Grasshopper Cup-- Complete Season Results!

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!

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...

... 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!

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!

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!

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!

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!