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• TehBamski@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well… I would imagine you start by seeing if you can survive off a curb, a bed, a trampoline, a bunny jump with skis on, and so on and further.

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  • Carnelian@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The first recorded ski jump was <10 meters in the early 1800s. 60 years later the sport began to grow more popular, and they could hit 20 meters.

    The record has basically crawled up from there one or two meters at a time. We’re now at 254.5m, only 4 meters further than we were eleven years ago

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• mastod0n@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Normally your family has a history of launching off mountains. This is often combined with a geographic proximity to said mountain and the necessary funds to afford mountain-launching equipment.

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You start by launching yourself off smaller mountains and build it up from there.

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• Maiq@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Was a psycho little mountan rat flying down mountains with no polls at 4 or 5 years old. You learn quickly that the feeling of speed and weightlessness are one of the best parts.

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• usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  of a mountain

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• doleo@lemmy.one ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  idk. how do you find out you’re good at launching yourself over a horizontal beam, metres high off the ground, by slamming a massive sitck into the ground?

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