Young ski jumpers take flight at country's oldest ski club in New Hampshire
Some of the Northeast’s best young ski jumpers took flight at the country’s oldest ski club on Sunday
By ROBERT F. BUKATY
Published - Jan 21, 2024, 04:00 PM ET
Last Updated - Jan 21, 2024, 04:00 PM EST
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.
The club was formed by Norwegian immigrants in the late 1800s. They built the 172-foot (51-meter) “Big Nansen” jump in 1937 with government help and hosted Olympic trials a year later.
At the height of the sport's popularity in the mid-1900s, there were more than 100 jumping sites in the Northeast alone.