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David Strege

Skier’s flip is ‘mad close’ to landing perfectly seated on chairlift

A skier came oh-so close to completing a flip and sticking the landing—seated on an empty chairlift. Or at least as close as someone will likely ever come.

Instead, it was a crash landing.

Ivan Jones was making the freeskiing moves at Lake Louise Ski Resort on Saturday when Cadence Amelia captured video of his near immaculate—albeit unintentional—leap into a chairlift.

“All you needed was a little more rotation,” one commenter on Instagram wrote. “You got it next time!”

(Warning for a naughty word at the end of the clip.)

 

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“I’m not saying do it again…but you were MAD close to landing perfectly seated on the chair,” another commenter wrote.

Jones is said to have walked away with only a few bruises, but he reportedly broke the armrest off the side of the chair.

“Absolutely insane,” another commenter wrote.

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