Jonathan Lindhe

Unfortunately we only get a split second clip of Jonathan Lindhe’s overshoot from Random Bastards’ Spring Break edit, but that’s all it takes for him to clear the whole frickin’ landing. If you watch in slomo you can see he’s employed the same technique as Lance to take some of the impact – and presumably it worked as he’s getting a lift back up in the next shot. It’s alright for some…

Rainbow Rail Overshoot

We really hope this sideline advice translates as ‘you’re doing it wrong’.

Emilia Vanni

You might need to tweak the volume a little for this one, it’s pretty quiet. Emilia’s Vanni’s trick tip format has some good advice for what to do once you’re committed to sending it large – but we probably still wouldn’t recommend you give this a go.

Typically Scottish humour from the W.B.B. crew, who are well used to taking it on the chin (badum-tish).

Kid’s Do the Darndest Things…

‘Aww, did you see that? He did a cannonball as he plummeted MILES PAST THE LANDING, how sweet dear…’

You get the impression this could just be a throwaway clip from a family holiday vid – that is until you see the speed this kid is taking into the kicker, and the subsequent ‘cannonball’ pose he adopts as he heads into the impact. We’re pretty sure that the brace position they recommend on airplanes doesn’t quite work in these circumstances, sorry dude…

Not to worry, he’s probably just another one of those supergroms.

Seb Toots

Temporary and new kicker builds add a whole other element to judging speed – as Sebastien Toutant found out at his first Air and Style event in 2009. He employs the double foot kick with expertise here to keep himself level, but unfortunately that was never going to counter the fact that he was still rising upwards as he cleared the knuckle.

Seb did of course make a full recovery eventually, but this is still pretty savage.

Fredi Kalbermatten

Now for something a bit more light hearted. Fredi K went huuuge off this backcountry cheese wedge way back in 2012, and if it wasn’t for a whole heap of powder, this could have been pretty serious.

Luckily, thanks to a forgiving angle, Fredi was able to just stand up and shake off this hit, that’s not to say he didn’t feel that crunch on impact…

Helgason, Lago and Clancy

So, incase you were wondering, you are watching the same superpark kicker as Lance Hakker’s clip, but this time it’s two minutes of overshoots, knuckles and general slam action. There’s a whole bunch of pros in here including Halldor Helgason, Kyle Clancy and Scotty Lago, and this edit surely goes a long way toward’s confirming Mammoth’s claim for most sketchy kicker.

Gigi Rüf

Gigi Rüf’s part in Absinthe’s Futureproof is a full-blown classic. And so is this overshoot, which is surely engrained in history as one of the biggest and most memorable ever. So, so heavy.

Seth Hill

Seth Hill seems to have an uncanny ability for overshooting kickers. Last spring Seth overshot a beast of a jump in the Pyrenees and luckily, camera crews were there to capture it in all it’s glory. Oh, and there’s also a POV angle too.

Just this summer, Seth had the extremely unpleasant experience of breaking his back while he was out in Mt. Hood. The cause of his injury? You guessed it, overshooting a hip.

We’re glad Seth is all mended up good now and hope he’ll be letting someone else check the speed for him next time, give yourself a break man!

Honourable Mentions

Skiers have their fair share of overshoots too. You might remember Teddy Berr’s from our 15 Skier Fails post… Here’s one that tops it though, purely for the hang time and crumpling impact, we have to give an honourable mention Simon Dumont.

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Token undershoot – don’t do this either:

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