In 2011, Norwegian ski jumper, Johan Remen Evensen, set the world record with this 808 foot ski flight. That is just shy of two and half football fields!
Ski Jumping Facts
- Ski jumping originated in Norway.
- The first record is credited to Olaf Rye, a soldier who set up a show spectated by his fellow soldiers in 1808, reaching 9.5 meters on Vardebakken hill in Eidsberg, Norway.
- Matt Nykanen (Finland) is the first ski jumper ever to collect three gold medals in one Olympics. (1988 Calgary Olympics)
- The first ski jump event to take place in the United States was on Feb. 8, 1887.
- Ski Jump landings are 35 to 36 degrees.
- There are hills where a jumper can fly 400 feet but never be higher than six feet above the landing.
- Most of the elite ski jumpers weigh no more than 150 pounds. Thomas Morgenstern of Austri patted his stomach. He is among the larger jumpers at 6 feet ½ inch and 147 pounds.
Crashes
Crashes in ski jumping. Mazoch,Morgenstern,Goldberger and other jumpers.
Michal Dolezal- Hakuba 2000
dam yo that was sick
he could of easily kept flying he just ran out of tranny…. they need to make those hills longer
No kidding, what if he would’ve jumped 819ft? Regardless that was sick, it’s the new definition of “Going Big.”
why did he straight air it?
that last video is intense.
Just put a wingsuit on him already!
That was sick!! those guys are killin it. More tranny is right RT.
there is flying without a parachute looked exactly like a wing suite