Skier Spins off 24-story Ski Jump…Backwards
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- čas přidán 13. 12. 2015
- The Sammy C Project Available on Itunes: radi.al/TheSammyCProject
Teton Gravity Research and 8-time X Games medalist and 3-time Real Ski Champion, Sammy Carlson, introduce The Sammy C Project. The Sammy C Project hopes to inspire those even beyond the realm of snow to go after their dreams with tenacity.
Sammy Carlson, places himself in the record books as the first skier to hit a “ski-flying” long jump with freestyle intent. Carlson not only spun himself from the lip of a jump designed to send skiers upwards of 500 feet, but began several of many descents into the jump switch.
Built in 1970, the ski jump, known as Copper Peak, is the largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere. Located on Michigan’s upper peninsula and along the shores of Lake Superior, the 24 story, 300-ton steel structure is named for the mineral deposits unearthed during its construction (a 140-pound copper nugget was discovered near the present-day judge’s stand). The ramp itself claims 364-feet of vertical drop and a 35-degree in-run, providing for jumps with distance records stretching over 500 feet.
“When we showed up it was a ghost ramp. It not been hit in twenty years,” declares Carlson. “The people helping me from the community where just as committed as I was to hitting the ramp. It was true team effort.”
The film shares nearly two years of unthinkable freestyle skiing progression, with features, locations and cinematography to rival the groundbreaking segment released today. “The jump is truly enormous,” says TGR co-founder Steve Jones. “Hitting a gap this big in general takes significant confidence and skill, not to mention spinning from its lip or dropping in switch. Sammy is unbeatable when it comes to skiing like this.”
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brings a smile to my face knowing that even a little bit of life was breathed back into that ski jump
Haters can talk all the shit they want, but once they get to the top of that jump, I guarantee they chicken out!!!!!
Much respect to that guy having the balls to do that shit!!!!!!!
the locals looked so enthusiastic that he was using the old jump.
Dr. Bees in Ironwood that's probably the most excitement they have seen in years.
It's so boring up there.. Nothing to do unless you only are into hunting and fishing..
But it sure is beautiful up there
ya, they admired his 'sack'. true enthusiasm for men.
@@benmollitor3776 Depends on what you call boring. With all that's gone on in our county, it's a pretty good place to be. Mountain biking, waterfalls, Lake Superior, new shops, a new wine bar, a new downtown park with a splash pad for the kids, hosting a number of events, The Emberlight Festival showcasing the arts, including opera, Broadway, art in the park and an independent film festival. Unlike a lot of small towns, Ironwood is growing and looking good.
@@randallerickson175 Yup! Can attest to that. Grew up an hour or so away in wisconsin, just over the border. Grew up visiting ironwood to ski and now go there for the smoke! I can imagine people are sick of the larger cities in michigan...we both know why!
someone give this man a small loan of one million dollars
+Joe we could ask mark zuckerberg to give him a billion...
+d0nk3tM4n You made the joke worse, not better.
Michigan doesn't have mountains so they build their own
Actually we do have them, they aren't Rockies or anything, but they are mountains
+Dakoda Koziol ?
+LlamaCombustion He's saying its in the eye of the beholder... you may see them as mountains. But most of us see them us hills..... and yes you could say they are technically mountains... but no
If it doesn't go above timberline it's not a mountain.
Tycho not true
Grew up skiing near there, you can see the jump from three different resorts. As park skiers it was a dream hit we joked about...Sammy C actually made that come true. Thank you! So rad!!
Spencer F 7
Blackjack, Powderhorn and Indian Head. Skied them all a lot as a kid
kpd987 been meaning to get to Indian head! I’m from Wausau, at least we have Granite Peak. Hiked the porcupines for a few days last summer and every summit we hit you could see the ski jump. Really cool
@@hypedup205 Skied Granite as a kid too but that was when it was called Rib Mountain. Been a in Utah since 1989 and have been a pass holder Alta, Snowbird and now Park City. Doesn't matter where you turn just turn 'em!
kpd987 very true! Come back if you can though, I’m sure it’s unrecognizable!
that's a lot of stairs in ski boots
Ulysses Yarbrough lol
It has an elevator. You can see him go in it at 4:22
There’s an elevator
Keegan Mobley r/wooosh
Fury KiLlEr ....
I climbed to the top of this thing this past weekend and almost had a panic attack. Couldn't imagine skiing off it.
why
Zani Kusari heights
@@fargonianproductions2767 If you try it youll enjoy it trust me
Zani Kusari I have, you couldn’t pay me enough to go onto a 100’ jlg lift
A few friends of mine and myself would camp up there as teens.
holly fucking balls of tungsten
Placeholder jajajajJa
Patroller/racer in the UP. See this thing every day. Never used. Cool video
why the hell would leave metal rods on the side of the landing unprotected.
If you ever see it in the summer there are rock formations on each side of the hill and the metal poles mark where the rocks begin.
+Andrew Roberts exactly
Andrew Roberts surry brew did naut kneuw thaaaqat
u muszt be sooupter good at SKIIING
Think I rather take my chances with rocks than metal poles sticking straight up waiting to rip my nut sack off... Couldn't they just use a plastic marker that could bend on impact?
why do you need metal poles indicating where rocks are under the snow on the landing of the biggest ski jump (ramp) ever built?
If i saw it in summer, id still be asking what idiot decided to add those.
Who else forgot how goddamn awesome this was? What a legend. No hesitation just sending it
I was one of the skiers who packed the landing area for the first use of Copper Peak! Scary!
Congrats to copper peak….scheduled to be renovated and hold its first ski flying event in 2025, since 1994.
Me watching crash:
Oh god he's going to hit the trees!!... Oh few there's a safety fence... wait... what? METAL SPIKES?! WHO DID THE RISK ASSESSMENT ON THIS THING?!
USA 🤦🏻♂️
That was a fake bail. You expect me to believe he's that good and then he just throws a shit hook on the landing out of nowhere, he looked perfect in the air. He needed to show a bail for the video and he has so much air awareness he was able to do it without hurting himself.
@@iainbenton
nice troll
@@iainbenton Has to be a troll dude wtf
@@iainbenton your stupid or a troll
wonder how concentrated with that landing covered with 54 steelpoles each side that could break your bones.
+Basty Speck Did you count them?
Zino Productions yes
or land on one and become a human shish-Kabob.
@@toscodav Skies-Kabob
Wonder how he concentrated on the jump with all that beauty around.
+Pure Michigan dafuq ? xD
+- MVTZ - It's called nature.
+Pure Michigan Ooooookay?
I live there
+Pure Michigan savage
We went there last October 9, 2022 to see the beautiful autumn colors and the stuffs said they are renovating the place next year and target opening is fall 2024🎉🎉🎉❤
this video is incredible great job to everyone involved
Man of Water hahaha what are you doing here
you forgot a coma
@@u62q you forgt an m
STOP WTH
Thanks, I thought I did a pretty job watching it too.
That fall couldn’t have been more perfect and forgiving for such a massive jump
This guy has some SISU!
+namelessvids torille
+temehese94 Lets go for the tori meet!
suomi!!
Kuka toi äijä on ja mistä se tietää sisun?
hell yeah
I lived a couple miles from Copper Peak for a year so it’s great to see it get the love it deserves.
That’s a brave man! I CAN’T BELIEVE HE WENT OFF THAT BACKWARDS!!! INSANE!!! Cheers!
Born in Ironwood and used to watch the snowmobile climb here. Never saw anyone use it though. Brass cajones man. You survived!
love that midwest accent
So amped for the Sammy C Project.
He almost landed the "side flip" when he fell at the end :D. Amazing! Respect to him!
also, if you have ever actually seen a large ski jump like this with your own eyes, you know how fucking mad this is.
+rrndom
When you actually go to Copper Peak and see how old it is (rewatch the video closely) you will think it is even more crazy.
+rrndom I jumped on black ones, the biggest. Maybe they are bigger in Canada and USA, it was in Norway. Didn't do any tricks. It's pretty sick and the landing can be very rough when you touch they ground with your skiies.
But pros like Sammy know how to land. Sweet video!
+Griphen84 copper peak is the biggest in the world
I didn't know. Cool! Thx for the info!
+Griphen84 NO it is not. The biggest in the word is 200 meters. This is just under 165. It is the largest man made inrun for ski flying though😉
Just watching this is nerve-racking. Crazy. Amazing. Respect.
Loved this video... You rocked it...This inspired me to do a video on the 2019 Continental Cup in Iron Mountain MI. I was blown away by the size and commitment of everyone involved. Thx
Truly awesome! No way i would go up there...
Still one of the most legendary jumps, people don’t have balls like that anymore
Riding switch off that is insane! Awesome!
That was just awesome! Nice job by all involved in making that happen'. Great skiing!
Music / Instrumental / track / song ... is made by Andrew Sorge and Scott McKay Gibson. The track was made specially for this documentary and is not public anywhere else, the only place you can hear this cool track is on youtube video or in the documentary. The song is probably inspired by the "Glubbed to death" song / track.
Across the valley is a ski resort that I’ve gone to and I thought it was awesome to see this ski jump miles away from the chair lift
I've got a lot of respect for Sammy after this.
Crazy ramp, mad skills, amazing footage! Man did my heart fall when he crashed.
enjoying all of the youtube risk assessors
I can see my favorite ski resort in the background of the first aerial shots of it and at the ski resort, u can see copper peak too. Very cool
GOOSEBUMPS!!
This is awesome!
OMG YES...atop that monstrosity...I can imagine...I recall back in the day we had a pretty big jump at Hiawatha Ski Hill in Sault Ontario that closed in 75. So seeing this guy relive a dream I had and in area that is close to me made me very happy! Also it's rare to see Superior winds calm so that's another aspect to jumping that beast!
Why the fuck are there metal stakes in the ground down the sides of the landing area though?
Safety. In case he goes off to the side.
That's the complete opposite, how is it safe to have metal poles sticking out the ground by the landing area. If he didn't manage to get back in to the middle he could of got killed by hitting them at that speed.
ApeFlyyy yeah it stops him .... with a little bit of impaling
Yes... metal stakes. I remember those from when I was a kid walking up the side of the hill in the early 80s. There was a staircase built into the side of the run that had deteriorated over the years. The spikes were part of that.
REM44MAG maybe those stakes were the basis of those big wind nets
Crazy guy ! And crazy spot ! :D
Wow that's real courage!
yes... I understand why you chubby jones boys with the heli belly love the gss. you guys nailed it.
Unimaginable.....
mad props
wonderful nice job !
My hometown!
just by watching it'd give me the chill. the kid got strong nerve.
That side flip from ground was lit
Big balls dude!
He's quite a young man but I don't know if he'll ever become quite an old man.
So cool
Damn! He's a brave Man...
suomi mainittu. gnarly vid guys!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, that was wild, thumbs up on that one :)
I've lived in Michigan almost all my life and have never heard of this
Sick!!!
Amazing and insane.
Insane!
sammys newest edit is insanity
duderino, that sooo gnar gnar!
Mr Supercynsky got it right. Sammy got lots of sisu, but would have had even more if that failed landing wouldn't have been his last jump. Altogether, amazing performance from this daredevil!
Famous Chinese philosopher: "He who hath a lot of sisu ain't no sissy."
This guy is F......... alien !! OMG!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏
Landing so back seat, you know he got shin bang
this is nuts
It's sick and Sammy is the man, just want to point out Jesper Tjader and others hit a ski jump in Norway for the 2013 ski film Supervention... Not switch though! Wow.
not to mention that ramp was tiny by comparison. this is a ski flying jump, several times that size en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_flying
+hobmarg Is there a clip of that, I mean is there a name of a video so I can find it here on youtube?
That takes big ones!!!
Balls of steel
*Sisu* =Finnish word for grit, determination
dope shit hitting that switch
Anybody that’s been to the top of Copper Peak and is finding this video is like “HOLY FUCK!!!”
Getting amped for the snow up in the cascades ! This video is f:@cking nuts.
“Ya know does uh US steel make your jockey shorts because you got some frickin Steel canolies if you’re comin off dis thing switch” perfect representation of the Midwest 😂 I love it here
Two words. GOD DAAYM!
That's some gnarly shit
whats the song with the piano riff? shazam wont let me look it up
Standing at the top at the very end freaked me out more than anything.
What are those skis!!!
+Yout Tuka apo rise up fs
+Adrien Hupin thanks
saw this clip on Costco tvs 😎
sick !
Time for Vikersund -- Norway Next Time Then :D
Can you guys make a behind the scenes video of this it would be really cool and love the vid by the way
dude still my gimmick I've done this already
insane
I would also put random metal spears on the ski jump landing as well to make things more interesting.
Does anybody know what the original song is called? I believe this version was made for this video, but I can't remember who made it originally. Thanks
After going there I can't believe he did that
Baller
went here yesturday just to go to the top. it was funn
What a slam
epitome of a madman.
holy shit...that was gnarly
Sisu mainittu torilla tavataan
All i got to say... DAMN.....
Finally he found his edge and has caught it
Pure Michigan