Cliff drops

sonty · 2010-03-08 20:57:26

just dropped a 40 footer today and the rush of doin a frontflip to your back into fresh pow is so much more intense than hitting a park jump. anyone else agree? if you haven't i suggest you work up to doing it.

fratskier69

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why did you land on your back?

Mar 8 2010 8:58PM

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P.opsicle

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Silly noob, your supposed to land on your skis not your back.

But seriously thats sick.

Mar 8 2010 8:59PM

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lanny94

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ya way more fun than riding park jumps but not landing on ur back

Mar 8 2010 9:01PM

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Milksteak

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I LOVE doing lazy front flips into pow. It doesn't hurt at all.

Mar 8 2010 9:02PM

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sonty

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i just landed on my back on this cliff today, the landing was a little sketch but as i said cliff jumping is so much more fun than park when you have pow

Mar 8 2010 9:07PM

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/claim

Mar 8 2010 9:10PM

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Ducky.

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I agree!

Mar 8 2010 9:13PM

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rj.

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nice man

Mar 8 2010 9:14PM

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Jamestown

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I love the feeling of dropping a cliff then making the high speed turns afterwards. I don't know why, just feels badass.

Mar 8 2010 9:17PM

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Chompo.

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Thats sick. i deffinently like cliffs better than jumps. But i live in the midwest

Mar 8 2010 9:17PM

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lanny94

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when theres no pow it just destroys ur knees/feet

Mar 8 2010 10:27PM

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Jamestown

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I kinda like stomping small-medium sized cliffs when there's not much pow. I feel like a much more skilled skier for some reason. Definitely not as fun as pow cliff drops, but there's some adventure/accomplishment to be had.

Mar 8 2010 10:38PM

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TPalms

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Haha I live in the midwest too, we find our own cliffs lol

-This is me at Ohio State.

Mar 8 2010 10:47PM

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brickerenator

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Bohemia.

I was just there. Don't tell me it's too far of a drive, I live in Maryland.

Cliffs are fun. Biggest I hit was 15-20 feet, tho.

Mar 9 2010 2:24PM

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7 springs

Mar 9 2010 2:45PM

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Drail

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you should start doing big mountain comps than... you can huck cliffs to hard landings to your hearts content.

Mar 9 2010 3:21PM

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b-kul

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unfortunatly if you hit a 40 footer on the ec you would probably die. most ive gone for is 10 over here.

Mar 9 2010 3:23PM

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I did my first front flip off a cliff the other day...unfortunately it was after i landed....somehow miraculously i did end up back on my skis though

Mar 9 2010 3:30PM

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hahaha nice cliff.

Mar 9 2010 3:53PM

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Ben.

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biggest ive done is somewhere between 15-20 and i felt awesome. i cant imagine 40

Mar 9 2010 3:55PM

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ik. it wat i do

Mar 9 2010 4:00PM

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TPalms

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The biggest real cliff I've done is around 20ish. I was so afraid the first time, but after you go for it its like nothing.

Mar 9 2010 5:07PM

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Hakkalugi

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Only ral cliff i ever did was like 10 ft with 7ft of pow at the base. ANy one got any more pics? 40 feet is FUCKING HIGH.

Mar 9 2010 6:34PM

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brickerenator

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Lulz, for real?

Mar 9 2010 8:31PM

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sonty

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this is one i sent about thirty feet a while back

Mar 9 2010 8:35PM

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TPalms

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Damn! Front flip I'm presuming?

Mar 9 2010 8:55PM

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sonty

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yeah they're way fun when you have good conditions to do them

Mar 9 2010 9:21PM

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i can agree to that

Mar 9 2010 9:24PM

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onearmwanderer

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is that election at snowbird? i swear it looks just like it.

Mar 9 2010 9:26PM

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Jamestown

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Precisely why I just bought 190 Moment Rubies with FKS155s. I wanna start getting into it.

Mar 9 2010 9:28PM

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sonty

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yeah it is election just on a pow day back in january. the ultimate goal for the season would be to hit smokestack but i doubt that will happen with the snow pack and how scary the drop is

Mar 9 2010 9:46PM

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onearmwanderer

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yep i did it back in january too, ha no front flip but it was fun. i know i've heard the name smokestack before... where is it at?

Mar 9 2010 9:49PM

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sonty

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it's skier's right of the great scott cliff below the tram. it's a good 50 foot drop to the base

Mar 9 2010 10:06PM

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na

Mar 9 2010 10:10PM

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SICKYGNARGNAR

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Drops are the BEST!

Mar 9 2010 10:58PM

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sonty

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That's ill man

Mar 9 2010 11:04PM

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onearmwanderer

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sickygnargnar indeed.

Mar 9 2010 11:20PM

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Funnel

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Biggest I've hit is 25, maybe 30, I've heard thirty from my friends, but I say 25. 40 is sick as fuck and the balls it takes to hit that is pretty incredible. I've stood on top of 40 at my mountain and I can't even imagine how sick it feels flying through the air dropping four stories. Who loves hitting drops, hanging out in the white room and riding away with snow beard and patches of fresh on your goggles? I love stomping new tricks in the park and it feels great, but the feeling of dropping a big cliff and riding away is so much better.

Mar 9 2010 11:38PM

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sonty

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that's exactly how i feel man. amen

Mar 9 2010 11:50PM

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Flik

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Cliffs are so much more intense! So fun!

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

Mar 10 2010 12:42AM

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Flik

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^They are two separate videos. One's a front flip, the other is a back flip. It looks like a double post, but it's not.

Mar 10 2010 12:44AM

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special-J

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Dude that's more of a gap than a drop... Haha soo sick

Mar 10 2010 1:39AM

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SirFryanator

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I LOVE CLIFFS.

Mar 10 2010 1:56AM

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basically my favourite thing in the world

Mar 10 2010 2:21AM

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great thread

Mar 10 2010 2:25AM

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brickerenator

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Agreed.

Where are some good places to hit cliffs?

I'm taking a college graduation celebration trip next winter.....

Mar 10 2010 7:05AM

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Funnel

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I haven't been to many places around NA, but Squaw has an insane amount of cliffs. Pretty much everywhere you look you can find a cliff. Granite Chief is super dope if you want lots of smaller cliffs (20-30).

Mar 10 2010 9:59AM

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