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Nico journeys beyond the Gucci Plateau

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ESB
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Nine Knights jump got guinea-pigged today. There were some speed issues last year and there's a long flat in front of the jump, so Nico came in hot... a little too hot. You can add another line to the list of great overshoots. Luckily he escaped sore but unscathed.

Apr 9 2013 3:42PM
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Ali_Dibden
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Taking it way past the thug zone!
Apr 9 2013 3:46PM
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Puzzled
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casual
Apr 9 2013 3:48PM
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Miomo
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Big Air Nico, takin' it to the Big Air Dave zone.

But seriously, I can only imagine that feeling right before your about to overshoot it that far. like, seconds of "oh shit".
Apr 9 2013 3:49PM
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Turkelton
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Into the Future
Apr 9 2013 3:49PM
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Sharko
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What's that burgundy jacket with yellow zippers?
Apr 9 2013 3:52PM
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ChillTeenDad420
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took it to the flocka flat sector
Apr 9 2013 4:42PM
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DIX~
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Large but not past the gucci plateau
Apr 9 2013 4:53PM
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DIX~
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Definitely in it however
Apr 9 2013 4:53PM
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theschneidler
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Jesus dude
Apr 9 2013 5:07PM
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a_burger
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This, he was a couple feet short of dudemont/big air dave zone.
Apr 9 2013 5:30PM
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cwillygood
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yeah idk about beyond the Gucci plateau but certain big
Apr 9 2013 5:31PM
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ESB
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I consider the Gucci plateau to be landable terrain. Where Nico landed was definitely not a spot where anyone could actually ride away without body parts spontaneously combusting while landing. Therefore...
Apr 9 2013 5:51PM
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prettygood
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saw this on facebook, well done nico!

can anyone post a link to or the picture of the landing zone definitions? :)
Apr 9 2013 5:51PM
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DIX~
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That's stupid cause then the zones would change depending on the size of the jump.

If he went past the Gucci Plateau that means he would be into the Big Air Dave Zone, which he clearly was not. Nico still had some landing (sure it was only 5 feet left but it was there) therefore he did not go Big Air Dave. He also easily surpassed the thug zone, so by the squeeze theorem he landed in the Gucci Plateau.

It's science.
Apr 9 2013 5:56PM
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Mag
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100 pubic metres Click for larger image
Apr 9 2013 6:21PM
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Crispy.
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I have taken a jump bigger than that before/claim, however it was probably 1/5 the size.
Apr 9 2013 6:28PM
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will_powder
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I hate 9 knights. It's covered terribly. The videos are edited for the gaper audience, nothing cool really happens, the actual contest sucks and I don't care about pictures really.

Only cool things are the castle and Teddy Berr's front flip and Nico. He clearly works hard for the event.
Apr 9 2013 6:32PM
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Mr.Bishop
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OK but hold on a second here - above and beyond all selse you ust bow down and worship those park builders like gods.

I mean, you can debate a lot of things, but not the fact that the snow feature created there is an absolute masterpiece.

Apr 9 2013 7:28PM
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will_powder
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I said the castle was cool, just the event sucks.

The edits are all overproduced techno pumping garbage and half the time they cut tricks and add 1000000 times slow mo. Plus I feel like they make this castle and it ends up just being another jump. It's a let down. I want to see crazy transfers. Last year someone should have gapped from the inner quarter pipe to the outer hip transfer, but they were all too busy sending cork 7s over the plain old jump.

I'm not against a big air contest, but when such a cool thing is built and all we get is regular jump tricks and an overproduced, gaped-out edit it's stupid.
Apr 9 2013 7:38PM
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msndotwav
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This. Its like the Eiffel Tower of skiing, I wish they made my park haha
Apr 9 2013 7:39PM
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CrotchKiller
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For sure, should be a different type of contest
Apr 9 2013 7:41PM
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DERS.
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big air dave would certainly approve
Apr 9 2013 7:51PM
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Smuffy
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Seriously this. The Nine Knights jump is consistently the most impressive feature built anywhere. It's a work of art.
Apr 9 2013 7:56PM
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TWoods
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Disagree, I've always thought they do a pretty good job of covering it, and there's definitely been some great photos to come out of that event.
Apr 9 2013 8:19PM
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TOAST.
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I would love to shape something that amazing.
Apr 9 2013 8:20PM
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msndotwav
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thats what she said
Apr 9 2013 8:47PM
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I_liketobutter
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i don't 100% agree w you but i get what you're saying, especially "The edits are all overproduced techno pumping garbage and half the time they cut tricks and add 1000000 times slow mo"
Apr 9 2013 9:07PM
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TheBigAirDave
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Very well done Nico, very well done!
Apr 9 2013 9:27PM
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tbayskier
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the man, the myth, the legend.
Apr 9 2013 9:30PM
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a.bott
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TECHNINE
Apr 9 2013 9:33PM
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californiagrown
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To the top.


Apr 10 2013 1:25AM
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skiierman
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You're right, he wasn't in the Big Air Dave zone. He passed that before he went over the knuckle. Dude is chillin with Dumont in heaven right now.

Apr 10 2013 9:13AM
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TheClap.
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Naming how far you take the landing
Stupest trend in skiing
Apr 10 2013 6:11PM
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quebecfreestyler
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insanity right there, cant believe he didnt break anything.
Apr 10 2013 7:45PM
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edai
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ill journey into HIS gucci plateu ;)
Apr 10 2013 7:53PM
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DsMoK3
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if stupest means most amazing then yes i agree
Apr 10 2013 7:58PM
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Mr.Bishop
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If I was big air Dave, I'd be fucking stoked right now.

Next thing we need is for an X-games announcer to refer to the Gucci Plateau and we win.

Someone tell LVV.

Apr 10 2013 8:55PM
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AT-AT
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DAMN, he was a good 15+ feet above the knuckle when he went over it.

Also, that feature is just beautiful.
Apr 10 2013 9:07PM
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skiierman
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That would be glorious.
Apr 10 2013 10:17PM
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--ski--
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1) That jump/feature is glorious.

2) Holy shit balls. He went all Big Air Dave on an actual big jump.
Apr 10 2013 10:26PM
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DIX~
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More like fucking 25
Apr 10 2013 11:17PM
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McSkeeze
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Apr 11 2013 1:00AM
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suup
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Orage nights would be the best thing in the history of skiing
Apr 11 2013 1:06AM
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fujarome
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it's on NS, give it a few years and some random announcer will drop it by accident having done his research via this site.

I think a diagram showing the different regions of the jump should be on everyone's homepage at all times.
Apr 11 2013 1:15AM
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joris.blanc
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That would seriously be truly amazing !
Apr 11 2013 2:21AM
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TNORTS
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As the creator of the diagram, I'm deeming this the very end of the gucci plateau or the beggining of the big air dave zone. The gucci plateau is the last area of tranny that is possible to land and ride away from. I don't think anyone could ride away from that.
Apr 11 2013 9:41AM
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skiierman
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Well you fucked up. If you're overshooting a jump the right way, you should never be able to ski away from it.
Apr 11 2013 9:50AM
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TNORTS
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Ahahaha ya. That gets into the argument of going deep vs overshooting though. Some people intentionally will bring it to the plateau (see B-Dog) and thats when you see people riding away. However if you are overshooting you probably are not in control and will eat shit regardless of whether you land deep or land flat. (posting from mobile, I'm sure this is filled with spelling errors.)
Apr 11 2013 10:14AM
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ESB
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I'll accept that. It's on the cusp.
Apr 11 2013 4:08PM
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CrotchKiller
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people would be way too drunk to hit something so big.
Apr 11 2013 4:21PM
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