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Topher gnarly ass crash

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brownetown
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Holy shit did you guys see Topher’s injury? Mad respect to that dude, hope he heals quick. Gimme some more horror stories to keep me from going huge tomorrow

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI1dLWfH-fj/?igshid=vonnp22qb5sz

**This thread was edited on Dec 16th 2020 at 12:59:04pm
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galardogod
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Damn I can’t say I have heard of such an injury that’s pretty bonkers
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ericforman
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Jesus what even happened? That looked so routine for him and somehow his whole leg shattered.
4 years ago
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Austintexas25
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ericformanJesus what even happened? That looked so routine for him and somehow his whole leg shattered.


Looks like edge on his right ski caught and straightened him out and then the rail hit him right between the bones
4 years ago
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mountaindewgirl
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Ohh poor thing! Healing vibes his way
4 years ago
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LogoWart
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dislocated my shoulder yesterday around 200 feet above that s rail. such a fat rip, because I always see toph in the park doing some crazy shit. Hopefully meadows does not take any more victims.
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brownetown
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LogoWartdislocated my shoulder yesterday around 200 feet above that s rail. such a fat rip, because I always see toph in the park doing some crazy shit. Hopefully meadows does not take any more victims.


Fuck dude that sucks, hope you heal quick
4 years ago
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weastcoat
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The slo mo part of that really hurt my eyes in a special way
4 years ago
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rubberpantaloons
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hard to watch, the screams make it horrible
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OCoffey
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LogoWartdislocated my shoulder yesterday around 200 feet above that s rail. such a fat rip, because I always see toph in the park doing some crazy shit. Hopefully meadows does not take any more victims.

Bro which feature
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ScootSkiLyfe
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OCoffeyBro which feature


Pretty sure he was flipping somewhere up under vista
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CatdickBojangles
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This clip and the clip of Warnick destroying his knee from the one Stept movie deserve a special place in the hall of meat.
4 years ago
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ReturnToMonkey
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CatdickBojanglesThis clip and the clip of Warnick destroying his knee from the one Stept movie deserve a special place in the hall of meat.

Anyone who provides this clip gets some extra special pow turns in heaven
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CatdickBojangles
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ConesForBreakfastAnyone who provides this clip gets some extra special pow turns in heaven


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/984855/WEIGHT--Part-9---Fall-Segment

Starts at 2:45
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SuspiciousFish
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CatdickBojanglesThis clip and the clip of Warnick destroying his knee from the one Stept movie deserve a special place in the hall of meat.


Its an old one but the classic Mike Wilson undershoot deserves a special mention as well:


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/673470/mike-wilson
4 years ago
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C_leeski
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fuck, that looked so painful
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TheHamburglar
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CatdickBojanglesThis clip and the clip of Warnick destroying his knee from the one Stept movie deserve a special place in the hall of meat.


I'm throwing LJ's knee injury in there also
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CTD
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SuspiciousFishIts an old one but the classic Mike Wilson undershoot deserves a special mention as well:


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/673470/mike-wilson


skiing in the early 2000s was insane. the biggest airs ever on sketchy ass early twin tips. there was no limit. that hit is unbelievably massive
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CatdickBojangles
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CTDskiing in the early 2000s was insane. the biggest airs ever on sketchy ass early twin tips. there was no limit. that hit is unbelievably massive


And the fact that he was skiing 3 months after that is insane.
4 years ago
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deathcookie
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Who remembers the Derek Spong crash?

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/741700/Derek-Sponge-Crash
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Yung_Gnarley
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I knew I was terrified of that S-rail for a reason lol. But holy shit dude that's horrible. Aghhhh just fuck that. Soo many healing vibes Topher. Hope to get a lap w/ ya once yer back!
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katrina
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deathcookieWho remembers the Derek Spong crash?

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/741700/Derek-Sponge-Crash


He ruptured his aorta I think. So thankful he's ok, such a great human.
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Yung_Gnarley
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SuspiciousFishIts an old one but the classic Mike Wilson undershoot deserves a special mention as well:


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/673470/mike-wilson


I'm convinced that this is basically as good as it could have gone. If he went fast enough to clear the knuckle, that landing would have disappeared before he hit the ground. Such short, steep landing for such a long flat jump, smh
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SuspiciousFish
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deathcookieWho remembers the Derek Spong crash?

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/741700/Derek-Sponge-Crash


This one always takes the cake. I remember seeing this at the Cordoroy premier back in 2006. Probably the worst crash in the history of Park skiing and he almost died. From what I remember the impact literally dislodged his heart and almost tore out his Aorta.

Basically what happened was they built the jump but the hill was too small to get enough speed so they took snowmobiles and towed the skiers in over the top of the hill. Derek was the first to go but the sled didnt go fast enough.

Cordoroy is still a classic mid 2000s movie. It had a pretty stacked group of riders in their youth and some pretty insane stuff. Definitely miss the vibe of these older films.

Here is the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFuaMpfTGVI&feature=emb_logo
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skierman
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SuspiciousFishThis one always takes the cake. I remember seeing this at the Cordoroy premier back in 2006. Probably the worst crash in the history of Park skiing and he almost died. From what I remember the impact literally dislodged his heart and almost tore out his Aorta.

Basically what happened was they built the jump but the hill was too small to get enough speed so they took snowmobiles and towed the skiers in over the top of the hill. Derek was the first to go but the sled didnt go fast enough.

Cordoroy is still a classic mid 2000s movie. It had a pretty stacked group of riders in their youth and some pretty insane stuff. Definitely miss the vibe of these older films.

Here is the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFuaMpfTGVI&feature=emb_logo


2 of 3 layers of his aorta ripped off so yeah, pretty close to death. Much more gnarly than the pussy shit the OP posted.




Waaahhh I hit my shin on a rail! wahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
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CatdickBojangles
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SuspiciousFishThis one always takes the cake. I remember seeing this at the Cordoroy premier back in 2006. Probably the worst crash in the history of Park skiing and he almost died. From what I remember the impact literally dislodged his heart and almost tore out his Aorta.

Basically what happened was they built the jump but the hill was too small to get enough speed so they took snowmobiles and towed the skiers in over the top of the hill. Derek was the first to go but the sled didnt go fast enough.

Cordoroy is still a classic mid 2000s movie. It had a pretty stacked group of riders in their youth and some pretty insane stuff. Definitely miss the vibe of these older films.

Here is the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFuaMpfTGVI&feature=emb_logo


Jump building has thankfully come a long way. It looks like that lip is almost level with the landing.
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deathcookie
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SuspiciousFishThis one always takes the cake. I remember seeing this at the Cordoroy premier back in 2006. Probably the worst crash in the history of Park skiing and he almost died. From what I remember the impact literally dislodged his heart and almost tore out his Aorta.

Basically what happened was they built the jump but the hill was too small to get enough speed so they took snowmobiles and towed the skiers in over the top of the hill. Derek was the first to go but the sled didnt go fast enough.

Cordoroy is still a classic mid 2000s movie. It had a pretty stacked group of riders in their youth and some pretty insane stuff. Definitely miss the vibe of these older films.

Here is the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFuaMpfTGVI&feature=emb_logo


That line at 1:06 is gnar. Also, I like how there is a shot of Mike Wilson hitting the same, sketchy jump.
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SuspiciousFish
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deathcookieThat line at 1:06 is gnar. Also, I like how there is a shot of Mike Wilson hitting the same, sketchy jump.


Thats the crazy thing about it. Derek was first to guinea pig it and undershot and almost died. Then once they cleared him off they set the snomobiles to a few more mph and did a full session on the jump the rest of the day.
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eheath
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deathcookieWho remembers the Derek Spong crash?

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/741700/Derek-Sponge-Crash


Potentially one of the worst jumps ever made too, pretty sure they hit it both ways, such a stupid idea haha
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SofaKingSick
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eheathPotentially one of the worst jumps ever made too, pretty sure they hit it both ways, such a stupid idea haha

Yeah that whole setup was ridiculously sketchy. Snowmobile tow-in too, right?
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seanahue.
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SuspiciousFishThis one always takes the cake. I remember seeing this at the Cordoroy premier back in 2006. Probably the worst crash in the history of Park skiing and he almost died. From what I remember the impact literally dislodged his heart and almost tore out his Aorta.

Basically what happened was they built the jump but the hill was too small to get enough speed so they took snowmobiles and towed the skiers in over the top of the hill. Derek was the first to go but the sled didnt go fast enough.

Cordoroy is still a classic mid 2000s movie. It had a pretty stacked group of riders in their youth and some pretty insane stuff. Definitely miss the vibe of these older films.

Here is the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFuaMpfTGVI&feature=emb_logo


Audio on all these clips hits straight to the soul.

Sidenote: as dumb as that jump might have been, Rage Films was the shit - someone needs to be an MVP and upload some of their classics. Regret losing my DVD collection, went to several of their premieres back in the day too.
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Mixy
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my legs hurt going through this thread
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SofaKingSick
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little1337my legs hurt going through this thread


these kind of clips make you feel so good about every single time in your life you've pussed out on something
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Dilldoes
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Surprised no one has mentioned Thall in this thread.....


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/812302/Tanner-Hall-Chad--39-s-Gap-Broken-Ankles
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OCoffey
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deathcookieWho remembers the Derek Spong crash?

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/741700/Derek-Sponge-Crash

Yo that’s at my local. It looks like he had to bomb it from the top of the run and I’ve bombed it before and hit 50 or 60 mph on slush so he must have been going stupid fast
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SofaKingSick
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OCoffeyYo that’s at my local. It looks like he had to bomb it from the top of the run and I’ve bombed it before and hit 50 or 60 mph on slush so he must have been going stupid fast


if i'm associating this anecdote with the right jump, i believe i am, i remember them joking that they were in the air on the inrun equally often as they were touching the ground lmao
4 years ago
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TRVP_ANGEL
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little1337my legs hurt going through this thread


never skiing again ong
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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CatdickBojangleshttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/984855/WEIGHT--Part-9---Fall-Segment

Starts at 2:45
4 years ago
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theabortionator
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Damn. Hopefully he's got health insurance.
4 years ago
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TheDoughAbides
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I had a hyperextension injury similar to warnicks a few years ago, I came really close to puking/passing out on the way to the hospital and then couldn't put weight on my leg for three months.

Watching these videos has got me tense.
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ColoradoDogfart
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holy shit. watching that at normal speed seemed like oh that didn't look too bad. But that slo mo was so hard to watch. you can see his leg almost pop out of place.
Healing vibes to you topher, cant wait to see you back at abasin soon
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Brule.
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DilldoesDurangoSurprised no one has mentioned Thall in this thread.....


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/812302/Tanner-Hall-Chad--39-s-Gap-Broken-Ankles


Classic.

also you can’t forget Shea Flynn’s shoulder injury in Mutiny. They even filmed shit from his surgery and included that in his segment. Shit was nuts
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Chunderface
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"quick recovery of 12-16 weeks"
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katrina
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Toph I'm sending.good vibes your way man. I found my life's passion for software engineering when I got really hurt, my advice is just indulge any interested you have and find something else you can enjoy to stay sane while you heal up and get strong.
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ReturnToMonkey
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skeirman"quick recovery of 12-16 weeks"

I mean that's better than half a year or more. He will probably catch some spring skiing and definitely summer. ACL and he probably wouldn't be back til next fall
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Chunderface
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ConesForBreakfastI mean that's better than half a year or more. He will probably catch some spring skiing and definitely summer. ACL and he probably wouldn't be back til next fall


No doubt. Sucks all around man. You can be having fun and in a millisecond you're out for months.
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LogoWart
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OCoffeyBro which feature


big ol dub backie booter above the zoo
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OCoffey
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It’s confirmed that rail is cursed. I sprained my thumb on it tonight. Someone needs to do something sick on it and break the curse
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