Thread: Classic Big Airs

^^^^roach for sure. and that is small. another deep snow pack pic. not complaining.

Wow, 6 pages and no one mentions md9 on Madness.

two trees snowmass.... there is some better footage but here is an example:

Originally Posted by Dickeymotto

that last one is huge......nice op iv quote p.s.

Originally Posted by klauss

-China Bowl (25 ft)- stares at you right when getting off the Mt Hood Express lift
-Upper Elavator Band (20-40 ft)

So....you're talking about sending this......



......over the chair and into Lower Elevator right?

Originally Posted by ski_pdx

haha, that is a cool list. i have to say that none of them are probably classics to anyone but you, me, and like two other guys on this forum.

Granted Meadows isn't Squaw, but I'd say those are classics for anyone that has skied Hood.

Originally Posted by connersw

Granted Meadows isn't Squaw, but I'd say those are classics for anyone that has skied Hood.

i guess that was my point.

My vote is a classic...did it once, don't need to do it again....there are many better(and even bigger)
drops at squaw with transition.....

Originally Posted by Huckwheat

So, I both agree and disagree.

Torture Device - Yes.
--but took me until my 6th season to hit.....but that picture is the one and only (it did frickin hurt me).
Classic - also Yes.

Classic doesnt mean it is the best hit on the mountain (many of those are hidden and more secret), classic means under the chair, has a name, you gotta at least do it once (because after all, it is CLASSIC).

If you polled 100 Squaw skiers and asked to call out a cliff with a name at Squaw, most would come up with Adrenaline.

Although nothing compared to Air Jordan the Waterfall on Whistler has to be a classic.
Not the greatest footage but the best I could come up with.

these are awesome airs to be sure, but my definition of a classic would be things that get hit once you have sacked up enough to do them. Even if they get hit every year, there should still be a wow factor, too.

So lots of named cliffs, and not just 75 footers that got hit only once... you know?

Waterfall at Stowe and some of the frozen falls on Mt. Washington should really be on the list....

These guys might suck but dropping this thing in front of a few dozen people is kind of classic:

^^^holy shit, at :19 that ski was a fucking missile
that would impale your ass

Originally Posted by 10% Groomed

Nice. I would probably consider that my first cliff too. Nothing like some of the other drops in this thread, but you can make a good huck out of the wind lip that forms between the trees. Classic on Hood given the visibility from the lift.

Got any idea what this one is? I think it is the top of Roach Bowl. Boarder is taking the short hop off and I don't have a better picture showing the rest of the band.

I call that roach bowl. Hit that little guy many times as a kid...

Originally Posted by thefrush

My thoughts as well, hence why I pointed out that only four people have hit it, and why I mentioned Big Jim's instead.

Agree with you on all counts, would not consider Hospital a 'classic.'

Lets hope they all see a little more action this year

Originally Posted by Super G

I dont even know if this cliff has a name. but here is the late great Billy Poole sending it on his FIRST run ever at Jackson Hole

I just always called it "billy's air"


This is "lost lifty" it's just lookers left of the one above

Originally Posted by Dickeymotto

Wow, 6 pages and no one mentions md9 on Madness.

Originally Posted by kush1

I just always called it "billy's air"


This is "lost lifty" it's just lookers left of the one above

Your self flagellation is an embarrassment to yourself and your family.

Originally Posted by AKA

Your self flagellation is an embarrassment to yourself and your family.

Including your nephew. He is now ashamed in his pijamas.

























Hospital later this week??? (or at least Jims)

Originally Posted by 10% Groomed

Nice. I would probably consider that my first cliff too. Nothing like some of the other drops in this thread, but you can make a good huck out of the wind lip that forms between the trees. Classic on Hood given the visibility from the lift.

You can boost like crazy off that one. Def my fav. meadows hit. You are never super high off the ground but you go a good 30+ ft. out and probably 20+ down given the roll of the tranny.

From last year.

Originally Posted by Sinfield

From last year.

Cool shot.....those Rossi's looks sweet.

Next time work on a smile.

Yeah, i thiink I was trying not to poop. I was still going up when that was taken, and the skis were catching the wind and corking me sideways. Such a fun hit though.

surprised no mention of rocky point near alta or big bastard outside of jackson

Originally Posted by BRUTAH

big bastard outside of jackson

That or Diving Board behind Targhee.

Originally Posted by hafilax

Although nothing compared to Air Jordan the Waterfall on Whistler has to be a classic.
Not the greatest footage but the best I could come up with.

Ouch. I thought for sure he was going to go farther skiers-left where there was some tranny, but he hit it at the flattest point possible. You know someone is hurting when they flop over limp after stomping a landing.

Originally Posted by Sinfield

You can boost like crazy off that one. Def my fav. meadows hit. You are never super high off the ground but you go a good 30+ ft. out and probably 20+ down given the roll of the tranny.

I love those kind of airs.

Originally Posted by BRUTAH

surprised no mention of rocky point near alta

Rocky definitely qualifies, here's some Lynx photo stoke.