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Freestyle skiing on a ski jump

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has anyone ever done tricks off one of these bad boys?
How many corks could be done?
How much air time?
Is this the answer to future spins?
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Japaneezy
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I believe a 180 could be done.
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do you think that alex schlopy could do a 3?
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90053
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no.

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ABalls
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In all seriousness at the speed that those people fly through the air if they landed sideways or couldn't get a flip around they would get seriously fucked up.
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good point
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slav_slayer
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I'd straight bone it as not to get fubar
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John18_6
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Since ski jumpers have speed suits and they get lift from body position, even dale talkington would be lucky to clear the knuckle.
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PM4FreeJiberish
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Look at that picture. There is essentially no knuckle, It's all just sweet spot.
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Just for good measure
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throwin_steeze
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the lip doesnt even exist, probably could get some huge spins though, might be hard to flip
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John18_6
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I was talking about the initial knuckle, but most likely you would clear but you would not go anywhere close to as deep. unless you do an edollo nosebutter.
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Lenzo
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They did it in the opening scene of supervention. They had to go all the way from the top to clear the knuckle. I belive they said they did 180's there aswell. (To those of you wondering, they used the speed they got to hit a massive urban setup further down)
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BigDog
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I'm just picturing this with the floatiest blunt 3 ever




Fuck that would be terrifying.
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k2andcannoli
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Holy shit
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7-11_Slurpee
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holy shit, 240.5 meters = 789.042 feet = over 2.5 football fields
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Nate.Dog
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The only reason they go that far is because they are literally gliding down to a touch, if you tried to traditionally jump that you wouldn't go nearly as far.
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galardogod
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You would probably go a little bit less distance about 40 feet higher and then land on flat ground on the backside of the next resort
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Casey
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I think an ariels jump would be better for future spins. Maybe in the future pros will have coaches yelling at them off the lip so they know if they're going to come up short on their quintuple rodeo 1800
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YoungJ
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my lacrosse coach used to ski jump.. he was a wierd guy,,, majored in theater and is now working at metlife and im pretty sure hes a polygamist
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runnerboy1
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You wouldn't make it very far. All the distance is from those fucking enormous boards.
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Condorobrien
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what if spinning somehow made your fly more distance!! cause they clearly have it wrong just doing spread eagles

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Austin.ski
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and why did you tell us this.
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YoungJ
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just popped into my head when the whole ski jumping thing came up

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ny300z
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hahaha this was so random
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El_Barto.
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Excellent
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John18_6
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To the Gucci Plateau

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k2andcannoli
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Those bindings
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Mr.LemonPie
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Yeah, it isn't doable like you think at all, it's more similar to a cliff than a jump, maybe get a 3 but no big spins. The reason the ski jumpers can go so big is cause they are haulin ridiculous ass into those things wearing speed suits then they use the lift to make the distance. You just can't go that fast on skis shorter than 250s...

And, if you did strap some massive planks on a freeskier, put them in a speed suit and send them at it, would you really think it would be a good idea to try to spin? You're off by a tiny bit, that's it. Season over. Just doesn't seem worth it.
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louie.mirags
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Thanks for A) not reading the thread or
B) reading the thread and putting it into your own words...
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mkski31
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OP needs to go back in the toolbox.
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Japaneezy
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It's a spreadeagle fest.
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theabortionator
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You're bombing down a slope at a billion miles an hour then launching out from basically flat. Not really a good jump for doing anything trick wise on.

No lip to help you initiate any inversions. If you managed to get something wild around and not die it would probably look terribly hucked. You could do a front or backflip as long as you're able to clear the knuckle.

There's a reason jumps are built like this

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not this

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And then the aerial jumps where they're doing triples and quads like this

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If you notice those guys simply lean into it to initiate the flip then start the twist side to side.

I'm not saying you couldn't do some tricks on a ski jump, it just wouldn't be a good jump for it.
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theabortionator
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Which you might need to hang up your tall gear and get some fucking rockets to do. Unless you're simon dumont, and then maybe you need to build the gap bigger.
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I was just thinking about dolo doing the coolest dub 7
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Gypsy_Skier
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Not tryna spoil but... SUPERVENTION.
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DanielHanka
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Have you seen the Supervention? There you can see, how it looks like, when a ,,freeskier,, hits it. It´s even difficult to made it to the steeper part of the landing.
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RubberSoul
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what, is, super.vention
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I looked it up after it was mentioned in this thread... It is a ski movie
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Mr.LemonPie
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Your welcome man always happy to help out.
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luke.smart
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in supervention they tried ski jumping with park skis, they barely made the landing so I don't think you could do anything.
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DeRizzo
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Oh my god that penguin video made me shit myself.
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jibbpeter
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anyone who hasn't thought abot this, lives in fucking denial!

Ill easly stomp trip 16 on this fucker
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250r
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im pretty sure compton did a 3 on the small one at our school like 8 years ago. mind you take off to the bottom of the landing was only like 80 or 90 feet
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LeChat
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Actually this guy clear the knuckle nicely with old ass skis... and he clear the landing not so bad... without  those skis...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nc9etnk-14
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7springsprod
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Martgiblin
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Would like to see a big superman front
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lewist
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So, what you're saying is...

We should build a lip on a ski jump?
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theabortionator
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Well considering this thread and some of the responses. But totally solid post of that meme. A+++

Herp Derp
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theabortionator
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Yes, get a winch at the top or some rockets. Build huge lip on the booter. Future spin your way into orbit

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