Dumont sets Quarterpipe World Record
On the morning of Friday, April 11 skiing prodigy and X Games star Simon Dumont of Bethel, Maine broke the world record for highest air on a quarterpipe at his home resort of Sunday River by executing a corked 900 tail grab and peaking at a height of 35 feet above the top of the quarterpipe. The 38-foot quarterpipe built by Snow Park Technologies with support from the Sunday River Park Crew is the largest quarterpipe ever constructed. Norwegian Terje Haakonsen held the previous world record at 32.5 feet.
"I’m really glad to have pulled this off in my backyard at Sunday River where I started my ski career," said Dumont. "The fans from the East have always been super supportive. That makes breaking this record at home even sweeter."
At 9 a.m. Friday morning Simon showed up with his game face on and was ready for his final attempts. After an hour of repeatedly hitting the quarter pipe, at 10:12am EST Dumont hiked an additional 15 feet up the hill to gain more speed. Simon crouched into a tucked position going 55 mph down the in run and not only launched 35 feet into the air, but spun a 900 in the process (a trick where the athlete spins 2.5 complete rotations in the air).
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