Jeret 'Speedy' Peterson, U.S. Ski Team

[powerbot20]

:( he killed himself in utah where i was today i saw where he died i live near there.

[powercrush3]

Nobody who knew you will ever forget you. Your smile lit up the OTC, your laughter infected us all. I'll never forget you telling me you were gonna "whomp my ass." I am so sad because I don't understand. I only wish you peace and pray that you have it now. Miss you buddy..

[salenarocks]

Very sad for a classmate of my son at Westminster College. Rest in Peace Jeret.

[yamaharules100]

RIP! Im so confused on why he did that.. :(

[Justworkcanada]

RIP



[24drnkz]

Up in the sky now where you can really fly! RIP fellow ripper...

[ed11561]

Good god-what a jump.Is he the only person to ever complete that totally wack jump?

RIP

[tames52209]

RIP

[FTTWR]

Wish I could have seen you win that $550,000 in Vegas RIP Jeret!

[judydful]

RIP ~ We will miss you so much 

[Martinez3913]

RIP Jeret, so sad that you're gone and I didn't even know you.

[justcallmeassinine]

@Martinez3913 Well sadly,it was all going downhill for him.

[Tippy2two]

R.I.P., Speedy.

[tabnoom]

So sad... RIP brother.

[tendimes]

RIP 

[Big10]

Tremendous athletic feat!  Sorry to hear about his death. :-(

[DrTazMage]

RIP Jeret

[ahadj12]

RIP

[foreverski]

RIP! we will miss you very much

[lspugmire]

RIP Speedy, our entire family heart you and watched you, these last Olympics.

[heheman3000]

Wow, that is pretty phenomenal. RIP.

[JsTFoFuN]

That jump was amazing (no other way to describe it). RIP Jeret. 

[ace747high1]

RIP "Speedy" You will be greatly missed....Sorry to see ya go...

[zenmachinefilms]

RIP Jeret.

[lucabadoer1]

We'll miss you Speedy. RIP :-(

[vsi313]

I personality met this guy! Very friendly, good person. And not prideful!

[SNo356]

they spend hours upon hours on water ramps and trampolines they dont just go out there and huck

[KryzMasta]

So, uhm, how the fuck can one actually do this intentionally?! Crazy.

[Mumblefood]

@KryzMasta I used to do this on the Canadian team for some years. It is all very controlled, and the progression is very slow. Even the best take about 10 years to peak, no exceptions. To be honest the very most difficult hurdle is learning that first single back flip (done on water, safe but still painful). Can't tell you how many kids i saw get excited about it, and quit in a week.

[bookwtch]

Amazing, especially coming from someone who has overcome so much in his life. Incredible athlete, incredible human being.

[ChristianEggers]

The event is judged by more than one jump, and as such, the results were correct. Doesn't mean this dude shouldn't get tons of credit for progressing the score, it just means he should have had a better first jump.

[Mumblefood]

@ChristianEggers As much as i'd love to agree, aerials is the most unforgiving sport in the entire world. 2 jumps is not enough, one small mistake and you are out. Do you know who COMPLETELY DOMINATED THE ENTIRE AERIALS WORLD in 2010? No? Nobody else does either. His name is Anton Kushnir. Aerials punishes the very best there ever was on small errors (not big errors) by not even letting them make finals. Take a look at Steve Omischl for another example. The Olympics is a microscope.

[Dennisizle]

wtf can u belive he didnt get the gold because they dont count originality just timing fuck these judges

[nateb79]

Maybe they don't like a show-off.

[extremeskier1965]

2010 aerials rigged man

This guy should have won the gold in my opinion

He fuckin stomped it

[yesmon4real]

@extremeskier1965 Yes I agree with you, this guy amazing .

[GodsWildfire]

Must've been the Hurricaine!

[cocornejo95]

WTF!!!!!!!

[juble2]

omg that was amazing!!1

[sithu800]

you rock!

[dgott12]

Wow!!! That's about all I can even say!

[dhashish85]

this has to fuck up your knees

[novosel4life]

he is sweet

[jedi4breakfast]

gotta stay fly u no