I didn't realize just how hairy those pipes were until I came down thru the So Be Superpipe at Okemo a few weeks ago. That is some sick stuff, to think the pros are getting a good 10 to 15 above the top of the pipe. That has got to put them a good 25+ feet in the air. I'm all for catching a little air off a lip, roll, waterfall of cliff band, with gravity keeping me headed in the right direction, but now I have a little more respect for the guys who make skiing the halfpipe look so easy.
Of course the guys doing a D-Spin or cork 720 off the second jump on the moguls course makes those guys look like sissys

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