Screamin Seaman
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Other Names
- Screamin Seeman
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Learning The Trick
General Overview
One ski is lifted up and over the other ski so the skier’s legs and skis are crossed while in the air.
Preparation
Make sure before trying this trick your able to pull off a Daffy no problem.
Doing It
Approach the jump with plenty of speed and Assume the position, pop off the lip and initiate your first Daffy.
Instead of bringing your legs back together for landing, bring them back and cross them.
Finishing
Then re-open your legs into another Daffy, now you can bring your legs back together uncrossed and land.
Mastering The Trick
General Tips
- If this trick is not entirely done before you land it could be incredibly painful, especially if you are male. So make sure you go big and have mastered the Daffy.
History
I was the inventor of this trick. It was first thrown in competition in the Wildcat Mountain Amateur Championship in 1975. Then I went Pro and skied the PFA in 1976, 77, 78, and 79 World Championships. There it was preformed all those years. It was first attempted in a water jump at Spring Shores in Boise, Idaho, then at Bogus Basin.
- Curt Seaman
Should be spelled Screamin SEEMAN after Winter Park Aerial coach Chris Seeman who invented it.
-Bob Haywood
In the first week of June 1970 Nick Jones of Seattle kinda did this jump during a Gelande Contest I helped organize and judge at Alpental, Washington. The difference is that he landed in the crossed position on purpose. At about 35 MPH he sailed around 100' off the lip, crossed his skis and just hung in that position and landed that way! Needless to say this amazed all in attendance. He certainly could have uncrossed his skis, he had the time and skill, but he thought he would get more points by landing crossed. Yeh, he got more points. By the way he landed on the rear ski perfectly and skied away at around 40+ MPH without a hitch.....no wobbles, no shakey stop, he just kept on hauling wide arcs to the bottom of the chair. I still remember it vividly.
Seeing the skill with which he pulled this off I have no doubt that he had practiced this jump prior to this date and landed it both crossed and uncrossed. Nice job Nick, where ever you are. Submitted by Eric Lindahl, an old dogger in Seattle.
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Credits
- Johnny S.