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Some facts for u guys
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Hehe,
Somebody told me about this discussion (could'nt read it trough, too
much), and I like to add a few facts, the rest I will leave for the
film and the pics. I can’t give you any proof, that’s not for me to
decide.
My ski philosophy is that you should always stick your landings, that’s
gonna progress our sport! Going this BIG we’ll leave to the BASE
jumpers.
This was the warm up run at the beginning of the day during heli
filming, and it turned out that I missed the end of my line with not to
many meters (difficult routefinding cause of similar terrain features
). I let my skis go pretty much into the falline and picks up speed
instantly, and just thereafter realises my fault and that I will go out
something, probably huge.
The mind works amangsingly fast under stressed situations; breaking or
trying to stop was no longer an option, it simply went to fast. If I
had tried that I would’nt write this. So that left one choice; go for
it, and do it right!
For a fraction of a second I thought this is it, but manages to get in
a slight right turn to avoid the cliffs on my skiers left in the
landing area. Then comes the take off at an amazing speed ( it felt
like that ), I see snow underneath, and I decied that it’s not over yet.
In flight I tried to keep a position as long as I could, but
airpressure finally pushes the skitips up and you end up in the
backseat. That’s what I wanted as well, because landing it anything
else than horisontally was out of the question!
I had an ABS avalanche back pack, and for those who know, it has a
little metal/alumunium bottle ? near the lower back, not good if you
land on your back. So I tilted my body slightly to the left before
impact and that probably saved my spine.
I did’nt want this to come out, but with mobile pones around……
Nuit de la Glisse Films / Perfect Moment Clothing company, producer Thierry Donard
Photographer : Felix St. Clair Rénard
Measure of the jump 330 feet.
For the skiing watch Free Radicals : Rising and Snowblind and Nuit de la Glisse: Perfect Moment ”The Contact”.
And as far as I know; I am not 42 yet, but hope I will be.
Fred Syversen"
