Ski Jump Contest Ends, Podium Crowded With Obsessive Players

Hello, people of Earth, iPhone junkies, and readers of this website. If you followed the Cloudveil/Adventure Life Ski Jump App iPhone contest, you know it ended a few days ago, with the top spot nabbed by Tobias Pecival, who has requested professional assistance as he leaves the game behind and ramps back into regular life. Tobias’s jump was a remarkable 166.286 meters and for his incredible athletic achievement Cloudveil is rewarding him with the $500 Gore-Tex Hoback jacket.

Second place saw an amazing three-way tie between Creeper, Miller, and Carvalho at 161.759 meters, and Cloudveil has very generously volunteered to reward all three with Inertia Peak softshell jacket worth $160. Creeper and Carvalho, you need to get in touch…

Bronze was won with a jump of 161.343 meters. Congrats, Muxul. Drop a line to claim the $125 Run Don’t Walk 1/2-zip jacket.

Kevin Pazirandeh, who wrote the ingenious little app, noted that he has quite a few measures in place to prevent cheating, so the gap between first and second was earned fair and square. Also, just so you know, the maximum possible jump in beginner mode is 170 meters. Well done, Tobias!

Finally, super-ultra-mondo thanks to Cloudveil for supporting this little endeavor. For a bunch of derelict ski bums and fly fishermen, they’ve done pretty good for themselves, and, as they stand atop the peak of capitalism, or what passes for it in the outdoor world, they haven’t forgotten us little people. No, really: See The Adventure Life’s gallery of the Gelande-Quaffing World Championships if you want more proof. So, thanks, Sully, Sarah, Wogo, and everyone else there in Happy Valley!

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