“Am I scared because there’s something wrong and I might die or am I scared because I’m on the edge of an 80 foot cliff and that’s scary?”
X-Games gold medalist and holder of two world records for ski hucks, Julian Carr, opens up about stepping to his first major cliff. It takes a lot of prep work to walk away from these kind of jumps and let’s just say it goes far beyond probing the landing. Listen as Julian lays out the mental framework involved in his style of skiing. Think warrior monk on snow:
Here’s Julian sending a 210 feet invert in Engelberg, Switzerland:
130 footer off Wolverine Cirque, Utah:
….if you’re wondering what’s the biggest ski cliff drop ever is lemme save you the Google. 351ft by Fred Syversen but it was unintentional.
