Olympic Gold Medalist Ted Ligety is Also a Hoon!

"Tom McParland" (tommcparland) 02/20/2014 at 11:39 • Filed to: Hoon of the day, HOTD, Ted Ligety

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This is a video from 5 years ago. Ted jumping his car in New Zealand. So we have seen bigger jumps but it is pretty cool that a recent gold medalist is really one of "us."

efme > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 12:23

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i saw his interview and they showed clips of him jumping cars. said something to the effect of "its fun to launch/jump something you usually drive to get from point a to b"

Tom McParland > efme 02/20/2014 at 12:28

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That is how I found out as well. :D

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 12:52

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Awesome - that was some pretty good air!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 13:04

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Ted Ligety can't afford a sick day, but he can afford to jump his shitbox car.

MEESTALUBBA > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 13:13

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Female Jalopnik readers agree with typo, wish Olympic gold medalist was on them

SamSneed1028 > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 13:14

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But he is a car hoon, doesn't that make him exactly one of us ?

Tom McParland > MEESTALUBBA 02/20/2014 at 13:14

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Hahaha...thanks fixed

almost_hectic > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/20/2014 at 13:23

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What exactly is the shitbox?... at first I thought it was a fox body Stang, but looking closer Im thinking Cavalier mayb?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > almost_hectic 02/20/2014 at 13:32

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Yeah, I'm thinking cav.

2Dollarz > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 13:40

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Straightenin' the curves
Flattenin' the hills
Someday the mountain might get him, but the law never will

Mini_Fanatic > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/20/2014 at 13:45

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It looks to me like a 1987 Holden Camira. Remember, these fellas are in New Zealand.

MrToppo > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 13:49

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A Holden JE Camira, if anyone wants to know. Jumping is all these shitty J-bodies are good for.

The Ghost of Oppo > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/20/2014 at 13:51

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I just read an article today that he makes almost $2 million a year. He probably picked this up for shitz and gigz

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Mini_Fanatic 02/20/2014 at 13:52

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Same damn shitbox.

HFC_Tom > almost_hectic 02/20/2014 at 13:56

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My guess is Holden Camira, but essentially a Chevy Cavalier.

92LX302 > 2Dollarz 02/20/2014 at 14:09

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You win.

GreenN_Gold > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 14:09

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Afterward, Ted Ligety didn't stick around to see what the authorities thought of this little stunt. Ligety split!

(Joke stolen from Jimmy Fallon.)

JDIGGS > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/20/2014 at 14:17

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I've been going around yelling TED LIGETY DON"T TAKE NO FUCKING SICK DAYS!!!

Peter Lemongello > almost_hectic 02/20/2014 at 14:23

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Pontiac Sunbird.

ReaperChief > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 14:24

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnd thhhhhe Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllddd medal goes toooooooooooooooo FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGG CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR

whoarder is tellurium > MrToppo 02/20/2014 at 15:09

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Thought I saw some J body in there. First thing to mind for me was Pontiac Sunbird.

TheDoubleClutchBandit > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 15:37

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My friend and I have been contemplating jumping his car, not to this degree, but on a smaller jump around where we live in an abandoned factory lot with a hill. I like to think of myself as mechanically learned, but I just don't know if the car an even handle one jump. Fellow jalops, I ask you, how have you car jumping experiences gone? Should we jump or should we sit around Friday night at a coffee shop, ogling the hipster baristas?

yeahjeets2015 > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 15:38

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Is this Shaun White on the half-pipe this year?

HannibalArmies2 > 2Dollarz 02/20/2014 at 15:41

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Casper > TheDoubleClutchBandit 02/20/2014 at 15:44

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Avoid hipsters, I'm still not convinced it isn't contagious. As far as jumping cars, jumping an 85 300ZX only ever resulting in blowing some old shocks, but that wasn't huge jumps, just jumping from a hill on a "track" I would run in on that strongly resembled a back mountain road. Jumping a Plymouth Caravel resulted in blowing a tire and eating a ditch. It all depends what you are leaving (angle of jump, length of jump, etc), height, speed, and the angle of landing.

Generally, jumping a car other than with the expectation of smashing it into pieces would be a bad idea.

BLeibowitz > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 15:50

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Here is me jumping my car.

Jim Abbotts Stub > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 16:04

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Ya, and here's his dad grabbing his mom's titty

ScottNZ > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 17:39

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Heh, the journalist down here clearly isn't "one of us" - didn't quite get the website name right... http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/…

Roadster Man > TheDoubleClutchBandit 02/20/2014 at 17:57

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Don't lift.

bluto1899 > Tom McParland 02/20/2014 at 19:51

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Am I the only one that was expecting him to be standing there, ready to jump over the car, Kobe style?

lumberpile > almost_hectic 02/21/2014 at 00:56

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Late 80's Holden Camira, likely with the 2.0L EFI Camtech 4-cylinder engine.

Best of the Aussie Camiras, with the build quality and underpower issues being resolved, but pretty dated by this point anyway.