Fred Syversen goes big again - and crashes...

[Jiehkevarri]

Tough guy! (the line and the cartwheel from 1.45 on...)



I did some research from Norwegian magazine and translated it here. Check it out...

The guy must have titanium bones...heh

[powdork]

fuck. i really need to learn to speak spanish.

[Sutter]

He blamed the heli....hahahaaa!!

[dominici]

fuck. i really need to learn to speak spanish.

what the, they don't... wait ....

[Huck_Schmuck]

Awesome footage. Heal up quick Fred!

[grskier]

That was a gnar fall

[Toadman]

Crazy how he missed the rock garden at 2:35 as he ragged dolled...

[Poop~Ghost]

He blamed the heli....hahahaaa!!

re-read that... I think you didn't catch it right.

"After all Fred doesn’t blame the helicopter pilot for the accident. Everyone who was on the filming team has spoken out about what happened."

[Jiehkevarri]

Yes, I also just chatted with Jarkko Henttonen and Aadne Olsrud (pretty much the kings of Tamok!)

They said that the pilot didn't do anything they haven't tried many times before, at the same location or very near to it anyway. The huge snow cloud came from "nowhere" in their opinion (I dunno probably there was some additional wind, Fred's own slough/rooster tail...?)

I guess of course they were trying to get as good footage as possible...think about how good that chute would have looked with Fred skiing the line cleanly? (damn it...I would rather see that in the end!)

[Scottish_Skier]

Wow - proof that scandis are indeed a different breed....
Especially norwegians!

Moral question - Is it bad form to film your buddy getting taken away in an ambulance ?

Get well soon!

[Schnappi]

Wow - proof that scandis have really good socialized medicine.

Especially norwegians!

Moral question - Is it bad form to film your buddy getting taken away in an ambulance ?

Get well soon!

Fixed it for you.

And based on the couple of helicoptor evacs of scandis that I have been involved in, the answer to your question is "no".

That was a pretty frikken roudy line.

[chompfacekillah]

He blamed the heli....hahahaaa!!

(I didnt read the translation... so this is off base but..)
In his defense... he did mentioned something about the wash "blinding the landing" . No doubt It played a huge part in the crash for sure. I have experienced rotor wash from the heli while filming many times, you cant see shit and the wind will push you around in the air. Its obvious in the footage that there was tons of wash, and from his perspective it would have been impossible to see the landing of that air. where he made a mistake in my opinion was committing to the heavy line despite that factor, he could have pulled up for a second but because "filming" was in his mind he ignored the risk and plunged into the abyss willy-nilly with tons of exposure below..

[Wes Mantooth]

He blamed the heli....hahahaaa!!

In fairness it did kick up a ton of snow in his face right before a mandatory air. While it maybe didn't force him over, it definitely didn't help him stay on his feet

[ncwskier.]

In fairness it did kick up a ton of snow in his face right before a mandatory air. While it maybe didn't force him over, it definitely didn't help him stay on his feet

not enough to really mess up knowing where you are in the air, at least from the looks of the vid

[TeleThor]

Good social medicine and bones made of titanium. We have it made (except I live in the US so the social medicine has a ways to go).

(I didnt read the translation... so this is off base but..)
In his defense... he did mentioned something about the wash "blinding the landing" . No doubt It played a huge part in the crash for sure.

For not understanding any Norwegian, that's a pretty spot on "translation". Pretty much what he said.

I have experienced rotor wash from the heli while filming many times, you cant see shit and the wind will push you around in the air. Its obvious in the footage that there was tons of wash, and from his perspective it would have been impossible to see the landing of that air. where he made a mistake in my opinion was committing to the heavy line despite that factor, he could have pulled up for a second but because "filming" was in his mind he ignored the risk and plunged into the abyss willy-nilly with tons of exposure below..

Not that I'd ever be skiing a line like that, but for pretend's sake, I'd put the brakes on hard.

Still, Fred is a bad ass. He says at the end that the doctors told him he'd be back on skis in 14 days.

[robbo]

That woulda hurt.

[Gunder]

Fuck did he get lucky.

[Dhelihiker]

strike 2

At what point to skiers start to do the calculation that skiing "fall you die" terrain doesnt make it THAT much more exiting to watch. If had hucked the 60 footer with a clean run out I would have been equally impressed yet with no risk of death.

dead= not cool

[Roo]

Moral question - Is it bad form to film your buddy getting taken away in an ambulance ?

Not if he's wearing guido shades.

[Marius]

wow. the biggest Jackass-athlete for the moment.

mucho respecto for being stupid and surviving this

[samthaman]

strike 2

At what point to skiers start to do the calculation that skiing "fall you die" terrain doesnt make it THAT much more exiting to watch. If had hucked the 60 footer with a clean run out I would have been equally impressed yet with no risk of death.

dead= not cool

Funny story from Gulmarg this year. Allen gets all pumped up, pops in his mouth guard and hucks into a hanging snowfield that leads to a chute. Whole line is a "no-fall-zone".

On the entrance air, allen hits a rock on take off, eats it onto the snowfield, loses a ski, and proves that it was, in fact, a "fall-zone". After collecting his lost ski he skis the rest of the line.

point is, sometimes there is less risk than appears on film, and even if the risk is there, if the athlete is doing it for the right reasons, he'll (she'll?) be doing it whether the camera is there or not.

Edit: don't confuse my gulmarg story with a serious line like you just watched. it was just to make a point about perceptions of risk and risk acceptance levels.

[The Duke of Hurl]

NorwayDude.

[trainnvain]

Wow, he was knocked-the-fuck-out there.

[Jiehkevarri]

The video clip has now English subtitles



I also called to Aadne Olsrud in Tamokdalen who worked as a back-up guide for the film group and interviewed him about the whole scene...Check it out if you are interested. Aadne seems super mellow and nice guy (never met him personally but he is a good buddy of a friend of mine, Jarkko Henttonen)

[Ripzalot]

in my mind that went something like this:

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oh shit not again...