Today's Ski Jumping

[Peter Minde]

Scenes from the Star Spangled Ski Jump competition in Lake Placid, 5 July 2024. An appreciative crowd for these mostly junior ski jumpers.

First, we saw little kids jumping on the 20 meter hill. Then 15 athletes came out on the H100, also known as K90.

 

[Sick Bird Rider]

Cool! Though I would not want to take a sliding fall on whatever material they are landing on. Talk about rug burn.

 

[Peter Minde]

Cool! Though I would not want to take a sliding fall on whatever material they are landing on. Talk about rug burn.

Fortunately, everyone stuck the landing on to artificial grass. Flat lower part of the outrun is jin-u-wine grass.

 

[Peter Minde]

I'd not heard the term H100 or HS 100 in ski jumping before yesterday, so I did a little digging. The K-point is where the steepest bit ends and it begins to flatten. Measured from the takeoff point, on a normal hill it's 90 meters.

Yesterday's MC constantly said "H100," but what I've found online (the internet never lies, eh?) is HS, or hill size. Hill size is measured from the takeoff point to the end of the landing area.