>> HI, I'M ERIC FORD FOR "MADE

HERE."

G.I. JOE'S BJOEY FISHMANY FISHMA

SHOW, WITH COOPER DODDS AS HE

ATTEMPTS THE BIG NANSEN.

A SIGHT SHUTTERED FOR THE LAST

30 YEARS, IN 2017, WORLD

CHAMPION SARAH HENDRICKSON TOOK

A SPONSORED JUMP AS A FINAL

CLOSURE TO THE SITE, AND THE

FOLLOWING DAY HE WAXED UP HIS

SKIS ON THE HISTORIC HILL.

DOES HE MAKE IT?

YOU WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO FIND

OUT.

YOU CAN WATCH BIG NANSEN ON

BROADCAST OR STREAMING ONLINE A.

ENJOY THE FILM, AND THANKS FOR

WATCHING.

>> THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT I

JUMP FARTHER ON THIS HILL THAN

ANYONE HAS JUMPED BECAUSE I

HAVEN'T JUMPED IT SINCE THE

1990s.

AND WE CAN FLY FARTHER NOW.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT HE L

NEVER GET TO JUMP AGAIN.

>> THERE IS A WHOLE SIDE OF THE

HILL.

>> BIG NANSEN, THAT'S HOW IT IS

KNOWN.

I DIDN'T MAKE IT UP.

>> MAN, THIS IS SWEET.

EVERYTHING IS ALL RUN DOWN.

DAD, COME HERE.

YEAH, THAT'S A FAIR DISTANCE

APART.

IF WE ARE GOING TO STRETCH THE

FOUR-BY-FOUR ACROSS THE

RAILINGS.

I WONDER IF YOU COULD STRING A

HAMMOCK ACROSS THAT.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> THIS IS MORE OF A FACTOR.

THE WAY I COMBAT THAT IS JUST

FOCUSING.

I AM JUST GOING TO PREPARE LIKE

I WOULD PREPARE FOR ANYTHING

ELSE.

THERE IS DEFINITELY [INAUDIBLE]

LIKE I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF

HE SHOWED UP.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK

AT TODAY, A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

DRIVE --

>> THERE IT IS.

RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

>> WHAT A MONSTER.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE

CAME DOWN WITH THE SNOW CAT AND

SLID AND DUG THIS DIVOT OUT.

>> THE THING IS LIKE A

ROLLER-COASTER.

YOU DO IT THERE, DO IT THERE,

OFF THE FIRST SET THERE.

THIS IS PRETTY CRAZY.

>> IT IS CRAZY.

>> LOOK AT THIS TOWER.

>> THIS IS CRAZY.

SKIING A HILL LIKE THIS WITH THE

SKETCHY TRACK, QUESTIONABLE

WINDS, AND A SHADY LANDING HILL.

WE GET RID OF SOME OF THESE.

LIKE THAT THERE WITH STEAM

RUNNING DOWN IT, THAT GETS RAKED

OUT.

>> WE WILL GO AND SEE.

>> I EMPATHIZE WITH THE JUMPERS,

YOU HAVE TO PREPARE BEFORE.

YOU HAVE TO EARN YOUR JUMP,

BASICALLY.

YOU ARE GETTING IT READY, AND

THEN YOU ARE TRAINING ON IT.

AND BACK IN THE DAY, IT TOOK A

LOT OF WORK TO GET THOSE HILLS

READY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW STEEP

IT IS.

I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.

THAT MUCH.

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