>> 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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