Ski jumping makes for one of the most spectacular events at the Winter Olympics — fearless athletes hurtling down a steep ramp, approaching 60 mph, before launching themselves off a jump and soaring ...
Yet wind the clock back to the early 1950s, and there were ski jumpers soaring through the skies above London's Hampstead ...
It is impossible not to notice the ski jump. It looms above the office parks of southwest Minneapolis, Mount Everest to their glass-walled foothills. At night, it glows — power lights reflecting on ...
BEIJING, China — Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics seems like it would be one of the easier sports to follow. Instead of a complex scoring system, it's based primarily on distance. But it's still not ...
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Every winter, elite athletes from all over the world flock to the Coulee Region for a high-stakes, high-adrenaline weekend of extreme sport competition. The sport in question? Ski ...
UPPER PENINSULA — The annual Ishpeming Ski Jump is going ahead as planned next weekend. The weekend of Jan. 19-20 will feature the 137th annual Ishpeming Ski Jump, where dozens of professional skiers ...
Few among us have tried our luck at competitive ski jumping, and there is no shame in that considering these skiers can reach speeds around 60 mph before they take flight. But there's something ...