Best Winter Olympic sport for me?

I would really like to do ski jumping though. But the closest club is in connecticut or new york.

No. The skis you jump over are not that high. You don't have to jump them when they are vertical.

I was just asking, because every ski jumper I watch, they have a small upper body, but LONG legs.

oic. Maybe the costumes, erm uniforms are just cut to be very low rise. I swear, the way kids today wear their pants halfway to their knees, it looks like they don't have legs at all.

Haha ikr. They think they are so cool. I ought to just run up and kick them in the butt. Then maybe that will make them wear their pants a little higher. So which do you think is better for me to work on, the ski jump or cross-country?

It's aerodynamics. The best Ski Jumpers are very tall and very skinny.

But with Nordic Combined, where the athletes have to do both Ski Jumping and Cross Country, the ability to ski Cross Country is just as important as aerodynamics.

I won't even try to answer that one. Speaking for myself, I'm leery of situations involving irrevocable decisions. When you stand at the top of the jump and look down, you've got a decision to make. Once you start moving, well, there's no changing your mind.

I don't know what would be involved in getting started in such a sport, but perhaps they start with small jumps and gradually increase them (all the while making sure form and technique are all in order). That way, by the time you get to where you are doing a BIG jump, it is something that you can easily handle.

(It's nothing I could ever do either.)

I dunno about small steps. I make the guess that the first step has to build enough velocity to get you soaring instead of dropping off the end. Again, just guessing cuz I'm sure not going up there to find out.

ski jumpers start with liking moguls . I always tried to ski around em unless I had to get over something. The old NASTAR slopes used to have a small jump area. The Olympic places like Lake Placid once had two or three different sizes (like diving boards)


Heres a picture of the Lake Placid ski jumping training areas. The ski jump areas are in two valleys with about 4 different size jumps. The actual training for jumping and "Hot dogging" use these pools. I don't know if one can just "show up" and try their hand. The freedom from Liabilities do absolve slopes from the inevitable broken bones and necks but people still sue, so I think the "gatekeepers" are some affiliation with a jumping school

Am I considerably tall? I know I am skinny. I'm like just skin and bones. And I think I could do good in ski jumping cause I am as light as a feather and I would be in the air all day lol.

"I feel like I can fly!"

So they jump into the pools for training?!

Great. Barbados is back on.

Barbados?

You won't believe what I just found out! My cousin can ski and he might be willing to teach me. And he doesn't compete, but he does cross-country skiing! Just what I was looking for.

They certainly do. The foaming area is where bubbles break the surface tension of the water, so the jumpers don't break their backs when entering the water from the height of a 4 storey building.

http://youtu.be/CpV6AmsTC9Q

Sochi male aerials silver medallist. Been skiing and gymnastics from childhood. Think you'll be able to do this any time soon?

Based on fbaezer's post back on page 4, I'd say you were built perfectly for Nordic Combined. He said the gold medal winner in the event had the same height and weight as you.

Pure Ski Jumping alone (not combined with Cross Country) would probably be suited to even taller and skinnier people yet.

oh. ok. So I will work on the cross-country skiing and the nordic combined. Now i just gotta find a coach.