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I was just wondering what it feels like to go off a larger cliff (40-60 feet)? What does the landing feel like? what does the air time feel like? I have gone off 20 footers but nothing larger so how would that feel compared to a larger cliff (50 feet)
big cliffs are wild cause it takes so long to get the the landing. you get in the air and then start to judge where you will actually land. and if it's anything less than 45deg pitch, you're gonna feel that shit. it helps to being doing something in the air so you aren't just flailing... which is why the likes of Julian Carr is always sending font flips off his biggest hucks.
snomasterbig cliffs are wild cause it takes so long to get the the landing. you get in the air and then start to judge where you will actually land. and if it's anything less than 45deg pitch, you're gonna feel that shit. it helps to being doing something in the air so you aren't just flailing... which is why the likes of Julian Carr is always sending font flips off his biggest hucks.
all true
plus, cliffs are way gnarlier than most jumps cause you just pick up speed the entire time basically. on a nice jump, halfway through your jump you hit the apex and arent moving up or down. off a cliff it's just (maybe a tiny little up,) down down down down BOOM landing
All I remember was saying "You're a fucking idiot, you're a fucking idiot, you're a fucking idiot" while I was dropping. My friends and I later referred to it as the YFI factor. We would rate cliffs based on how many times you would say "You fucking idiot or You're a fucking idiot" before you landed. A cliff with a YFI factor of 4 was Burley. For example, this was the largest in bounds cliff on Vail Mountain at the time, and it had a YFI factor of just under 3 to 3.5 depending on whether you skated into it.
The first time I dropped the waterfall on Peak Chair in Whistler (maybe 40ft all said and done) I knee'd my self in the face upon landing and left a trail of blood back to the chair lift because the landing just was not steep enough, despite the few feet of fresh at the bottom.
Obviously its always dependent on the landing but in general....
The difference between 20 and 30 is pretty mellow. Up around 40 is when things start to get a little more serious. You definitely have to try a bit harder to hold it together. By 50 your really getting up there. You just have a lot more time to fuck up in the air and normally you've got to come off 50 footers pretty hot. You're landings have to be on point or else your going home with mad shin bang. I've gone bigger than 50 once and I don't care to ever do it again. (proof in the vid below)
ilikefoodThe first time I dropped the waterfall on Peak Chair in Whistler (maybe 40ft all said and done) I knee'd my self in the face upon landing and left a trail of blood back to the chair lift because the landing just was not steep enough, despite the few feet of fresh at the bottom.
Make sure the landing is steep and deep.
literally the same exact thing happened to me on waterfall and I managed to compression fracture a vertebrae the landing is super flat
It's fucked because you know pretty much how and where you're going to land for what seems like a while. Weird because it feels like you're looking at it forever as you launch, but rushes into your face and into focus so fast as you get close to landing. Never sent anything hero-big, but that's my experience with 40 footers, which are fucking big to me.
Black-BandannaIt's fucked because you know pretty much how and where you're going to land for what seems like a while. Weird because it feels like you're looking at it forever as you launch, but rushes into your face and into focus so fast as you get close to landing. Never sent anything hero-big, but that's my experience with 40 footers, which are fucking big to me.
my other main "complaint" about cliffs is you don't know what the landing will be like til you hit. on a park jump i might undershoot, overshoot, or anything in between, but i know before hitting the ground what the impact is going to be like
off a cliff your particular landing spot could require anything from landing bolts to hip checking and you don't really know til it's too late to change plans
Mr.HuckAll I remember was saying "You're a fucking idiot, you're a fucking idiot, you're a fucking idiot" while I was dropping. My friends and I later referred to it as the YFI factor. We would rate cliffs based on how many times you would say "You fucking idiot or You're a fucking idiot" before you landed. A cliff with a YFI factor of 4 was Burley. For example, this was the largest in bounds cliff on Vail Mountain at the time, and it had a YFI factor of just under 3 to 3.5 depending on whether you skated into it.
Maybe he's the only person who actually has an accurate measurement for what he dropped. The average skier no doubt overestimates their largest drop by at least 20%
40-60...first is the dreaded feeling of going over the edge. Once in the air, time stops for really long time. Impacts in deep pow is the best feeling in the world...like landing in the softest cushion in existence. As long as you pound into the landing, the feeling is consistently good. Then, after landing, a huge rush hits the brain and you feel invulnerable and supercharged with joy.
What gets me every time, is the fact perceived time is much slower than gopro time.
