Ski Jumping USA - Photo Gallery
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  A collection of images from the great sport of ski jumping!

We've recently added links to some "filmstrip" and "photo gallery" presentations which we've featured elsewhere on our website. Click the links below if you'd like to view these galleries. St Paul Ski Club Photo Gallery   Compiled by Kristine Edlund Minneapolis MN - Jan 2005   Photos by Competitive Image Park City, UT - July 2004        Photos by Jim Holland Olympics Multimedia Gallery - The International Olympic Committee Website, www.olympic.org has a lot of photos and video clips available. The IOC would probably not appreciate us "deep linking" to this page within their site, so here's how to find it. Scroll to bottom of their homepage and click into "Multimedia Gallery" (it's a very small text link). From there, you'll be able to choose an athlete, a discipline, or a particular Olympics. We suggest you select "Ski Jumping" as your discipline. Your ability to view videos will be affected by your connection speed, your viewer (Windows Media, Real Player, WinAmp, etc.), and by your security settings. We can't provide tech support; you may have to fiddle with some of these programs and settings. Click on the photos below to see a bigger image. Some of these photo files are quite large and may take a while to load, especially with a dial-up connection. We suggest you maximize the pop-up window; even then you may have to scroll to fully see some images.   Pictures of jumps ... current and historic     Innsbruck, Austria Bergisel 120 meter jump This magnificent structure replaced the old Olympic jump, and is equipped with plastic for summer jumping. It opened in the summer of 2002. The glass-enclosed structure at the top is a restaurant. The architect for this project was Zaha Hadid, an Iraqi-born woman whose firm, based in London, has won many awards for contemporary architecture. Click the photo for a large, dramatic view from behind, facing the Alps.   Utah Olympic Park ready for summer jumping Both the 90 meter and 120 meter jumps in Park City have plastic surfaces for summer jumping. The National Sports Foundation runs a year-round training program that makes use of these big hills, as well as several smaller jumps for younger jumpers who are learning the skills that will enable them to fly from these big jumps some day. Clicking on this one will bring up a WINTER image of the same hills, taken from a different angle.   Stadium Jump temporary 1939, photographer unknown. Click this photo for a larger 1954 photo of another temporary jump in the same stadium. You'll certainly recognize the location in the larger picture! We've got a picture of another stadium jump in an even more unlikely location. See it on our History page, along with some other old-time photos. Among our contributors of historic photos are Don Dahl and Tom Daggett.   Girls just wanna have fun! This sport is growing among women ... and they can FLY!   Click for photos from  Ladies Continental Cup in Park City ... courtesy of Jim Holland   Karla Keck, USA St Moritz, Switzerland, 1998     current bio 120 meter hill   (Carol Keck photo) Karla won the unofficial World Championship for women in 1999. She placed 14th on the 90 meter jump at Park City in the first-ever tournament in the new Ladies' Continental Cup international competition series for women, July 2004. She's on the board of directors of Women's Ski Jumping USA.   Lindsey Van, USA     current bio Westby WI, Continental Cup 2002, at age 17 106 meter hill   (Bob Keck photo) Lindsey has flown 126 meters on the 120 meter Olympic jump in Park City, and flew 171 meters on the ski flying hill in Vikersund, Norway in 2004. She was rated #2 in the world at the end of the 2004 season. Lindsey is featured on a new website and upcoming video ... see www.jumplikeagirl.com.   Jessica Jerome, USA     current bio Westby WI, Continental Cup 2002, at age 14 106 meter hill   (Bob Keck photo) At the 2002 Olympics, Jessica soared 91 meters on the 90 meter jump on a trial ride prior to the men's competition. She'd have placed in the top third of the men's field. At the end of the 2004 season, she was rated #4 in the world. Jessica is featured on a new website and upcoming video ... see www.jumplikeagirl.com.   Some outstanding male jumpers in action ... names, dates and places listed if available     Matthias Wallner, Austria Iron Mountain MI, Continental Cup meet 120 meter hill   (Carol Keck photo) The record flight on this hill is 142 meters (466 feet), set at the 2004 Continental Cup meet by Olav Magne Doennem of Norway. It had previously been set at 140 meters in a 1996 World Cup meet by Masahiko (Happy) Harada of Japan, and tied by Finland's Kalle Keituri in 2002. Doennem set an unoffical record of 144 meters in a "long standing" competition after the 2004 meet. The record on the Park City 120 meter Olympic jump stands at 137 meters as of summer 2004. There are also 120 meter hills in Lake Placid and Calgary. Of these four large jumps, only Park City is equipped for summer use.     Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japan (location & photographer unknown) A gold medalist at Nagano, Funaki was one of eight people chosen to carry to carry the Olympic flag into the stadium at Salt Lake City. He was selected to represent the athletes. Among others in the group were Sen. John Glenn, Lech Walesa, Desmond Tutu, and Jean Claude Killy.  view ceremony photo   Roman Kirov, Russia Fox River Grove IL, 2002 (Bob Keck photo) Kirov flies from old 64 meter jump at Norge Ski Club, located in a northwest suburb of Chicago. You can just see the Fox River at left in the picture. The 64 meter jump has been replaced by a spectacular new 72 meter jump. All Norge's hills are equipped with plastic for summer jumping.   Jeremiah Lindstrom, Minneapolis Tournament at Westby, WI 106 meter hill   (Bob Keck photo)   Some photos of our US women when they're not flying through the air!     Women's Ski Jumping USA, Winter 2006 www.womensskijumpingusa.com L-R, Lindsey Van, Jessica Jerome, Abby Hughes, Alissa Johnson, Elisabeth Anderson, Brenna Ellis   (click photo to enlarge image) This picture was taken at Schoenwald, Germany on Feb 12, at the only team competition on the Ladies' Continental Cup (LCOC) circuit during the 2006 season. The US won decisively, as they were expected to do. Elisabeth was new to the team at this time, but the other five were all ranked among the world's top fifteen, with Lindsey #2, Jessica #3, Abby #8, Alissa #11, and Brenna #15. This event was held simultaneously with the Olympics ... ski jumping is the only sport in the Winter Olympics that excludes women!   Women's Ski Jumping USA, Summer 2004 www.womensskijumpingusa.com Top L-R, Abby Hughes, Lindsey Van, Brenna Ellis Bottom, Jessica Jerome, Taylor Lyons, Alissa Johnson   Not pictured - Karla Keck   (click photo to enlarge image) The US women had a sensational first season, establishing themselves not only as good individual skiers, but as a very talented team. The season ended with Lindsey Van rated #2 in the world, and Jessica Jerome #4.   The US Women's Ski Jumping Team, 2000 (competed in Europe, no FIS-sanctioned women's series at that time) Pictured L to R are Karla Keck, Liz Szotyori, Lindsey Van, Veronica Myhra, and Nupie Schnitzler. Karla was the unofficial female world champion in 1999. Lindsey is ranked #2 in the world as of winter 2006, and flew 171 meters in March 2004 at Vikersund, Norway. Karla competed with the women's team through 2005, and continues as a strong competitor in US events. (click photo to enlarge image) The FIS finally sanctioned an international Ladies' Continental Cup series for the 2005 season. The very first competitions were held in July 2004 on the 90 meter Olympic jump in Park City. Both Lindsey and Karla competed. Lindsey had a fourth and a fifth, Karla a fourteenth and fifteenth. They have truly been pioneers of women's participation in this great sport.   (use BACK button to return to previous page)