Simon Dumont Shatters World Quarterpipe Record!

Red Bull’s Simon Dumont made history today. After some kinks in the road, all was smooth sailing at 10:12 a.m. EST when Simon shattered the world record for highest air off a quarterpipe.

Simon accomplished the unthinkable establishing a new world record for highest air on a quarterpipe as he launched 35 feet into thin air at his home resort of Sunday River in Maine. On the world’s tallest quarterpipe (38-feet tall and 78-feet wide) custom-built by Snow Park Technologies, and with a Guinness Book of World Records representative on location, Simon beat previous holder Terje Haakonsen’s 32 feet 6 inches during the last of day of his attempts. Soaring 73-feet above the ground—more than a seven-story building—the hometown hero sent the intimate crowd of family and friends into a frenzy as they witnessed the moment.

The project began Tuesday morning when Simon arrived on site directly off a flight from the Jon Olsson Super Sessions in Sweden. Simon began hitting the quarterpipe in the early afternoon when he reached heights as high as 28 feet off the deck, before drifting in the air and landing low on the transition. His hard landing caused him to bruise his heel and aggravate an existing knee injury. After seeing the doctor, Simon returned to the hill on Wednesday, but his injuries were still acting up and he was forced to call it for the day. Thursday was disrupted by high winds forcing the entire staff to delay their flights in order to provide one more opportunity to attempt the world record. At 9 a.m. on Friday Simon showed up with his game face on and was ready for his final attempts. After an hour of repeatedly hitting the quarterpipe, Simon hiked an additional 15 feet up the in-run to gain more speed. Simon tucked up to 55 m.p.h. coming in and not only launched 35 feet in the air, but busted a huge 900 in the process.

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