Throughout the human history, people have dreamt about flying. There are many ways to feel the
emotions of it. Ski jumping is one of them.
Ski jumping was first performed in Norway in 19th century. The first official competition was held in
1892 on Holmenkollen in Oslo. By the end of 19th century the discipline started to rise in popularity
in countries such as Finland, Sweden and later alpine countries.
In ski jumping the jumper who achieves the biggest amount of points wins. Points are collected for -
jump distance, style marks given by five judges(only three of them count as the highest and lowest
marks are skipped) and for wind and gate factor, which affects the wind conditions and length of
inrun.
The image above shows the ski jumping hill model. The letters ‘A’ and ‘B’ show the possible places
of gate - place where inrun begins. The zone where the ski jumper takes off after passing inrun is
represented by ‘t’. The zone between letters ‘P’ and ‘L’ shows the preferred landing area. Between
them there is ‘K’ (so called K-point), which represents the reference point for distance points
calculation.
There are various types of hills, where ski jumping competitions occur. Classes of hills are separated
into different categories by their size. Nowadays competitions are usually held on ski flying and large
hills, with some exceptions for normal hills in case of world championships and winter Olympics.
Throughout the history of ski jumping, people have always been trying to fly further and further. In
the table below there are those “dream jumps”.
The history of Polish ski jumping started at the beginning of 20th century. During the interwar period
Poland had world-class jumpers such as Bronisław Czech and Stanisław Marusarz.
In 1972 at the Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan, Wojciech Fortuna won the first gold medal for
Poland at Winter Olympics. However, it all began at the beginning of 21st century when Adam
Małysz started to shine in the world-class competitions. During that time among Polish people there
was a trend called “Małyszomania”.
Source: http://www.malyszomania.com/
It was kind of a sociological phenomenon. Polish people started to gain interest in both, ski jumping
as a discipline and Adam Małysz, as a sport figure. Many people raised in Poland most likely
remember the phrase “call me when Małysz is jumping”.
Nowadays there is another trend, not as strong as Małyszomania though, called Stochomania, by
name of another Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch.
Ski jumping is an amazing and very interesting sport discipline, however, it is definitely not for
everyone. Now feel free to answer questions below.
- Are you into ski jumping? If so, do you follow it regularly?
- Which mania do you prefer- Stochomania or Małyszomania? And why?
- Would you dare to jump yourself? Why or why not?
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After a few shots, why not. it's fun.
2- Which mania do you prefer- Stochomania or Małyszomania? And why?
Małyszomania. sounds more powerful.
3-Would you dare to jump yourself? Why or why not?
no. im not an expert so better to be jumped with a mentor first.
Which mania that Małyszomania was really a big thing as everyone back then was interested in ski jumping, i'm not noticing this as much right now, but i would say that we might start noticing a new trend called Kubackomania as Dawid Kubacki won some big prize a week ago.
Oh i would looove to jump myself, i can't even imagine a feeling when gliding trough the air. Unfortunatelly i would need months of training just to try it so for me it won't happen.
I don't really mind and can't choose but because Małysz was earlier, i was younger (so aspect of sentiment comes in) and i havn't really watched Stoch that much - if i had to choose, i'd say Małyszomania but it really doesn't matter to me.
I wouldn't. Maybe from smaller hill but at this moment the effort to prepare myself for this kind of jumps is too much for me.
2. I think that Małyszomania was definitely more important. At the turn of the century, our sport did not have any great successes, Adam Małysz's victories were of great importance to Poles. A modest little boy from Wisła fought with our eternal rivals from Germany - (Martin Schmit and Sven Hannawald), showing that nothing is impossible.
3. I am fairly good at skiing and sometimes I have to climb a small hill. I jumped maybe 3-4 meters, but it's not a big deal. Ski jumping is sport for fanatics.
Not so long ago I watched one movie about ski jumping "Eddie the Eagle" I really liked it, I would advise it to watch even for those who like me aren't interested in this sport, the film is very cool.
I haven't seen this movie you mentioned, might give it a try some evening :).
2)Neither, this topic is way too remote for me. But believe it is cool when a good athlete is able to make his sport popular based on his skill alone.
3)Certainly not without sufficient training, that's for sure. I kind of like being alive.
No. I prefer simple skiing. Ski jumping seems too dangerous to me. And this is not as fun as just getting off a slope, as jumps require more concentration and responsibility, which reduces the amount of fun you have.
Which mania do you prefer- Stochomania or Małyszomania? And why?
I, as a person from abroad, do not know how these manias differ from each other, so I cannot choose one of the parties, because I do not know enough about it.
Would you like to jump yourself? Why or why not?
As I mentioned above, no, I would not dare to jump with skis. I just know my strength and see in it danger to my health, so definitely no.
I jumped once when we were skiing with family in Slovakia. But it wasn't that far... As I'm now I don't think I will jump.
It's really scary=)
Thank you for interesting details)
2. Małyszomania was much better. Thanks to him people are interested in jumping now. He started successes and thanks to that we have his deputy - Kamil Stoch. The most important thing is that we have someone to watch and admire
3. I would like to. I wonder how it feels to fly for a few seconds. I hope I could land!