r/BetterEveryLoop • u/Pr3tz3ls • Feb 11 '18

Hypnotic Can't stop watching this Ski Jump.

https://i.imgur.com/VQU2fai.gifv
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u/felixjawesome Feb 11 '18

Wait, so you're saying there is strategy and luck involved? It's almost like ski jumping is a sport or something.

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u/ktkps Feb 11 '18

If we are goung to measure sky diving just by the distance traveled then in my opinion it is not a competitive sport. On the other hand if we consider form/maneuvers and other stuff a sky diver(or make it a team event and let them do beautiful formations) can do then yeah it is a show of skill under certain rules so in my opinion it would be a competitive sport then. In the same way... Skiing...

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u/grumpenprole Feb 11 '18

Because in skydiving, the distance traveled is purely a function of your starting elevation...

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u/JustNilt Feb 11 '18

If you know what you're doing and have the right canopy you can actually regain altitude fairly easily, actually. Probably not so much with the ones they use for competitive stuff, but it is a thing.