Fred Syversen 107 Meters Cliff Drop Video
Fred Syversen’s unofficial world record on cliff dropping has been under discussion for about a year. Rumors said that Norwegian freeskier Fred Syversen had accidentally dropped more than anyone ever before. Many of us didn’t believe this because there was no evidence. Just words.
Fred Syversen and his 107 meters unintentional world record cliff jump
Now it is time to believe it. There IS evidence. Fred Syversen DID drop 107 meters, and yes, it was unintentional. Fred Syversen was filming a ski movie Nuit de la Glisse with his crew last year. He was skiing a real dream line on a big mountain, as can be seen in the video below.
A couple of times Fred Syversen skis very close to the edge of the mountain with over-a-100-meter drop next to his skis. While he was approaching the grand finale, the big drop in the end of the line, you can hear the filming crew yelling “à gauche, à gauche!“, which is French and means “left, left!“. Unfortunately it was too late.
Fred Syversen dropped the wrong cliff. Unintentionally he skied a line that lead to his 107 meters cliff drop. His speed was estimated to be over 80 km/h when he jumped.
Fred is lucky to be alive. A 107-meter fall is absolutely staggering. It’s incredible that he survived. Fred even landed close to the rocks, and he was buried more than 2.5 meters in the snow.
After Fred Syversen’s 107 meters (351 feet) cliff drop Jamie Pierre’s 75-meter (245-foot) world record doesn’t sound much at all, right? No way. Both jumps are incredible and huge, although Fred Syversen’s jump was much bigger. Dropping cliffs like this is extremely risky. Fred Syversen must have had thousands of guardian angels helping him land safely.
Fred Syversen realized that he missed the correct line. Instead of braking he decided to drop as well as possible. He knew that braking could lead to uncontrolled flying, which could actually kill him. Just before jumping he made a little turn in order to avoid crashing into the rocks on his left side. His position looks well controlled, although (for a moment) he was sure he was going to die. (Read Fred’s own explanation what he felt like in the air on our earlier post about this unintentional world-record drop from last winter)
Fred Syversen dropped 107 meters cliff with no injuries!
Fred Syversen said landing felt like an explosion and breathing was difficult. He was buried in the snow, but he didn’t panic. He knew the crew would be digging him in minutes. They found Fred unconscious, but as soon as he woke up, he was able to ski down to helicopter. He was flown to hospital where they found minor damage in his liver. He was ordered to take it easy for the next few weeks.
Fred, you gotta be the luckiest man on planet Earth… Oh boy. We are glad you survived.
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This is cool!
No, this is not cool, think, now he could be dead, but he’s the luckiest man in the world
i’m glad he was okay
Which part was “cool” ?
Of course the part that something like this happened and he survived it.
The pilot did great job, missed the drop totally!
holy shit.. maybe that guy should try lottery or something..:S
moi oon homojuha metsämaalt. hyvä kamera mies ku ei pysyny muk ana…….! : D No en määkä ois…………………..!?
I don’t believe it. I’m pretty sure that was all done with mirrors. Plus I had no idea what they were saying. I don’t trust the non-english. USA! USA!
I don’t trust USA…
well it was cool………i think he knows the dangers of his sport.. lucky dude hope he’ll make more cool vids
Jasmo,
I’ll tell you what’s not cool, your stupid headband.
yeah jasmo. you faggotcunt.
Saanko bussi raha jos meen ton äijään hautas maal ?
skit häftigt.
Frits, learn to write. Or are you really 6 years old?
[...] the video has surfaced, as well as pictures from that day, and holy shit, this guy seriously did accidentally go off a 350 foot cliff (the world record was [...]
tosiaan jollai käyny tuuria. 107 metrin vapaapudotus ja kappas vaa äijä hengissä mä oisin ainaki potkassu tyhjää.
He must`ve been thinking “OH SHIT”
Hei te suomalaiset, yhdys_sanat olis kivoi
jaksaa nussii pilkkuu jostai yhdyssanoist -.- faki nettilapset
mie hyppäsi suksilla, oli muute karhu sukset sellaset tavallise tallaajan sukset jolla vedetää latua pitki, hyppäsi alpeilla sieltä yheeltä vuorelta alas oliko jotai 230m , että mie olen sen joka on se luckiest manni in the world että miettikääs tota poijjaat
nice
Te somipojat siella olla ihan tyhmia, alkaa jattako tane teida tyhma kommentti!!
jööö nätisti
VITTU MITÄ AASEJA
Wau! that was COOL!
mie hyppäsi suksilla, oli muute karhu sukset sellaset tavallise tallaajan sukset jolla vedetää latua pitki, hyppäsi alpeilla sieltä yheeltä vuorelta alas oliko jotai 230m , että mie olen sen joka on se luckiest manni in the world että miettikääs tota poijjaat–> juuh varmasti taidat olla joku pelle
Mikä on hypätä suksilla?
T:BB Anniina
ah fucking bad camera angle…thats really epic fail…
Mie hyppäsin suksil 300m vuorelt ja mie tulin rinnuksilleni alas, nenä otti maaha kiinni se koski. sen takii miu ois pitäny voittaa bb et saa isommot silikonit et ens kerral nenää ei koske.
Yhdyssanoista vineeminen on ihan asiallista – ne kuitenkin pitäisi olla hallussa. Vaikka sattuisi olemaan amis.
Hyppy taas on mielestäni mahdollinen, koska pakkaslumi on, kuten tiedetään, melkoisen kevyttä, eli pakkautuu melko löyhästi. Eli alastulo olisi erittäin pehmeä.
The cool situation was as he got buried into the snow.
Eikaitseolemikhään
tuo on ihan oikee hyppy ja ihme että toi pelastu nii läpän heitto vois jättää pois ku te ette ees uskaltais laskia tommosen vuoren juurelta… Nolaatte vaa ittenne noilla jutuilla. Saatanan apinat.
ei toi oo viel mitää tää on iha turha video se tippu lumee fittu…
I would do that same, but only 150m hight at any time of the day.
Call me jyrgen and we will set the appointment.
My record is 142m, so would you come to see it?????
Jay…
Send me your offers and I will do it!
jubo@ymail.com
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We appreciate any (constructive) critisism and any feedback is valuable.
Please, leave the most off-topic comments away (they will be deleted anyway at some point).
Sama suomeksi (in Finnish):
Kiitos kommenteistanne. Arvotamme kaikkea (rakentavaa) kritiikkiä ja palautetta.
Jättäkää kiitos kuitenkin aivan “off-topic” kommentit pois (ne deletoidaan joka tapauksessa jossain vaiheessa).
Homeboyskin kirjoittaja/avustaja Jarkko (http://homeboyski.com/2008/09/23/jarkko-henttonen-interview-nine-questions-to-finlands-most-experienced-big-mountain-rider/) tuntee Fredin henk.koht. Kommentoi toisessa foorumissa (www.relaa.com) mm.
“Tunnen Fredin, oon tuntenut jo kymmenen vuotta, ja ehkä hiukan kyynisesti vois todeta että jotain tollasta oli tulossa, ajan kysymys.
Ei sillä että en Fredistä pitäisi, hiton hyvä ja rehti jätkä, mutta tykkää vaan vauhdista ehkä vähän liikaa.”
wow.. this is extremely cool!
Siis mähän oon se “luckiest man” in the world ko me vedin lumi ladalla tuolla mount everestil olin laskettelemas ja sielt vedin kalliolta alas koval vaudil noin 1-2km saatana, et kuka on se kova jätkä vittu? oli kyl kiva fiilis ku se tuuli puhals mut kiinaan ja suoraan pekingin lento kentälle, oli just lento kone lähössä ni pääsin viel ilmaseks takas suomee ku oli vapaita paikkoja
Terve,
Taysia typeryksia noi jotka laskee noin.
EI MITAAN allia.
Kaiken kattava kommentointi on ihmis oikeiksienkin kannalta suotavaa.
Mitähän tähänkin sanoisi.
Ennen ihmiset osasivat kirjoittaa suomea oikein ketjuissa, eikä ollut tämmösiä kommentteja. NYT ON.
Hyvä Luckiest. Mikä helvetti on lumi lada, jolla olit “laskettelemassa” everestil?
Taitaa olla kaikki jelppikset liikenteessä.
Jos on tommonen maailmanennätys hyppy niin miks hitossa siellä on vaan yks kuvakulma joka sekin menee jonnekkin vuoren taakse piiloon just hyppyhetkellä.. Pikkasen haiskahtaa huijaukselta. Jos minä tekisin tommosen hypyn niin hommaisin ainakin kymmenen eri kameraa eri kuvakulmiin. enpä sit tiedä.
Joooo: Ei ollut ilmeisesti tarkoitus hypätä siitä.
Siis onhan tuo extremeä.. Mutta onhan leikki kovaa jos siihen ryhtyy. Henki olis voinut olla löyhässä, mutta jokin pelasti. Anniina!! Ja miten niin sukset pelasti? Kyllä naisen optimistisuus loistaa!!
Så nyy ja bli Syyr! Dra helvette hei!
Joo, mut mie putosin 4km korkeudelta vieläpä kesällä monta kertaa! Ei tullut edes mustelmaa, et miettikääs sitä.. Mut tää pätkä oli hieno
As far as comparing with Jamie Pierre, I would give the record to Fred because after he realized it was too late, he set up and went for it. Props. Although I would say that they were both at terminal velocity when they hit the snow and therefore the height after a certain point is irrelevant. Just pray the snow breaks you fall slowly enough. I would say they were both extremely lucky to be alive…
Okay, I stand corrected. I did research and Terminal velocity is reached at over 100 meters. Although they both must have been very close to 161km/h when the hit the snow. here is a link:
google answers
Thanks for the info Powhuound. I made a quick calculation couple of weeks ago and estimated his landing speed 150 km/h, which is pretty close to Google answer. Anyhow, velocity is such high that I don’t wonder why Fred told me landing felt like explosion.. Pretty awesome story. I don’t think new record is going to be set soon.
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107 meters…chicken!! I do this allmost everyday, 200- 250 meters every jump without hurting myself.
Ingmar, what kind of jumps you do? Would you tell us a little bit more?
Awesome story! Congrats to all!!
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