Sentences with phrase «ski jumping world»

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

The images and information include: (i) the artist's Haugan family from Morgedal, Norway whose great - grandfather (Olaf Haugan, the ski jump world record holder, 1879) immigrated to the United States, (ii) contemporary art and art history, (iii) art world logistics, and (iv) the process logistics for spreadsheetspace.

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As Andreas Felder slowly climbs the stairs that lead to the top of the 70 - meter ski jump in Lahti, Finland, one of the regular stops on the World Cup tour, he pauses occasionally to stare at the slope that angles sharply downward.

SKIING — NORWAY took five gold medals in the world Nordic championships in Oslo as BJORN WIRKOLA, a 22 - year - old shipping clerk, won both the Holmenkollen Hill special 90 - meter and the 70 - meter jumps, and 24 - year - old GJERMUND EGGEN took two individual cross-country gold medals — the 50 kilometer and 15 - kilometer — and anchored the winning 40 - kilometer relay team (page 51).

While Vonn stands to make a killing in endorsements, Van, who won the gold medal at the women's world championships in 2009, holds on to her job as a physical - therapy assistant, blocked from the chance for gold by the International Olympic Committee's senseless refusal to allow women to compete in ski jumping.

The best female ski jumper in the world watches the Winter Olympics from her couch in Park City, Utah, with her dog, Yuki, a yellow Lab she named after the Japanese word for snow.

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.

In this video, pro skier Candide Thovex sets out to ski the world as he glides down a grassy alpine slope, jumps over roads, and even races through a tunnel, before eventually landing in the trunk of an Audi Q7.

A mecca for pleasure seekers, Queenstown has emerged as one of the foremost adventure centres in the world, with snow sports throughout the winter at the nearby Remarkables ski fields, as well as year round thrill sports including bungy jumping, jet boating and skydiving.

Youngsters can take their first ride on skis in Wombat World; beginners and intermediates can practice their skills in Merrits Park; and advanced skiers and boarders who enjoy jumps and tricks can take advantage of Anton's Park and High Noon Park.

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.

Steep Road to the Olympics, an official licensed product of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, is an expansion to Steep, the open - world action sports game to feature ski, snowboard, paraglide, wingsuit, rocket wingsuit, sled, base jump and speed riding.

STEEP is an open - world winter sports game, where you can ski, snowboard, wingsuit jump and paraglide where ever you want, with challenges and mountain stories GO →

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.

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.

SportyCo is excited to have garnered the support of several prominent professional athletes, including football superstars Ronaldinho and Roberto Carlos, former NBA center and Cleveland Cavaliers scout Primož Brezec, and world champion ski jumper Noriaki Kasai.