once and watched him jump. It was insane in person.

That video is ridiculous too. I can't even imagine being in the air that long. Crazy.
Jan 9 2012 8:55PM
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Relish_man
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overshooting to flat while ski jumping must SUCK
Jan 9 2012 9:54PM
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zapadelic
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in Nipwitz 4 they did a POV of that it was fucking crazy
Jan 9 2012 9:59PM
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Hack.The.Pow.
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holy crap. he was like 15 feet from landing to flat.
Jan 9 2012 10:16PM
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hoodratz47
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love this stuff. wish i could do it

but im to big
Jan 9 2012 10:20PM
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ski93
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that actually looks pretty fun
Jan 9 2012 10:20PM
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.Ian.
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Same for me too. I was considering talking to someone about getting into it, then I realized that I'm a hefty 6'3" guy. I couldn't do it.

Most of the pros are only about 5'7" it seems from what I've looked up.
Damn
Jan 9 2012 10:29PM
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Dlud
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I believe that it said he went 249 meters. That is aproximently 2 and a half football fields. Wow
Jan 9 2012 10:41PM
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PurpleDino
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Do anyone's schools even have teams?  I'm from a small town in NH and we've had a team for a while.  It's my first year doing it and it is super fun.  You get an adrenaline rush just like when you are about to huck off a big jump.  We only hit the K38 and I think there might be one town that has a K50.
Jan 10 2012 7:48AM
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PopsicleStand
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It almost looked like he bailed at the end, and could have gone farther with a bigger hill. Damn, crazy sport though, I would like to try it.
Jan 10 2012 8:08AM
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Tent
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He took that to the fucking flats
Jan 10 2012 8:36AM
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maximiliaan
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ok why do you use my icon?
Jan 10 2012 8:41AM
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Tent
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Why Do you use my icon
Jan 10 2012 8:46AM
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Trace.
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There's a ski jump down the road from me...I wish I had the balls to try it
Jan 10 2012 1:44PM
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PurpleDino
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I took my brothers gopro with me to practice last night:


Jan 31 2012 7:21AM
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Oldmann1584
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how far are you going?
Jan 31 2012 9:30AM
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PurpleDino
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Last night I was jumping like 32 or 33 meters.  And the distance is measured from the lip of the take off to the K-spot of the landing which is essentially the farthest down you can land without hitting flats and that is 38 meters
Jan 31 2012 12:58PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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i dont know how id feel on those skis and such, but it would be fun to hit it on a normal pair of skis and huck it like a cliff.
Jan 31 2012 1:06PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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where's that video of a ski jumper afterbanging his jump and he throws up a middle finger to the camera?
Jan 31 2012 1:09PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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here it is
Jan 31 2012 1:13PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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tom wallisch should take notes
Jan 31 2012 1:17PM
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