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Matthew Jamison "Jamie" Pierre (February 22, 1973 – November 13, 2011) was a professional free skier. Pierre set a world-record cliff jump of 255 feet (78 m) at the Grand Targhee Resort in Wyoming. [1] He skied away with a bleeding cut lip from being hit by a shovel when his partners dug him out of his 12-foot bomb hole.
All cases in the list below are from alpine or downhill skiing activities; no skiers have been known to have died during any cross-country event, or in any major international ski jumping competitions (e.g. FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Olympic Games), though many ski ...
This is a list of ski descents of eight-thousanders (which are the 14 highest peaks in the world that are over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) in elevation). [1] Such feats are part of the sport of ski mountaineering , and also related to the sport of extreme skiing .
As Elle goes for gold in the 1500m, meet her husband and biggest supporter, Jamie St. Pierre: He's from Vermont. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Elle Purrier St. Pierre (@elleruns_4 ...
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Now, as a (much more athletic) adult skier with years of experience, I've been lucky enough to travel beyond my home base in Lake Tahoe to ski resorts in Utah, Colorado, the Canadian Rockies, and ...
Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway is the most-decorated Olympic alpine skier with eight medals (four gold, two silver, two bronze). He was the oldest gold medalist (age 34 in 2006) in Olympic alpine skiing, [ 6 ] until passed by several months in 2014 by Mario Matt , also 34. [ 7 ]
The body of a skier reported overdue in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state around three weeks ago was recovered at the base of a waterfall Saturday, park officials said Tuesday.