70ft table

I've done a couple of 50-70 ft gaps but last time I tried one that size (~65) I thought the way many have said above : 'Better hit it a bit too quick than too slow...' Result : I must have flown about 90 ft, crash-landed on the flat behind the gap, broke a vertebra and wasn't able to do any sport for the next 6 months...

So what ever you do, watch a pro or someone else take the gap before you do it, and only then estimate the speed u will need, or even ask the guy directly...

 
that right there is the worst.

It sucks to case it, but the absolute worst is overshooting a 60/70 foot table. I overshot one by at least 20 feet. Since you have so much time you are just suspended in the air as you see the jump fade away and nothing but flat hard packed snow.

you know you're screwed.

Eat. Sleep. Breathe. Ski.

 
i eat breakfast on a 70 foot table, your just a pussy.

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harvey, harvey, harvey. cant you see? sometimes your words just hypnotize me?

 
spy, u just had horrible luck. I've overshot man jumps. I've never overshot a 60ft booter, but I can tell u that coming up 2 feet short on a 60 footer hurts sooo much. always better to overshoot than under shoot, cause its usually softer when u over shoot. but each situation is different and u gotta pick out a bailout point and learn to fall. the more of ur body that hits the ground at one time the softer the impact will feel. its like lying on thin ice u want to have ur weight spread as diffusely as possible.

lates moe

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Ice, snow, man-made, slush, powder, as long as u land on your feet nothing else matters

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i have hit a 60 foot table...but it had a landing that let you go 110 feet

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Table got cut down to 50ft, the winds were blowing and the clouds were about. lots of people pulled out, it was pretty awesome though. i didn't do a three just a mute grab. hit it about 10 times. it was so awesome being there though, ill try post some pics in the near future. latte was throwing 10's and the japanese were steezing out corked 3's and 5's. jake bohl did a sick blunt 7, very nice. breeze bohl was doing massive misty's. big props to max timmins for sticking the first invert for skiers, super duper layed out backflip. andrea berchtold busted massive kanga flips. charlie timmins was doing sweet ass corked 3's. I was the lone ranger doing straight airs. feel way better for hitting it though.

ill try get an official results list up aswell.

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mo-rod>> Yeah that's exactly what I thought too... The day before I hit a 60ft gap in an other resort and took it too slow : I hit the very end of the table and didn't really hurt myself, I was a little disy but nothing more.

So the next day, when I saw the gap was a little bigger and from the experience of the day before I just thought : 'I'll take it quite fast' (There were chicks in the area and no one was even thinking of trying that gap... ;) ) When i got at the foot of the kicker I was thinking 'hope it's fast enough' when I was in the air about mid-table : 'I'm certainly gonna clear the table' but when I arrived at the end of it and realized I was still about 10ft high : 'Ouch... hem... what can I do ? Just wait I suppose...' At that moment you can exactly see where u're gonna land and that point was frightfully flat...

I think when you hit a gap that size the only issue is to get right, that's why watching (or maybe just asking) a pro or some one who knows the gap before you do it is essential...

I could deal with the flight but didn't have sufficient experience to judge the speed required, (I'd only got into freestyle that same year) what I did was really dumb but at least I pulled a very good lesson out of it and now I think twice before taking a gap that size...

 
See my Videos....the Bumps and Jumps big air here was 73 to the knoll so you can get a good look at what you're facing....I hit that same jump all year till the closed it due to too many injuries....70 isn't bad, just stay compact and composed in the air and you should be fine..

 
staying compact is key. wind can play a huge part especially for those places whose parks are in the thinner air. thin air is less resistance and more variance in the air. The thing about landing past the jump is that u have more time to prepare for the fall than if u land flat on ur skiis on the knoll. All I know is that when I ski I work my way up as best I can and any jump of 10 feet and I have my helmet on!

lates moe

**Two Tone Productions** __ **Volkl**

Ice, snow, man-made, slush, powder, as long as u land on your feet nothing else matters

FOCUS, October 12th 2003, Steam Whistle Brewery, Toronto.
http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=1235001
 
If you guys that like 40-50 ft. are small... well anyway, the biggest damn jump what I'v jumped is 'bout 8 or 9 m. It can't, it just can't be 24-27 ft. it is so fucking small.

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i like to send a friend that isnt too bright off it first and judge his speed. then i go. its good to see someone hit it so u can judge how smooth the kick is and how much speed u need.....but yea, commit

 
thats pretty dick...we all just sit around and look at it until some one just goes for it.

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i sure would like to rest ... but the energy gets the best of me. its been a wild ride i wouldnt change a minute i cant slow down inside guess thats why i live it

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The 65ft-er from the Sprite Sessions is still there. This season is a bit of a write-off (more rain coming argh) but it looks like some people are still having fun (I am in year 12, final year of school and have had bugger-all time on the mountain this season).

Here's a shot from today's roving images (but hosted on my webspace because the pic will change tomorrow).
thredbo200803rover3.jpg


 
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