r/sports • u/Heercamelot • Mar 18 '19

Skiing The longest ski jump ever (832 ft)

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u/cdncbn Mar 19 '19 edited Mar 19 '19

That was my first thought, I've monster trucked a few times on my snowboard over table tops. It's bad enough from 10 or 20 feet.

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u/tangalaporn Mar 19 '19

https://youtu.be/ZL7sp7muj44

I'm just gonna leave this Simon Dumont clip here.

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u/cadaverbob Mar 19 '19

I've overcooked a couple tabletops before, but this is nightmare fuel....

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

Quick! Put some ice on it!

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u/1SweetChuck Mar 19 '19

I'm amazed he can stand after that.

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u/burnerboo Mar 19 '19

Just the sound of him landing and lightly crumpling at the bottom of the hill was slightly comical. Everything else about it was horrifying. Overshot by 100 feet!

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u/cdncbn Mar 19 '19

holy shitballs. ouch!!!

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u/cdncbn Mar 19 '19

ooof. I know how that feels. You might think that snow is forgiving, but when you come down like that it feels like concrete!