tex1230 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Suck it, Jamie: http://www.friflyt.no/index.php?pagenr=12&articlenr=54990 Rough Translation: During filming in the Alps Fred Syvertsen (42) missed his line and skied off an over 100 meter high cliff at high speed. Unbelievably so, it appears to have a happy ending. During filming in the alps with Thierry Donard og Nuit de la Glisse the Norwegian freeskier veteran Fred Roar Syvertsen (42) missed his planned line. At a speed estimated to have been over 80 km/hr, Fred skied straight off an over 100 meter high cliff. According to sources, the others in the team found Syvertsen after a while buried more than 2.5 meters in the snow, and uncovered him in time if unconfirmed reports are true. Since Fred missed so much on his line, the camera crews were not prepared that it would happen. Nobody knows for sure if this non-planned jump has been captured on film at least complete, but it is rumored that at least the takeoff was captured. The helicopter pilot has measured the cliff height to approximately 320 feet. After Syvertsen was dug out he skied on his own down to the helicopter and then he was flown to the hospital. As of now, Fred is under observation at the hospital, but so far the doctors have not found anything wrong on this roughneck. The forever young Syvertsen must have had a large crew of guardian angels looking over him during this Easter week and at the same time he may get the right to claim the world record ski cliff jump – without a parachute or permanent injuries. >> I hear he had some minor damage to his liver, but is otherwise ok...he posted over on TGR about it. http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1764325&postcount=163 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Holy Crap! What was the previous record? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 245 feet - Jamie Pierre in Utah backcountry...landed on his head...last year it was in the Warren Miller film and the TGR film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedzilla Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 245 feet - Jamie Pierre in Utah backcountry...landed on his head...last year it was in the Warren Miller film and the TGR film I thought it was at Grand Targhee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Maybe - I don't remember...I'm sure if it was still a record I could be bothered to look it up ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caspercarver Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 the record was at targhee, here is a link. http://www.natives.co.uk/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=9&listcatid=39&listitemid=984& Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Whatever...320 feet is insane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailertrash Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Whatever...320 feet is insane! How do you even prepare for that? Do they check the landing some how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vahur Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 the record was at targhee, here is a link.http://www.natives.co.uk/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=9&listcatid=39&listitemid=984& And when one follows link to the first article, then one can read following words: "I hit the nail on the head," he said. Should we take it literally? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 JP's old record - he scouted the cliff for several years and waited for the right conditions. The new one - the guy was off his line and hit the cliff by accident. No landing check, no idea if he was gonna live... Just dumb luck, but apparently they got the whole thing on film... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 How do you even prepare for that? Do they check the landing some how? Yeah, you get 4+ seconds to prepare. And you can check the landing as it's getting closer by the second. Jamie was prepared. Sounded like he waited for the snow to be right, calced it out to find out where(ish) he was going to land. He did his homework. Now this 320ft guy... It sounds like he wasn't prepared... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinecure Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Yeah, you get 4+ seconds to prepare. And you can check the landing as it's getting closer by the second.Jamie was prepared. Sounded like he waited for the snow to be right, calced it out to find out where(ish) he was going to land. He did his homework. Now this 320ft guy... It sounds like he wasn't prepared... Prepared? Jamie is a friggin nutjob. Some spanish guy named Jesus was his co-pilot. Someone in Jackson made t-shirts that said "Jesus would've stuck it." Jamie landed lawn-dart style directly on his noggin because he over-rotated. He'd planned to land on his back to spread out the impact. Because it was such a long drop, he ended up landing head first. He's lucky he didn't suffocate in his bomb-hole. This Norwegian guy just had pure dumb luck. I'm sure it didn't hurt that he's an awesome skier and in terrific shape. He had enough time in the air to give some thought to how to land. Either way, both are huge hucks. Crazy bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapor Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Prepared? Jamie is a friggin nutjob. Some spanish guy named Jesus was his co-pilot. Someone in Jackson made t-shirts that said "Jesus would've stuck it." Jamie landed lawn-dart style directly on his noggin because he over-rotated. He'd planned to land on his back to spread out the impact. Because it was such a long drop, he ended up landing head first. He's lucky he didn't suffocate in his bomb-hole. This Norwegian guy just had pure dumb luck. I'm sure it didn't hurt that he's an awesome skier and in terrific shape. He had enough time in the air to give some thought to how to land. Either way, both are huge hucks. Crazy bastards. Not to mention the fact that he had enough time to soil his panties about three times on the way down:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 jumps only count if you land and ski/ride away without stopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 jumps only count if you land and ski/ride away without stopping. pretty much otherwise it's a fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 jumps only count if you land and ski/ride away without stopping. That's what the Swedish guy said - My ski philosophy is that you should always stick your landings, that’s gonna progress our sport! Going this BIG we’ll leave to the BASE jumpers. but I haven't seen anything over about 50 feet that was landed cleanly and ridden out...usually you're too deep in the bombhole to pop out. I have hucked some big stuff in the distant past...it really just takes Balls and luck, with a little planning. you aren't riding out of a big cliff, you just have to survive the landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Sorry man, no video, no credit. Someone should've at least had a camera phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 they got it on film...or so they claim...Fall release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 ...Fall release. :lol::lol::lol: which is all it is since he had to be dug out of 6 feet of snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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