This is a Red Bull video of Olympic ski jumping gold medalist Ryōyū Kobayashi setting a new world ski jump record with an absolutely insane 291-meter jump. It beats the previous world record by a very respectable 37.5 meters, and was performed on a special ramp made just for the
This is a video from the fun-loving Aussies of How Ridiculous rolling 200 soccer balls down a practice ski jump ramp in Park City, Utah towards a single goalie at the bottom. Me? I would have stopped all those balls. Also, they really could have used famed Telemundo football commentator
This is a short video from the top of a not very snowy ski lift (where is this, Florida?) of two skiers failing to exit the lift properly, with one sitting down right away, and the other waiting until the lift is making its turn to fall off. Honestly, if
This is a video of Red Bull sponsored Swedish freeskier Jesper Tjäder setting a new world record for longest rail slide on skis, with an impressive 506-feet. Even millipedes are impressed! Because perseverance does occasionally pay off, it took Jesper 126 attempts to finally slide the whole rail, surpassing the
This is a video of Abbey Way delivering a recent snow report for Seven Springs Mountain Resort in southwestern Pennsylvania while a skier hangs on for dear life in the background trying to make it down the stairs. Do you think Abbey was self-taping the video, or do you think
In news that inspired me to save quite a bit of money cancelling a ski trip I had planned, this is a video from Beech Mountain Ski Resort in North Carolina where a skier hit a hydrant used for snowmaking, which caused a pipe to burst, and workers unknowingly stopping
This is some helmetcam footage of skier Christian Høgfeldt performing an Olympic style ski jump with no snow on the ground. I’m pretty sure this is how ski jumpers practice in the off season though, so I suppose it’s not particularly crazy to see. Still, staring down that hill from
These are a couple short videos demonstrating a high tech ski and snowboard simulator at the Sachinoyu Hotel in central Japan. The machine is for use by guests for training purposes prior to hitting the slopes outside. Some more info about the machine while I convince myself the only training