Russian half-pipe

[p m]

Here.

I think that beats the jeep video we've enjoyed recently.

 

[lrsafari]

OK, that explains a lot!

(I am married to a Russian

Crazy. That could have (should have) ended a lot worse.

Scott

 

[roverover]

That is great pretty good aceleration as he climbed.

Somebody lend me there truck and we'll try it

 

[p m]

(I am married to a Russian

me too.
With my wife driving, I prefer to ride in the back seat.

 

[Dan Erickson]

WOW!

That was better than the Sidekick jump!

 

[gmookher]

it could have been a roll, but somewhere between luck and skill, that was pretty cool, i wouldnt try it myself tho. Didnt notice a roll cage, that could have turned out really bad too, huh

 

[scottjal]

Fake. Least thats what everyone replied when I posted this last week.

 

[Drillbit]

thats the coolest jump ever, with balls like that i am shocked the lost the cold war

 

[MUSKYMAN]

yeah thats cool but fake

 

[jhmover]

Called what happens when you drink to much vodka.

 

[D90DC]

Peter... That looks like something your brother would do in his Jeep....

 

[justinhaaga]

looks fake but they did a good job on it.

 

[p m]

Peter... That looks like something your brother would do in his Jeep....

I'm sure there are some witnesses of an honest attempt at that on this board!

 

[D90DC]

Did the landscape ever return on the reservation? Last time we went it was all charred

 

[kk88rrc]

Fake??? How is it fake? Can someone explain how. I keep watching it trying to catch something, but I don't see it.

 

[itdnwiwbp]

Well, besides the acceleration thing the angle it came back down onto the "ramp" looked like it would have made it flip and the bouncing around looks completely fake...those, and its just plain ridiculous.

 

[Slappy]

Well, that's a pretty cool vid., and the driver burned through all 9 of his lives right there. If it was real.

Steve

 

[p m]

Fake??? How is it fake? Can someone explain how. I keep watching it trying to catch something, but I don't see it.

Well, to my eye -
- Lada Niva (pictured in the clip) couldn't have possibly accelerated even to reach the top of the hill, let alone get the air. It's a ton-and-a-half with an 80-hp, 1.6-liter 4.
- Even if it did, the control arms (it has IFS) on the front right corner would've folded when it clipped the hillside on the way down.

 

[p m]

Did the landscape ever return on the reservation? Last time we went it was all charred

I don't know - the last time I've been there was December of 2004 (or was it -05?). There wasn't much stuff burned down, in fact, you woudn't see any all the way to the back end of the reservation.
But they closed the access to nearly everybody; there's been talk about reopening it, but they won't respond to emails or phone calls.

 

[NHESS81]

Yeah. Totally fake. You can tell because of how choppy it gets during the 'crazy' parts. lol...I bet a few Russians tried it after seeing that!