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Skier Attempts to Jump Over Crowd at Copper Mountain, CO End-of-Season Pond Skimming Event Injuring Several People
Steven Agar | April 17, 2018 | Industry NewsIndustry News

A bit of showmanship is always expected at Copper Mountain Resort’s annual Slopesoakers pond-skimming event, but no one was prepared for one man’s disastrous attempt to ski jump over a crowd of spectators Saturday afternoon, reports Summit Daily.
Hayden Wright, 26, was descending a run shortly after noon when he launched into the crowd, breaking a woman’s collarbone and causing several other injuries. Authorities now say they expect to charge him with felony assault.

“It was not even close,” said Chris Allison, who was standing in the crowd and hit the deck as Wright flew toward him. “You’d have to be Red Gerard and not drinking to clear that.”

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‘Hold my beer, watch this…’ Credit: Hugh Carey | Summit Daily News
Allison said Wright approached him before the accident, Bloody Mary in hand, and told him that he was going to try jumping the crowd. Allison and another woman who heard him were struck by the absurdity of the idea.

“We looked at each other and said, ‘There’s no way he’s actually going to try that sort of thing, right?'” Allison recalled.

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