Crazy ski jumps

ComeBackMudPuddles · Jun 25, 2009

this link was posted on skiadk.com and i thought i'd share it with y'all, 'cause these pix of temporary ski jumps are totally INSANE!

Empire Stadium, Vancouver, April 30, 1958:

Soldier Field, Chicago, 1954:

L.A. Coliseum, 1938:

Dodger Stadium, 1963:

the "deputy dog" blog has all sorts of random stuff like this.....

wa-loaf · Jun 25, 2009

ComeBackMudPuddles said:

Looks like a stiff breeze could knock that thing over. :-o

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Jun 25, 2009

I'd hit that...how do they get to the top..

Johnskiismore · Jun 26, 2009

I'm still amazed that alpine ski jumping isn't as popular as it used to be. There are sooo many skiers/rider who push themselves for speed, hitting big jumps and the like. When you watch alpine jumpers take 'flight', that is guts and skill!

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Jun 26, 2009

Johnskiismore said:
I'm still amazed that alpine ski jumping isn't as popular as it used to be. There are sooo many skiers/rider who push themselves for speed, hitting big jumps and the like. When you watch alpine jumpers take 'flight', that is guts and skill!

Yeah but they don't do any tricks..:dunce: A jibhonk doing a switch 900 fakie McTwist Obama Drama baby mama to a Tindy teenage mutant ninja karate kick is way steezier..

deadheadskier · Jun 26, 2009

wonder why kind of buzz/attendance something like that would generate today.

We had ski jumping in my high school, the coach was one of the judges at Nagano. HS comp only goes up to the 30 meter, but my school also had a 15 and a 5 to work up to the big hill. I was on JV as a sophomore:lol: I only went off the big hill 3 times on jumping skis and it scared the shit out of me every time. However I did poach it plenty and had no fear on alpines skis. The size, weight, free heal and no edges on jumping skis was really tricky. You only traveled about a third the distance on Alpine boards hitting it at full speed.

need lots of balance and balls to be a pro at nordic jumping. It would be way cool to see them build something like what is pictured again in an urban stadium setting. I'd go for sure

Glenn · Jun 27, 2009

We take a shortcut to route 30 that takes us by the one in Brattleboro. It's certainly not as big as any of those pictured. I'd like to get over there this season and watch some people jump.

deadheadskier · Jun 27, 2009

Glenn said:
We take a shortcut to route 30 that takes us by the one in Brattleboro. It's certainly not as big as any of those pictured. I'd like to get over there this season and watch some people jump.

different perspective on the jumps in the pictures due to there being open air and scaffolding underneath them. Harris Hill in Brattleboro is a 90 meter jump and unless those in the pictures are 120 meters, Harris is indeed as large.

Rambo · Jun 27, 2009

deadheadskier said:
different perspective on the jumps in the pictures due to there being open air and scaffolding underneath them. Harris Hill in Brattleboro is a 90 meter jump and unless those in the pictures are 120 meters, Harris is indeed as large.

Those old elevated ski jumps look like 90 meter jumps to me. But the landing ramps are also elevated. Landing ramps are long - like 130 meters + maybe??

tcharron · Jun 28, 2009

GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
Yeah but they don't do any tricks..:dunce: A jibhonk doing a switch 900 fakie McTwist Obama Drama baby mama to a Tindy teenage mutant ninja karate kick is way steezier..

:-o

In the words of Mr Reeves...

woah

bigbob · Jun 28, 2009

wa-loaf said:
Looks like a stiff breeze could knock that thing over. :-o

If you look closely you can see a bunch of guy wires keeping it up.

SkiDork · Jun 29, 2009

I get to see the 2 at Lake Placid every year when I bring Iceman to ramp camp. They look way scary. Never taken the ride up to the top, maybe this summer...

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Jul 6, 2009

tcharron said:
:-o

In the words of Mr Reeves...

woah

If you accidently went to the left or right..you would die..

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