Take the playlist showing to dwell upon. The film is from 1975 (made in 74)
Werner Herzog's,
The Great Ecstasy of the Sculptor Steiner
Embeded View is Just Above Here:
You can find the full URL as a compilation Playlist: do note that this is not the full film -- but a core component. The full Film can be found normally on Ebay following this link:
The separate sections will open in a Series of You Tube Pages and have been posted by different people.
Other Ski Jumping highlights follow:
I will work on getting these to show on this page w/ a click.
A great sport for Kids too, and as a summer sport.
- Kids Summer Ski Jumping in Zakopane, Poland
- Adam Malysz, Night Summer Jump Zakopane
- You Can do it too, just go to Lake Placid this summer:
From Planica Slovenia some very big Jumps
- Bjørn-Einar Romøren - The current standing"World Record" - 239 meters
- Jane Ahonen - Probably the longest Ski Jump Ever w/ an unfortunate and painful fall 240 meters also in German
- The Previous World Record (I think) Matti Hautamaeki
Other Flying Hills:
- Roar Ljoekelsoey - Oberstdorf, Germany - 223 m - HILL RECORD
- Simmon Amman , Ski Flying at Harrachov, Czech Republic 2007
Ski Flying hills world wide include:
- Planica Slovenia
- Harrachov Czech Republic
- Kulm Austria
- Vickersund Norway
- Oberstdorf Germany
- and Ironwood (UP) Michigan.
Some Historical Jumps of Note:
- The First Flight over 200 Meters
- A Tremendous Jump from 30 years ago (with a fall) from Walter Steiner in Oberstdorf. Possibly the 179 w/ Crash that drove Herzog to make the "Ecstasy" film above.
In Closing:
There is much more out there, but if you want a good hit of the greatest sport you just don't see on American TV, watch this one.
- The 200 Plus (lots of awesome jumps)
I will bring this into better focus in the months ahead.
