Just got a voice mail from Ty with a bit more info. I'd like to talk with him directly to get some more of the details. Anyway, he said landing the jumps was particularly difficult. He would be coming down for a gentle touch down and the wind would rip into a strong gust boosting his landing speed much higher. To further complicate things some of those ragged waves would pop up providing a nice mobile barrier to slam into. Apparently the 60 ft. jump was witnessed and that is what the observer estimated possibly Ty as well. He said he boosted one a lot higher than that which wasn't caught by the camera. The witnesses' estimate was 20 ft. higher. Hi times in OBX! Hope to learn more and pass it along.
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