Until recently, the question of whether you should buy a pair of custom skis designed precisely for your weight, skiing style, and ideal slope conditions was primarily a financial one. Now, thanks to ...

Equipment used in Olympic ski jumping is the same that an athlete would use throughout the World Cup circuit. Ski jumping skis: The maximum length of a competitor’s skis is 145% of his height. However ...

Back when I was a college racer, I remember a girlfriend finding me in my kitchen with a pair of skis on the table, an iron in my hand and a big red block of Toko wax. “What are you doing?” she asked.

It’s the Olympic sport famed for its spectacular speed, exhilarating aerodynamics and cringe-worthy crashes. And yet ski jumping, a sport in which athletes hurtle down a ramp at 100 kilometers (60 ...

There are three men’s events: the normal hill, the large hill and the team event. There is one women’s event, contested on the normal hill. Jumpers adopt a natural and relaxed aerodynamic crouch ...

The first measured ski jump was constructed in 1860, and the first ski jumping test was held two years later. Ski jumping was included in Norwegian ski carnivals throughout the mid 1800s but was not a ...

The distance from the takeoff that is equivalent to the height of the hill. For the large hill in PyeongChang, the K Point is 125 meters from the takeoff; for the normal hill, it is 95 meters. The K ...

This weekend Spokane’s annual ski swap, hosted by Mt. Spokane Ski Patrol, will return after a two-year COVID-19-enforced hiatus. During the two-day event, up to 4,000 shoppers will descend on the ...

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2018, file photo, Austria's Stefan Kraft practices for the men's ski jumping competition in the 2018 Winter Olympics at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Center in Pyeongchang, South ...