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Watch This Skier Go for the Dunk on Whistler’s ‘Air Jordan’

Sometimes, you’ve gotta drive the lane and throw it down with both hands. Here's the ski equivalent of an emphatic jam.

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I don’t know everything about judging the height of a ski drop, and as a 5’6” man with almost zero vertical, I know even less about dunking a basketball.

But I have to imagine Whistler Blackcomb’s Air Jordan looks mega, no matter who you are.

The big, burly double cascades straight down Tiger’s Terrace to bottom out in a deceptively steep, soft bowl. Estimates show it offers about 60 feet of drop.

One way to send it: Point straight down and go.

That’s the method here. True to his chosen route’s namesake, this sender simply takes the rock to the rim — and the crowd goes wild.

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