10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKI-JUMPING»
Discover the use of
ski-jumping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ski-jumping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The History of
Ski Jumping
- The definitive history of world ski jumping, from the USA and Canada to Europe and Japan - Includes a wealth of unpublished photographs, archive material, anecdotes, and statistics - Written by a world authority on the sport
2
Biathlon, Cross Country,
Ski Jumping, and Nordic Combined
Can you imagine racing on skis across the countryside only to stop periodically to fire shots at targets at rapid-fire speed? In this book, you'll experience the excitementof Olympic ski jumping, cross country skiing, and biathlon.
3
Practical Sports Nutrition
Ski jumping involves performing a jump with skis from a high ramp overhanging a
snow-covered slope; in international competition, these hills are the K90 and
K120. lumpers are able to practice and compete during the summer months
using ...
4
Minnesota Sports Almanac: 125 Glorious Years
1960 Floyd Bedbury (speed skating); William Carow (speed skating); Roger
Christian (ice hockey, gold medal); William Christian (ice hockey, gold medal);
Paul Johnson (ice hockey, gold medal); Gene Kotlarek (ski jumping); John
Mayasich ...
5
Skiing Heritage Journal
"To keep women away from sports and primarily men's sports, medical
arguments were quite often used," says Annette Hofmann in her paper, "Female
Eagles of the Air: Developments in Women's Ski Jumping," published in New
Aspects of ...
6
Skiing Heritage Journal
College and high school programs featured ski jumping, and many communities
had jumping hills for children to enjoy. Thirty years ago, Joe Jones and a few of
us arranged for the construction of a ski jump at Pico. Its outrun was up in the ...
Both ski jumping and Nordic combined are limited at this time, at least in the
Olympics, to men. But women have begun jumping on the World Cup circuit and,
in training, on the ski jumps at Whistler Olympic Park. A petition to add women's
ski ...
8
Skiing Heritage Journal
Bard Glenne Port Ludlow, Wash Ski Jumping History Since I live in Red Wing,
Minnesota — the birthplace of organized ski jumping — I very much enjoyed
John Allen's article on the history of U.S. ski jumping in your last issue. In the
article ...
In ski jumping not only the jump length is important, but the judges score for the
technical performance of the jump in general and the landing phase in particular.
Scientific research related to ski jumping, as well as the current literature, has ...
Erich Müller, Stefan Lindinger, Thomas Stöggl, 2009
ART TOKLE, Sr. Art's family moved to Lake Telemark, New Jersey and continued
his family's long history in the sport of ski jumping. His uncle, Torger Tokle, held
the jump record at Bear Mountain, New York that was never broken. Art Tokle ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKI-JUMPING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
ski-jumping is used in the context of the following news items.
Ski jumping at the Steinach Skiflyer centre in Thuringia: So this is …
“For sure, it's a big taboo on the ski-jumping circuit,” he said at the time. “You can't smooth away fear. You can't say that you will be fearless tomorrow morning. «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
Olympian Eddie the Eagle says ski-jumping is '90 per cent balls and …
My instructor in the terrifying art of ski-jumping is the man whose heroic failures 26 years ago not only endeared him to the nation, but brought him fame ... «Daily Mail, Jan 14»
The American Stars of Ski Jumping
Sure, the women of the U.S. ski-jumping team want to medal in Sochi. But they've already scored the biggest victory: getting their sport into the 2014 Olympics in ... «Outside Magazine, Jan 14»
Why Can't Women Ski Jump?
12, the 2009 women's ski-jumping world champion will be nowhere in sight. ... In fact, ski jumping is the only Olympic discipline to remain men-only. (Technically ... «TIME, Feb 10»
