Saturday, January 26, 2008

Ski Jumping On Line

You Tube is the major place to see what is going on in peoples minds on the sport. It is pretty amazing to me what I came across today:

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.


From Planica Slovenia some very big Jumps


Other Flying Hills:


Ski Flying hills world wide include:
  • Planica Slovenia
  • Harrachov Czech Republic
  • Kulm Austria
  • Vickersund Norway
  • Oberstdorf Germany
  • and Ironwood (UP) Michigan.
Ironwood unfortunately, is no longer actively used I believe.

Some Historical Jumps of Note:


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.


I will bring this into better focus in the months ahead.

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