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Fastest speed someone's hit a jump

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RubberSoul
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I was thinking yesterday about the average speed for hitting jumps, and really for most nice jumps youre not really going that fast... but from TBC i know chad's (at least that day) needed like 55-60 mph.. does anyone know, or have an educated guess, what the fastest speed someone has hit a jump at is? i suppose im asking about man made lips, but i do remember seeing a video with sage absolutely pinning it at a windlip or something and doing a huge flat

anyway, any ideas? have there ever been any jumps hit that were pretty much at the upper limit of what a normal good skier would consider pointing it (somewhere between 60 and 75)?
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250r
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Chubz.
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i'm guessing the sammy's jump at hood 2 years ago needed at least 50-60mph..and that was one hell of a jump
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KillaSteeze
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some of those massive big air jumps probaly does, like the alyaska ones
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Gknow
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I think the average park skier is comfortable hitting big jumps at like 35mph. It'd be sweet to see a resort break out a radar gun and actually get a number
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Heart
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ive heard 55mph for chads gap as well. and seeing as chads gap is about as large as the biggest park jumps today i think it's safe to say that 55mph is about as fast as youll ever be going
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YoungChristmas
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This. I went to a ski jump last winter and they absolutely fly.
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ScooterLapooter
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Probably Joey
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JWeinstock
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idk if they have ever took someone speed leading up to the jump
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Turnup_swiperigh
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hahahah seen this so many times and it never gets old

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ForeverYung
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Hahahahha gets me every time
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HaydenWrong
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theres a race in alaska called arctic man.... the release point is nicknamed FIRSTAID because you send off a knoll at anywhere from 65-75 mph.. youtube arctic man.... i raced this year but wiped out about 100 feet before first aid..
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Tree60
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Candides fucking booking at 3:40. probably not the fastest, but shieeet.
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danbrown
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I don't know speeds but I'd guess Wilson, dumont and Candice on big Bertha
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Wallisch_pl
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this fast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBjddJJCm2s
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snakerton
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one time i went off a 60 footer at 90 mph. i landed on the landing of the next jump ;)
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Vinci
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A couple of years ago there was this rage film where they built a massive step up/over with two landings/takeoffs, the one where Derek Spong (spelling?) got injured. I remember Mike Wilson getting pulled from one of the sleds and frontflipping it at an inhuman speed.

+K if anyone finds it
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KillaSteeze
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pics or it didn't happen
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MikeWeinerONE
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Wilson hit a 180 footer back in 04-05 at 98 mph. Undershot, u can YouTube it.
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west-coast
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i got up to 90 just bombing, didnt hit a jump though..cant imagine boosting something going faster than 50
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TijmenDal
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Could very well be. I'm pretty sure that was bigger than nowadays biggest jumps.

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84891jnf92048
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theres no way he went 98. maybe 98 kilometers.
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B-WASS
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i remember this it was from corduroy, if i remember correctly they could have been going around 90
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Elg
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Those guys actually only go about 55-60mph. Seems a bit slow for how far they´re jumping, but when you watch it on tv they always show how fast they were going off the lip.

And i think some edit from chad´s had a radar gun in it, don´t remember which one.

And i don´t remember which movie it´s from, probably an older one, where they had 2 jumps going the opposite way of each other, where they were being towed in my snowmobiles and hitting pretty high speeds. i´ll look for the clip.
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Gknow
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I know what you're talking about, he had pov...straight lined it in going unhumanly fast

There was pov in the movie, cant find it on youtube.

(unrelated but he crashed on this huge rodeo 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feFwZGiBYWM&feature=related)



then check out more mike wilson shit cause he's a boss
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corona
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I always thought it looked like Dorion was going super fast here, but it's hard to say.


0:30

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corona
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actually I think the biggest of the step-ups at Candide invitational you'd have to be cooking to clear.
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snakerton
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sarcasm
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extravert
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this always looked fast to me
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extravert
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^ 0:50
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.ZT.
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Dumont maybe?

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accualyisdolan
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ns is back to serious
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fghtoffyrdmns
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they did off chads when t hall was hitting it in teddybear crisis
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MikeWeinerONE
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No. Mph. Read correctly.
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Tikayt
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Lol
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1337
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FUCK!

See thread title
First thing that I think of is "Joe's big fall"
Goes to youtube
Copys embed code
comes to thread
KAHWEKOHVJEHJRHJRHUHIWURHOUEWHPTIUWEHTPUOI SOMEONE BEAT ME TO IT >:(
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.Roockley.
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candide @ 3:43?

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RubberSoul
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he couldnt have been going 98 could he? he undershot by a solid amount, which implies he would have had to go more than 100 mph to clear the jump, which i can't imagine they would think is reasonable when doing some loose math before hitting it..?





great answers though!

big bertha- good call but didnt only candide hit it, undershoot, and get worked? i dont remember

the rage films jump is another good suggestion-- itd be nice if one of those dudes could chime in here. i remember one of them saying they felt like they were bouncing around in the air more than they were on the ground during the in run

SCI jump is another great suggestion, you could see they had to scoop out the in run cause of the compression so they were probably pinning it. in this case too there are def people on here that were there so itd be sick if they could drop by

and yeah that last shot in candide's teaser he's definitely mobbing but i think he probably loses a lot of speed after straighting the mogully part and goes over the flatter section

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RubberSoul
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oh yeah that's true. whatever the biggest step up has been would probably be a contender
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RubberSoul
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haha yeah he was cooking i wonder how fast he was going
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coldcuts69
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So god damn stoked for this shit.
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SpookyCat
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This is the nature of action sports, for kids to completely ignorant about their own sport. If anyone has the record it's Mike Wilson for being towed into the true channel gap at the park shoot for RAGE Films Corduroy. He was being towed in at just under 100 MPH, yes that's MILES per hour, and he kept overshooting the jump to the bottom. Here's the trailer with one of Wilson's overshoots. http://www.ragefilms.com/storeProduct.php?id=RP-024

Now can you kids go back to discussing something you know about like the personal lives of pro skiers? This thread is just painful to read through.
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RubberSoul
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thanks for the answer i guess (assuming that's true that he was going just under 100) but uhh..rough day? not really sure what's got your goat like that man jeez haha
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SpookyCat
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kids on NS want an answer

kids on NS get an answer

kids on NS don't believe the answer



if you don't want the jimmies then don't rustle the gorilla's bush.



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RubberSoul
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haha wow dude get a fucking life. thanks for reminding me why i never come on here anymore. have fun acting hard online man
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Bloc_chain
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do rollers in a DH race count? I've definitely launched farther and way faster off one then any jump
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Jibberino
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I find it hard to believe that he was being towed at 100 mph, seeing that downhill skiing max out at like 90 mph, which is you fall you die fast. Even if he was, he wouldn't have hit the lip of the jump with 100 mph. I would guess on some of the biggest jumps, JOI, Big Bertha, Frostgun they will come in to the tranny hallin ass at like 70-80 mph, but going of the lip at no more than 50-60 mph.
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RubberSoul
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yeah im a bit skeptical about that. even for a guy like wilson hitting the lip at 100 doesnt sound all that plausible
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SpookyCat
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no it's pretty easy to get up to 98mph when you're being towed in by a sled, going down a ski run...

it scares me to think about what will be forgotten by you kids in the next 3 years...
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Jibberino
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Yeah, it's also easy to get up to 150 mph jumping out of an airplane, tricky bit is landing safely on the ground again. Stop being so condescending.
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tbayskier
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dude he wasn't going 98 mph. not even close.  max 60
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