The Hill
With the window removed the in-run begins it descent into the arena. Just being up there on that scaffold would scare me quite a bit let alone skiing down it into the building.
A look down the in-run to the jump and the landing zone beyond. I hope you can excuse some of the blurry shots and out of frame subjects. I believe this was early on in my dad's photographic career and I'm not sure what kind of equipment he was using.
A view from the jump. Watch your head?
Building the landing zone.
Preparing the landing zone.
And a last shot of the outside with my dad's Jeep Willys in the shot.
The Jumpers
Olav Ulland
Ragnar Ulland - I remember my dad talking about the Ulland's when I was a kid.
Kjell Bakke - The old jump hill in Leavenworth WA carries his name.
Rolf Helle - Early X Games?
I was told Bob Cram was kind of the MC and comedian of the event.
Janette Burr providing a little down hill action.
And to finish things off a collection of unknown jumpers.
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Please feel free to make comments or ask me any questions about this post.
Photos taken by my dad with unknown equipment. I did some minor Lightroom post processing.
Thanks for looking and enjoy your day!
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It looks super-vintage compared to the contemporary ski jumping :))
Yeah, it's a little different. 😉
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Wild to do that indoors.
My dad once told me that during the Nazi occupation of Norway when he was a teenager he once did a 30-meter ski jump on a dare, earning a bar of chocolate for doing so.
It was kind of crazy how popular it was in the 50's. My dad was traveling around the Pacific Northwest to meets all the time.
The Ullands my dad jumped with were of Norwegian descent. Norway definitely produced some good ski jumpers.
I love when you share your father's ski jumping antics.
The scaffolding, that set up, health and safety nowadays would have a conniption and never let it happen.
Brilliant to see these, so thank you for sharing with us.
You're welcome! It was definitely a different time.
Can I possibly try this 😊 That was an adventure
It's not as popular as it once was but is still around. Not sure where though and probably mostly outside.
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