Huge efforts so far into USA Ski Jumping" USA SJ"

Well, Winter is HERE. Snow is falling in the hills above us and the prime season for my winter sport (of years gone by...) is upon us.

I will not belabour, but Nordic Ski Jumping was hung out to dry on the line about 10 years ago. I don't know the details other than the fact that we were not winning Olympic and World Championship medals... (search SkiRacing.com for one comment)... Well, 2010 comes along, Rex Bell shows up at the USSA Congress, he starts talking and a week later the "at least we have something" program of US Ski Jumping Development has a parallel work group formed, and a very strong set to constitute the working board, (led by Rex and Jeff Hastings) and things start happening.

This is not about politics. It is about art, beauty, and a tremendous way to spend ones youth and the immediate years beyond that. Ski Jumping is a wonderful sport that is both great to watch and to do, and the group has been formed to keep it going and let it blossom in America. I won't go further into the full details, but check out the action at:

http://usaskijumping.org and on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/USA.Ski.Jumping

We will tell you more, and if you are lucky, maybe we will get you into the Start Gate - the best place to be!

Happy Flying!

USA Ski Jumping is out of the gate

Many Posts have links to defunct feeds (my apologies)

Given the nature of the web some things are permanent, others only somewhat so. If you fish down a page (maybe 2 pages) there are some great, still active Video Links. Universal Sports seems to be "expiring" many of their Video feeds that were referenced in the section directly below. Same true for one Boston Globe link about the new Brattleboro VT jump... (It is still a New Hill Though in Ski Jumping Speak!).

Do check out the Jan 2009 and earlierontent. Much worth watching there! There is, I think, one of the best jumps and a great analysis of Gregor Schlierenzauer's long jump in Kulm Austria

• the full blown analysis of Schlierenzauer's Jump, Go Here

• and the (then) live Feed: Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Landis

Vancouver Olympic Ski Jump Coverage (take 1)

Disregard this post: The Links posted below have been removed by NBC. Now there is only preview Ads for the London Olympics. You Tube type links are probably more enduring, though the subject of what can be posted or even linked to seem to be an issue - particularly when it comes to Video links
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I just spent some time at www.nbcolympics.com and found quite a bit of footage. Not that it is easy to find out of the box, but given some time it does come to you.

Here are some good ones: (Gregor Schlierenzauer hightight on Normal Hill - bronze medal - great second jump!)


Simon Ammann's second Jump (to Win) on the Normal Hill


Full US - NBC Feed from the Normal hill:

"What is the Normal Hill?" you ask. In other parlance it is the "small hill". It used to be the 70 meter hill, but now they measure jumps by how far you can go, not how far you need to go to get on the good landing area. The Normal Hill is important in that is the most important training size hill. Jumpers can go from 70 to 10x meters on this size hill and such a hill takes more technique and power than the "large" hill which is more about the air and flight-- 90 to 150 meters. Jumpers also compete on "flying" hills whcih will bring flights from 120 to 240 meters (not an Olympic Competition yet though they do discuss it I have heard).


There is more at www.nbcolympics.com about jumping
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Great news about Johnny Spilane's Silver Medal in Nordic Combined. News posts of the Austrian's questioning the Jumping Bindings of Amman (not sure what they are questioning?) -- they should question a $700,000 bus for the Austrian Team to drive around in if you ask me.

Check it out. Have a Fast connection. Figure out how to save some of this if you can.

best to all,