Personal Best Photos From This Season

Post by **Alex** » Monday 17 May 2010, 21:59

backside jump

Post by **pokkis** » Monday 17 May 2010, 22:14

starikashka wrote:it looks veeery suspicious very similar to skiing stick are you honestr with us?

Never

Post by **erik** » Monday 17 May 2010, 22:55

Or an eyeblink before a fall?

Either way, nice picture.

Post by **István** » Tuesday 18 May 2010, 13:47

No, this is really a backside jump. Location is Switzerland / Zinal / Slope Barthelemy (right, Alex?).

This is where the slope starts and it is a great fun to enter the "depth" with a jump from a completely flat plateau. Now Alex is especially lucky, because he is goofy, so while for the rest of us this is a usual frontside jump to begin the slope with, for him this is backside.

Maybe for next year we should redesign the mountain, so people with regular stance can practice the same....

Post by **Alex** » Tuesday 18 May 2010, 13:57

yes... but I didn't land very well

Le col it's good for regular rider

Post by **István** » Tuesday 18 May 2010, 16:03

Yep, but Le Col does not begin with such a sudden steep part... if you remember where the slope starts it is rather flat and then it becomes steeper 20 meters later....

Post by **Silber** » Tuesday 18 May 2010, 16:33

not if you jump left wright after the descent from the chairlift...

Post by **István** » Tuesday 18 May 2010, 19:08

Hola my friend, long time no hear.

Do you mean to jump into the pow and field of rocks right at the exit of the lift? Oh no, I'd never dare to do that, but I know an Italian guy being the master of the faceplants offpist....

hmm what's his name

begins with "Fra" and end with something like "ncesco"

Post by **Silber** » Wednesday 19 May 2010, 9:58

Exactly!!!!

ciao Istvan!!

Post by **pietrob** » Wednesday 19 May 2010, 12:25

if I remember correctly, Alex landed well, but the front after this was even more aerial!

Post by **Arnaud** » Wednesday 19 May 2010, 14:00

the landing was ... a crash

there is a video ....

Post by **István** » Wednesday 19 May 2010, 14:59

So Alex ended up down in the restaurant after several front flips....

Post by **luca85** » Wednesday 19 May 2010, 22:39

Alex, does Zinal have a glacier?
It doesn't seem so from the maps but the slope looks like a typical glacier one.

Anyway that's my favourite picture of the season not carving and not even turning. Shot by my father following me on his board. Slope 33 (Moncrons) in Sauze d'Oulx (Italy, vialattea).
I did not realize I jumped. But watching the photos in the evening it turned out I was, and I like very much how I look.