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3K views 28 replies 19 participants last post by  jml22 
#1 ·
get down a hill... hehe



Looks like someone was way out of there depth on this one, and will certainly have a few sore places on there body...!!!

I hope his lesson was learnt... ;)
 
#3 ·
god dam! he was beyond beyond is skill level!

As soon as he was headed for that rock outcropping I was sure he was breaking bones. That was a lot of ass over tea kettle on that one!
 
#5 ·
Shit!!! I thought that was you or your kid at first!!!! I was thinking, Holy Fuck!!!!! Glad to see it's just some random YT clip.

Still, definitely a pretty Epic Fail on that one!!! Wonder how steep that was that even in what looked like fairly deep snow, he couldn't get slowed down n stopped! Lol!
 
#8 ·
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!? I've been on Polar Peak a few times, I've been boarding for 20+ years. I still get a little butterfly when I head up there.

This is the view from the lift heading up there: This is after all the signs saying "EXTREME CAUTION, EXPERTS ONLY, NO EASY WAY DOWN"


Here's the hut at the top: You sort of feel like you're on the moon at this point.


The one entrance to the area he fell down: I saw people have to heelslide through this entrance and just shook my head.


The view about 1/3rd of the way down the easiest run off the peak. It's a good 40 degrees, everything centre and left in this pic is a cliff band (with a couple "cliff" signs advising you of impending death")


You should NOT be riding polar peak unless you're SURE you can handle it, and even then it can be very tough unless conditions are perfect. :dunno: Don't people learn to board with people that have some experience?!? What were they thinking???
 
#16 ·
It looked like early on if he had made any kind of effort to arrest his fall (instead of just laying back and relaxing) most of that carnage could have been avoided. This video reminds me of the one posted last season of the noob on the long skier's left traverse that goes over the rock and cliff on hardpack.
 
#19 ·
It looked like he was with that other boarder and the skiers just happened to be on their way down close to where he stopped. The tones in their voices seemed concerned and didn't call him by name.
This is making it's rounds on FB as well.

OK on a serious note. I've never been to a real mountain and of course don't want to get in over my head. If that kind of slide did happen how do you stop??? I imagine if on your back trying to kick the board or bending your knees to force the edge to act as a brake? Spin to the front or your belly?? All seems easier said than done during the moment.
 
#23 ·
OK on a serious note. I've never been to a real mountain and of course don't want to get in over my head. If that kind of slide did happen how do you stop??? I imagine if on your back trying to kick the board or bending your knees to force the edge to act as a brake? Spin to the front or your belly?? All seems easier said than done during the moment.

You have to stop quick before catching too much speed. We wear spine guards when riding bigger terrain, it is easier to slide on should you fall and will help prevent injury on the rocks and tree stuff this guy ran over. There is a certain speed/point where all you can do is control your fall. Wrist guards are sweet for controlling slides and where your body is moving..

This stuff looked moguled out so its hard to dig an edge and keep it when sliding so you keep going and the no stop point with speed is a lot lower than in powder or on a flat face..... He was going super slow to start out and should have rammed his edge down quick so he would stop his slide quick.

Sometimes there are also areas that are just considered "no fall" areas. The risk of falling is high and the risk of stopping your fall is almost zero.... From what was said in this thread this area may be on the verge of that.... 40 degrees is stoppable, 50 not quite as much.....

This guy was out of his element and is lucky he didn't pay for it with more than bruised body and ego.
 
#22 ·
Just another advantage of snowboards over skis....
Gotta chop ya a level platform to strap in n stand up on shit like that.
Skier just clipped in, and off he went! Lol!
 
#26 ·
As for stopping, it's almost like at 0:17 he thought oh, this isn't so bad. Cause that was really the best point to try and stop, but it looked like he wasnt really trying to stop. He hadn't picked up too much speed. Then a few seconds later he just picks up too much speed and is gone.
 
#27 ·
Looks like he could have stopped anytime in the beginning if he tried before the tomahawk rolls started...

I fell off kicking horse cliff side once with foggy goggles and bad visibility in the morning. Had to use the snowboard as an ice axe to get back up.
 
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