Sickest Jump in Ski Jumping History?! - Timi Zajc 161.5m WILLINGEN 2023

Let me know what you think! #willingen #skijumping

[@Dolek135]

He would've gone beyond 170 had he not had to emergency land. This has to be up there with one the most absurd jumps in the history of the sport.

[@mikulitsi1819]

Easily beyond 170, probably close to 180m

[@kristjanyt9623]

He didn't emergency landed

[@8steelheart]

if he wasnt hold the jump,probably near 175 m

[@kristjanyt9623]

@@8steelheart and if you holding the jump there is lower chance to land properly than when not holdnig it coz his skis went almost straight up before he landed if u look closely at the replay so he shouldn't hold it and would land normally i guess

[@Siano35]

yes,Kamil Stoch Sapporo and Timi Zajc Willingen

[@1themaster1]

This jump + that amount of thermic winds on a flying hill = new WR

[@leonrambach1216]

And probably a severely injured WR holder. The current WR is already near/at the upper limit when it comes to what an athletes body can endure without risking injury, at least with how the slopes are built. This amount of thermic winds on a ski flying hill could easily be deadly.

[@Ameisenigelytk]

265-270m in Planica

[@AniNeferti]

Planica is a ski flying hill, though. It’s explicitely made to allow jumps well past 200m. Not to mention: Planica's hill record is 252m, with the unofficial longest jump at 253,5m, but Schlierenzauer didn‘t stick the landing. And the official WR is 253.5m by Stefan Kraft, achieved in Vikersund.

[@Ameisenigelytk]

@@AniNeferti yeah but these were not that extraordinary even. Imagine ski flying with a decent gate at 4m/s, this would have been more extreme than Bartol, who did even completely go out of the jump and was WR back then

[@Aveok]

new WR only when he lands it.

[@AdamHMortimer]

That was simply incredible. He for sure had even more in that jump. His form was perfect! We need a longer runway for him!

[@thombogd1022]

Watch out for ski flying

[@shainedupuis2649]

Longer landing*

[@SOLOIIguru]

They need to extend the actual landing zone! So crazy!

[@SilentKnight43]

Naw, just add bubble wrap on his arse.

[@davorinskvaridlo3567]

Nope, just start from lower gate and have less inrun speed.

[@prenomnom6203]

@@davorinskvaridlo3567 do you understand the point of the sport ?

[@guynoir4733]

The incline started flattening out forcing an early decent .

[@davorinskvaridlo3567]

@@prenomnom6203 Yes, I did nordic combined. You? You are just asking gods to make a flying hill out of a large hill.

[@garymcaleer6112]

Growing up in the 60's watching ski jumping, nothing like this was ever seen. If he was wearing a wing suit he would have flown over the crowd into the parking lot. 😀

[@gregkosinski2303]

That was before pant sagging was invented. This guy harnesses the power of hip-hop music by “sagging” which forms a sail between his legs.

[@BHALT0S]

your video does what it says on the tin.... straight into the moment, love it.

[@evanmichael3153]

That knee took a massive hit complete with a twist. I can't believe his leg didn't snap. But damn, that was graceful 🤘❤️🤘

[@jeffcroup2564]

The feeling of flight must be amazing. He took it to the limit..

[@Dave-ng3km]

Absolutely insane

[@MarthaRoseMoore415]

I love that the sound of fans and tv analysts sounds the same in every language! Pure joy! Well done!!!

[@goodjiggly]

Seriously! By the end of the video I completely forgot that they weren’t speaking english. I just tuned them out as background noise like I usually do with english speaking sportscasters

[@seymoarsalvage]

I like how the emergency people started out then were like "Ah, nope, hes good" lol

[@DreamteamCarlo]

This is the first time in my life I see a ski jumper trying to Not jump any further. What an awesome jump! Most have been an amazing feeling to soar like this, until the point when life saving urgency had to be applied.. ;)

[@JasonLowderTheRanga]

The crazy bit is that he pulled out so he didn't completely land on the flat. Yipe!

[@potatosalad69420]

Timi Zajc is absolutely a contender for a Flying Hill Record and/or Gold medal

[@8steelheart]

that is had to be jury fault... dude he could be injured...but nothing at all,im proud to be slovenian

[@munci6474]

It was green when he started, but there was a heavy Boe coming when he allready started, that is why that could happen...but it shouldn t!

[@pierce9019]

Guy became a wingsuit

[@CruceEntertainment]

This is basically just like wing suit jumping. Good Lord!

[@naoeroo]

the most dangerous ski jump in history

[@CarlFredrik-uo1cu]

Torgeir Brandtzæg's 97m in Holmenkollen in the 1960s (1965?) was one of the sickest jumps in history (previous hill record was 84.5m). He fell and got injured badly. I'd love to see a video of that, if it exists

[@drewfinisher11]

wow thought dude was never going to land there for a second,.. that's impressive

[@davidgraham2673]

He definitely cut the jimp short. He had no choice. He almost hit flat ground as it was. SPECTACULAR JUMP

[@mzaversnik2655]

He thought he was in DSJ2 💀😂

[@kettedh]

My thoughts exactly 😂

[@thebigguy8306]

👏👏BRAVO, the types of things we should be reading about, pushing the limits, instead of man's inhumanity to man. Who cares about his race, religion, sexual orientation, or nationality, just BRAVO to you for pushing the limits

[@markjohnsonjohnmarkson]

I remember when Adam Małysz once jumped over 150 and then it was something impossible and here another border breaks, I think that in a few dozen years they will convert this hill into a mammoth hill... On mammoth hills I guess it's also a matter of time that in 50 years there will be jumps over 300 meters.

[@KerriBert]

No thats not possible here in Willingen since the mountain the ramp is on is not high enough

[@say9704]

@@KerriBert Lenght of object is irrelevant, what blocks them is gravity, and forces during landing.

[@Kamilr2000]

Also Malysz's Jump was before modernizing the Hills (its bigger now than back then). Funny thing was that Małysz Jump was that long that there werent judges beside Hill on that distance xD reportedly they misjudge distance by up to 2 metres. That jump was MASSIVE

[@thecrabmanjones]

@say¿ gravity doesn't exist bro.

[@say9704]

@@thecrabmanjones yes... sure... flatty

[@Ameisenigelytk]

Now he is out of that shape. But prime Zajc with good wind was a beast 🔥🦔

[@annelisecarlson]

Dude turned into a flying squirrel for a hot second there

[@jozeskufca2255]

2.000.000 people live in Slovenia 🇸🇮 and wining everywhere because we all do with ❤

[@spicesmuggler2452]

Nah

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Hockey ? Football ?

[@jozeskufca2255]

@@dmitripogosian5084 come to ours country and you will see

[@twjohnson1203]

1:00 *”YES YES!”* 1:04 “Oohhh hell! This wasn’t a good idea after all!!”

[@Korski]

Yuki Ito was insane too. And shes a girl so big respect. Can only imagine though how crazy long Granerud would have jumped if he had same conditions. Hes on another level as a jumper and the way he generates pressure under his skis is different from any other jumper.

[@DiegoRuiz1991]

Girls start further up high in the ramp - They wouldn't fly much at all if they had to start from the guy's start

[@silas8656]

@@DiegoRuiz1991 so what? In comparison to their biological body strength their perfomance should be respected the same way jumps by guys are.

[@theseventhgeneration6910]

He definitely channeled his flying squirrel energy

[@dougalexander7204]

I remember the old wide world of sports show who’s intro showed a ski jumper fall painfully like a rag doll.

[@scdrescher1]

We used to jump the 40 in high school….it was just like that….except about 1/10th the distance and 1/8th the speed and really none of the danger.

[@ne2i]

Look at those flags blowing straight up the hill. A headwind helps tremendously.

[@8180634]

Dude had to come in for a landing before he ran out of vertical ramp to land on! Which brings up an idea, these guys need squirrel suits to make this really exciting.

[@ryanp1406]

Huck to flat would have been absolutely devastating.

[@ronboerste1813]

In his past life he was a flying squirrel that just couldn't nail the landing😊👉🍻

[@jonbutcher9805]

Wow. If he hasn't touched down at that point he would have had to land on a flat surface. Extremely Dangerous. But by doing so he had a less than stellar landing. But for length of flight, that will be hard to beat.

[@brucestewart5939]

It's almost as if this dude had a bird suit on!! Incredible!! Glad he's ok!!

[@dirtybird99]

You know, I was just thinking that suit seemed a little long in the crotch area . . . I mean that has to have some sort of effect and I'm willing to take the "It's a positive effect" side of this bet . . .

[@kilometrul]

@@dirtybird99 Same thought here.

[@Jmort93]

@@dirtybird99 I was just looking for this exact comment. Curious what regulations are for extra suit material in certain places.

[@perrymasonxix5954]

I don't really understand the aerodynamics of this sport, but wouldn't a loose fitting / baggy suit increase air resistance? And thus decrease the distance traveled by the jumper?

[@dirtybird99]

@@perrymasonxix5954 I am quite sure loose and baggy would increase resistance. But his suit is so long in the crotch area that my belief is he is getting extra lift that would not otherwise be available to him. I think it might even be considerable . . .

[@samc8272]

I think he S**T himself is the reasoning to the awkwardness after the landing lol. That was crazy awesome job. I know nothing about this sport but you got me attention.

[@STHFGDBY]

Amazing jump, he literally was flying on a jet stream that took him further and further, his Ski's became wings.

[@basicprogrammer6147]

And the entire time he's thinking.... . . . . . "Did I leave the dryer on?"

[@pompeymonkey3271]

That really was falling with style!

[@calicoasting]

I dont know the language they're speaking but I'm sure I heard a couple Holy Shits!!! in there.

[@rfvtgbzhn]

How did they even measure the distance? I have seen a photo of his landing where you can clearly see that the last marking is at 160m.

[@koko-lores]

unless you have weird nonlinear warping in the image, you can easily estimate landing positions beyond the fixed marks

[@lf3965]

I figured out the trick: his trousers! They work as wing suit

[@recklessrex]

Bro went full flying squirrel

[@donlitt]

That’s absolutely insane I hope he’s okay after that they really need to lengthen that landing area

[@koko-lores]

just shorten the ramp depending on the wind conditions..

[@youtuberesearch7017]

​@@koko-lores They did, look at the speed it was under 87 kmh, its nothing on big hill. It was really random. No one could expect this. And for these reasons exit curvature should be longer, not like here when 150 can be landed with telemark but 160 is fight for life.

[@ziemniaczexpr0]

@@koko-lores they shorten it too much every time, and once they didn't and this happened...

[@RhyseeB]

They need to make the landing areas longer. I've seen people bottoming out on these things way too often.

[@Skarfar90]

161.5 meters is almost ski flying territory. Crazy seeing how far he actually went. I know Willingen is the largest of the large hills, but this is just insanity.

[@adamk5335]

It is a shame for FIS crew in Willingen that he was allowed to jump with this front wind and starting bench level not reviewed.

[@michaelvarble4392]

One of my favorite events and tobbagan racing

[@Krunch2020]

Ski jumping should have no judges. Longest jump wins. Period

[@wujekincognito]

Could you upload Johann Andre Forfang 141,5 m jump from todays qualifications in Lillehammer?

[@zhixory]

On tiktok yes, We love ski jumping

[@wujekincognito]

@@zhixory ok

[@wujekincognito]

@@zhixory when?

[@zhixory]

@@wujekincognito later haha

[@wujekincognito]

@@zhixory what is funny in this?

[@ArareFISH]

I bet wingsuit base jumpers would be great at this.

[@rfiskillingussoftly6568]

Longer hill for the jump would've gone a lot further!

[@jojombo3459]

Bro forgot he’s not in the wingsuit course anymore😂

[@dasworkshop4967]

If you look at the flags at the bottom you can see a really stiff headwind, that's what kept him up dangerously long.

[@piiinkDeluxe]

The advertising on his skis fits the narrative lol

[@markosmrkec8699]

Timi Legend!!

[@the_real_MarcGyver]

I dont even care about skiing but that was beautiful

[@happynurse8706]

Look at her jumpsuit especially formulated to flare out and catch the wind to keep her in the air longer to extend the fall watch closely the way it's cut and designed

[@georgekleinfelter7041]

It seems like the suit is almost a wingsuit. Is that allowed in this sport?

[@tomekdondera3546]

I myślę że można przebić na spokojnie 171.5m na luzie

[@marcopolo9757]

no to ja bym po takiego ochotnika co by tyle skoczył karawanem przyjechał

[@lukasz377]

I się zabić

[@soloviov_andrew]

Рискнёшь?

[@bigpappahemi4263]

I believe I can fly.........I spread my skis and fly away!

[@thomaspeiker5577]

World Record in Willingen 🏆 Granerud kann das nicht 👍

[@skahler]

I'd love to hear the captions for this video

[@MuckVille]

That ankle dorsiflexion tho!

[@willywilz]

Luckily he landed on his steel balls so no worries 😅

[@Vl7248]

OG squirrel suiting.

[@gregmenego2200]

Reckon if he wore those base jump fly suits he would land in the crowd.

[@featureboxx]

But then, is it the intention to jump as far as possible but also not too far (in the best style)? Is it an error of the ski jumper for landing too far?

[@paldenno1]

It was an error from the jury to allow too high speed. A to high starting point.

[@maciejzniebuszewa8077]

This is a scandal. The people running this jumping contest should go to jail for attempted murder!

[@netaa]

lol

[@_Yep_Yep_]

He dropped a cricket bat and intentionally accidentally tripped to trigger the flight glitch.

[@Oklahoma-Dreaming]

Das war sehr gut!

[@SeppoVataja]

Pants down to his knees almost. Makes a sail

[@MaacAbra]

- This is control tower. You have to land NOW!

[@Slide61]

Very cool but are there any rules on the jump suits? I couldn't help but notice the wing like effect his pants gave him.

[@mikulitsi1819]

There are but the teams always go to the grey area to get as much of an advantage as possible. However if you look at ski jumping videos from competitions in early 2000s, those had some ridiculous suits when it wasn't regulated nearly as much

[@StrawberryGarcia]

He’s like a flying squirrel

[@Jazzman-bj9fq]

He's been taking Sugar Glider lessons.

[@dunerinaz]

That's not jumping, that's flying

[@daisybradley1392]

Just like a flying squirrel!

[@jasonstephenson9959]

I did a simple google search and the record is 253.5 m from back in 2017.

[@marshall6604]

Wing suit pants!

[@Bandito86]

They need to make the hill bigger now

[@janerikkvarsten2273]

Det gjelder jo å stå ut hoppet, hadde han flydd over fallgrensa så hadde han blitt dømt stående! 😎

[@DrBrule-ju6qb]

Base jump with skis and no parachute 😳

[@JGunit]

What's with the pine bows? Telling me paint wouldn't work?

[@oyboltz6407]

Looks like pretty hard packed snow he landed on.

[@SarahMaywalt]

He went from V-style to H-style.

[@GRamerDim]

bro got feather falling on his boots

[@genripper-b8q]

hate it when this happens. i always go in for a hot cocoa

[@JRadventures96]

There for a bit after he landed and was making his way off the track I thought he crapped himself!

[@alistairclark6814]

This guy needs longer landing hills. They should build a 600m.

[@Hollowsmith]

Damn...I'm surprised he didn't land in a nest.

[@rfiskillingussoftly6568]

If the world was a globe, he could have flown to a warmer climate!!

[@jiros00]

Craziest jump I've ever seen

[@James-nh6ir]

The suit acted like a wing between his legs

[@ashleytombs]

The day the The 253.5 world record is broken is the day the title of this video is worthy and I still can’t believe no jumper has broken this amazing world record after All these years and I don’t think it will ever be broken unless you find out Where the nearest shop for new knees and ankles is lol

[@gavinmetz7689]

😅😊😊

[@ashleytombs]

@@gavinmetz7689 it’s like Michael Shoemakers lap record Around China from 2004 which is 1:23.238 19 years later no one has broken it yet Both records and going to be broken for many years to come

[@mjc2624]

Ouch!

[@monicag.4135]

WOAH😮

[@malekodesouza7255]

For Americans this is 529 feet 10.268 inches! 😳