It's not so much skiing as it is going out on a precipice amd hoping for the best. He's got reasonably large dangly bits and a bit of crazy and pretty decent skill though.
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Oh putain!
Jamie Pierre any day, well until he died.
@valais2, that first one isn't skiing; it's falling with style
He and I have the same ski outfit, beyond that there is no similarity whatsoever
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Nuts
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
At least Jamie Pierre realised that a helmet was going to make stuff all difference when doing something quite so stupid!
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Jamie Pierre did it for Jesus. On that occasion Jesus seems to have indicated to him that it is not a good idea to jump off 100m cliffs, but gave him a chance to learn...
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
@Steilhang, he did the same for Fred Syversen, who skied off the wrong cliff by accident and dropped over 300ft.
Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
FCK. THAT.
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
I switched it off after 30 seconds as I couldn't put up with the comedy, 1980-style Roobarb & Custard wobbly filming. What's that about?!
Load of 5h1te IMHO.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
I literally have no idea why you would put yourself through something like this. Presumably it is a search for a big adrenaline rush? Eventually though it will become “tame”. Then what? Asking lions to sit whilst you clean their teeth?
@springbok45, exactly. I quite like the viewpoint actually - and a very robust camera pole to come out intact and in the right position at the bottom of the rock.
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@Mosha Marc, ...similar falling with style here, at 2:07
(BTW I generally hate heavy metal or similar sound tracks ... but The Tempest by Pendulum is something rather special. My youngster puts this on every so often to liven up the household - volume to 11).
After all it is free
After all it is free
Brownpack wrote:
Not sure if this link will work but this is amazing skiing with no falls.
If the link doesn’t work just search for “awesome ski lin”in YouTube.
Now THAT is skill !!
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I always think the first rule for all these lines should be that forward motion should exceed lateral motion by a factor of about 10. I really can't be bothered with videos of guys who spend all day climbing to the top of a peak only to sideslip or do slow jump turns / kick turns most of the way down.
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@foxtrotzulu, I kind of feel same - many of the lines are more like people downclimbing with skis on. Incredibly skilful no doubt, but not really skiing. A less extreme line skiied with linked turns, even if they are very slow, also seems more impressive & relevant to me.
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Saw somebody snap their leg trying to copy these kinds of extreme vids a few weeks ago.
He'd set his bindings too tight and they never released on the fall.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
@Whitegold, @Whitegold, ...not good. Definitely not good. But for me this would not be a criticism of people who ski at the edge and let us see the results. It for sure is something to do with temperament and approach - I have an article coming up on ‘children should be fearlful but not scared when skiing - and certainly not fearless...’. Maybe it’s a crossover from climbing, where the people who survive are those who have a turnaround time and stick to it. Sure the eye is on the prize, but if you wreck yourself or die in the attempt, you’ve lost a sense of perspective and responsibility. The summit will be there next time, there’s always another day.
I try to push the envelope, but have no problem in stopping, or turning round, or saying ‘that is a VERY bad idea’. And this includes, when climbing with kids, NOT making a quick dash across a short snow field with a ‘you’ll die’ runout onto rocks, when we haven’t got crampons with us, but having to find a 1hr detour above it. The people who are still with us are (mostly) people who push the envelope slowly, examine risk, and whether a ‘go’ or ‘no go’ decision is the one to make. And can walk away without any problems But the fault of someone who fails to estimate their own ability, gets the kit and the context wrong, or think more of the glory than the personal achievement, lies not with people like Chad Sayers, or JP Auclair, but with their own temperament. That sounds harsh, and of course JP is not with us any more (that avalanche came from way above them, and the they didn’t trigger it) but I think that the Big Hills are unforgiving places. I’ve pushed it pretty far sometimes, and had to do some deep reflection afterwards.