What if everyone played by Jamie's rules

[dang]

That thread about Jamie Pierre’s Gay Stunt got bumped again, and it got me thinkin’

As we all know, the kook landed on his head and claimed it as a record huck. Due to the fact that he is a big name in the ski industry, he was allowed to make up his own rules regarding the jump. And he did it after the fact. Since the essence of skiing is dependent upon being on one’s skis, let’s break down some other sports.

So, what if every sport allowed it’s players to make up their own rules.

Basketball:
One team could decide, mid-game, that they no longer have to get the ball through the hoop in order to score. Anytime a member of the team throws the ball, that team gets 2 points.

Presidential Elections:
One no longer needs to win the election. He can just claim it beforehand, throw out a bunch of ballots, and ruin a country. Edu-ma-cation not required.

Wars:
The president no longer needs to declare war on a country or group of people. He can just declare war on an intangible idea, kill a shitload of innocent people, and then appear on an aircraft carrier with a giant sign that says “Mission Accomplished”.

Baseball:
One team no longer needs to run the bases in order to score a run. Just step off the plate and then back on. The other team doesn’t have to hit the ball in order to start running. They can run the bases at any time, even if they are in the outfield.

Ice dancing:
skates are no longer worn. The dancers just slide across the ice, flailing and spinning and flapping their arms. The guy throws the girl into the air, and she has to land on something other than her feet. The winner is the team that goes the biggest.

[summit]

"When you are doubling the size of anything that anyone has ever done before, I think it's OK to slap on your side as long as your skis stay on. Until someone else goes back and stomps it cleaner, I don't think anyone can say shit" -JP

[The General]

"When you are doubling the size of anything that anyone has ever done before, I think it's OK to slap on your side as long as your skis stay on. Until someone else goes back and stomps it cleaner, I don't think anyone can say shit" -JP

Word.....

[Trackhead]

"When you are doubling the size of anything that anyone has ever done before, I think it's OK to slap on your side as long as your skis stay on. Until someone else goes back and stomps it cleaner, I don't think anyone can say shit" -JP

Not to mention, every friggin angle and aspect of his jump has already been discussed in the other thread.

[Vicious]

"When you are doubling the size of anything that anyone has ever done before, I think it's OK to slap on your side as long as your skis stay on. Until someone else goes back and stomps it cleaner, I don't think anyone can say shit" -JP

Can't argue with that.

[Powdurr]

That thread about Jamie Pierre’s Gay Stunt got bumped again, and it got me thinkin’

As we all know, the kook landed on his head and claimed it as a record huck. Due to the fact that he is a big name in the ski industry, he was allowed to make up his own rules regarding the jump. And he did it after the fact. Since the essence of skiing is dependent upon being on one’s skis, let’s break down some other sports.

So, what if every sport allowed it’s players to make up their own rules.

Basketball:
One team could decide, mid-game, that they no longer have to get the ball through the hoop in order to score. Anytime a member of the team throws the ball, that team gets 2 points.

Presidential Elections:
One no longer needs to win the election. He can just claim it beforehand, throw out a bunch of ballots, and ruin a country. Edu-ma-cation not required.

Wars:
The president no longer needs to declare war on a country or group of people. He can just declare war on an intangible idea, kill a shitload of innocent people, and then appear on an aircraft carrier with a giant sign that says “Mission Accomplished”.

Baseball:
One team no longer needs to run the bases in order to score a run. Just step off the plate and then back on. The other team doesn’t have to hit the ball in order to start running. They can run the bases at any time, even if they are in the outfield.

Ice dancing:
skates are no longer worn. The dancers just slide across the ice, flailing and spinning and flapping their arms. The guy throws the girl into the air, and she has to land on something other than her feet. The winner is the team that goes the biggest.

Hmm...Hippie.



What are the "rules" of cliff jumping. Why is everyone always givin this guy shit?

[BLOODSWEATSTEEL]

[glademaster]

Hmm...Hippie.



What are the "rules" of cliff jumping. Why is everyone always givin this guy shit?

I used to think Pierre was a cocky nutjob who wasn't much of a skier, but was instead just a guy with a death wish. After seeing him lay down some impressive lines in Waiting Game and hearing him talk in a situation where he isn't going for pure shock value, my opinion of him changed.

Argue all you want about the "rules" of hucking, but I think its only fair that you're allowed to hottub a 200+ foot cliff. Wait, thats basically a paraphrase of what Jamie said, oh well.

[soul_skier]

no doubt he went bigger than anyine else, at least that i know of, but thats not skiing, thats making two turns and base jumping without a parachute, definitly not skiing

[EPSkis]

I ate an omelette today. You'd think I would have ordered home fries with it, but you'd be wrong. It was grits. Yes, grits.
I totally hottubbed 'em with butter, salt & pepper.
I DID order wheat toast, but she gave me white. You'd think I would have been phased by that, but you'd be wrong. Again.

Haters.

[Powdurr]

no doubt he went bigger than anyine else, at least that i know of, but thats not skiing, thats making two turns and base jumping without a parachute, definitly not skiing

Not skiing? What is skiing? I guess ski jumping is not skiing, or aerials, thats just going off a jump and landing. I guess Jamie Pierre isn't a skier then, since sometimes he jumps big cliffs. People talk about him as if that's all he does. I guess they shouldn't put cliff jumps in ski movies now, since all you hippies will complain that it isn't "skiing". Shut the fuck up, thats what I say. No offense or anything, a lot of people just say some pretty stupid shit in response to JP.

[gregb22]

Dang, you and anybody else who hates on Pierre should be shot. Just cause you dont have the balls to do anything remotely close to what hes doing don't waste peoples time and talk shit. Pierre is one of the most watched skiers around, people always want to see his segments in movies and why? Cause hes doing some crazy stuff that he only has the balls for. Give the guy some credit, you got to have watermelon size balls to jump off and 255 foot cliff. Who cares how he landed? It's almost impossible to land a jump like that perfectly. So stop talking smack or kill yourself!

[Bud Green]

Jamie is really cool. He's in my ward.

Plus, he's like smart or something.

[Powdurr]

Dang, you and anybody else who hates on Pierre should be shot. Just cause you dont have the balls to do anything remotely close to what hes doing don't waste peoples time and talk shit. Pierre is one of the most watched skiers around, people always want to see his segments in movies and why? Cause hes doing some crazy stuff that he only has the balls for. Give the guy some credit, you got to have watermelon size balls to jump off and 255 foot cliff. Who cares how he landed? It's almost impossible to land a jump like that perfectly. So stop talking smack or kill yourself!

Well said.

[splat]

Let me lay it out for you.

Rules of Hucking

1. huck
2. live
3. claim record

[EPSkis]

Give the guy some credit, you got to have watermelon size balls to jump off and 255 foot cliff. Who cares how he landed? It's almost impossible to land a jump like that perfectly. So stop talking smack or kill yourself!

3 weeks past, 30 feet gained. Fair enough.

[gregb22]

hey epskis, you didnt read the article that said one of the photographers went back out to the site the next day and measured the jump a second time and it came out to actually be 255 feet??? not adding anything buddy... learn to read plus it would only be adding 10 feet if anything cause the report says 245 feet so maybe you need to learn how to add too.

[SkiED]

You go do it then you can talk shit online.

[iceman]

ep went for the grits, that's just fucking wrong.

[truth]

From now on anyone that rehabs an ACL without rupturing an achilles 5 months post op is not truly healed.

[t-bar]

way too many naysayers

[Plakespear]

I'll check my copy of Squallywood later to verify this, but I believe in order for a huck to qualify for G.N.A.R. points you must ski away within three seconds of impact.

[mntlion]

like others have said, I think that it is skiing.

not sking that I will ever do, not skiing that I really care about, but still a wierd, sideline fringe element of skiing.
Just like who can spin the most times backward of a jump (1080's or more?) or who can tuck the fastest (300+ KM/hour now?) or who can make the tightest carved turn on skis (I'm sure that it is someone on epic ski).

[dang]

I'll check my copy of Squallywood later to verify this, but I believe in order for a huck to qualify for G.N.A.R. points you must ski away within three seconds of impact.

Nope. Not anymore. That's the whole point of this thread. Because Jamie is a big name, he was allowed to change that rule. In order for it to qualify, you don't have to ski away at all. As long as you LAND, you can claim it. The only way for Jamie to have failed at this stunt would have been if he somehow hit a pocket of zero-gravity, and spent the rest of his life hovering above the ground.
It's cool how skiing (and soon other sports) will be brought down to the level of common, overweight, unathletic people.

[dirtybryan]

I don't know how you could keep your skis under you after dropping 250 feet. All that air resistance on your skis would probably flip you, especially long and wide pow skis.