Don't try this at home

[jeffnstefanie]

jump (http://www.****head.com/5starvideos/carjumper.shtml)

[Jagger]

That guy must have balls the size of watermellons, either that or he's just nuts!:eek:

[jeffnstefanie]

train (http://www.download-video.tv/pub.php?numero=225)

[Mike Ford]

No biggie, they've got huge landings, and they aren't really getting all that close

[gdboytyler]

Originally posted by Mike Ford
No biggie, they've got huge landings, and they aren't really getting all that close

Yeah, that's nothing. I'd jump that train for a free custom board from Donek, a set of TD2's and a guarantee of payment for any hospital bills!

[Randy S.]

The Train one looks like it was at Donner Pass in Tahoe. There's a big avalanche wall and tunnel that protects the train tracks. It makes for a perfect place to huck a huge jump either over the tracks, or the train if you time it right. Unless you biff on the in-run, it would be hard not to clear the train, but sticking the landing is always nice. After a fresh dump, there are always lots of tracks down these hills. You can actually drive up most of it and only need to hike a short ways. The first issue of Snowboard Journal had a picture of a guy doing the same jump a number of years ago.

[brodster_57]

The larger one was taken from an old pro snowboard movie(around 1993). I believe it was Andy Hetzel, and there was someone else too that almost killed himself because he did not have enough speed.

[D-Sub]

not sure if its the same spot in tahoe, but Ive seen footie of a cat in skis JUST miss clearing a train...SCARY!

he didnt get hit tho, but he wrecked pretty hard

[lonerider]

No biggie, they've got huge landings, and they aren't really getting all that close

That's just means they are some what "smart" in their blatant disregard for self-preservation. Even so, slushy snow can dramatically cut your speed, and with those type of approaches, you are at the "point of no return" around 40 feet from the jump. Those are less than preferable conditions in life or death situations.


Originally posted by brodster_57
The larger one was taken from an old pro snowboard movie(around 1993). I believe it was Andy Hetzel, and there was someone else too that almost killed himself because he did not have enough speed.

When I was in Whistler a couple of years ago, we were shown the memorial spot for a skiier who failed to clear a big cliff drop over a road gap near the hostel we were staying at. He apparently had done it before, but was trying a different line, he landed 4 feet short.