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The Madness of Temporary Ski Jumps (PICS)

deputy-dog.com — Holy *****. I've been looking at these ski jumps all morning and still can't believe how awesome they are.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 16, 2009

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  • borez, on 06/16/2009, -0/+32How the ***** does one learn how to ski jump, I mean do you just like, throw yourself off and hope for the best?
  • EddiePotato, on 06/16/2009, -0/+25Instead of sink or swim, it's stick the landing or die.
  • HealthGeeks, on 06/16/2009, -0/+23That's a lot of scaffolding!!
  • momzilla54, on 06/16/2009, -1/+19I can't imagine climbing up there at all!
  • NBCLocal, on 06/24/2009, -1/+15Great compilation of pictures. I can't imagine climbing up there with ski boots on?
  • Gr00ver, on 06/16/2009, -0/+12That is madness.
  • inferno10, on 06/16/2009, -2/+13That is SPARTAAAAAAAA!!!!!
  • patbon, on 06/16/2009, -0/+10This guy hates uppercase letters
  • tallarida, on 06/16/2009, -1/+10You, apparently, hate punctuation.
  • diggopolous, on 06/16/2009, -1/+9I, MYSELF LOVE THEM!
  • robdip, on 06/16/2009, -0/+8I dunno if its bec im high but this was superbly awesome
  • Table16, on 06/16/2009, -1/+8You apparently hate punctuation.
  • XkenX87, on 06/16/2009, -0/+5Fox River Grove in Illinois has the temporary ski jump purchased from the olympics in Georgia, only cost them $1.
    Also FRG has the most Southern ski jump in America.
    Not that anyone cared.
  • Xproject01, on 06/16/2009, -0/+5start on a very small scale and gradually increase the height of your jumps
  • MeatyVitamin, on 06/16/2009, -1/+5The article reads like an HP Lovecraft novel.

    "The quest I set upon was one of research and enlightenment when I was confronted with the unfathomable madness of the ski jumps, who's rickityness tears and my very existence and drives me towards the brink of insanity!"
  • inactive, on 06/16/2009, -0/+4In Chicago?
  • SCHz, on 06/16/2009, -0/+4Biggest skijump:

    http://www.delo.si/assets/media/picture/iman/2006_ ...
  • inactive, on 06/16/2009, -0/+3If anyone is from the Northeast, you can quickly head to Lake Placid and go up the ski-jumps. It's really terrifying to look down from the top. Major props to the guys who actually jump.
  • palmer, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2"Amongst the forgotten archives I found horrific images of creations I cannot, must not relate."
  • mathyou87, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2...be from northern Europe.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_longest_ski ...
  • rbarnes, on 06/16/2009, -1/+3Crazy thing is ... going up is the easy part. Then there's that whole skiing back down at 60mph and sailing through the air. Think I'll pass.
  • BuggsyBoy, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2I don't have a fear of heights, but holy crap those are tall!
  • themastersb, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2Madness? THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
  • EddiePotato, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2These are the kinds of things that must really puzzle any alien intelligences observing us.
  • duggtodeath, on 06/16/2009, -1/+3You're gonna need some additional pylons.
  • dgcarbs, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2its pretty hard to hit the jump crooked because the jumpers ski's stay in the two tracks all the way down the start hill. they also make it pretty hard to pussy out once you start
  • SweetChinMusic, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2I'm sure sexuality has nothing to do with the jump.
  • b1kerguy, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2looks like Planica, Slovenia is the place to be
  • cleveruser, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2Forget climbing! What kind if human being would want to ski off it!!
  • thesmallone29, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2dugg for ski jumps, whats not to like here in these pictures
  • b1kerguy, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2*Splat*
  • FXNGLAS, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2What happens if something goes wrong, and you aren't straight when you hit that jump?
  • baajes, on 06/16/2009, -0/+2damn, those Norwegians got their ***** dialed bro!
  • JakeBC, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1I consider myself to be pretty knowledgeable about Vancouver history, but I have to admit that I had never heard of this before. Very cool!
  • borez, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1I've never seen a mini sky jump platform.
  • SwiftKick34, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1Imagine a gust of wind.
  • redux2redux, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1So what did they use for snow in the LA ones?
  • EddiePotato, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1The eldrich horror of cyclopian ski jumps.
  • 8fans, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1So how many people got killed on these things?
  • JurisAnonimus, on 06/17/2009, -0/+1If you flew off the side you would be soooo dead.
  • Balljam, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1imagine Dubai building some,
    I heard they have 1/3 of the world's cranes
  • Ihosvany, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1im no longer surprised by cool facts about Dubai.
    its gotten ridiculous
  • trix911, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1dont slip...
  • Megor, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1What no Sparta comments yet?
  • cathyjoan, on 06/21/2009, -1/+0So Crazy thing! I have a fear of heights! ------------------ pearltop dot com
  • kloppenator, on 06/16/2009, -5/+1OSHA would rain on this parade faster than a South Carolina Repub racist can piss off an entire nation via twitter...
  • Fhwqhgads, on 06/16/2009, -7/+2This is a good Darwin test.

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