2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Preview - Ski Jumping
by The Stinger on Feb.08, 2010, under Other Sports
In 1632 near Interlaken, Switzerland a skier was making his way down a mountain on his way to the local mushroom shoppe. On the way down he was startled by what he thought was a Yeti (but was later discovered to be a snow covered tree) and made a turn that would have far reaching consequences for him and the world.
Hans Schnitzelgrubben headed straight for a snow covered cliff. As he reached the lip of the cliff he noticed there was a hill about 50 metres away so he summoned all his strength and launched himself towards the hill. Landing safely, Hans stopped and looked back at the jump he had just made and thus a sport was born.
Since this time rather than leaping off random cliffs, the coordinators of this madness built custom made ramps for the participants to leap off of. This made the sport a hell of a lot more saf…err, controlled.
The sport has been dominated by Finns for the last gazillion years. It appears they have become proficient at the sport after all their years of practice trying to escape from their country.
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