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u/Backward_Strings 1d ago
I had never seen a pool setup like that, airbags and tramps are common, such a clever idea to pump air through the water to make the landing softer.
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u/EclecticEuTECHtic 1d ago
There's a pool like that at the Utah Olympic Park.
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u/Backward_Strings 1d ago
Nice, must come in handy! Sadly I only ever worked Tahoe in the states, heard great things about the mountains in Utah though.
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u/FriendlyPoke 1d ago
I'm curious what happens after he goes in the water. I can't imagine swimming with skis on can be easy. Is he just holding his breath and unbuckling? Is someone down there to pull him up?
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u/External-Dress-3595 1d ago
Think he’s got a life jacket on (the red thing) so he just floats back up pretty quickly
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u/balakaylakay 17h ago
I’ve done this before. You float back up thanks to the life jacket. Then, you just back stroke to the side of the pool and take your skis off before climbing out.
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u/Backward_Strings 1d ago
Not sure mate, as I said, first time I've seen a pool like this.
Pure speculation but given how it was when Mythbusters tested the sinking boats with bubbles myth (one I believe they failed at), the problem they had is that Adam was just pushed to the side out of the way.
Given that, I would guess the same would happen, you'd be forced out of the aeriated water and then you could swim up. He is already wearing a skintight suit that isn't heavy so clothing is unlikely to be a big issue and any skier as experienced as him could kick off their skis in a second.
The boots would be the worst part but not unmanageable at all. The worst part would be drying your boots, after the end of season pond skim it'd take a while to dry mine! XD
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u/a-lledgedly 20h ago
Right? I was surprised too,, the bubbles actually make such a big difference for softening impact. Super smart setup!
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u/Bendy_Beta_Betty 3h ago edited 2h ago
Sparger (air bubbler) systems have been used in dive training for at least 30 years, but yes it is ingenious. (So have trampolines and ropes+pulley systems.)
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u/rba21 1d ago
I live in Utah and the Olympic Park has a pool like this. They say the bubbles aren’t to make the landing softer but to make it easier for the skier to see the surface of the pool
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u/Cairo77 1d ago
Having trained at Lake Placid water ramps for mogul skiing to learn and qualify inverts for competitions the bubbles are in fact for both purposes. Makes it easier to see for sure but it’s 99% to make the landing softer. The bubbles break the surface tension of the water, if you go big and land properly with two skis on your knees will likely destroy your face or your knees will blow out. Also helps if you get caught up and land on your back or stomach. The bubbles are turned off right after landing, you kinda awkwardly float over to the edge of the pool, take your skis off, throw them onto the deck and climb out. We had ramp skis and boots we would use for water ramps only. It was a stupid amount of fun hucking yourself off the ramps with little to no consequence, learning air awareness and how it feels to flip multiple times or even just a simple backflip and the mechanics involved was incredibly fun and taking it to snow afterwards. Worst part was having your ski eject and having to swim down and get it a couple times a day lol
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u/drailCA 1d ago
I don't understand how aerials is still a sport. They learned quads, only for them to be banned by FIS, basically capping the sports progressing over 20 years ago.
Meanwhile, park skiing is doing switch triples with multiple different axis variations and grab combinations.
Why didn't video kill the radio star? I will never understand.
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u/sevseg_decoder 7h ago
I mean to be fair we’re already pushing limits of what’s even possible to do without guaranteeing being crippled by 30.
There’s no way the “progression” of these sports doesn’t lead to injuries just getting more and more common. Watching this video all I can think is “yeah, one slip up in an actual competition and this guys career/passion is over for life for an extra 360 degrees of lateral rotation…”
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u/JuanMurphy Whitefish 1d ago
Crazy how far this sport came. I remember in the 70s in South Lake Tahoe (Zephyr Cove) in summer time there was a ski jump erected where they’d practice their tricks. Super low tech. Just a ramp, a jump and a lake. Sure it was a bunch of Daffy, Backscratchers, and spread eagles but I do remember guys toying with flips.
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u/Bargainhuntingking 1d ago
Must be hard to swim/get out of the pool with ski boots and skis on, no? Drowning risk?
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u/UsurpistMonk 1d ago
Start by becoming a top notch competitive gymnast. Then learn to ski at an intermediate level.
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u/Fuck_Ppl_Putng_U_Dwn 1d ago
Anybody know what is the name of the rig(bungee cords and harness) that he is using and if there is something like this that you could setup on a backyard trampoline?
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u/PaddleFishBum Snowbasin 12h ago
As a former diver, this makes me miss the tramp sessions. My stepdad was the coach and had a setup like that (smaller, but still) in the back yard, so we trained on it all the time to learn new dives. He was also a total ski bum and was buddies with aerialists like Frank Bare back in the day. This really takes me back to childhood.
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u/Turtle_Hermit420 1d ago
They literally show you how he practices op
Are you dense
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u/maltamur 1d ago
That’s why it’s a statement and not a question. The statement is “how to learn these jumps”. Meaning this video shows you how to learn these jumps.
If it was a question it would end with “?”
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u/Turtle_Hermit420 1d ago
My bad I forgot this wasn't r/skiingcirclejerk
And yes punctuation does not matter on the internet "How to "typically is how you start a search query but I guess I'm the one that's dense 😂
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u/smitty046 Copper Mountain 1d ago
Be a gymnast first, then put skis on