Minneapolis

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

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

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

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

Greetings from Austria!

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!

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

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-