skip to 2:41 to see Ben huck his 360 to full pond crossing
Squaw Valley held its annual pond crossing on April 12th, 2014. Squaw was the first place to ever do a pond crossing and it’s been imitated at ski resorts all over North America.
Ben Paciotti was the first to ever do a 360 pond crossing and it was highly impressive. We don’t think too many people will ever pull this off successfully. Ben is a pond crossing master not to be taken lightly.
Congrats Ben!
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I’m not sure if Squaw was the first place to do a pond crossing, this year I think it will be the 26th Defi Foly in La Clusaz in France?
Although you could argue that La Clusaz is not a crossing as no-one actually makes it to the other side!