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Stomping 10ft+ to (virtually) flat in the backcountry

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Promotype
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Im wondering if there's any tricks to this?  When the landing is at a good angle I have no issues but when it's virtually flat it's hard not to go backseat because of the impact..  Any tips or tricks?
May 24 2013 3:57PM
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forrest-cole
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Just stomp that shit yo, get ready for impact and then make that landing your bitch.
May 24 2013 4:03PM
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TheBigApple
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Why you would want to drop anything 10+ feet to flat is beyond me...
May 24 2013 4:05PM
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m-ruta
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Four point and take the hit. Not sure why you would deliberately send anything more than a few feet to flat unless it's the only feature in part of a comp venue or something though.
May 24 2013 4:08PM
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jca
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it's a lot easier if you just haul ass into it. the greater your horizontal velocity is, the less impact you'll feel. but above 10ft you'll have to really really be cookin for this to work. Just pop hard on the take off so you can set up for a nice, square fourpoint landing. wearing a mouth guard and soft volleyball pads on your knees wouldnt be a bad idea either.

May 24 2013 4:15PM
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NPF
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flat... pfft uphill landings or you are a pussy.
May 24 2013 4:18PM
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histonskiah
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http://youtu.be/av3AEW2-ShQ This is me in Alta, my advice would be dont do this.
May 24 2013 4:20PM
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Tikayt
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Why would you land on flat ? I don't get it sometimes.
May 24 2013 4:30PM
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Promotype
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haha some good advice here, thanks.  Mike Wilson doesn't seem to have a problem with it though:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzG6-k3zu-o&feature=player_detailpage#t=149s
May 24 2013 4:34PM
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SFB
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idiot
May 24 2013 4:36PM
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Promotype
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzG6-k3zu-o&feature=player_detailpage#t=149s

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And to answer the question:  reason I do it sometimes is cause im in a ski resort I dont know well and im in the slackcountry and the 10ft cliffs to flat are the best features out there. 
May 24 2013 4:37PM
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treebeard
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strong legs.
May 24 2013 4:51PM
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a_burger
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If your not landing backseat you will eat your knees

actually that happens when you land backseat too

I would just avoid flat drops from 10+ feet really...
May 24 2013 4:55PM
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Heart
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this is not true. vertical and horizontal motion are independent of each other.
May 24 2013 4:57PM
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Coxworth
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out of all the tips this is your best bet. only way it will happen
May 24 2013 6:57PM
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jca
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yes vertical and horizontal motion are independent of each other in the basic projectile motion aspect but i know from a fuckload of experience that your landing will feel much smoother if you've carried speed into it versus just bombdropping straight down.

i assume that the reason is because your body/skis have more time to spread out the impact force as you hit because of your forward velocity. you'll hit the ground at the same vertical velocity regardless, but i can guarantee that it will feel a lot smoother if you're going fast vs a bombdrop.

May 24 2013 6:58PM
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Piste.Off
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have some decent speed, don't lock your legs or you'll take a knee to the face, then send it.

source: I've dropped cliffs flatter than your girlfriend's chest.
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May 24 2013 7:04PM
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250r
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yea taking speed into helps a lot but ive also been doing those tail landing things that candide is always doing lately. If you pull your toes up a bit so your shins are still pressuring the front of your boots, and land tail first, your skis will absorb some of the impact
May 24 2013 7:51PM
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Z-Juice
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Pretty sure that's Lover's Leap unless I'm incredibly mistaken.

1. How on earth did you get up there?

2. Why would you hit that?
May 24 2013 7:53PM
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PJS.
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You're blurring the line between jumping out of a building and jumping a cliff with that one mate
May 24 2013 7:54PM
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Gstrong
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speed
May 24 2013 8:07PM
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skiierman
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Oh wow, now the retards on this site are asking for tips on how to land off cliffs to flat... amazing.

"Yeah, so I like to ram into the sides of rails but I always hurt my knees really bad! Any advice on how to do this without getting hurt???"
May 24 2013 9:04PM
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Stickity
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think about how you'd move into the snow. dropping straight down vs an elongated compression due to having horizontal momentum.
May 24 2013 9:14PM
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gouda
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If you can't land a huge cliff to flat then you are a pussy and should just quit skiing forever.
May 24 2013 9:15PM
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Piste.Off
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1. skills

2. yolo
May 24 2013 9:19PM
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Piste.Off
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1. skills

2. yolo
May 24 2013 9:19PM
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Holte
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Mike Wilson is the only person who regularly jumps 10+ feet to flat on purpose. Everyone else does it accidentally and backslaps hard or explodes.
May 24 2013 9:24PM
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binturong-qwerty
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Google search: Cam Riley Network segment

dude is dropping 20ft to flat concrete
May 24 2013 10:07PM
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250r
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yea but he landed switch...which is easier to do a lot of times with a harder landing
May 24 2013 10:22PM
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GANDALF
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ski at baker. plenty of flat landings here
May 24 2013 10:36PM
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Heart
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OP be careful if you send it. I blasted off a cat track to flat snow and landed super backseat. This would have been fine, except the landing was really chunky ice underneath the snow, and I got my leg twisted while I had a huge load on my knee. meniscus = torn
May 24 2013 11:14PM
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3mania
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Land switch.
May 25 2013 2:33PM
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Drail
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10-15ft to flat is not even hard if the snow is soft enough... even without any speed. Just stomp it like a boss and walk out of your bomb hole with a smile on your face.
May 25 2013 3:33PM
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jon@wh2o
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anything over 20 is a hipcheck. If you get it right the powdercloud hides the fact that you flop, and you can ride out and claim it like a stomp
May 25 2013 5:52PM
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