The record had been in contention because of a lack of evidence. But the new video shows Syversen making the accidental, record jump . Syversen, who was filming a ski video at the time was preparing to undertake a massive cliff jump in the French Alps.
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But the Norwegian accidentally veered off his original course and ended up flying towards a much larger drop at 50mph. "Breaking or trying to stop was no longer an option," Syversen said.
"It simply went too fast. If I had tried that I wouldn’t write this. So that left one choice: go for it, and do it right."
Luckily he managed to avoid any big rocks and landed in deep snow.
He was dug out of the two-metre hole he was buried in by his friends and managed to ski down to a waiting helicopter that flew him to hospital. The only injury Syversen sustained was minor damage to his liver.
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