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.
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