NYSEF Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined Blog

Minneapolis

2012-01-27T12:19:00.000-08:00

Just a quick update on results from Minneapolis for all you out there.

Junior class
1. Rogan Reid-230.3
2. Josh Maurer-228.1
3.Luke Daniels-226
4.Matthew Soukup-225.8
5.Ben Loomis-225.3
6. Miles Lussi 221.4
7.Matthew Doyle-204
12.Chris rydel-160.6
14.Samuel Shapiro-129.3

Womens class
1.Karin Friberg
2.Elizabeth Wallace
3.Annie Frenette

Overall good day of jumping from team east and as you can see top 6 in the junior class was tight. We are now in Chicago waiting to jump once the warm weather moves out. More complete update will be posted later and also Chicago results to come.

Evan

2012-01-09T10:51:00.000-08:00

Jumpers at Andover resting between rounds: Karl Schultz, Landon Liveri, Gabby Armstrong, Matt (Roger) White, Trent White, Scott Scultz, not seen Malcolm Natale

January 8, 2012:

Lake Placid NYSEF Junior Ski Jumpers and Combiners do well at Andover meet!

Results will be posted on the Eastern web site but 6 skiers and Coach Stone made the trip to the Black Water Ski Area at Proctor Academy. Coaches Tim Norris and Jay Daniels had all four hills up and running in an otherwise brown covered New Hampshire.

Gabby Armstrong won the girls events on both the K-18 and K-38 meter hills. Trent White and Landon Liveri won their divisions and Karl Shultz, Scott Schultz, Matt White all garnered medals in their age groups. An informal X-C race was held following the jumping events in two age groups: 12 and under and 13 and up. Scott Schultz posted the fastest time in the younger group and Karl Schultz was the top NYSEF finisher in the older group in 3rd with Gabby Armstrong right behind him.

looking a little more like winter

2011-12-02T09:27:00.000-08:00

Well its Dec. 2nd and the jumps can finally start making snow! We are hoping the the beautiful new k18 will be ready to rock in a week with all the larger hills not far behind it.

SWEET!!

K18 Inrun

2011-11-03T09:51:00.001-07:00

The K18 is almost reasy for some snow!! Now all we need is ssome cold temps to come.

Greetings from Austria!

2011-10-28T00:49:00.000-07:00

Howdy Team Grasshop!

Hope everyone is enjoying a great fall in Lake Placid. Did everyone get out to watch the Flaming Leaves Tourney? Heard there were some great long rides to be witnessed.

Things are going great over here in Austria. I've just wrapped up my third week of teaching English at a local technical high school called the Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt Rankweil. Jeez, what a name, huh? Try and say that one three times fast. It's a cool school though, and the students specialize in either electronics, woodworking and forestry, or construction management. It's cool-- I always find the students building some sort of wild bridge, spiral staircase, or treehouse contraption.

View from my house... complete with a castle!

People are getting psyched up for winter over here, and the first Alpine Ski World Cup wrapped up on the nearby Sölden glacier last weekend. Americans Ted Ligety and Lindsey Vonn scored some big early season wins, and I had fun bringing the sports page article into all my classes and giving them a big dose of US Ski Team "Best in the World!" They were not impressed, made all sorts of hasty excuses, and then claimed that the real Austrians are focused on the overall World Cup. Complete bogus. America: 2. Austria: 0.

What else is neat over here? Oh! Toni Innauer, winner of the normal hill competition in the 1980 Olympics in LP, is from this area. He just got a huge project rolling to build a new world class youth jumping and cross country facility in the next valley over. It's way cool, here's a little writeup on the project. They're hoping to host the Youth Winter Olympic Games in 2015, and I'm counting one of you guys to bag a medal or two!

This looks like a great hill setup. But I called the folks up and said,
"What is this, a jump for ants?! The real jumps must be at least... 3 times this big!"

I've been doing a little bit of road biking since I've been over here, and got myself good and lost yesterday during a little ride through Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Turns out they use different money over there as well, so I couldn't even stop to buy snacks. Things were rapidly turning pretty bleak. Totally lost in Eastern Switzerland, I then spotted a neat sign on an old farmhouse, congratulating Simon Ammann on his 4 gold medals. (Note, if you don't know who Simon Ammann is, maybe it's time to start checking out the LP Curling Team Blog instead.) Anyhow, there were neat posters all over the place, check out some of the pics. The town of Alt St. Johann itself was pretty teeny, with arguably more cows than people. It didn't take long to find the jumps, either, and they had a neat little setup with a K40, K32, and K15. Looked alot like the Andover setup!

Fun to see, but also interesting to note that this 4x World Champ came from a pretty humble spot. The Nordic Ski loops there reminded me alot of Dewey Mountain, and the jump itself was pretty basic. Just a tiny clubhouse that served as a changing room, judges' tower, and a few lights. I have to say I saw way more cows than people wandering around town. So consider yourselves lucky, especially with those shiny new hills, which seem to be comin' along really well!

The Wildhaus Jump Complex

Here, as seen from outer space. Er, across the road.

That's all my news. Hope training's going great, and make sure to take it easy on Coaches Bliss and Stone this winter! Remember not to tick Larry off in the van, either, or you'll find your face being ground into the carpet faster than you can say "Padiddle!"

As a true "Star of America", McDonalds has asked Coach Dave to be the face of the new "Miami Speis" sandwich line. Seen here with "Der Miami Grilled Chicken".

Coach Dave

New Small Hills!

2011-10-19T10:37:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a long time coming but work on the new small hills in LP has finally started! Here are some photos of the hill crew moving and shaping dirt for the landing hill.

More to come as work continues!!!

-Evan

Chicago small hill Nationals

2011-10-04T07:22:00.000-07:00

After another long van ride and some cool and windy days jumping in Fox River Grove I am happy to say that the NYSEF ski jumping crew is back in LP!

What a great and fun filled weekend in Chicago on their beautiful k70 where we saw a new National Champ crowned this year. I want to thank the Browns for putting all of the Eastern jumpers up at their house and letting Miles play Halo untill his eyes fell out every night.

If you want to check out results and pics they can be found here- http://www.skijumpingusa.com/

Highlight video can be found right here-

On the End of a Fabulous Era

2011-08-23T05:17:00.001-07:00

In some ways, I'm sure you felt the same when you heard that the Space Shuttle program was coming to an end. Something you'd grown up with was suddenly no longer. Well, it's with great sadness that we announce that our trusty K18 meter Ski Jump, or Flugschanze, has been dismantled. Much like the Space Shuttle, the parts from the structure will be sold at auction in order to buy new clothing and food for Coaches Bliss, McCahill and Colby-- all of whom have had a challenging time dealing with the traumatic event.

Why, do you ask, was our perfectly good K18 meter hill dismantled? Well, the good folks at ORDA deemed the perpetually wilting Freestyle Judges Tower adjacent our jump to be unsafe, and it's to be brought down on the very ground on which our trusty jump lays. The Freestyle Hill itself will be re-graded and the knoll lowered, again with hundreds of tons of fill cascading into the ravine which used to overshadow talented up and coming Grasshoppers. So that's it. New Freestyle Hill. K18 meter gone-zo.

But wait, is that it?!

No.

There's more.

Fear not.

Behold, the new site of the K8 and K20 meter NYSEF/ORDA Flugschanzen:

See the light post on the right, illuminating the K48? That'll be the top of the new K20. The jumps will face down the fall line towards the K90 and K120 outruns, aiming jumpers to the right of the lift shack.

There's no doubt, it'll be a great setup. Coaches will be able to easily bounce between the smaller hills and the the K48, and it'll be a total blast having athletes on the K20 and K120 at once. We'll need a traffic control tower with all those long flights coming in! Larry Stone has already volunteered for this position.

We'll have plastic, of course, on both hills. It should be a phenomenal development complex, that when finished, will look something like this.

But, credit is due where it's most certainly due. We're sure going to miss that old K18. Every NYSEF Coach grew up learning the tricks of the trade on that old slide, and it became the launching pad for such sporting greats as Bill Demong, Lowell Bailey, Peter Frenette, Chris Lamb, Nick Alexander, and Wenceslas Etzol.

Here's a little photo gallery we've assembled as a tribute to our old friend, the LP K18.

Super Heroes!

Matt White, mid flight during a Grasshopper Cup Tele-Tournee

Our very first "Learn to Fly Wednesday"! Pete Frenette (far right in green) graced us with his presence.

Coach Bliss helping Zackary Katterman onto the bar

Landon Livreri, in his Tele-Tournee Leader's Bib. Behold the foreshadowing of the ominous Freestyle Judges' Tower, lurking in the background--ready to thwart K18 jumping at any moment!

Grasshopper Camp rulez. So did our K18.

And of course, we couldn't forget this.

Or, this:

So K18 jumping is finished for the season, we believe at least until the snow flies. The decision to dismantle the hill came as a complete surprise to us; we thought it was to take place after summer jumping had wrapped up. We'll send folks updates about revised practices, so stay tuned!

--The NYSEF SJ/NC Crew

Grasshopper Cup-- Complete Season Results!

2011-08-15T07:12:00.000-07:00

And just like that, Grasshopper Camp season has come to an end for Summer 2011. And what a summer it was. Tons o' rollerskiing, jumpin, freestyle pool swimming, and sizzling games of "capture the boot". Expect more quality photo and video galleries from the summer soon, but until then, here are complete results from the Grasshopper Cup summer Tele-Tournee series.

Congratulations to series winner Landon Livreri, who clenched the overall title with 128 overall points!

Grasshopper Cup Tele-Tournee #1

June 26, 2011, Lake Placid K-18

Conditions: 60deg F, Light Rain

Judges: David McCahill, Andrew Bliss

Style Key: 3pts--perfect telemark, 2pts--two-footed landing, 1pt--drag/touch, in control, 0pts-- wipe out!

Athlete	Bib #	Dis 1	Style 1	Total 1	Dis 2	Style 2`	Total 2	Total	Rank
Beckett Ledger	½	16	2	16	17.5	2	19.5	37.5	5
Zach Zientko	1	10	2	12	11	2	13	25	10
Ellis Demars	2	10.5	2	12.5	10.5	2	12.5	25	10
Asa Chalmers	DNS	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Jamie Bleveans	4	--	4.5	4.5	--	5	5	9.5	12
Nate Caplan	5	14.5	2	16.5	15	2	17	33.5	7
Forest Ledger	6	12	2	14	13.5	2	15.5	29.5	8
Caleb Gilbert	7	11.5	2	13.5	12.5	2	14.5	27.5	9
Kevin Quinn	8	15	2.5	17.5	15	2.5	17.5	35	6
Rory Riggins	9	19	1.5	20.5	17	2	19	39.5	4
Rob DeMars	10	17	2.5	19.5	18	2.5	20.5	40	3
Gabby Armstrong	11	17.5	2	19.5	20	1.5	21.5	41	2
Landon Livreri	12	19	3	22	19	2	21	43	1
Alex Hohman	DNS	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

Grasshopper Cup Tele-Tournee #2

July 10, 2011, Lake Placid K-18

Conditions: 70deg F, Sunny

Judges: Andrew Bliss, Casey Colby, Evan Bliss

Style Key: 3pts--perfect telemark, 2pts--two-footed landing, 1pt--drag/touch, in control, 0pts-- wipe out!

Athlete	Bib #	Dis 1	Style 1	Total 1	Dis 2	Style 2`	Total 2	Total	Rank
Ellis DeMars	4	9	2	11	9	2	11	22	8
Landon Livreri	5	17.5	3	20.5	18.5	3	21.5	42	1
Kevin Quinn	6	15	2	17	16.5	2	18.5	36.5	5
Charlie	7	15.5	2	17.5	14	2	16	33.5	6
Matthias Phillips	8	12	2	14	13	0	13	27	7
Rob DeMars	9	19.5	.5	20	19	2	21	41	3
Gabby Armstrong	10	17.5	1.5	19	19	.5	19.5	38.5	4
Alex Hohman	14	19	2	21	19	2	21	42	1

Grasshopper Cup Tele-Tournee #3

August 14, 2011, Lake Placid K-18

Conditions: 75deg F, Sunny, Light Headwind

Judges: Andrew Bliss, David McCahill, Mark Breen, Jay Rand, Margaret Maher

Athlete	Bib #	Dis 1	Style 1	Total 1	Dis 2	Style 2`	Total 2	Total	Rank
Zach Zientko	3	10.5	0	15.5	11	1.5	12.5	28	7
Elias Ford	6	13.5	2	15.5	14	2	16	31.5	5
Ellis DeMars	8	8.5	2	10.5	9	2	11	21.5	8
Cooper McCrillis	9	14	2	16	14.5	1.5	16	32	4
Matthias Phillips	10	12	2	14	13	2	15	29	6
Rob DeMars	12	18.5	2.5	21	20.5	1.5	22	43	2
Gabby Armstrong	16	19	1.5	20.5	22	1.5	23.5	44	1
Landon Livreri	17	17	3	20	21	2	23	33	2

New Grasshopper Cup, Baby!

2011-06-08T13:10:00.000-07:00

Dear Grasshoppers,

By now, you're likely getting seriously ramped up about summer jumping, which begins Saturday. Coach Bliss (Andrew) will be on hand to supervise the first jumps. These jumps will look a little rough around the edges, but will still go super deep. Such as this one here, by Werner Rathmayer. He clearly hadn't jumped in years and lost a bet to his buddy Jürgen Wienerhouser to go ski flying on the world's freakiest looking hill anyway.

Take a look:

Okay, that's just plain terrifying. But seriously. This post is about what drives athletes to succeed.

According to a study by "The Champions Network" that you've all certainly never read on "what motivates athletes", the heavy hitters are fear (used extensively by Coaches Bliss and McCahill with little to no success... Landon!), purpose (uhhh.... what?), and incentives. Since our rag-tag group of coaches has had no luck demonstrating purpose or instilling adequate amounts of fear, we have thus produced the necessary incentives. When I say "we", I mean superstar Grasshopper Alex Hohman.

We present to you, the new and improved 2011 Grasshopper Season Grasshopper Cup!!

Aerial/Skycam View

Alternate view. Copyright Hohman Enterprises, Ltd.

Nicely done, Alex. We're psyched. We're a little puzzled why you chose to write "2010" on the takeoff, when it's clearly 2011, but that's fine. You were probably brainwashed by the rapture. That's fine, so were we. The NYSEF Jump Office is now so chock full of canned goods, superfluous camping machetes, and inflatable rafts that we lost most/all of our important paperwork.

I know, important paperwork? Yeah, right. But we're serious about the rafts. You just wait.

See you Saturday!

--The NYSEF SJ/NC Media Team

Don't you wish...

2011-05-18T11:10:00.000-07:00

... your first jump of the summer could be this much fun?

It can be, if you take the time to dial in your skillz at a few Grasshopper Camps this summah!

New Jumping Cross Training for Grasshopper Camps!

2011-05-16T08:28:00.000-07:00

We've dialed in a new method for ski jumping summer training... check it out. Buckle your seatbelts for Grasshopper Camp #1!

(Via JohnnyKlister).

Junior Ski Jumping/Nordic Combined Schedule!

2011-05-15T06:25:00.000-07:00

Howdy Ski Jumping Enthusiasts!

After years of precise planning and deliberation, we've finally set the NYSEF Junior Jump/NC schedule... and it rocks! Trust us. Plenty of more time for you to dial in your jumping and rollerskiing skillz.

Note, we have two world famous Grasshopper Camps on tap, in addition to a Trailblazer Trek three day camp. These will all feature ski jumping and cross country training (think cross training, rollerskiing, etc), but the G-Hop camps will have a jump focus, and the Trailblazer Sesh will focus more on XC abilities and training. Both will be sawwww---eeeeeet!

Check out the flyer below for details:

Questions? Concerns? Random musings? Contact Coaches Bliss or McCahill at:

evanb[at]nysef[dot]org

davem[at]nysef[dot]org

See ya out there!

Dave & Evan

Greetings from the off season!

2011-05-02T10:29:00.000-07:00

Hello Jumping Enthusiasts:

Hope everyone's enjoying a terrific off-season filled with all the spicy things life has to offer sans ski jumping and nordic combined. You may be thinking, "What an oxymoron. The finer things in life are ski jumping and nordic combined!"

Touche

But still, we hope you're enjoying a great spring. Lax, rollerblading, mountain biking, rip-sticking-- we've heard that these are some of the exciting endeavors that folks enjoy during the quiet months.

The summer schedule, (including Grasshopper Camp dates and info) should be online in just a couple weeks, so check back soon!

--The NYSEF Jump/NC Crew

Congratulations to Women Ski Jumpers Worldwide.... 2014, baby!

2011-04-07T05:03:00.000-07:00

A hearty congratulations to all the women ski jumpers out there who just received word that their Olympic Aspirations have become reality. Countless folks have worked very hard for this dream to come true-- way to rock it!

Great article by jumping and nordic combined enthusiast Meri-Jo Borzilleri featuring insight by Lindsey Van and NYSEF's own Gabby Armstrong... check it out!

Thanks!

2011-03-29T10:51:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends of NYSEF Ski Jumping,

Thanks for making Winter 2010/2011 the most awesome winter ever! March Madness, Nordic Kids Fest, Salisbury, Hanover-Leb, Junior Natty's, Big Hill Flying, Tele-Tournee, Grasshopper Camps.... whadda winter!

Link to complete NYSEF Nordic Kids' Fest results here.

Have a great spring, we'll see you for some summer jumping once the snow clears!

--Evan, Dave, Casey, Marge, Liz, Pete and Rick

Final Tele Tournee & NYSEF Nordic Kids Festival!

2011-03-14T17:48:00.000-07:00

That's right, big weekend for NYSEF Ski Jumping/ Nordic Combined!

Friday Final Tele Tournee!

· 3-4pm Open Training, K18

· 4-4:30 Final Tele Tournee

· 4:30-5:15 Potluck , Awards, Prize Table—Bring a dish to share

Saturday & Sunday NYSEF Nordic Kids Festival! Link to registration

See you there!

--The NYSEF Nordic Staff

Gettin' to be that time of the year....

2011-03-14T10:24:00.000-07:00

Buckle your seatbelts.

Ever Been to Sundance?

2011-03-14T05:41:00.000-07:00

Well, you have now.

Kudos to Nina Lussi for putting together this outstanding video documentary of Team (b)East's conquests and lighter moments at the 2011 Junior National Champs in Salisbury.

If we can all take something away from this insightful film, it's indeed that it's a crime not to enjoy footage of Spencer Knickerbocker jogging slowly, in a race suit, holding poles, with his Casco visor down.

Come and gettcha some!

--Dave & Evan

Save the date: NYSEF Nordic Fundraiser... March 26th!

2011-03-12T12:01:00.000-08:00

Come hang with us at Cascade Ski Touring Center, March 26, 8pm-midnight, as we enjoy fine libations and food and hear some great live music from Lost Dog & Roadside Mystic.... all while supporting NYSEF XC, Jumping and Nordic Combined programs!

Admission $12

See you there!

--Casey, Evan, Dave, Marge, Liz, Pete & Rick

Good Press

2011-03-12T04:43:00.000-08:00

Any exposure is good exposure! Two nice reads and great photos on our local NYSEF competitors who took part in the 2011 Junior National Champs' in Salisbury:

ADK Enterprise

Lake Placid News

Also.... this looks fun, huh?

NYSEF Nordic Kids Festival... March 19th and 20th!

2011-02-28T10:37:00.000-08:00

Thought that the XC, Jump and NC seasons were winding their way towards completion? You're wrong. Well, you're sort of right. But you forgot about the NYSEF Nordic Kids Fest. Which rocked last year. Ice cream bash, paintball biathlon, K6, K18, good times. Let 'em roll!

Contact Margaret, Evan or Dave with any/all questions!

Evan and Dave

Salisbury is Jumping

2011-02-27T18:22:00.000-08:00

While cruising around during the 2011 Junior National Championships for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined this past week in Salisbury, CT, Evan and I stumbled across a neat bumper sticker which read simply, "Salisbury IS Jumping." At first we both laughed. Sure, John Satre lost a bet in 1927 and kicked the first jumps off in that community by skiing off a barn roof, with a phenomenal yearly competition taking place most every year since.

But still, we found it tacky. Case in point? World Championships taking place this same week in Oslo, Norway. Shiny new Holmenkolen hill, countless Olympic Games held, and a tradition for jumping that scientists agree dates back to the early Cenozoic era. So Salisbury is a quaint hamlet in the Northwest Corner with a fine legacy of jumping, but Oslo IS jumping.

Right, fast forward five days. Fast forward past the finest Junior National or North American Championship event Evan or I have seen in our oodles of participations as spectators, athletes, coaches. Read: opening ceremony and parade with 2000 zealous spectators. Packed dinners at the Millerton Legion. A killer brand new hill, bolted together a mere 2 days before the Eastern Championships two weeks previous. An opening banquet in the Lakeville Hose Company Fire House. The raddest 1km XC loop we've ever shredded, held at the base of a small town ski area.

The town of Salisbury rallied. Fundraised. Organized. And turned some heads. Athletes loved it. Coaches praised it. Photographers loved the shiny suits and new tower. Proud old jumpers took pride in being part of it. And the amazing exhibit downtown proved it-- Salisbury is synonymous with jumping. No, it's not the Holmenkollen, and I'm sorry to say it, but they'll never host an Olympic Games. But know what? That bumper sticker doesn't lie. Salisbury IS jumping. Thanks for letting us be a part of it!

Congratulations to Team East for letting the rest of the national jumping community know where we stand. We had some awesome jumps and some killer races. We lost more than our fair share of sprint finishes, but hey, we were still sprinting for the win. Our J2 athletes stepped up the bar in a big way from where they stood last year. And our new New Hampshire High School talent proved that they could roll with the big boys. NYSEF Grasshopper Kaleb Cook even got some cowbells ringin' at the Ripton Touring Center at the Mid-Atlantic Bill Koch Festival, setting the hill record on the K10 demo hill. Huge!

If it's results from Salisbury you're looking for, find 'em all here. Over 2200 great photos? You've got Sue Kavanah to thank for some great shots here on the St. Paul Ski Club website here.

Mid-A Bill Koch Fest Results? Here.

What a week. Thanks for reading. We're thrilled to report that Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined are flourishing here on the Eastern Seaboard.

Dave & Evan

March Madness Jumping Tournament in Lake Placid, March 5th!

2011-02-21T17:23:00.001-08:00

Already made an appointment to get your teeth cleaned on March 5th? Who cares. Floss, or something. Ditch your plans and swing to the McKenzie-Intervale Ski Jumping Complex for some kickin' ski jumping, XC racin, and good times.

NYSEF IS PLEASED TO INVITE YOU TO THE

MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Olympic Jumping Complex

8:30 - 10 am Registration upstairs in the base lodge ( pre registration is strongly encouraged. Fill out form below and return via e-mail to 4bliss@roadrunner.com )

9-10:45 am Open practice on K18 and K 48

11:00 am K 18 competition ( V, IV, open and women’s class) with awards to follow

1:00pm K 48 competition ( III, II, open, masters and women’s classes)

Nordic combined immediately following at Jumps.

Junior practice on the K18 AND K48 is on Friday from 3-5 pm . ( warm up ½ hour before practice) . All are welcome to attend. Cost is $10.00 for the session.

All events and practice are subject to weather conditions.

Entry fees: K 18– $ 10 plus $5.00 for Nordic Combined

K 48- $ 20 plus $ 5 for Nordic Combined

Entry Form

Name:

Address:

Club:

Phone No.:

E-Mail:

Date of Birth:

Male/Female:

USSA No.

Hill(s): ___ K18 ____ K48 ____ K 90

Nordic combined : ____ Yes _____No

Class:____ Wos,____ JV,____ JIV, ___JIII, ___JII, ____Open,_____ Masters

Please support our generous sponsors: Desparados , Howard Johnsons , The Corner Store , Spruce Lodge, Crowne Plaza and Wildwood Motel.

See you there.... or else!

Support an organization you care about!

2011-02-21T04:30:00.000-08:00

If you're reading this blog, chances are you're a fervent fan of all things in the Lake Placid Ski Jumping orbit. If that's the case, then you're planted firmly in the NYSEF universe. We're an organization that's committed to providing excellent snowsports programming for the youth of the North Country.

We're looking for some assistance, and you can help. Beginning March 1st and continuing all the way until the finale on April 2nd, we'll be doing one prize drawing per day in our huge March Sweepstakes raffle!

Tickets are $10, and can be purchased directly from your favorite NYSEF athlete! Check out the killer prize list below...

Take home messages?

Buy several $10 raffle tickets from your favorite NYSEF skier.
Wait patiently until your number is called. A winning ticket will be re-entered into the mix!
Enjoy product won!
Help keep NYSEF in orbit

Thanks in advance for your support,

The NYSEF Nordic Staff

Do you know these children?!

2011-02-20T08:39:00.000-08:00

Caution, NYSEF Grasshopper athletes may leave you taped, tied down, and left frightened and alone on the Nordic tracks at any time. Particularly during a race! Or before practice!

If you see one of these athletes, do not make direct eye contact, and discreetly call the appropriate authorities immediately!

Tele-Tournee #4 Results

2011-02-18T14:42:00.000-08:00

Friday Night Tele-Tournee #4

February 18, 2011, Lake Placid K-18

Conditions: Fast, with humid, grandular conditions. 42deg F!

Judges: David McCahill, Laurie Schulz, Jen Ledger

Style Key: 3pts--perfect telemark, 2pts--two-footed landing, 1pt--drag/touch, in control, 0pts-- wipe out!

Athlete	Bib #	Dis 1	Style 1	Total 1	Dis 2	Style 2`	Total 2	Total	Rank
Kevin Quinn	7	14	2.5	16.5	12.5	2.5	15	31.5	11
Brian Byrne	13	16	1	17	16.5	3	19.5	36.5	8
Forest Ledger	18	15.5	2	17.5	15.5	2	17.5	35	10
Matt White	21	16.5	1	17.5	18.5	1.5	20	37.5	7
Trent White	39	20	3	23	21	2.5	23.5	46.5	2
Rory Riggins	60	14.5	2	16.5	18	2	20	36.5	8
Kaleb Cook	84	19	3	22	18.5	2.5	21	43	4
Caden Belisle	93	18	1.5	19.5	18	2	20	39.5	6
Beckett Ledger	94	18.5	2	20.5	19	2	21	41.5	5
Karl Schulz	DIS	19	2.5	21.5	20	3	23	44.5	3
Landon Livreri	LEAD	21	3	24	21	3	24	48	1

Question: How long does it take to build the world's largest flying hill?

2011-02-14T11:58:00.000-08:00

Easy. According to YouTube, 2 minutes, 11 seconds. Duh.

Check out the full article on all things Vikersund here.

Salisbury Results

2011-02-13T10:53:00.001-08:00

As usual, Don West has provided us with up-to-da-minute results. Where, you ask? SkiJumpEast, that's where.

Evan put together this video of the Junior Nordic Combined race, held Saturday evening at Trotta Field, downtown. Nice work, Evan. Rolling in the deep.

Serious Hang Time

2011-02-13T06:39:00.000-08:00

If you're a fervent fan of ski jumping, and haven't watched the video of Johan-Remen Evenson's foray into the 246.5 meter territory on the Vikersund flying hill, crawl out from beneath the rock that shrouds you from the real world, and get with it already!

808 feet of pure awesome-ness. Does that number sound familiar? It should. Ironically, it also happens to be...

the span of 507 school busses connected bumper to bumper
the slimy length of Miles Lussi's small intestine, removed from the warmth of his abdomen and laid in a straight line (we tested this in Salisbury, it checks out)
the Ho Chi Minh trail-esque hike from the NYSEF jump office to the nearest decent coffee maker
the distance of the terrifying vortex from when you first hit the brakes on the jump van to when those suckers finally kick in after shuddering violently for, give or take, 808 feet
Ironically, the same distance that Evel Knievel jumped at Caesar's Palace in 1905

There's simply too much raw evidence for this to not make perfect sense.

Wait, for what to make sense?!

Okay, just watch it. Long jump. World's longest, in fact. Come gettcha some!

Fly High Hawks

2011-02-10T06:24:00.001-08:00

Looking for new jump skis? Matt Doyle is the new CEO for "Hawk" jump skis, available in select stores near you.

For a very limited time.

Don't you wish your homework assignments could have been this cool?

Nice Read in NYT on Salisbury

2011-02-09T09:06:00.000-08:00

Excellent article in the New York Times about Salisbury, CT's effort to rebuild their jump and restore a rich tradition of high level ski jumping to the community.

"Seventy competitors, ages 12 to 17 from throughout the country, are expected in Salisbury for the Junior Olympics. So are about 2,000 spectators. As a warm-up, Salisbury will host the United States Eastern Junior Championships from Friday to Sunday. The event festivities will include a nighttime chili cook-off and the annual snow ball, a dance with a rock ’n’ roll band.

“It’s kind of astonishing that this all worked out,” Ken Barker said as he stood on the crest of the hill next to the jump on a chilly January day. “Still don’t know what I was thinking when I said we’d do it. Now we’ve got more people than we can count who want to come here and jump off it. Some things never change, I guess.”

Psyched for the weekend?

Us too.

Norwegian Open Recap

2011-02-07T16:50:00.001-08:00

What a day for a jump comp! Thankfully, we got the entire thing on video. See below. Results & photos here.

Excellent work by all athletes, and many thanks to all of our hard working volunteers!

It's Coming....

2011-02-01T05:25:00.001-08:00

But in the meantime, we're stuck here for the Norwegian Open on Saturday. Hey, that ain't so bad.

--The NYSEF Crew

Minneapolis results

2011-01-28T11:34:00.000-08:00

JUNIOR

1. Nathaniel Mah Can-243.5

2.Zach Daniels NYSEF-234

3.AJ Brown Norge-226.9

4.Ben Loomis Eau Claire-214.8

5,Trevor Edlund St. Paul-214.5

6.Luke Daniels NYSEF-213.7

7.Nick Mattoon Eau Claire-205.1

8.Matthew Soukup Can-203.6

9.Miles Lussi NYSEF-201.3

10.Rogan Reid Can-200.5

13. Matt Doyle NYSEF-177.4

17.Nate Capone NYSEF-95.7

18.Sam Shapiro NYSEF-90.3

SUPER TOUR

1.Veli-Matti Lindstrom Fin-273.6

2. Mike Glasder USA- 268.2

3.Kimmo Ylliriesto Fin-258.2