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SofaKingSickbut jeez remember when mammoth would sometimes have ~90-100 foot jumps open to the public? june mtn too i think sometimes
For sure. I think the biggest thing is trajectory. A mellow 100' step down rodes sketchier than a 70' jump these days. You can do the same tricks. Honestly prolly easier on the shorter steeper jump with a steep landing.
We still open 65' plus at mammoth sometimes.
Sucks ass i drove 4 hours to hit 60'+ at mt snow back in the day and now I work at a place that sometimes builds 70' plus and I'm hella scared lol
theabortionatorFor sure. I think the biggest thing is trajectory. A mellow 100' step down rodes sketchier than a 70' jump these days. You can do the same tricks. Honestly prolly easier on the shorter steeper jump with a steep landing.
We still open 65' plus at mammoth sometimes.
Sucks ass i drove 4 hours to hit 60'+ at mt snow back in the day and now I work at a place that sometimes builds 70' plus and I'm hella scared lol
100% with you, big steep takeoffs and landings on a table or stepover are entirely less sketchy than step downs. glad stepdowns fell in popularity
also yeah i'm too washed up/scared/old for the huge jumps these days anyway but you don't see big jumps that much anymore besides at a select few places (one of which you work at, of course)
mike wilson come up short hitting a ~185' jump back in '04. i've never seen another purpose built jump made to that length. i couldn't find a clip online so i tossed the old yearbook dvd into the xbox and filmed it on my phone for anyone who hasn't seen it
bennwithtwonsmike wilson come up short hitting a ~185' jump back in '04. i've never seen another purpose built jump made to that length. i couldn't find a clip online so i tossed the old yearbook dvd into the xbox and filmed it on my phone for anyone who hasn't seen it
bennwithtwonsmike wilson come up short hitting a ~185' jump back in '04. i've never seen another purpose built jump made to that length. i couldn't find a clip online so i tossed the old yearbook dvd into the xbox and filmed it on my phone for anyone who hasn't seen it
What a legend for having this dvd and filming it for us. I would donate some karma if I could. That jump was nuts, he really merked himself. Would have been cool to see him make it.
bennwithtwonsmike wilson come up short hitting a ~185' jump back in '04. i've never seen another purpose built jump made to that length. i couldn't find a clip online so i tossed the old yearbook dvd into the xbox and filmed it on my phone for anyone who hasn't seen it
Yeah, legs of steel is the one, unless you're talkin about hucking cliffs. But for sure the LOS one is insanity. You could tell it wasn't going to go well before they all started hitting it. Guaranteed trips to medical centre and medics on mountain, even for pro level punters.
Brother_truckerYeah, legs of steel is the one, unless you're talkin about hucking cliffs. But for sure the LOS one is insanity. You could tell it wasn't going to go well before they all started hitting it. Guaranteed trips to medical centre and medics on mountain, even for pro level punters.
i gotta watch that segment again, can you remind me what ended up happening? i know they hit it straight and made the landing, but did everyone wreck when they tried tricks on it?
As far as a public park, biggest I've ever seen is the Breckenridge Park Lane jump line circa 2009-10.
75', 100', and 125'.
The X games big air lines are always massive and probably top 3 every year, but idk the dimensions. The slopestyle jumps seemed huge this year as if they were as big as big air.
**This post was edited on Feb 10th 2025 at 4:38:51pm
holy shit that vid was real? i thought for sure it was edited. now i'm just wondering what the plan was, like is there something to transfer onto anywhere near that?
SofaKingSicki gotta watch that segment again, can you remind me what ended up happening? i know they hit it straight and made the landing, but did everyone wreck when they tried tricks on it?
Not sure anyone was tricking it, Paddy went long and did some damage, and another lad knuckled it and also did plenty damage.... think that was about it from what i recall. Paddy sent it straight first mind, which is something all by itself.
This is mottolino in Livigno. Think it was about 10 years ago. Reckon he would've been alright if he'd have just had his goggles strap on the outside of his helmet :-)
SofaKingSick100% with you, big steep takeoffs and landings on a table or stepover are entirely less sketchy than step downs. glad stepdowns fell in popularity
also yeah i'm too washed up/scared/old for the huge jumps these days anyway but you don't see big jumps that much anymore besides at a select few places (one of which you work at, of course)
Well maybe, but there was nothing quite like them step down kicks :-)
mountaindewgirlAs far as a public park, biggest I've ever seen is the Breckenridge Park Lane jump line circa 2009-10.
75', 100', and 125'.
The X games big air lines are always massive and probably top 3 every year, but idk the dimensions. The slopestyle jumps seemed huge this year as if they were as big as big air.
**This post was edited on Feb 10th 2025 at 4:38:51pm
Think what they refer to as Olympic size is 23m. But that is to clear knuckle. So it'll be a fair bit more than 23m when they send it.
bennwithtwonsthe movie said he was back on skis 3 months later... some people are just built different i guess
16 years old mate. We all bounce far better at that age... and recover a lot faster, both mentally and physically. Do this at 50 and you'll never ski again.
Not sure if this what OP meant but this is definitely the biggest jump I've ever seen, he claims 237 feet (70 something meters) and I think thats an understatement lol
ben.bodettDoes anyone have a link to the original of this video? Been trying to show a friend but haven't been able to find it myself.
He's francis_cjr on insta and had posted it. He posted it because people wanted to see it so don't feel like it's sketchy to post it.
It's pretty wild and def looks fake but is 100% real. He's super lucky he didn't land on his head. He got massively injured obviously but for that crash I don't think its possible to walk sesy without breaking a few things.
mountaindewgirlAs far as a public park, biggest I've ever seen is the Breckenridge Park Lane jump line circa 2009-10.
75', 100', and 125'.
The X games big air lines are always massive and probably top 3 every year, but idk the dimensions. The slopestyle jumps seemed huge this year as if they were as big as big air.
**This post was edited on Feb 10th 2025 at 4:38:51pm
This year was 55', 60', 65' which is pretty standard for them. It's been a little bigger in the past at times I think but thats pretty spot on. I think big air was like 70, maybe a bit more when they used to build a separate jump.
You don't really see much over 65' outside of photo shoots these days. Places woll still build 80'er for those but that's really the biggest you need to go.
Big enough to quad is pretty friggin big.
The take offs and landings are so much steeper these days. So jumps have def gotten smaller in general and big jump lines nerfed but the actual big jumps that still exist ride as big as somewhat bigger ones from the past.
Reminds me of the dudes who built park at my home mtn for a season after I left. Good snowboarder, not good builders. 90' jump with a landing suitable for mayne a 25' and hella flat. Step down. They're lucky nobody got killed or badly injured. They would have been so fucked in a courtroom.
Size isn't everything sometimes but yeah, RIP big jump lines. Those were the days
theabortionatorHow big was big bertha? The one Candide got wrecked on. 130ish?
Just watched Few Words and they said the one he crashed on had 44 meters of flat before you make the knuckle. And 14m height of the deck when you send it.....
Was gonna say the big Bertha jumps have to be up there.
Brother_truckerJust watched Few Words and they said the one he crashed on had 44 meters of flat before you make the knuckle. And 14m height of the deck when you send it.....
