MILAN, N.H. (AP) — Some of the Northeast’s best young ski jumpers took flight at the country’s oldest ski club on Sunday, continuing a comeback for the once-popular winter sport featuring speed, skill and sometimes spills.
The Eastern Ski Jumping Meet took place at the Nansen Ski Club in the shadow of one of the nation's oldest jumps during Milan’s 102nd annual winter carnival in northern New Hampshire.
They built the 172-foot (51-meter) “Big Nansen” jump in 1937 with government help and hosted Olympic trials a year later.
In 2011 ski jumping returned to the collegiate level, welcoming women jumpers for the first time.
Most of the people I see at (ski jump) clubs, especially the younger kids, are mostly girls,” she said.
Persons:
Nansen, “, Sports ”, Vinko Bogataj, ” Scott Halverson, Bogataj, ”, Kerry Tole, Big Nansen, ’ ”
Organizations:
MILAN, Nansen Ski Club, NCAA, Sports, Nansen, Eastern, Plymouth Regional High School, Sunday
Locations:
N.H, New Hampshire, Lake Placid , New York, Milan, American