BigAirBag

[astridhj]

Today I jumped my first big jump. The reason was that I really wanted to test the BigAirBag. https://www.bigairbag.com/

This turned out to be really funny. And hopefully I get to test it some more before the season ends.

Here is a pic of me jumping. As you all can see, I'm not a really good jumper... Today was actually the first time since I was a little kid on my cross country skis.

Has anyone of you tried it?

 

[Solincia]

That looks like a LOT of fun!!

 

[Kiragirl]

cool and gutsy. do you get knocked around when you land on it?

actually, when I looked at the name of this thread I expected to see a pic of my ex in here

 

[MaineSkiLady]

WOW! Way to go! That looks awesome!
Sadly, my "air" days are never "got off the ground" But my son trains at Lake Placid, NY, at the Kodak Sports Park, which is jumping into water. DH wants to try it, as it is a summer event offered to certified ski instructors. Hopefully, at his age, he'll reconsider.
Son below:

 

[astridhj]

cool and gutsy. do you get knocked around when you land on it?

It was like landing on air or a big balloon. Really soft. The first few times I tried it, my landing was a bit hard and my bindings released. But it wasn't hard to land at all. The worst thing was actually to try and get off it if only one of your skis released.

The last jump, the one the picture was from, I think I had the perfect landing, cause I just skied off the bag

I just want to go up there and try it again tomorrow but alas, that's not happening. Maybe Monday...

 

[Severine]

THAT looks like a lot of fun! Woohoo!

 

[ski diva]

Totally cool! Looks like soooo much fun!!!!!

 

[ski now work later]

Way cool

Love those Auras with pink underneath!

 

[SueNJ]

That looks too fun!!! Wish they had something like that around here.

actually, when I looked at the name of this thread I expected to see a pic of my ex in here

:ROTF:

 

[SouthernSkier]

That looks like *so* much fun!

 

[Kano]

But my son trains at Lake Placid, NY, at the Kodak Sports Park, which is jumping into water. DH wants to try it, as it is a summer event offered to certified ski instructors. Hopefully, at his age, he'll reconsider.

I was talking with a work-acquaintance this afternoon. Delightful woman that I don't get to see NEARLY often enough. She's in the middle of a project and needed some help, so she came in and visited today. She was telling me she got side-tracked, and now has to really hurry on the project, because Sunday before last, she had to go get her brother off the mountain, and she's been taking care of him ever since. Jimmy's 48, and loves big air. He was in the terrain park, in full view of the lift, and wouldn't let anyone go for help until the lift was empty. (busiest lift on the resort usually)

A bad landing broke his leg, just below the hip ball. She has a picture on her cell phone. Six hours of surgery, three months before he can put any weight on it, and then he can start making it work again! Heparin shots twice a day -- Linda's a nurse, and she drives in from the toolies to give him the shots, and stay with him til they're sure he doesn't have a bad reaction.

He's divorced, has a seven year old daughter living with him, and their mom has had to move in. From the sound of things, he'll be on the mountain again come next winter -- even if he's got to stick to the bunny hill all year!

I'm pretty sure she and her mom are happy to help, but she did say it's pretty amazing how far the consequences of his bad jump reaches! (and he says he knew as soon as he was in the air that it wasn't going to be a good landing)

Maybe the story will help your DH think again about big jumps, MSL?

Thinking about it, I think we may have been on the lift about the time it happened, and we DID see paramedics and ski patrol VERY carefully transferring him into the ambulance on our way to the car!

Kano

 

[MaineSkiLady]

^^^^^ Rough story. There are too many....
Nah, DH here knows he'll jump into water OMDB (over my dead body)

 

[SueNJ]

WOW! Way to go! That looks awesome!
Sadly, my "air" days are never "got off the ground" But my son trains at Lake Placid, NY, at the Kodak Sports Park, which is jumping into water. DH wants to try it, as it is a summer event offered to certified ski instructors. Hopefully, at his age, he'll reconsider.
Son below:

Great shot of your DS!

I've been to the jump training facility in Lake Placid and went to the top of the big jump tower. I was able to stand at the edge of the "inrun" jump ramp in the tower and tried to picture myself going down with 240-plus cm skis strapped to my feet. I have no idea how anyone could get up the nerve to launch off of that thing, knowing it's going to put you way the heck back up into the air before you land.