Skier TJ Lanning Discusses His Crash at Birds of Prey in 2006 | ISOS003

For downhill skiers, some days at Birds Of Prey don't go as planned. In 2006, former US Ski Team rising star TJ Lanning took a memorable fall but miraculously escaped without major injury. In this segment, he relives this epic crash and discusses the risks vs rewards downhill skiers face in their pursuit of speed.
While he is no longer racing, TJ is now an assistant speed coach for the US Ski Team using his hard-earned experience to help our boys go faster.
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[@DJSbros]

I consider this to be one of the most dangerous Olympic sports. The speeds they reach are crazy.

[@arthurpewtey]

In other news, bears do indeed shit in the woods, and the Pope probably is Catholic.

[@TheTibetyak]

My mind was built for this Olympic racing, but my body is built for Olympic Curling.

[@JSparo-TotalWarMachinima]

@@arthurpewtey Yet some images have also broken up about a bear being catholic and the pope shitting in the woods, investigations are on their way.

[@termixx9139]

DJSbros and ski jumping too...

[@jonathanbauer9279]

@@JSparo-TotalWarMachinima thanks mate made my day

[@alexandregoulet1639]

Better the fence than the trees! Just giv'er!

[@reabbotted]

"Counting on modern medicine to make me feel better when I'm 40" Me at 40: uh-oh.

[@Skarlet79]

I can absolutely not blame him for wanting back on the skis ASAP, despite his many injuries. I'm an avid recreational skier. I have the app ski-tracks on my phone. It tracks your speed (max-speed, average speed etc). My record so far is 90 km/h; these guys go 140 km/h or more. The rush you get when flying down the slopes is an absolute thrill. The dopamine and adrenalin rush is better than you ever can imagine. It's like a drug, like an addiction.

[@ryekuder2378]

that's a pretty neat trick

[@sx-racer-6393]

All the best for him and all of you.❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@schumi246]

I’ve done that course, it is insane, and I didn’t reach the speeds they do, obviously.

[@cynthcorcor126]

You can't really help reaching those speeds the way the runs set up.

[@EarlofCrawford]

Like getting thrown out of a car door on the highway

[@bakedwithrealchez]

i remember seeing this on tv

[@davesmulders3931]

I remember seeing this on youtube

[@Twobarpsi]

Fences save lives!!

[@apollomorris9920]

That got hi scores from all the judges!

[@tooney012345678910]

I like the way you fly, boy

[@JohnSmith-jg8vb]

What a sick rodeo

[@cleanname4439]

I’m watching this after a knee injury. It’s pretty minor but It pisses me off so much that I can’t ski or swim. I don’t know how these guys are able to take such long breaks from sports that they devoted their lives to. I’m only an avg skier and an avg swimmer but it’s extremely hard to not be able to do either sport.

[@mikhaillastname8719]

so lucky to walk away from this horrific crash

[@cynthcorcor126]

I was down and lifted up myself . Won powder blue truck and trailer. Was aka Kelly Walsh that day. Didn't get hurt that day. 💕

[@mladen2008]

3:14 damn good crash

[@Heffy90]

so gnarly

[@UTAH100]

You can hit a rut at anytime and this can happen to anyone. Has almost happened to me several times. At those speeds it is much harder to recover. I did but was at 1/3 his speed.

[@guacamole8964]

secondary fence for a good reason

[@wantmeX]

dangerous sport ever...

[@popefrancis4080]

What are you trying to say?

[@takwita]

His Bormio was worse

[@simonegger5699]

That was actually a damn good crash 😅 i bet he is proud 🤣

[@Sha362]

Feel what the hill is doing accept its energy sync with it then charge with it! And pray the fence contains your crash!

[@brydermckee2556]

homie did a rodeo 5 into the tries

[@iamin7thgradelol]

I am 11 years old and I was skiing but I could t slow down fast enoguh and I slammed into a brick wall. Here are the symptoms: Short term. 1: bloody nose 2: hurting back 3: shock 4: pain, lots of pain Effects right now. 1: bump on head 2: cut on nose 3: sore knees

[@Griuofficial]

Good luck to this guy, take care of yourself

[@TheManDownstairs13]

Party on golden dudes!

[@juliuskolb7765]

He was lucky this fence was there. Otherwise he would've been flying into.tge trees...

[@kennybott5512]

He's SickDear God, get me threw this one and I promise never to do it again.

[@WolfgangAPalm-ju9er]

He had luck that he did not fly over the fence and hit on one of the trees...

[@cgeorgo416]

I live there

[@jackparker9317]

Same

[@tomatomoussin9134]

He was very lucky that the fiance cought him otherwise he would not be there to speak, because it would have crushed in the tree's behind.

[@vampiresforesl]

ACL, ruptured discs... "The payoff may not seem logical now but hopefully in the future." R.I.P.

[@jarnold1789]

Oof. Yeah

[@dacat8171]

😱

[@stevenvitali7404]

Is that Val kilmer

[@secretbeach999]

Haha I went to middle school with that dude in Park City

[@snowjammma]

that fence was barely tall enough

[@thomaspeiker5577]

Fences are also dangerous, you see at reinstadler, maybe a flight in the woods would be better, you never know 😉

[@jameyraby1752]

George Of The Jungle

[@Adie_Brown]

Jamey Raby See. I sat here thinking why you’d say this. Then I sang the song in my head, and now I like your joke. 👍🏼

[@evanalexander9157]

Why did they put the fences in the way? He could've landed the Lincoln...

[@pauldzim]

I recommend watching this at 720p, much less artifacts

[@danielmikalauskas6178]

Tbh actually looked kinda cool 😅

[@abcdecghijklmn]

Fuuuuuuuk so lucky!!

[@marcolang43]

😱😱😱😱😱

[@Kimberlystarkovich]

So I’ve skied birds of prey. It’s a lot worse then what you think it’s pretty steep and the one bad part is that the hill is slanted. See what’s funny is when is skied this I actually crashed but me personally I’m a actual ski racer so it’s like I’m use to it and ima have to be use to it

[@Lisa1111]

What a pretty man 🥰

[@heartfeltteaching]

When his eyes uncross lol

[@mcfionn2377]

Who did he go so high and far

[@jarnold1789]

The compression forces. The skis are shaped kind of like a leaf spring in a car, so when those forces load up the ski and the spring “releases”, if you will, there is a ton of energy trying to launch you. Especially at those speeds. With his weight over the back of the skis he was unable to control the release of energy, popping him up into the air and causing him to twist. I’ve done this at far slower speeds and it’s a wild sensation. The skis contain so much energy at those speeds.

[@lucho74jump71]

Fok

[@SpineandInjuryCenter]

I like turtles

[@tommylynch7887]

me too

[@Abnsdllnnlosnfd]

Uhuhuhuh he said "beaver"

[@michaelodonnell4317]

Because you don't want to live in London and Paris and the pink slip

[@tsmemphi]

What I don't understand, in almost any sport there is innovation going on toward protection systems. But in Downhill and SuperG there is nothing since the introduction of the helmet. Even the neck don't gets better stabilization. And there would be some interesting protection systems, like on-demand airbags that could at leat protect the entire back, neck and head. It's not to understand why these were not tested and finally get as standard. 😞

[@carlmarks8170]

Weird comment... Especially after watching this particular video. You saw a guy have his life saved by the safety nets. He walked away from a spectacular crash with just a broken wrist. Not bad considering he was probably going 75 mph and was launched into the air over 50m. Airbags protect against the devastating blunt force trauma which occurs inside a crashing car. It's nothing like that for these ski-racers. They're in clear space on a mountainside with nothing but their skis, poles and the snow-covered ground. Recreational skiers sometimes die from collisions with trees and rocks, but the ski-racers don't have these sorts of heavy collisions since the innovation of safety netting on the perimeter of racing courses. The more common ski racing injuries are broken legs and serious knee injuries from tumbling across the snow at high speeds (with or without their skis still attached.) Their limbs get caught in bad positions as they tumble and... SNAP! I can't think think of any possible protection against this. It's the hazard of skiing. If you go fast or if you don't land a jump, you can get hurt.

[@cleanname4439]

@@carlmarks8170 Yeah ur edge getting caught in the snow while ur sliding down is usually what fucks up ur knees, but ur edges need to grip the snow for you to even be able to ski, so there is no way to mitigate that effect rlly. This guy was lucky imo to hit that fence instead of the snow.

[@soadodadjian730]

They do have airbags in addition to back protection that inflate should they hit the ground and it has helped averting injuries.

[@johnnycash5134]

Would’ve been a nice rodeo 5 without the fence there

[@martinjohansen2822]

Lo

[@UserX860]

crash @ 1:29

[@mulletover3832]

I would have popped the old planks back on and kept going.

[@anthony-vp3dq]

Idk if this is a joke or not but you are not allowed to do that he DSQ'ed

[@sixtenallingersandgren6674]

No you wouldnt you would be laying on the course crying. Dont fool yourself theese skiers arent normal pepole thats why they can take it

[@jacobs-corner]

@@sixtenallingersandgren6674Careful, you're disrespecting a future US Army soldier

[@sucapizda]

So, what ever happened to him? Did he recover? Did he race again? Was he relegated to the special Olympics after the crash? Did he get a face transplant? Did he poop him self?

[@razorbyt700]

yes

[@rogerprout5574]

Why they don't wear full face helmets is beyond me

[@faillalama6002]

pure - woa look at my page for more skiing race accidents :D

[@roshi98]

Top that, Simone Biles!

[@insertname8889]

Unfortunately head on landing have now been outruled

[@GwEClanGaming]

yard sale

[@artpoker7650]

wtf sick crah? like maier in nagano ,even sicker

[@popefrancis4080]

Nope. Meier wasnt tha4 high up in the air. The amazing thing about meiers crah was that he was fine. That says a lot about how bad the crash was.