Candide Thovex crashes on The Big Bertha

dr_phil · 2007-04-05 12:44:31

[IMG]http://www.dynargie.ch/candboite.jpg[/IMG] He hit the deck, he didn't have enough speed Apparently he hurt his back, it's not looking good ... :(

Shadows

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huh?

Apr 5 2007 12:46PM

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Krish

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i dont see anything..

Apr 5 2007 12:47PM

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moneygnarsteez3

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wow!! that sux, that jump is just stupid. such a bad idea.

Apr 5 2007 12:47PM

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Jeff_Lo

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ouch!

Apr 5 2007 12:47PM

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dr_phil

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P.S. : The Big Bertha is the huge hump(150 feet with some kind of sheep head on the deck) at the Candide Invitational that no one cleared.

Apr 5 2007 12:47PM

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snowXrider540

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holy fuck.

is he alright?

Apr 5 2007 12:48PM

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dr_phil

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Yeah same jump, but it's not him on the pic.

http://www.skipass.com/forums/sports/ski_freestyle/sujet-82220.html
^Here's a link (it's in French though)

Apr 5 2007 12:49PM

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pussy

Apr 5 2007 1:06PM

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colin13

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damn he never injures himself, i rememeber seeing him bailing on chad's gap three times, twice into the wall and then doing a d-spin 7 the next day over it

Apr 5 2007 1:45PM

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nhjibber

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that looks pretty serious, look how far down the landing he slid.

Apr 5 2007 1:54PM

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thats a gnarley picture

Apr 5 2007 1:56PM

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HeathR

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its candide im sure he is fine

Apr 5 2007 2:11PM

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no it's not candide in this picture, candide's try was today and no news for the moment

Apr 5 2007 2:20PM

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hes french he'll recover

Apr 5 2007 2:23PM

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spere

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that really sucks, hopefully he makes a full recovery soon

Apr 5 2007 2:28PM

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HeathR

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shit they had that picture up for a while so i assumed he was fine. I didn't realize that this happened today.

Apr 5 2007 2:40PM

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Holy shit... so nobody cleared it? I can imagine that if Candide came up short, that's probably something of a deterrent to everyone else.

Apr 5 2007 2:47PM

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triebby

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holy shit, he had to be thirty feet above the deck

Apr 5 2007 3:32PM

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Craigskis

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The skier in this photo, didn't really pop going off the jump,

the physics involved look all wrong.

That jump is Gnar Gnar...

Apr 5 2007 3:34PM

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rokinout

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wow that a sick ass jump, hope he all right cuz it could be real bad

Apr 5 2007 3:38PM

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colin13

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well ask yourself this: do ninja's get hurt?
i think you know the answer
but seriously i hope this doesnt make him mellow out like tanner

Apr 5 2007 3:46PM

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ATLskier

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candide has been injured a lot, what are you talking about?

Apr 5 2007 4:24PM

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snowXrider540

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damn we need some fucking updates. im worried bout my main man.

Apr 5 2007 4:28PM

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Edward.

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i dont remember a time when i heard of candide getting injured

Apr 5 2007 4:30PM

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dr_phil

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******* UPDATE *********
Apparently he injured his hip, was taken down the slope on sled
and the way he crashed is like this: He hit the deck than "bounced" to the very end of the landing.

Apr 5 2007 4:38PM

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eastAR5

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bad idea for a jump

Apr 5 2007 4:39PM

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Candide is the man, but an idiot for building such a dangerous and stupid jump.

Apr 5 2007 4:39PM

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NWFlow

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X games like two years ago...he has some recurring knee problems if i remember correctly.

I don't ever remember jon getting hurt though

Apr 5 2007 4:42PM

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more like 60

Apr 5 2007 5:22PM

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snowXrider540

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although i guess thats not him, whoever it is he is soooo high that has to hurt unbelievably badly falling 60 feet to flat...and i hope candide didnt fuck up his hip too bad.....

Apr 5 2007 5:38PM

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fuck i hope hes doing ok

Apr 5 2007 5:41PM

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chewy15

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I don't understand what is so dangerous about the big bertha. Its just a rediculously huge jump. There is nothing abnormally dangerous about it. It has an enormous landing that leaves lots of room for an over shot. All the skiers that hit it didn't clear the knowl, the cause of all the injuries. Im sure it will be kept up and people with hit when the conditions allow a safer environmentn.(which is why the jump was originally closed)

Apr 5 2007 5:43PM

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WARP

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It seems like there is no fracture to his hips,
that's what frenchies say.

Apr 5 2007 5:49PM

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i wish you a speedy recovery candide

Apr 5 2007 6:08PM

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dwalk

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i doubt candide actually "built" that jump himself...

Apr 5 2007 6:27PM

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miroz

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Damn dude, wishes for a speedy recovery... Uber-bummer!

Apr 5 2007 7:01PM

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snowXrider540

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i agree completely

Apr 5 2007 7:03PM

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LarsBK

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It's not only huge in lenght, but it's a huge step down, which makes the drop from the top of the curve to the knuckle much larger. And if you come up short, you're basically screwed.
A safer jump would be like the one at JOI last year, which was a step up. If you hit the deck, it's not that dangerous, and you can still go pretty far.

Apr 5 2007 7:23PM

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deff not cool

Apr 5 2007 7:26PM

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Rez4frederick

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damn that sucks fucking badly..........hurting your hip would fucking hurt. :(

Apr 5 2007 7:26PM

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jump at joi last yr was prob half the lenght u need a huge step down to really far like in booters ball they had like no step up so they were having to get towed in super fast just to clear

Apr 5 2007 7:45PM

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LarsBK

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Yeah, a 150 ft step up would pretty much be impossible I guess. But a 150 ft jump is just not a good idea.

Apr 5 2007 7:48PM

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