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?
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?
www.youtube.comJohan Remen Evensen landing at 246,5 meters at the new hill in Vikersund Norway. His second world record for the day
This is amazing Hector! I have to admit that at first I didn't believe it Hector, but it's true that once you watch the second video you see it's pure magic, that the skier is really flying!
ReplyDeleteI've never been really keen on freestyle ski however I have to admit that this jump is very impressing and that freestyle ski is a hard sport which requieres a big effort and a lot of diligence.
In my opinion you can't just jump like this without training at all, it's impossible. Of course probably braveness is indispensable and without being brave you can't make this jump, but it's important to have in mind that you need also to be psicologically prepared and learn to have the ability to avoid panicking about the consequences there could be if something went wrong.
Once you've trained and are prepared, you might aswell learn how to enjoy risk, like Johann Remen Evensen seems to be doing while he 'flies'.
Although it seems impossible, if we are realistic, we can't dispute the fact that someday someone will manage to go over this record. That's how human life is, a life of constant progress.
MARIO ROMEO
Referring to the questions done by Hector Marlet I didn’t think it was fake because I had recently been told by him, and if I wouldn’t have been told I really doubt anyone would post something false on the blog. However, I agree, it seems completely false that someone can jump 246,5 metres with some skis (we are talking about nearly ¼ of km) and therefore we may think it is unreal.
ReplyDeleteSecondly I think that, of course, it requieres a huge amount of time training but once in the jump, the difference between skiers is minimum if we are talking about tecnical stuff, so the real issue is to increase so widely the different between the “old” record and the “new” record. In my opinion it doesn’t depend on the physicall condition of the individual, but it does depend in the mental one (the self-confidence, etc.)
Thirdly, the skier must be in a moment of extasis and loose of adrenaline really considerable. He might be scared at the very begginning when he sees how much he has just jumped and that he might loose the control of the situation, although seconds after he must be thinking that he is about to do it. He might also start to think that all the effort is finally worth it, in conclusion, it is a moment of complete extasis. In my opinion this moments are really hard to describe.
Finally, answering to the last question, I think they will surely manage to go over this record. I think that records are there for someone else to go over them, it is how in my opinion how this works. When one is training they train to be able to beat that record, it is as if it was their ceiling, so it will be gone over without any doubt, although I won’t take the risk to say when will it will be beaten. This case is really similar to what happened last year with Usain Bolt, and again in this case the record will be beaten.
Gonzalo Guilarte
I totally agree with you Gonzalo when you talk about how the skier might be feeling when he hits the jump.He probably went wax euphoric when he landed , and the people who were there to see him were flabbergasted for the record.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand you must keep your feet on the ground Gonzalo , I dont think someone will ever go over this record landing successfully. If you have a look at the second video , the skier lands in the verge between the end of the slope and the flat bit . If someone ever manages to 'fly' longer than this man , he will probably harm himself as he will land on the flat bit.
This post really attracted me because a couple or three years ago I used to follow this kind of competitions. I remember watching the old record of 239m live, it was incredible, in addition I remember that the the record was overcome twice in the same day by the same man. Now, the new record is absolutely fantastic in a sportive point of view. I didn't think it was false because, as I said before I've seen lots of jumps although never so long ones logically.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious that it requires a lot of training to manage to even participate in this competitions. Lots of hours everyday of practice and physical training, moreover you must have a strong mental conditions to keep working when the results aren't so good. There is a part you can't control that is the context of the jump; wind, temperature, etc.
When the skier is flying probably at the beginning they would be in a state of emotion like anyone jumping although the distances are different. My point is that when they've jumped so many times they reduce this emotion to try and be concentrated during the whole jump to take a more aerodynamic position a move very little to achieve the longest distance.
We never know is this record will be beaten, it is certainly today something very difficult to do nevertheless we couldn't imagine some performances that have been done in the present. Linking to Gonzalo I agree that this could be compared to Usain Bolt and his records in 100m and 200m (although I really do think the jamaicans record id out of this galaxy) it is hardly impossible to think that someone can do it better (except the same person). In athlete long distance jump the five best performances ever are at least 20 years old so sometimes records can stay forever.
LLUIS CAÑADELL I ESTRAGUES
In first place I have to say that the video is amazing. At first when I saw it I thought it was a fake but when the video went on I realized it wasn't a fake. I like a lot the way they have focused and created the video. It makes it very interesting.
ReplyDeleteWell I think that the sensations of the jumper when 'flying' are difficult to describe. Firstly I think that the jumper may have the sensation of like having butterflies in his stomach, due to the sensation that the jump produces. Also I think he has a sensation exitment due to this activity. He has a lot of other sensations but I think he also has some personal sensations, that can only be described by himself. I think that to describe perfectly the sensation that one has doing this, you have to just do it.
Didac Mullor Sirvent