1 00:00:08,833 --> 00:00:11,033 >> HI, I'M ERIC FORD FOR "MADE 2 00:00:11,033 --> 00:00:11,233 HERE." 3 00:00:11,233 --> 00:00:17,466 G.I. JOE'S BJOEY FISHMANY FISHMA 4 00:00:17,466 --> 00:00:18,833 SHOW, WITH COOPER DODDS AS HE 5 00:00:18,833 --> 00:00:21,066 ATTEMPTS THE BIG NANSEN. 6 00:00:21,066 --> 00:00:22,500 A SIGHT SHUTTERED FOR THE LAST 7 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:24,966 30 YEARS, IN 2017, WORLD 8 00:00:24,966 --> 00:00:26,833 CHAMPION SARAH HENDRICKSON TOOK 9 00:00:26,833 --> 00:00:30,033 A SPONSORED JUMP AS A FINAL 10 00:00:30,033 --> 00:00:31,533 CLOSURE TO THE SITE, AND THE 11 00:00:31,533 --> 00:00:33,300 FOLLOWING DAY HE WAXED UP HIS 12 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:34,433 SKIS ON THE HISTORIC HILL. 13 00:00:34,433 --> 00:00:35,133 DOES HE MAKE IT? 14 00:00:35,133 --> 00:00:36,433 YOU WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO FIND 15 00:00:36,433 --> 00:00:37,333 OUT. 16 00:00:37,333 --> 00:00:39,400 YOU CAN WATCH BIG NANSEN ON 17 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:53,633 BROADCAST OR STREAMING ONLINE A. 18 00:00:53,633 --> 00:00:54,933 ENJOY THE FILM, AND THANKS FOR 19 00:00:54,933 --> 00:01:13,500 WATCHING. 20 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:15,800 >> THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT I 21 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,466 JUMP FARTHER ON THIS HILL THAN 22 00:01:18,466 --> 00:01:19,933 ANYONE HAS JUMPED BECAUSE I 23 00:01:19,933 --> 00:01:24,933 HAVEN'T JUMPED IT SINCE THE 24 00:01:24,933 --> 00:01:25,366 1990s. 25 00:01:25,366 --> 00:01:30,266 AND WE CAN FLY FARTHER NOW. 26 00:01:30,266 --> 00:01:35,466 THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT HE L 27 00:01:35,466 --> 00:01:47,300 NEVER GET TO JUMP AGAIN. 28 00:01:47,300 --> 00:01:51,133 >> THERE IS A WHOLE SIDE OF THE 29 00:01:51,133 --> 00:01:54,133 HILL. 30 00:01:54,133 --> 00:01:55,966 >> BIG NANSEN, THAT'S HOW IT IS 31 00:01:55,966 --> 00:01:56,166 KNOWN. 32 00:01:56,166 --> 00:02:10,933 I DIDN'T MAKE IT UP. 33 00:02:10,933 --> 00:02:16,666 >> MAN, THIS IS SWEET. 34 00:02:16,666 --> 00:02:20,733 EVERYTHING IS ALL RUN DOWN. 35 00:02:20,733 --> 00:02:25,266 DAD, COME HERE. 36 00:02:25,266 --> 00:02:26,533 YEAH, THAT'S A FAIR DISTANCE 37 00:02:26,533 --> 00:02:27,833 APART. 38 00:02:27,833 --> 00:02:31,200 IF WE ARE GOING TO STRETCH THE 39 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,033 FOUR-BY-FOUR ACROSS THE 40 00:02:32,033 --> 00:02:34,433 RAILINGS. 41 00:02:34,433 --> 00:02:35,766 I WONDER IF YOU COULD STRING A 42 00:02:35,766 --> 00:02:44,933 HAMMOCK ACROSS THAT. 43 00:02:44,933 --> 00:03:17,166 >> [INAUDIBLE] 44 00:03:17,166 --> 00:03:18,266 >> THIS IS MORE OF A FACTOR. 45 00:03:18,266 --> 00:03:21,233 THE WAY I COMBAT THAT IS JUST 46 00:03:21,233 --> 00:03:21,733 FOCUSING. 47 00:03:21,733 --> 00:03:24,733 I AM JUST GOING TO PREPARE LIKE 48 00:03:24,733 --> 00:03:27,066 I WOULD PREPARE FOR ANYTHING 49 00:03:27,066 --> 00:03:44,100 ELSE. 50 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:48,066 THERE IS DEFINITELY [INAUDIBLE] 51 00:03:48,066 --> 00:03:49,200 LIKE I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF 52 00:03:49,200 --> 00:04:26,000 HE SHOWED UP. 53 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,233 >> THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK 54 00:04:27,233 --> 00:04:33,666 AT TODAY, A SUNDAY AFTERNOON 55 00:04:33,666 --> 00:04:34,200 DRIVE -- 56 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,800 >> THERE IT IS. 57 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:46,100 RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. 58 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:49,100 >> WHAT A MONSTER. 59 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:50,233 >> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE 60 00:04:50,233 --> 00:04:53,633 CAME DOWN WITH THE SNOW CAT AND 61 00:04:53,633 --> 00:04:55,433 SLID AND DUG THIS DIVOT OUT. 62 00:04:55,433 --> 00:04:56,733 >> THE THING IS LIKE A 63 00:04:56,733 --> 00:04:59,400 ROLLER-COASTER. 64 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:00,800 YOU DO IT THERE, DO IT THERE, 65 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:10,233 OFF THE FIRST SET THERE. 66 00:05:10,233 --> 00:05:11,666 THIS IS PRETTY CRAZY. 67 00:05:11,666 --> 00:05:15,366 >> IT IS CRAZY. 68 00:05:15,366 --> 00:05:48,500 >> LOOK AT THIS TOWER. 69 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:50,700 >> THIS IS CRAZY. 70 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:56,033 SKIING A HILL LIKE THIS WITH THE 71 00:05:56,033 --> 00:06:01,533 SKETCHY TRACK, QUESTIONABLE 72 00:06:01,533 --> 00:06:20,600 WINDS, AND A SHADY LANDING HILL. 73 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,466 WE GET RID OF SOME OF THESE. 74 00:06:24,466 --> 00:06:25,600 LIKE THAT THERE WITH STEAM 75 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,866 RUNNING DOWN IT, THAT GETS RAKED 76 00:06:27,866 --> 00:06:34,433 OUT. 77 00:06:34,433 --> 00:07:07,166 >> WE WILL GO AND SEE. 78 00:07:07,166 --> 00:07:10,900 >> I EMPATHIZE WITH THE JUMPERS, 79 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:12,233 YOU HAVE TO PREPARE BEFORE. 80 00:07:12,233 --> 00:07:14,066 YOU HAVE TO EARN YOUR JUMP, 81 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:14,333 BASICALLY. 82 00:07:14,333 --> 00:07:15,733 YOU ARE GETTING IT READY, AND 83 00:07:15,733 --> 00:07:21,433 THEN YOU ARE TRAINING ON IT. 84 00:07:21,433 --> 00:07:25,300 AND BACK IN THE DAY, IT TOOK A 85 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:27,166 LOT OF WORK TO GET THOSE HILLS 86 00:07:27,166 --> 00:07:57,066 READY. 87 00:07:57,066 --> 00:07:58,533 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW STEEP 88 00:07:58,533 --> 00:08:03,766 IT IS. 89 00:08:03,766 --> 00:08:05,566 I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. 90 00:08:05,566 --> 00:09:37,533 THAT MUCH. 91 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