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[Horton]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJLRVuDJm0/?utm_medium=copy_link

[Horton]

 

[Jody_Seal]

What the hell ? The kid exploded out in front of jump...heard a metallic snap at failure point..

[Horton]

my understanding is he is fine

[MISkier]

I believe @Shell was involved as a Safety on this and she said he was not hurt - and was very lucky.

[thager]

Well, that was different!

 

[jayski]

My friends kid, got just over 50ft with that one he said...?...he's fine

[unksskis]

When lifting the ski goes wrong.

[dbaconaz]

been there done that! LOL

[DangerBoy]

No helmet?!! Who does waterski jumping without a helmet?!! He's lucky he's not dead. :#

[MattP]

@DangerBoy it was at the base of the ramp floating next to his skis. Scary to watch in person for sure. Glad he got around to his back in that flip or it could have been bad. Walked away without a scratch.

[DangerBoy]

@MattP Holy Crap!!! That was a SCARY fall! :o He could've had a severe or even fatal head injury not to mention spinal or other serious injuries. He is SUPER lucky he wasn't hurt. :#

[Cooper_Trelawney]

What really happened? Hard to see on my phone. Did he hang a tip?

[Bruce_Butterfield]

It looks like the left ski broke right after the wake. That would also explain the "snap" sound, but hard to confirm with the video at full speed and that resolution.

[ghutch]

I was working safety at this event and was in front of the jump when he came flying over. Really scary from that angle as it looked like he hit his head. He said he was lifting his ski to cut to the jump and caught a tip. (forgive me I'm not a jumper but thats what was explained to us). Looking at the video he's extremely lucky he slid over it on his back. Water ripped his helmet off before. Took our breath for a moment but he came up giving a thumbs up. Tough kid!

[Shell]

@ghutch @MISkier is correct, I was working Lake 2 as safety when it happened, I did see it from a distance and it was very scary, our team of safetys did a fabulous job and he had on all approiate jump equipment, like @ghutch said, the water ripped his helmet off of him. So blessed that he walked away ok from this.

[Cooper_Trelawney]

Hanging a tip in the old days on 72" skis sometimes resulted in a ski being sucked off the foot or an OTF crash but usually laughter and humiliation, and it usually happened on the counter cut or in the glide. With 90" skis, it's a whole different level and technique-wise it seems a lot of jumpers like to lift their left ski coming into the ramp to ensure their weight is on the right one.

Gosh, that's a violent way to go down. Remember Regina at the 600' bouy at the Malibu Open last year?

[unksskis]

He lifts his left ski, it's tail is kicked by the wake, and he loses his control of it and his right ski gets behind him, left ski dips too much tip and he's over his skis. The somersault was a smart move. This happens more than people realize, especially with people lifting their skis and trying to crane the wakes. I can think of a number of other times this occurred at tournaments.