The Untold Truth Of Olympic Medalist Nick Goepper

In 2020, Red Bull Content Pool writes that Goepper teamed up with sports photographer Ji imeek to "pay tribute to the pioneers of ski acrobatics." imeek stumbled upon a 1929 photo of a man named Otto Berauer and was more than impressed. In the photo, he is jumping off the roof of the Lun bouda

In 2020, Red Bull Content Pool writes that Goepper teamed up with sports photographer Jiří Šimeček to "pay tribute to the pioneers of ski acrobatics." Šimeček stumbled upon a 1929 photo of a man named Otto Berauer and was more than impressed. In the photo, he is jumping off the roof of the Luční bouda hotel in the Czech Republic. Wearing wooden skis, he managed to jump over 18 meters (or 59 feet).

According to Red Bull, the hotel was once a "destination for adventurers." Thus, Šimeček sought to recreate the photo but was concerned that the hotel would bar him from doing so. Luckily, they were "extremely enthusiastic" about the prospect. Šimeček sought Goepper as he was already in the Czech Republic for a competition. He photographed Goepper with a digital camera and a vintage camera from the 1930s doing the same jump. When shown the photos, he was "bouncing off the walls." Goepper later told NBC Olympics that he puts himself on "autopilot" to do his jumps and tricks.

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