About a year ago, on Feb. 6, 2019, a local party named Josh Daiek, a professional skier(?), found a likely spot to make a never before jump over a major highway, in this case Highway 50. He is not your usual skier- he does it for a living, of sorts. He measured his sites and found just the right one, up the hill from Myers, a number of miles from Stateline, California. He knew that certain conditions had to be right: good snow, good prepared takeoff point, and especially, a good landing zone(LZ). He would also need to make certain parties aware so as not to cause a traffic disaster that could inflict injuries on motorists or truckers who might be on the road at the time. He also wanted it recorded so that he could make righteous claims as being "the One" who jumped Highway 50.
On February the 5th, conditions seemed perfect. He called a friend for help and they climbed the adjacent hillside to pack the snow into a ramp to aid the takeoff portion of the flight. He then cleared the landing zone that would accept this flying skier in a fashion to avoid critical injuries that might end his career. On the morning of the 6th, conditions were perfect and he completed the jump without incident. It was recorded for the ages and his notoriety finally came through with a full page article in the Sunday edition of the san Francisco Chronicle on Sunday, February 9, 2020.
Don't try this at home.
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| map with ski jump site:Feb 6, 2019 by Josh Daiek |
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