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Olav Ulland, Gustav Raaum, Alf Engen, and Kjell Stordalen perform a four-person simultaneous ski jump at Sun Valley, Idaho, in December 1948. Credit: Courtesy of National Nordic Museum
Pacific NW was once a ski jumping hotbed, as told in new book and museum exhibit By
Few among us have tried our luck at competitive ski jumping, and there is no shame in that considering these skiers can reach speeds around 60 mph before they take flight. But there s something riveting about the daring sport even for casual onlookers. The Pacific Northwest was once a hotbed for Nordic jumping as detailed in a new book and a parallel museum exhibit.
Courtesy of John W. Lundin / Seattle Times, 1916
Few among us have tried our luck at competitive ski jumping, and there is no shame in that considering these skiers can reach speeds around 60 mph before they take flight. But there s something riveting about the daring sport even for casual onlookers. The Pacific Northwest was once a hotbed for Nordic jumping as detailed in a new book and a parallel museum exhibit.
Author John Lundin of Seattle was researching an earlier book about the history of skiing on Snoqualmie Pass, when he discovered that ski jumping was actually a bigger deal than alpine skiing in the Pacific Northwest before World War II.
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