Posts Tagged ‘Crash’

Crazy and Funny Backcountry Skiing Crashes

An amazing video compilation showing some of the most spectacular backcountry skiing crashes ever captured on video. They risk their bodies on some crazy hard alpine terrain here including super steeps and areas full of cliffs.

Here, we see some extreme backcountry skiers doing their thing and failing miserably. They look like puppets after they fall. The worst fall I think is the snowboarder who loses it between some crazy cliffs and falls down what must be 200m of vertical. He falls off multiple cliffs, hits tons of rocks, yet he gets up at the end and raises his hands. Another skier ends up doing one and a half back flips of a cliff! His landing looks really, really painful! Ouch!

Some other falls include skiers getting caught in avalanches, doing some crazy tricks off cliffs and messing up, and just pure bad luck. Lots of face plants and lots of snow eaten!

I couldn’t help by laugh at some of these skiers fall. Some of the skier’s falls are hilarious!

Extreme Skier Falls off Cliff at Tuckerman Ravine

Up near the top Mount Washington,  one of the best extreme, backcountry skiing areas on the East Coast lies Tuckerman Ravine. Famous for the amazing snow and difficult terrain that is relatively easy to get too (depending on the season, only a 1km hike in the spring, longer in the winter). Tuckerman Ravine is also very popular, attracting thousands of visitors on spring weekends. There’s even a t-bar up there that’s operational now.

In this backcountry ski video, we see a skier attempt to go down Lunch Rocks on the Ravine. It doesn’t look like he’s a very good skier and it doesn’t look like he scouted out the decent. He does a couple turns between the cliffs and tries to stop at the top of a cliff, only to fall off the cliff head first. Good lesson here, don’t stop near the edge of a cliff, better yet, he shouldn’t have tried to stop at all!

Remember, always scout out your area and don’t go on terrain that is over your head.

Skier Goes on Race Course and Collides with Racer Training

In this funny skiing video of a ski accident, a skier goes onto a race course while a racer is training. The skiers collide in a horrible but funny way and the racer seems to be about to hit the other skier with his ski pole but holds himself back.

This ski video is a textbook example showing why one should stay away from ski racer training courses!

The ski accident in this video was filmed in Poiana Brasov, a ski resort in the Carpati Mountains in Romania. A really nice ski resort very different from the huge ski resorts in the Alps.

Beaver Creek Colorado Ski Race Crash of Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal

A training run on the Birds of Prey downhill race at Beaver Creek Ski Resort, near Avon Colorado in the Rocky Mountrains, turns tragic for Norwegian alpine skier Aksel Lund Svindal. As the ski racer speeds down the slope, he gets some big air off a lip and somersaults into the protective fencing. The skiing accident is horrible and he ends up in the hospital with career threatening injuries. He recovers  however, and a year later is back to World Cup ski racing getting his first two new victories at the same place he suffered his ski accident, at Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA.

The Birds of Prey downhill ski racing course is a challenging run with up to 45 degree slopes used for World Cup Skiing Super-G, and Super combined races. This run at Beaver Creek, Colorado, has a vertical drop of over 2600 feet This ski racing videos shows Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal horrible accident during training for such an event. The ending showing him in the hospital reminds us that we can never be too careful when practicing extreme sports.

Fluke Ski Jumping Accident at a World Cup Event

Here is a video of a crazy ski jumping accident that happened at a World Cup Event in Zakopane, Poland held in January 2007.

There were strong, variable winds causing problems for the ski jumpers. In this ski jumping video, Jav Mazoch, one of the competiors, seems to be doing fine after taking off from the ski ramp.  Then, a fluke air pocket causes him to lose lift and he takes a terrible fall.

He ended up being in a coma and had some brain injuries but has since recovered and has resumed ski jumping.

Skiing into Corbet’s Couloir at Jaskon Hole. Guy Gets Injured!

Corbet’s Couloir is the most famous and hardest run at Jackson Hole in Wyoming.  It is one of the few slopes to have its own wikipedia article! Here are some highlights:

“Currently rated #4 on the top fifty things for skiers to do before they die, it holds an international reputation among expert skiers, and has been described as “America’s scariest ski slope”

“Entrance into the couloir requires dropping off a cornice with a free fall ranging from 10 to 30 feet (9.1 m) depending upon snow conditions, landing on a 60 plus degree slope.”

So it’s pretty hard. In this ski video, we see the guy skiing up to the ski run, past a big “CLOSED” sign. They chill up at the top and watch a guy ski down it nicely. The camera man’s friend then jumps in, doesn’t look too good. We are then informed that he “yard saled” and see him collecting his equipment. Ends up he has an ACL injury, that sucks. Awesome run though!

Compilation of Alpine Ski Racers Falling and Crashing

I suggest you mute the music on this skiing video. Apart from the music, the ski crashes in this video are mostly of ski racers but it does include a sweet video clip of a skier skiing down an avalanche between two cliffs. There are some funny and embarrassing ski crashes in this video as well as some that just have to hurt.

Whistler Big Air Ski Finals, Ed’s Podcast Episode 3

Some extremes ski tricks in this ski video are performed at this competition. Huge air including many inverted 1080s. The video starts off with some big crashes and then starts showing some of the best ski tricks performed at the competion. Whister is also a huge mountain, one of the best skiing experiances in the world and the host of the 2010 Olympics.

Ski Crash at US Freeski Nationals

A guy crashes while going off some cliffs a the US Freeski Nationals. This is a championship where expert backcountry skiers compete showing what tricks they can do off natural obstacles such as rocks and cliffs. They championship was held in Snowbird, Utah. There’s some nice terrain out there.

This guy’s fall looks painful, but some nice skiing none the less.

Fred Syversen 107 meters (351 feet) cliff drop world record

Talk about a mix a good luck and bad luck. Fred Syversen was filming for the movie “Nuit de la Glisse” when he mistankangly follows a wrong fall line and skis off a cliff. Although he suffered some minor injuries, he is alive an well as can be seen in the video.