SKI FLYING

Hi ! Today my post is about ski jumping. Most of us understand by ski jumping freestyle ski jumping , where rotations in the air , grabs and style is the most important , but the one I am going to talk about today is the sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp and jump trying to land as far as they can.

The following video is about a Norwegian ski jumper , called Johan Remen who on the 11th February 2011, made the world's longest ski jump with 246,5 meters in the ski flying qualification round at Vikersund, Norway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqNWdto7ngk&feature=player_embedded

Here is another camera angle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj2YUNZzLn4&feature=related



The following day , he won his first world cup competition in the main event. For me it is fascinating how someone can jump so high and long with so much speed and skis about 260 cm long .

My questions are :


Did you at first thought it was fake? - ( I did , i could not belive that till I saw the second video.)
Do you think this requires lots of training , or is it just a matter of having what it takes to take this kind of jumps?
How does the ski jumper might be feeling when 'flying'?
Is this the limit or do you think someday someone will manage to go over this record?

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  Ski flying world record 246,5m, Vikersund 2011

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  Johan Remen Evensen landing at 246,5 meters at the new hill in Vikersund Norway. His second world record for the day
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