Avalanche Takes Skier for 200′ Ride & Partially Buries Him at Alta Ski Area, UT Yesterday *** A backcountry skier was partially buried below Main Chute on Mt. Baldy within the boundaries of the currently closed Alta ski resort in Utah at 7am yesterday. The slab he broke off in Main Chute was 15″ deep and it took him for a 200-foot ride down the chute, over many sharp rocks, and left him partially buried in […] Avalanche SnowBrains | November 12, 2015 6 Comments
Remembering World Record Skier Jamie Pierre | Feb. 22nd, 1973 – Nov. 13th, 2011 We lost Jamie Pierre in an avalanche at Snowbird ski resort in Utah exactly 2 years ago today. Jamie was a larger than life figure in the ski industry the blew minds with his consistent big airs all over the world. He set the world record cliff jump at 255 feet in Grand Targhee, Wyoming that still stands today. Matthew Jamison “Jamie” Pierre (February 22, 1973 – November 13, 2011) was a professional free skier. Pierre set a world-record cliff jump of 255 feet (78 m) at the Grand Targhee Resort in Wyoming.[1] He skied away with a bleeding cut lip from being […] SnowBrains | November 13, 2013 0 Comments
Is This the Biggest Cliff Jump Ever Landed? | Cody Townsend Goes 100’ To Stomp | Video + Analysis + Math skip to 4:40 to see the Cody land a 100’ cliff jump There was a fad going around in the mid to late 2000’s when people were going huge.  Julian Carr was doing 150’ front flips in Utah, Gunner Newquist was going 100’ on big days at Squaw, and Jamie Pierre was dropping 100’ regularly around the world.  Jamie even […] Miles Clark | April 25, 2013 10 Comments
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