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SaulsAll t1_j4f99d8 wrote

Oof, landed right on the incline. Either needed less speed or a lot more.

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Everexed t1_j4f9ca1 wrote

Sunshine Village. Us locals know that you roll the part he jumps off of and launch off the part where he turned into a scorpion. Good stuff

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sterfri99 t1_j4farc5 wrote

Oof, been there. Chin up and try again, OP’s friend!

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nooki1 t1_j4fe2ur wrote

Wow, I was worth waiting until he made it!

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bnogal t1_j4ffrv0 wrote

I feel identified.

I stop trying it a long time ago. My leg took the decision.

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Theepot80 t1_j4fg2y1 wrote

He masters the jump. Now for that landing…

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Caramster t1_j4fg6u0 wrote

Faceplant AND The Scorpion?! You need to tell your friend to start out slow with the easier tricks.

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SoulOfTheDragon t1_j4fic8j wrote

Ouch! Just the incorrect amount of speed for that specific drop. Landing on a flat, especilly with knees locked can f'up your legs.

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Rcomian t1_j4fijr6 wrote

dammit, short loop. i was hoping for a nice wholesome progression, ending in success

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HouseOfPanic t1_j4fjopg wrote

I kept expecting him to get a little bit better each time…

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kokoronokawari t1_j4fmurv wrote

Shoes stayed on but skiis came off. Does that mean he lived?

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Stichdoff t1_j4fnf79 wrote

Your friend went full scorpion. Respect.

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pawnografik t1_j4fpc0e wrote

I like the way he keeps trying and finally gets it on the last one.

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Amasterclass t1_j4fpnac wrote

Ouch! Landed on a horizontal spot, tell him to try again and pick up more speed before the getting air

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Eroe777 t1_j4fqbwm wrote

“ABC’s Wide World of Sports. The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat.”

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Scyxurz t1_j4fsgoh wrote

Took me 3 loops to figure out it was only 1 attempt

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Gab71no t1_j4fsi5s wrote

Next time can only improve 😂

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Jazz_Cyclone t1_j4fts5i wrote

Replying to PartTimeBarbarian (#1,366,806)

He jumped at the top of the downhill part leading to the actual jump and landed on the uphill part of the ramp. He should have bent his knees and absorbed the little kicker zipped down the steep part and then off the ramp at the bottom.

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winterborn t1_j4fvwr7 wrote

Full scorpion on his first try, nice!

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_KeyError_ t1_j4fy0to wrote

I think he should learn to jump before learning to ski.

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EggMcFlurry t1_j4fyy7s wrote

Risk vs reward... Calculating... Calculating... Reward not found

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Boonlink t1_j4g2yw2 wrote

Thought I was going to see a montage of improvement but after 7 loops I just figures this guy is hopeless

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Soap10116 t1_j4ga5xb wrote

Overjumping the landing is why my knees hate me.

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cipi65 t1_j4gc8at wrote

This is not learning how to jump, this is learning how to break bones.

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DoctorHathaway t1_j4gjlxk wrote

I’m not a big skier, but I think he messed up at the part where he landed with his face.

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savage_slurpie t1_j4gkidd wrote

Next time take him to the terrain park so he has landing that aren’t flat.

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The_Riner t1_j4go10e wrote

Another new member for the Scorpion Club.

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EVEseven t1_j4gpy8w wrote

I thought it was a collage of different attempts. Watched it repeat more times than I care to admit

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MountainMoments t1_j4guml0 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,367,825)

There is, it's just hard to see with the way the lighting is in the gif. This is at Sunshine Village resort in AB. Most folks hitting this little feature ski through where he took off (doing their best ti keep skis on the snow) and take off from where he landed.

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Sorasyn t1_j4gy2pn wrote

* Knees have left the chat

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randolph51 t1_j4gzvf3 wrote

Well, that WAS a good lesson right there.

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Mashy09 t1_j4h0w8s wrote

He should have bent his knees like sitting in a chair he could have survived

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coleburnz t1_j4h37nu wrote

This isn't funny. Tore my ACL on the slopes. I hope he's ok.

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Badbeatboy t1_j4h7za2 wrote

Is this under the wildwood lift at Vail?

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ItsThaWolfe t1_j4hg5rl wrote

I watch this four times waiting to see the improvement before I realized that it was a 4 second gif.

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Sight_Distance t1_j4hok3p wrote

I watched this for 10 minutes before I realized it was a short loop. All I could think was “this guy is not learning from his mistakes”.

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DefiantDonut7 t1_j4hpnab wrote

For his next trick, he’s going to learn to eat via a tube

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redditretard34 t1_j4hqvpw wrote

The amateurs/novice level of how to jump with skies on.

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smokerist t1_j4hs4u0 wrote

needed to send it a little less or alot more. can't land on the flats.

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sluttydinosaur101 t1_j4hvbr1 wrote

I'm on my way home as we speak from my first snowboarding experience in probably 6 years. There wasn't fresh powder, all the snow machines were on, and everything was icy as fuck. One of the guys I was with came out the womb with skis on and even he said it was like concrete. One guy smashed his head pretty good and I'm worried I might've broken my tailbone

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PuddleDuster t1_j4hxcm5 wrote

Looks like your friend had skittles for breakfast

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RemusGT t1_j4hzv6e wrote

He could have broken his legs

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H2owo__ t1_j4i373k wrote

He should try out the kid park, it is very well made at sunshine

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Xenodad t1_j4i3ztf wrote

Learning how to scorpion it seems…

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CapnGrundlestamp t1_j4i8upx wrote

I watched this eight times in a row waiting for him to nail it.

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BigDickHobbit t1_j4i90hm wrote

Is this Wawa chair at sunshine? If it is I have a home video somewhere of my father falling on that same little drop from roughly 20 years ago.

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JamesTKierkegaard t1_j4iggas wrote

I didn't realize it was a single loop. I watched it four times waiting for him to stick it.

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maruffin t1_j4ih71t wrote

Dang! He keeps crashing over and over.

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cafebrad t1_j4ilvah wrote

Knees are for suckers anyways.

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wubod t1_j4im4u0 wrote

I've definitely done this. That feeling when you know you've hit the jump too fast.

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NeinLives125 t1_j4ip3pt wrote

MY ANKLES ARE BROKEN!!! MY ANKLES ARE BROKEN!!! IYKYK. Google it.

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monkey36937 t1_j4is71k wrote

Was the only one waiting for him stick the landing only to find out it was just a loop of him failing.

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dippis98 t1_j4iua41 wrote

Nice video of his progress and glad to see him succeed in the end!

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Guelph35 t1_j4ivf2e wrote

He knew how to jump. He just didn’t know how to land.

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Dyn085 t1_j4ix1r0 wrote

I watched this for a minute thinking he would get better with practice but it seems like he’s not learning his lesson.

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CinematicYeti9 t1_j4j3hx9 wrote

Wow, how many times did he crash in this video? Looks like he's up to 26 falls....nope, 27...

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emeegee13 t1_j4j4zxj wrote

I didn’t even know scorpions could live in the snow

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Skarrik t1_j4jiisz wrote

I just broke a bone watching this

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RockhardJohnson t1_j4jj4z4 wrote

He pizza’d when he should’ve French fried and consequently had a bad time

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dwolf56 t1_j4jt6vb wrote

Now teach him how to land.

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Vescend t1_j4jxpis wrote

Bend, your, knees.

Goddamn

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titustheguy t1_j4jzjxu wrote

That’s right under the wawa chair at sunshine ? I’ve eaten shit off that drop a few times

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Khazahk t1_j4l6p87 wrote

Replying to SaulsAll (#1,366,276)

These "jumps" are really scary on skis. Once you've committed you just hope you have enough speed. Knowing how to bail really helps. You would think slower is better generally, but faster means you have more horizontal velocity so even if you overshoot your landing you will generally bail and slide/roll. Nothing scared me more skiing than falling straight down like a rock.

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Rootsinsky t1_j4oggjh wrote

I watched this like 15 times waiting for him to land it

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Adiwik t1_j4v3tge wrote

Maybe go over at first and show him how it's done....

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