DJKAK probably knows these guys. Would love to know where it all went south from a technical riding standpoint. Looks like he was just a few feet from the top. Didn't notice the big crowd up there until I watched it a second time.
KIDS! From the camera’s perspective you don’t get a sense for how steep the chute is until you look at the skis. The front end of the sled was in the air most of the ride up. The rider got in trouble when he slipped to the left at the top, hit the rocks which pushed the sled over backwards. When the front is almost vertical it doesn’t take much of a push to get it to flop over.
When youngsters on their hypersleds run chutes like that, they are for the most part committed to finishing the climb once they enter the chute. The grade is so steep that it is difficult to “stick” your sled to the hill if you can’t make the top and often the result is what you see in the video. There are all kinds of extreme videos showing $30k+ sleds flopping down chutes like that one. I was surprised to see the rider get down the chute before the sled; he was a lucky dog!
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As long as this stuff is on topic, here are a couple of photos taken near Glacier National Park, north of the Hungry Horse Reservoir. These photos show a good save on a steep grade. The rider was able to “stick” the sled to the hill, rather than watch it tumble a quarter mile to the bottom.
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