Who has tried a real ski jump?

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CarGuy
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Who has tried a real ski jump?

Post by CarGuy »

Congratulations to Jussi for trying the real thing. 8)

Who else has tried it? Post your experience here.

I was a ski jumper from 1971-1980 in Canada.

Hills I have jumped:
Camp Fortune, Canada ( HS78?)
Thunder Bay, Canada (HS100 and HS140)
Banff, Canada (HS80?)
Revelstoke, Canada (HS90?)
Lake Placid, NY USA (HS100)
Berlin, NH USA (HS110?)
Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany in 1973 (HS89 and HS125)
Seefeld, Austria in 1973 (HS100)
St Moritz, Switzerland in 1973 (HS100)

I did not win any significant competitions, but I had lots of fun. :D
Ivelak
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Re: Who has tried a real ski jump?

Post by Ivelak »

CarGuy wrote:Congratulations to Jussi for trying the real thing. 8)

Who else has tried it? Post your experience here.

I was a ski jumper from 1971-1980 in Canada.

Hills I have jumped:
Camp Fortune, Canada ( HS78?)
Thunder Bay, Canada (HS100 and HS140)
Banff, Canada (HS80?)
Revelstoke, Canada (HS90?)
Lake Placid, NY USA (HS100)
Berlin, NH USA (HS110?)
Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany in 1973 (HS89 and HS125)
Seefeld, Austria in 1973 (HS100)
St Moritz, Switzerland in 1973 (HS100)

I did not win any significant competitions, but I had lots of fun. :D
Fantastic Mr CarGuy!

I think that we have also much more real skijumpers! Come on! I have jumped only 10 meters. It happened year 1960.
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Post by Ats »

I have not jumped but i really love to watch it :)
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Audun
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Re: Who has tried a real ski jump?

Post by Audun »

CarGuy wrote: Fantastic Mr CarGuy!

I think that we have also much more real skijumpers! Come on! I have jumped only 10 meters.
Then our record is the same :wink:
Vik
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Post by Vik »

I've jumped about 5 meters, but I land first with face in the snow :lol: ...very wet experience....
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CarGuy
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Re: Who has tried a real ski jump?

Post by CarGuy »

Ivelak wrote:
CarGuy wrote:Congratulations to Jussi for trying the real thing. 8)

Who else has tried it? Post your experience here.

I was a ski jumper from 1971-1980 in Canada.

Hills I have jumped:
Camp Fortune, Canada ( HS78?)
Thunder Bay, Canada (HS100 and HS140)
Banff, Canada (HS80?)
Revelstoke, Canada (HS90?)
Lake Placid, NY USA (HS100)
Berlin, NH USA (HS110?)
Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany in 1973 (HS89 and HS125)
Seefeld, Austria in 1973 (HS100)
St Moritz, Switzerland in 1973 (HS100)

I did not win any significant competitions, but I had lots of fun. :D
Fantastic Mr CarGuy!

I think that we have also much more real skijumpers! Come on! I have jumped only 10 meters. It happened year 1960.
Thanks Ivelak! I find that DSJ gives me the opportunity to relive my ski jumping years. It's good fun! :)
Hans Gunnar
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Post by Hans Gunnar »

My PB is 18 meters. When the hills got larger I didn't dare jumping anymore. :P
Olinku
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Post by Olinku »

long - long ago, I was a real skijumper... ;)
BODI
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Re: Who has tried a real ski jump?

Post by BODI »

CarGuy wrote:Congratulations to Jussi for trying the real thing. 8)

Who else has tried it? Post your experience here.

I was a ski jumper from 1971-1980 in Canada.

Hills I have jumped:
Camp Fortune, Canada ( HS78?)
Thunder Bay, Canada (HS100 and HS140)
Banff, Canada (HS80?)
Revelstoke, Canada (HS90?)
Lake Placid, NY USA (HS100)
Berlin, NH USA (HS110?)
Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany in 1973 (HS89 and HS125)
Seefeld, Austria in 1973 (HS100)


St Moritz, Switzerland in 1973 (HS100)

I did not win any significant competitions, but I had lots of fun. :D
So,CarGuy,can you relate in anyway the game with real jumping :)
Get movin´ ;)
CarGuy
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Re: Who has tried a real ski jump?

Post by CarGuy »

BODI wrote:
CarGuy wrote:Congratulations to Jussi for trying the real thing. 8)

Who else has tried it? Post your experience here.

I was a ski jumper from 1971-1980 in Canada.

Hills I have jumped:
Camp Fortune, Canada ( HS78?)
Thunder Bay, Canada (HS100 and HS140)
Banff, Canada (HS80?)
Revelstoke, Canada (HS90?)
Lake Placid, NY USA (HS100)
Berlin, NH USA (HS110?)
Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany in 1973 (HS89 and HS125)
Seefeld, Austria in 1973 (HS100)


St Moritz, Switzerland in 1973 (HS100)

I did not win any significant competitions, but I had lots of fun. :D
So,CarGuy,can you relate in anyway the game with real jumping :)
Yes, I think the game is very realistic. Jussi keeps improving the physics and the jumper flies in a way that I expect. I like the game because it reminds me very much of the real thing. 8) :)
Mystikal
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Post by Mystikal »

A few years ago, me and a couple of friends built a small ski jump at the place where we used to sledge down the hill. We used our cross-country skies to jump with (theyre alot thinner than real ski jump skies), it was quite fun :lol: But because there was many people there at the same time, there was always a risk to jump. From the top of the hill, you couldnt see anyone down the hill, so it happened that I jumped on someone..*lol at theire faces when they saw me coming*

I think my longest jump was about 5 meters, sometimes my takeoff was too powerfull so I made a salto :?

Ahhh good old times :D
CarGuy
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Post by CarGuy »

LOL! I've jumped with xc skis to practice telemark landings. Good on you Mystikal!
passlake
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Post by passlake »

hey carguy:

I did a lot of nordic combined back in the early 90's.. I medalled in the canadian junior championships for a good couple years!! jumped thunder bay, calgary, banff, duluth, cloquet, minneapolis, and St. Paul... most of those being around the k50 mark (outside of calgary, I hit the big hills!!).

You'll be sad to know that Big Thunder has been lying dormant since the 95 world nordic championships! :(
skispring247
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Post by skispring247 »

I am from the US and i actually ski jumped for 8 years strictly in the US. Had success as a kid winning a variety of tournaments but stopped jumping to go to college last year. :)
dzamper
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Post by dzamper »

I don't have posibility to try ski jumping, because closest hill is about 100 kilometers from my home :roll:
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