Sentences with phrase «ski jumping»

Feel - good fun oozes from this movie, which is loosely based on the life of English ski jumping underdog Eddie «The Eagle» Edwards.

In 1993, Disney's Cool Runnings put Olympic bobsledding in the spotlight with its tale of an underdog team from Jamaica that defied the odds to compete on the same track as the world's greatest athletes, and now Eddie the Eagle seems poised to do the same for ski jumping.

The company hasn't officially announced the new feature, but the option to track your favorite Olympics events pops up when you launch the app today, allowing you to pick from various events like figure skating, ski jumping, snowboard, luge, alpine skiing and many others.

«Well, I haven't had anything really embarrassing happen to me while ski jumping, however there was this one time I went skiing with my friends at Lake Louise.

Women's ski jumping has seen a major shift in momentum over the past couple of years.

Taylor got involved in ski jumping as a young child through a summer camp at Canada Olympic Park after her mother signed her up.

With little government funding, ski jumping is usually out of reach for most Canadian's.

The Calgary - born Olympic athlete recently made headlines when she became the first Canadian woman to capture a World Cup ski jumping medal after placing third in a normal hill competition in Oberstdorf, Germany.

It paid off because in 2014, she became the first woman to take part in ski jumping at an Olympic level.

What would a Winter Olympics in Canada be without ski jumping controversy?

Mr. Arquit serves on the Board of the United States Ski and Snowboard Foundation (U.S. Ski Team), the Board of USA Nordic (responsible for developing in the U.S., the Nordic disciplines of ski jumping and Nordic Combined) and the Adirondack Land Trust.

Ski Jumping Pro is available on the App Store for free by clicking here, however, there are in - app purchases.

Sticking true to its word, Ski Jumping Pro has the same obstacles like wind direction, heavy snowfall and limited visibility just like you would find in real life.

German video game developer and publisher Kalypso Media has recently launched a much different updated version of its their winter sports title Ski Jumping Pro on iOS.

We're told that Ski Jumping Pro has been developed to accurately depict the winter sport through an immersive first - person perspective.

And if you get bored, you can even experience flying 100 meters in the world famous ski jumping hill... inside the ski - simulator, that is.

Eddie the Eagle is known to millions for his heroic efforts in the Ski Jumping events during the 1988 Calgary Olympics — but there's so much more to Eddie than that!

Enjoy a spectacular view of the city's colorful houses, before we take you to new highs at the ski jumping hill of Granåsen.

Zakopane is often referred to as «the winder capital of Poland,» and you might catch international ski jumping competitions while there.

You've seen the movie, now come and ski with the real «Eddie the Eagle» on an exclusive trip to Canada's Powder Highway hosted by the ski jumping legend, Eddie «the Eagle» Edwards.

The ski jumping scenes were filmed at Copper Mountain with Tyler Harmon expertly skiing in the Windy costume.

The headline supporter of the week is Eddie «The Eagle» Edwards who famously competed for Great Britain in the Calgary Olympic Games in Ski Jumping.

A few weeks ago we were having lunch at work, chatting about things we've always wanted to learn: new languages, musical instruments, flying an aircraft, ski jumping... you know the kind of conversation.

This year, history will be made when women will be allowed to participate in ski jumping for the very first time!

Women made history at the 2014 Winter Games when they were allowed to compete for the first time in ski jumping.

Women made history at the 2014 Winter Games with their first ski jumping event.

Includes winter Olympic sports, winter activities and vocabulary: to skate, speed skating, figure skating, alpine skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hockey, curling, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton, snowman, snowflake, snowstorm, snowdrift, snowplow, snowball fight, sled, to shovel, snowblower, hot chocolate, fireplace.

Includes winter Olympic sports, winter activities and vocabulary: to skate, speed skating, figure skating, alpine skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hockey, curling, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton, snowman, snowflake, snowstorm, snowdrift, snowplow, snowball fight, to shovel, hot chocolate, fireplace.

Battleship game using the vocabulary: to skate, speed skating, figure skating, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, snowmobile, hockey, snowflake, snowstorm, snowman, to throw snowballs, snowdrift, snowplow, to shovel, fireplace, hot chocolate, ski jumping, sledding.

In the News Activity: Since 1924, ski jumping has been one of the exciting sports at the Winter Games.

Sure, attempting to pay off a movie about Ski Jumping with Van Halen may be the least original idea in cinemas this year but it fits perfectly inside a movie whose heart pulses so rousingly with 80s - inspired synth.

This is a film for sports lovers because it's so fully dedicated to the love of skiing and ski jumping and the spectacle of the Olympics.

The campy and sun bleached aesthetic works well - it is about competitive ski jumping after all - but the camera work is haphazard, leaping from one questionable choice to the next, stealing tricks and tones of other filmmakers without any of the finesse.

Russian Denis Kornilov trains Thursday for the men's large hill individual ski jumping.

With the help of Bronson, Eddie finally makes it to the Winter Olympics in Calgary (despite dastardly attempts by the British Olympic Committee to block his participation, mostly because he's goofy looking) where he at first enjoys his sudden stardom but then is reminded by coach Bronson to take himself more seriously and put forth his best effort despite the fact that he's been ski jumping for a fraction of the time his competitors have.

Sporting accidents, especially crash landings while ski jumping, are frequently shown.

Taron Egerton, who made his feature film starring debut in Kingsman: The Secret Service, portrays Eddie the Eagle, and Hugh Jackman plays a ski jumping expert from Lake Placid who helps Eddie train for the Calgary Olympics.

As recently as 2010, the ancient myth of the falling uterus was cited as a reason why ski jumping was «not appropriate for ladies.»

Post Activation Potential is best for activities that require explosive power movements, such as sprinting, high jumping, ski jumping, weight lifting, boxing, and mixed martial arts.

That's the location of many international ski competitions including this year's ski jumping world cup.

If the preliminary findings from Halo Neuroscience on ski jumping are even remotely valid, the first criterion would certainly be met.

On the other hand, it's not yet clear if tDCS poses a noteworthy potential risk for athletes — though any such risk would almost certainly be smaller than the one involved in soaring over 100 meters through the air, as in the case of ski jumping.

The two events, curling mixed doubles tournament and the men's hill ski jumping competition started their preliminary rounds on the 8th of February.

Henry Johansen, who played for Vålerenga and was capped by Norway prior to the Second World War, was also a dab hand at Ski Jumping and was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris, a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport, in 1938.

Austria's Andreas Felder (above) and Ernst Vettori are hot in the chillingly spectacular sport of ski jumping

I tried convincing my high school to make a varsity ski jumping team back in the day.

They don't raise the youngsters here in The States to respect the art of ski jumping like they do overseas.

Hamler, 19, and Hicks, 41, won 70 - meter titles at the national ski jumping championships in Ishpeming, Mich..

SKI JUMPING — MARK KONOPACKE of Kingsford, Mich., won the 70 - meter jump at the U.S. national championships in Steamboat Springs, Colo..

8 SRMSA Senior Jumping Championships, Steamboat Springs, Colo. 14 - 15 CUSSA Junior Downhill and Slalom Championships, boys - girls, Pine Mountain Ski Club, Iron Mountain, Mich. 15 CUSSA Junior Jumping Championships, boys - girls, Flying Eagles Ski Club, Eau Claire, Wis. 15 Snowflake Ski Club Jumping Championship, CUSSA, Westby, Wis. 21 North American Giant Slalom, FWSA, Squaw Valley, Calif. 21 - 22 CUSSA Downhill and Slalom Championships, Caberfae, Cadillac, Mich. 22 North American Slalom, FWSA, Squaw Valley, Calif. 22 CUSSA Junior Cross-country and Nordic Combined Championships, boys - girls, Ishpeming Ski Club, Ishpeming, Mich. 22 NATIONAL SKI JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS, Leavenworth, Wash. 23 North American Downhill, FWSA, Squaw Valley, Calif. 26 - 27 HARRIMAN CUP, Sun Valley, Idaho.