04/03 2007
Two MORE double flips!
Continuing on his impressive jumping earlier last week, Jon Olsson
stuck two MORE new double flips bringing the count to 6. With Travis
Rice and Eddie Wall filming and sessioning along side the veteran
skier, the day was packed with big tricks and stomped landings.
Jon once again spent countless hours reshaping the jump after the new
snow filled things in, staying on the hill late into the night guiding
the cat drivers and hand shaping until he was satisfied everything was
perfect for the following day.
The morning starting early with a sled ride up at 8:30, the final
touches were finished just as Travis and Eddie, along with the film
crew arrived. With them they brought a rumored 2 million dollar
sled/camera setup that allowed perfectly smooth follow cams over the
67 footer.The cat was brought out one last time to till the landing, and Travis
decided to try to hit the side of the landing as a quarter pipe while
everyone waited, and bagged a few shots hand planting atop the roughly
30ft high wall. With the siren of the cat backing up, it was time to
start shooting on the jump.
Jon started slow with a shifty 3, flat 5, and a double flatspin, but
quickly moved into dubs with a kanga and DJ flip. After landing every
trick cleanly, he decided it was time to head back up and try his
first switch double. Rubbing snow in his face, Jon pysched himself up
and dropped in.
Switch rodeo 5 to to flatspin, STOMP. A couple jumps later, switch
rodeo 5 to flat 5/underflip, STOMP. Jon landed 2 new doubles with
japan and mute grabs on both in less then 7 attempts.
The day wasn't over, the two snowboarders followed Jon in clearing it
perfectly first attempt. When all was said and done, the landing just
wasn't steep enough to accommodate the extra pop the boarders had when
boosting rodeo's high over the deck. Jon and Travis started planning
on the best way to fix the jump for the next day as the crew packed up
and the sun began to set.
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