Anyone seen this on video or in a photo?

[robokill1981]

Originally posted by KevinDineen
He lands on his head.

Maybe thats why no one has seen it?

Big cliffs are cool and all, but if you can't get your skis under you then it doesn't count, and putting footage like that in videos and magazines is detrimental to the sport.

[funkendrenchman]

Originally posted by KevinDineen
We've got pics of it here. He lands on his head. I don't think it's 160, though. Hucks are like fish, they get bigger the more you talk about 'em.

Well, that changes everything. Perhaps Rob Story needs to get his story straight. "He stuck the landing, " is what I read. Oh well, whatever.

[ak_powder_monkey]

at some point don't you reach terminal velocity and its all the same?

[cmor]

I think if you hucked a 600-footer you could reach terminal velocity. So yeah, after that anything would be a breeze. aint physics great.

[KevinDineen]

Originally posted by funkendrenchman
Well, that changes everything. Perhaps Rob Story needs to get his story straight. "He stuck the landing, " is what I read. Oh well, whatever.

Maybe it's a different huck then. I haven't seen the article.

The truth on Jamie as a person: super chill and super nice face to face. For some reason he feels like he has to rock star up when he's in public, or someone recognizes him. It's too bad, because he's a cool dude in real life.

[lph]

Originally posted by alto
Anything is possible. One a plane blew up and a woman fell to the ground from higher than 20,000 feet and lived. Russian roulette pays well.

I believe she landed in the mountains in snow?

Whether it be a car accident, hucking a cliff and landing on rocks, it is the rapid deceleration that causes the aortic tear.

[Ski Monkey]

Originally posted by Bum Z
Secondly, when dropping cliffs that big, you don't try to land on your feet. It's all about landing on your back and rolling with the slope or something like that. At least that's what Jamie tried to tell me.

Agreed, and it's evident when you see him do huge hits. Question to all, and echoing robokill, if you're not landing on your feet and skiing away, what in the hell is the point? To me, it's no different than base jumping without a chute. Perhaps this is just my line in the sand and others are different.

[CantDog]

From 20000 feet she lived? Well I guess 20000 isnt any different from 10000(or whatever height from which terminal velocity is reached). And they found her? I'd have to see proof of this one

[Ted Stryker]

Originally posted by funkendrenchman
Well, that changes everything. Perhaps Rob Story needs to get his story straight. "He stuck the landing, " is what I read.

and perhaps maybe you should get a fukkin' clew, dumbass.

[Ted Stryker]

You guys remind of a bunch of gossipy little bitch whores.

[Samwich]

You have to land on your feet for it to count. Personally, I don't think that Jeff Holden's huge cliff drop in Ski Movie was all that cool... he landed on his side. I give him HUGE props for having the balls to do that... but it wasn't skiing. With Jamie Pierre, it's the same thing. It isn't skiing. It's just falling. Anyone can do that. And sure, it takes skill to land right, especially off a lincoln, but it just doesn't look cool.

Whatever floats his boat, though.

[dipstik]

Originally posted by CantDog
From 20000 feet she lived? Well I guess 20000 isnt any different from 10000(or whatever height from which terminal velocity is reached). And they found her? I'd have to see proof of this one

i think i remember seeing that in the guiness book of world records or something


if your still a skeptic, check out this link that was posted awhile ago on powder

world (un)luckiest dude wins the lottery

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Originally posted by Samwich
You have to land on your feet for it to count. Personally, I don't think that Jeff Holden's huge cliff drop in Ski Movie was all that cool... he landed on his side. I give him HUGE props for having the balls to do that... but it wasn't skiing. With Jamie Pierre, it's the same thing. It isn't skiing. It's just falling. Anyone can do that. And sure, it takes skill to land right, especially off a lincoln, but it just doesn't look cool.

Whatever floats his boat, though.

I don't know mang...I'm kinda with you, but I'm not. Sure it's skiing....it's just one aspect of it albeit one that just so happens to be on, if not over, the lunatic fringe. Saying that "it's not skiing it's just falling," is like saying jibbing is not skiing, it's just gymnastics (or skateboarding if you count rails).<-And I'm not saying that, but just trying to make an analogy for arguments sake.

And I don't think "anyone can do that". Can you? Can I? I can't. It's more than just having the balls....I think lots of people have the balls to do that, but realize that they don't have the skill to hold it together and remain composed throughout visualization, take-off, flight, and landing. I think it takes a lot of skill, not just balls, to be able to hold it together for such a long distance as the ground is rushing up at you.

Where do you draw the line? Is a 40 footer skiing, but a 160 footer not? Or are all cliff drops 'just falling'?

The humungo drops might not be skiing as you or I experience it, but to the people who practice it, it sure is.

mi deuce pesos

[Ski Monkey]

You're right as well Ty. I see both sides of the argument. Applied to park, I guess I would rather see a stylie 3 or 5 than a rushed, ugly 10 or 12. Same applied to cliffs.

[vertigo]

i think what alto is talking about is a German girl called Julianne Koepcke who at the age of 17 was in a plane which basically fell apart over the peruvian jungle. Everyone in the plane died but the section of seating she was strapped to was rotating which helped to slow it down a bit, and her fall was then broken by the trees. After 10 days the search for survivors was cancelled and she emerged after surviving 12 days in the jungle.
There's a documentary called 'Wings of Hope' by Werner Herzog which films her going back to the place were she landed. She became pretty religious after the incident and was basically convinced she'd been saved by a miracle.

[phUnk]

The clip of the 100+ foot lincoln is in the credits of Focused.

It's huge.

He lands on his head.

It won't be funny when he fucks himself up and can't walk.

[Woodsy]

Originally posted by phUnk

It won't be funny when he fucks himself up and can't walk.

while that is true, his risk, his reward, his injury. its all inclusive to him.
whats not funny is riding the lifts @ alta with kids scoping big gigando stupid cliff hucks. stupid is as stupid does, but monkey see monkey do.

[Steven S. Dallas]

Originally posted by Woodsy
stupid is as stupid does, but monkey see monkey do.

dude...What are you saying about monkeys?

[fez]

Anyone seen mythbusters?

I was just watching it and they were doing an experiment dropping a crash test dummy 160 ft into water. The thing hit the water at 60+ mph and an accelerometer in the dummy's head registered 270G. That is a serious stop.

I wonder what kind of g forces a person hitting snow from 160 would register?

[dipstik]

Originally posted by fez
Anyone seen mythbusters?

I was just watching it and they were doing an experiment dropping a crash test dummy 160 ft into water. The thing hit the water at 60+ mph and an accelerometer in the dummy's head registered 270G. That is a serious stop.

I wonder what kind of g forces a person hitting snow from 160 would register?

not sure but i came across this thing in my physics book the other day that i thought was kind of cool, it didnt specify what "survive" meant, but it said that:

"A person can survive a feet-first impact of 27mph on concrete, 34mph on soil, and 76mph on water"

so im guessing that if your landing in a huge pile of powder, with a deep base of snow underneath, you could probably survive a feet-first impact of over 100mph, although i wouldnt really want to be the one to find out.

[Crinkle]

"A person can survive a feet-first impact of 27mph on concrete, 34mph on soil, and 76mph on water"

Take into account that they are using the force that would be applied to the person's feet upon impact. When wearing skis, you are spreading that impact out to more square inches, hence being able to survive falls from larger heights. Also depends on how deep the pow.

[Dingleberry]

Originally posted by dipstik
"A person can survive a feet-first impact of 27mph on concrete, 34mph on soil, and 76mph on water"

I think that if a person curls their toes, grabs their nuts and pinches their nose, they can survive a drop into water from any height.