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There have been a few threads about this but here goes...
If you mean biggest jump as in jumping from the highest point, Norwegian Fred Syversen's 107 meter (351 ft) plunge must still hold.
See it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eF6o_26z0E
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If you mean the biggest kicker ever built, I think Candide Thovex' Big Bertha from the 2007 Candide Invitational will probably be up there with them.
It measured some 145-150 ft. from kicker to knuckle. Candide guinea-pigged it himself and crashed so bad that nobody else felt inspired enough to try.
Watch for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDjIPJBq97s
Mike Wilson got seriously injured after undershooting a 185 ft. jump in Aspen. It's in MSPs Yearbook so my guess would be that he jumped it in spring 2004 when the film was released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWK5sK-yph0
Funny they also mention the Schrab double misty 1440. In a thread in 2002. It has to be the first new school double ever. It's a pity those dudes were seen more as stunt doubles than skiers
With jumps being built safer these days it means they are shorter with more pop and therefore more air time. Candide's last Big Bertha and the Alyeska jump from The Way I See It are probably the last really long park jumps we're going to see for a while, especially because the tricks are so much more technical now
Funny they also mention the Schrab double misty 1440. In a thread in 2002. It has to be the first new school double ever. It's a pity those dudes were seen more as stunt doubles than skiers
With jumps being built safer these days it means they are shorter with more pop and therefore more air time. Candide's last Big Bertha and the Alyeska jump from The Way I See It are probably the last really long park jumps we're going to see for a while, especially because the tricks are so much more technical now
yeah, that huge collins backy is in SM3 (and maybe others, i forget). i don't think it's 180 at all but it's definitely enormous, as was candide's 5 over the huge hip that same year.
rob holmes and others have sent cliffs that are just absurd
leviathon was like 140 or something right?
candide's big bertha i bet is the biggest park jump attempted but i suppose he came up short on it just like wilson did on his 180 footer so..
can't think of others right now but im prob missing some
hknMike Wilson got seriously injured after undershooting a 185 ft. jump in Aspen. It's in MSPs Yearbook so my guess would be that he jumped it in spring 2004 when the film was released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWK5sK-yph0
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Tele ski patrol fail after he crashes made me lol.
god that jump would scare the hell out of me. step downs are terrifying when they're huge. what'd they call it, the trick buster? shoulda been the day wrecker 5000
theabortionatorJust found it. That was how far he went not the jump size. Jump was like 40 feet smaller than that.
Was thinking that was borderline retarded but remembered the 180' number.
yeah i was thinking about that one but couldn't think of any good search terms and was in a rush. didn't he do a 1, maybe a 3, and then break his arm falling on a 7 or something?
RubberSoulyeah i was thinking about that one but couldn't think of any good search terms and was in a rush. didn't he do a 1, maybe a 3, and then break his arm falling on a 7 or something?
thats not the world record ski jump, this is [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAEkyxl_YKY[video] 246.5 meters, 808.7 feet, roughly 8.5 seconds of airtime, the money booter at sochi had 2.5, and he was traveling at over 100km per hour. I used to ski jump and i went 403 feet, 123 meters and it was absolutely insane, no park jump I have hit since then has been even close to as crazy, ski jumping is honestly big air dave with wings on your feet
