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In response to all the confusion about the record cliff jump

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Skibumsmith
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Would somebody PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE with a cherry on top find that article in "Skiing" magazine and type it up and post it. I would but the nearest skiing magazine is an hour drive away for me. You will get MAD KARMA from everybody guaranteed. and a cookie too.

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freezed
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puppies

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IanAvery-Leaf
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Ok, here it is, but u better +K me crazy!
Oh and Skkiing Mag, srry 4 posting this

Norwegians Would
A Norseman flies off a 351 foot cliff by accedent and lives!

Norwegian pro skier Fredd Syversen, 42, didn't have the luxury of scouting out his landing when he dropped a 351-ft cliff while filming near the Swiss town of Finhaup on March 18th. It was an accedent. Also a warmup run, says Syverson, who admits slacking in his pre run reconnaissance.

Syversen began his run arching low pow turns and then accelerated. He thought he was on the right track and let the skis run. "Then I realized I veered 20 meters off course," he says. "In a split second decision, I made the call that if I slowed down and hit a shark in those narrows, I'd FALL of the cliff, so I kept going." Syverson charged the lip at 50 miles per hour. "I saw rocks below and I figured I was living my last seconds." Fortunately, midflight he eyed a patch of snow to land on and "decided to survive this bitch."

The wind chatterd his skis, pushing Syversen into the backseat. After a 5 second fall, he managed to land on his back to reduce his impact - a move that doctors later said saved his life. With ski tips and one pole visable, it took the crew less than 4 minutes to dig him out. Miraculously, Syversen was unharmed and able to ski down to the heli, which flew him to the hospital for observation.

"Don't follow Fred's tracks," filmaker Thierry Donard radioed the two skiers who remained on top. "He may have just broken Jammie Pierre's record!" While the jury is still debating whether his accidental launch was a record breaker, Syversen says no. "It doesn't count unless you stomp it!"

Cliffnotes: Fred Syverson DID survive a 351 foot cliff!


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IanAvery-Leaf
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^ GET THE OCTOBER ISSUE FOR PICS
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skiEER
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i thought this was already common knowledge
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Elg
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It should count as a new record, jamie pierre didn't stomp hislanding either...
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skodeo7
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Pierre didn't even come fucking close to stomping his.
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Klick_2_klaim
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It doesnt count because the guy is a moron.

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soup
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not at all man.  seems like he was genuinely fucked so he just pinned it figuring if im going, im going out fast.  probly one of the more extreme dudes it sounds like. 

and ye landing on your back should not count as a record.  thats not skiing.
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Peach.
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as said before jamie didn't land it either. In fact he wore a backpack with towels in it to reduce the impact on his back which he planed to land on. I remember a quote from jamie pierre that went something like if I can ride away with all my gear on then I landed it. If we don't count this as a record breaker than we cant count Jamie's either. We have some serious thinking to do here.
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wrenegade
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I don't think those towels in the backpack really helped him considering he landed on his fucking head. lol. Hospital air is stupid. Agreed that it shouldn't count unless you stomp it, but if Jamie Pierre's one counts then this one counts too. Otherwise you go back and find the biggest one someone actually landed.
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lepp0012
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How many feet was his?
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Malcolm
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yeah i agree
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skodeo7
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I think around 234ft? Someone correct me I have a feeling I'm not quite spot on.
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no_steeze
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in tangerine dream he says something like "stomping it is when you land on your back still facing straight down the hill and pop up and ski down while keeping all your gear on"
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swanton
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I believe it was 255.
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Malcolm
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sick that means i stomped almst everything ive ever done even if i eat shit half the time
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sconnyFC
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here ya go, peeps.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/Richard.Hocking/SBpz8mBT8SI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/XTv71o7A9Y0/s800/WRCJ2-Blog.jpg

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SnowRidgeParks
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that is an insanely far way down... wow
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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245 ft.  I'm lookin at it right now
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creighton
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thats huge
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Drail
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well...... i was going to say that fuck yea, that shit counts... but i found a problem. say dumont didn't stick his cork 9 for the 35ft record... if he hit his mark but washed out in the landing, would they have counted that one? i think we gotta contact guinness for this one. Actually, if we did it that way, than no - it doesn't count... 'cause you gotta talk to them before hand and have one of them there on site to confirm it i think.

Either way - furthest anyone has free fallen without a chute on their back (weather the chute opens or not - referring to all those crazy buggers that survived after their chute didn't open while parachuting... crazy buggers).
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Casey
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I think the fact that he was like fuck it and hit it at 50 mph is enough to say it should count.
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snowboardersrule
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i never understood why jp's counted. he landed upside down. skiers are stupid.
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C+Thompson
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This guy charged a 351ft cliff, no scoping, no preparation at 50mhp and lived, skied away.
Jamie Pierre scoped his line for months, warmed up, prepared, slid off it at like 3mph and ate shit on his back.
I say this guys counts every bit, and more than Jamie Pierre's did.
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Elg
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word!!
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huge-go
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I hate these cliff jump records.  Any jackass with any coordination can strap on a pair of skis and land on his back off a 300 footer.  It should not count unless you stomp, which might be hard to "officially" judge, but we're skiers.  How something looks is more important than what "officially happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyfg_Qj-IbU

Something like about 48 seconds into this should get more consideration.

Or something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzixX5sQixE&feature=related

These last two videos are an example of something sick.  Following is an example of the previously described jackass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZh3_XuIuY

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Skibumsmith
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double word. imo it counts.

big shout out and thanks to ski.the.east. i didn't think anyone would actually do this. oh yeah everyone knew it happened I just wanted to see the article.

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yonnyg
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Intense thats for sure

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BennyV
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if either of those guys had "stomped it" they would have to get their legs surgically removed from their ass.
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-NY-STeeZE-
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horrible shinbang
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huge-go
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The thing is Jamie didn't even need skis.  He could have ran and jumped off the cliff. 
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BennyV
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hahaha imagine
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huge-go
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He probably would have been better off.  I thought he broke his neck when he got flipped because of his skis.
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comeatmebro
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correction: and ate shit on his head.

pierre's was an absolute JOKE and counted, this guys definitely does i say.
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KABURGS
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why dont one of you huck Pierre's clif?  I've seen it in person and he is lucky to be alive.  I would never attempt it and my nutz are huge
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Klick_2_klaim
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that must make it hard to run or even cross your legs.
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IanAvery-Leaf
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Bump, people should read this
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Tinga
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JordanClarke
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^my god thats gnnnnnarrly
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=FLO=
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That is so big, but honestly does not look like 350 feet.  Pierre's looks way bigger in the photo.
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thefrush
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Perspective is a funny thing.
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GreenStezz
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hahaha what haha...................
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hey_dude_its_me
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is jamie pierre that guy who was like, "this is my image to you like jesus on the cross"? that was the lamest shit I've ever heard
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salomonskiier12
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yes, but there is a large difference between being a complete idiot with big balls, and being a skilled professional (jamie pierre) who acts professional about it and thinks before he acts.
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ponyboy
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How the hell do you get lost on that face. I was picturing white-out conditions or a cliff band that had a 20 footer in the middle surrounded by huge cliffs, this guy had no business even being on this much of an exposed face. Or maybe he was supposed to die, and something went horribly wrong with that plan.
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thefrush
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I think he meant to ride the ridge directly above his take-off. You can see it's kinda higher than where he was. Just a guess.
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ponyboy
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Yeah that's what f'd about his line. Instead of staying on an obvious ridge it looks like he skied dirictly down  a gully. Seems like you'd want to understand the difference on a  line with fatal exposure.
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GGitzen
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bump...i think this is a really good forum that people should read
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GuerillaInDaMist
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At first i thought JP was the man for doing that, but now u corrected me.
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VTtreeskier
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thats only because theres nothing in the pic to give you perspective it is definitely much bigger than pierres
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