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Originally Posted by kadeater
flyk and myself will be out tomorrow if you'll be around. We're always happy to have others along. I'm guessing I'll be working this weekend though. :( Although the "working" is at Sundance and my liver is probably going to be doing most of the heavy lifting. :D
I don't have any experience hucking, but it seems like keeping things together on big drops is really hard. Once a skier has dropped far enough that they're traveling mostly straight down, I think an upright position would be aerodynamically unstable (center of pressure in front of center of mass) since the surface area of the skis is going to create a lot of air drag. This means that the skis would tend to rotate the skier into an upside-down position. If the skier stays directly on top of the skis, they may be able to keep them there, though it'll require perfect execution and/or a lot of small corrections (maybe this is what rolling up the windows does?). Once the skier is a little off center and is traveling fast enough, the force on the skis will cause a rotation. With a backseat bias for landing and the bindings mounted rear of center, I would expect the skis to tend to come up in front of the skier on large drops.Quote:
Originally Posted by meatdrink9
In this case it looks like you may have come off the lip with a slight roll to your left, which resulted in the skis coming up on your right side and in front of you. It looks like your rate of rotation increased throughout the trajectory as your airspeed increased and your skis got out from underneath you.
These photos are amazing, and I can't begin to imagine what it must take to execute a huck like that. I have huge respect for you and others who do things like this.
TITS that is all, just tits.
Thanks for sharing MD9, seriously, thanks dude!
I always wanted to be that guy but I dont think I ever will!
You are killing it dude!
I’ll just stick to my illicit vices for a rush, I guess .:frown:
Unfucking real.
you really looked like you knew what you were doing until i saw this sequence.....LOL....Quote:
Originally Posted by meatdrink9
nice pics!
I love the picture of you in Crinkle, but that last sequence shot is amazing. It reminds me of physics problems set for us at school when you would have to work out the trajectory, velocity and acceleration of the falling object. You weren't falling, you were bloody flying for a moment there!
When MD9 showed Big E and I that cliff on Saturday my eyes nearly popped out of my head! :eek:
Thanks for the photos...and the tour on Saturday :yourock:
Man, I love this place.
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Originally Posted by daPig
I'm sorry the snow and light were so terrible. Holy crap I didn't know which way was up or down and the snow was not forgiving. Hopefully you can come up on a better day. I really felt bad about recommending 'Basin that day.
rules! :D
WHOA, hold the phone, rework your english on this one, please add the 's'. First of all that picture does not exist, cause it never happened. Now i am going to rock myself to sleep after I call my shrink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Roo
Wow, Jared. Way to step up to a challenge.
Is that where I shot you last year, that you said was all buried now?
You're an idiot. Post some pictures of yourself hucking something huge before calling someone out. Until then, shut the hell up and enjoy some quality stokage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Villiage Idiot
Totally sick Jared.
Jamie Pierre gets shit for going huge, why would you be any different?:biggrin:
You definitely dropped 100, whether the cliff was 100 or not.:rolleyes:
hahhahah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crinkle
MD- Im curious what happened to you in mid-air up there....So you saw how fucking big you went and sort of freaked out? Or maybe a bunch or wind drag on you/your skis? Curious as to how you ended up there, or what was going though your mind. In NO way am I cunting this up or whatever, im just really curious as to what went down going that big.
p.s. absofuckinglutelyHUGE! Nice work. Hopefully I can't get down to your parts at some time and we can ski. Props.
Thanks for sharing.
FKNA!
Once I think ive been stoked by a thread, I then see something like this. Speechless, the sking and the shots,way to go. Thanks for the happy pow dreams tonight.
I think it was a little bit of both. When I was finally able to see where I was going to land I intentionally rocked into the backseat. I kept my eyes on my landing and just kept falling, then I don't know if it was the wind or what, but my skis kept trying to flip me over. I think "shane-o's" post earlier was probably pretty accurate. I kept my abs and back flexed and bent so I wouldn't flip over. I also tried to add drag with my arms. I was able to keep my back where I wanted it, but the skis kept climbing. If I didn't fight it I'm sure I could've been blown over. If you notice over the last 3 frames of air my back is pretty steady, but my feet are going nuts. I wanted to land how my body was 5 frames up from the impact shot. That was the plan anyway. This is hands down the biggest I've ever gone and no doubt a learning experience. You've got to hold that form longer than I did, but it also surprised me just how fast the last portion of the fall went (meaning be ready to land how you want early). The speed changed bigtime later in the air. It seemed like I was floating forever and then it became violently fast and was done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Z
you guys are absolute fucking nutters. i love these pics - huge respect for doing what only a tiny fraction of the world's expert skiers would consider do-able. wow.
thanx for sharing md and nice shots doc
I don't know whose coat you're wearing, md, but you should send them that best shot. For me, the coat has an extraterrestrial quality.
Yeah. Just lucky is all.Quote:
Originally Posted by meatdrink9
You da meng, Swiss family Meats.
You really know how to push his buttons, don't you? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by splat
Holy crap. that air is scary big. Very nice photos all around. thanks for bringing them out.
Damn, GT40, those pics are very very good.
Granted J is a great subject, but GT deserves mad props for those pics. They are tremendous.
Nice Huck J!
When you coming back to Kwood? I think Hospital Air is calling you name. ;)
Agreed. He's definitely stepped it up this year with both the photos and the skiing. He dropped over twenty pounds before the season from biking so he's skiing really strong and all the weight from the new camera set-up isn't slowing him down at all. He's got a couple more lenses coming soon including a fish-eye which should make for some really cool shots. He's been using this thing for less than a month. I'm sure he's just going to keep getting better and better too.Quote:
Originally Posted by lph
And Splat just for you I'll tell you the story of that coat. It'll show you just how "core" I really am. I bought that coat 2 years ago for $30. They had the coats clearanced after X-mas, but there weren't any bright colored ones left...except for a bright red one in the holiday window display that was being worn by a giant teddy bear. I took the coat from the teddy bear. This was at The Gap. I also ski on Pocket Rockets. ;) Although the Maidens will be coming out tomorrow. :D
I think what Xover is trying to say here is you need to bring your A game biatch!Quote:
Originally Posted by Xover
This is what I was looking for. Good stuff
Man, the 'Basin is one of my favorite places to ski in Utah. What you guys are doing there is unfathomable to me. Hopefully I'll get a chance to see it live and establish my true gaperness. WOW. Off the charts stoke, gentlemen.
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...ce%20small.jpg
Right in the middle of that is where I'd probably hit the rewind button and ski my pansy ass away to a cliff about 50 feet lower. Gawd damm.
MD9: Could you please clue us mortals in as how you manage to land cliffs of ginormic proportions without getting hurt?
Huge. Just plain huge.
If it weren't for his Faith in the Lord I think he'd be dead. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by boarderline
That is just unbelieveable, nice job MD9 and photog.
Damn.
Let me say that again.
Damn.
Excellent thread, insane pics.
I'm doing the happy dance. MD9--that air is retarded. That last pic is so tight. Totally, totally legit. Props to GT40 for all his work as well.