Don’t Do This: Guy Does Huge Double Backflip & Misses Hitting a Rock by 12-Inches This guy does a sick tuck, layout double backflip and lands in an alpine pool only about 8-feet wide. If you watch close, he only misses hitting the wall of that pool by about 12-inches. It looks like he almost surely hit the sloping wall underwater but it had enough angle and he lost enough speed quick enough to not […] Cliff Jumping SnowBrains | October 13, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Crazy Cliff Jumping & Slack Lining at Emerald Pools, CA Emerald Pools, CA is a legendary place. Amazing cliff jumping, great swimming, gorgeous views, terrific hiking, friendly water snakes, and plenty of room for adventure. Working your way down stream seeking out cliff jumping spots and solid swimming holes is a great way to pass the day. These boys give us a show of what can be done off the bigger cliffs at Emerald Pools. Goliath is a monster, both literally and figuratively. To get to Emerald Pools is easy. Just turn off 80 onto 20 and pull of the highway where the water flows uphill. Cliff Jumping SnowBrains | August 25, 2015 0 Comments
Skier Dies Throwing Double Backflip Into Lake in Utah 23-year-old skier Matt Heffernan died while cliff jumping at Causey Dam, east of Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday. Matt was drifting on tubes with 2 friends through the reservoir and intermittently stopping jumping off cliffs on the edge of the lake. Matt had jumped off a cliff for the fifth time. He attempted a double backflip and landed in the water face first and did not return to the surface. Matt’s friends jumped in after him but we unable to […] Cliff Jumping SnowBrains | August 16, 2015 6 Comments
Friday Fun: Sketchy Vermont Cliff Jumping Video Some of these jumps are sketchy. Sketchy in cliff jumping is when you have to clear something in the air and/or the landing is tight with rocks and obstacles all around. This video has plenty of both. It’s summer and during summer, one of the best things you can do is go cliff jumping. It’s fun, it’s scary, it helps with aerial control which can translate to skiing and riding, and it’s a great way to cool off. Vermont has some killer cliff jumping it turns out. Brooks Curran and his buddies show us just how rad you can get in the VT during summertime. Cool off. Friday Fun SnowBrains | July 31, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Insane, Sexy Hawaiian Cliff Diving It’s always summer in Hawaii and these guys and gals know how to bottle it. These divers have a lot of skill, creativity, and they know how to make it all look sexy. The dancing segments are the key. If you’re experiencing the “Summertime Blues” right now because the snow is gone, this should cheer you up and re-motivate you. Summer is hot. Summer is sexy. and summer is long. Instead of hating summer and suffering through it (cough, cough, Andy Hays…) you should embrace it dial in an outdoor summer sport […] Cliff Jumping SwellBrains | June 30, 2015 3 Comments
Best Swimming Holes in CA: Cleo’s Bath is Almost Dry… The infamous “Cleo’s Bath” swimming hole is one of Northern California’s most sought after secret aquatic adventures. But at this time of the year and during the drought, this famous relaxation oasis is a little dry. There are a couple pools of standing water in which people were swimming in. Only small drops of water falling from the river above. The main cliff diving spot was completely dry. You can tell that this place was is a great place to go to during the summer because there was about 25 people all swarming around what little water there was available to swim in. […] Cliff Jumping Guest Author | August 19, 2014 3 Comments
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