Pelvic Demolisher Simon Dumont Will Try To Break Freeskier World Record

Simon Dumont is on a quest to kill himself break a half-pipe record that consists of flying 32.5 feet in the air with only his skis attached to his feet and some major cojones attached to his pelvic region.

An elite freeskier, Dumont was at a contest in Aspen, riding a 30-foot ramp constructed of sculptured snow, when he began soaring close to what is considered a world record, 32.5 feet above a quarterpipe, set by the snowboarder Terje Haakonsen in Norway in 2007. But while attempting to claim the mark for skiing, Dumont crashed, injured his left shoulder and was forced to abandon his quest temporarily.
“I realized this was within my sights, and it can be done,” Dumont, 21, said by phone last week from a contest in Sweden. “So that’s what the game plan is in Maine.”

We fell off a skateboard once, scraping our elbows and busting our lip. We made $60 bucks off that piece of shit board the next week.

The appeal of soaring aerials is undeniable. But it puts Dumont in peril. A notorious wipeout from March 2005 has become a YouTube sensation.
While launching from a jump in Park City, Utah, he fell 100 feet to an icy landing, scattering his poles and skis. The result: Dumont fractured his pelvis in three places and ruptured his spleen, a memory he has tried to banish as he prepares to pursue the record at Sunday River.

Cue video:

So the moral of the story is to be a nut case, because they obviously get the recognition. And probably the chicks. We’ll continue blogging and bludgeoning our livers with Scotch. That’s living in the edge. Mom?
Injury and Danger No Match for Record-Seeking Freeskier [NYTimes]
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