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Simon Dumont is an alien?

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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Was browsing some freeskiers on Wikipedia when I came across this:


In 2006-07, Dumont overshot a 100-foot jump in Park City, Utah, by some eighty feet, landing flat, rupturing his spleen and breaking his pelvis in three places, but he returned to skiing only two months later.

That must be a typo right?
May 8 2018 2:23PM
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trill
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/740393/Simon-Dumont-Overshoots-A-Jump-By-100-Feet-
May 8 2018 3:03PM
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mattm7
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trillhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/740393/Simon-Dumont-Overshoots-A-Jump-By-100-Feet-


Christ
May 8 2018 3:36PM
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SofaKingSick
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yeah he went splat big time on that one. it was while filming his TBD segment which is sick (as is the whole movie)

as for his turnaround time, i do remember being surprised at how fast he came back but i don't remember the details. i'm sure they cover it well in his movie "Transitions": https://vimeo.com/14951104
May 8 2018 3:42PM
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SofaKingSick
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SofaKingSickit was while filming his TBD segment which is sick (as is the whole movie)


TBC***
May 8 2018 4:00PM
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skierman
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Worst idea for a park shoot since anything Rage Films has done.
May 8 2018 4:03PM
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powpatrol
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Anyone else remember a guy saying that he found out his girlfriends dad was the guy towing him in?
May 8 2018 4:18PM
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theabortionator
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BigPurpleSkiSuitWas browsing some freeskiers on Wikipedia when I came across this:


In 2006-07, Dumont overshot a 100-foot jump in Park City, Utah, by some eighty feet, landing flat, rupturing his spleen and breaking his pelvis in three places, but he returned to skiing only two months later.

That must be a typo right?


I think it's a typo. Looked like he overshot by at least 100
May 8 2018 5:04PM
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dwt802
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powpatrolAnyone else remember a guy saying that he found out his girlfriends dad was the guy towing him in?


I remember that from like a year ago in here I think.
May 8 2018 7:09PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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I'm not talking about the overshoot, I mean that he was back on skis two months after a broken pelvis
May 8 2018 7:29PM
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theabortionator
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BigPurpleSkiSuitI'm not talking about the overshoot, I mean that he was back on skis two months after a broken pelvis


It was a joke. And yes. It was spring so he didnt ride anymore in the states but he might have hit NZ. He was at the open the next year but not sure if he competed in 05.

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/857965/Simon-Dumont-terrible-crash-in-2005-back-story-

There's the thread people were talking about.
May 8 2018 9:33PM
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SofaKingSick
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BigPurpleSkiSuitI'm not talking about the overshoot, I mean that he was back on skis two months after a broken pelvis


the video i posted for you has mike douglas claiming the same 2-months-later return
May 9 2018 9:16AM
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obi_juan
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powpatrolAnyone else remember a guy saying that he found out his girlfriends dad was the guy towing him in?


Yeah you beat me to it! Apparently the guy on the sled didn't have much experience
May 9 2018 9:32AM
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powpatrol
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powpatrolAnyone else remember a guy saying that he found out his girlfriends dad was the guy towing him in?

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/857965/Simon-Dumont-terrible-crash-in-2005-back-story-
May 9 2018 4:52PM
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