His mother was my sons third grade teacher. I watched Todd and many others grow up in Steamboat Springs and marked him on the jumps throughout his career on our local hill
It really is amazing that physics and transfer of energy can allow a man to travel that far through the air and at that speed unharmed without being inside a machine.
Thank you for this video. I love this sport!!! Question: how would a jumper increase their distance? I cannot figure out how they get more air and remain airborne on the hill.
I find it funny that they used a Nordic Combined athlete to show ski jumping, because the US have no good actual ski jumper. Todd is in fact probably better than the actual US ski jumpers (if he trained it full time and not split with XC).
The first hills you try are very small. At my local ski jumping center there is a 6 meter hill for learning to stay up with the skiis, a 15 meter hill for learning the take off, a 25meter hill to learning the flying position and then you go to the bigger hills (45m, 64m and on) step by step as you biuld up courage and experience. The big hills of 120m+ are actually quite rare and most competitions are held in a bit smaller hills.
A couple of years? Start him off on a 30, then 50 then 70.. being he is a grown man.. the speed should not be too much for him.. and since you guys now jump all year round.. he has the opportunity to triple his progress as compared to someone who just had snow and about 4 months out of the year..
soulbrother84: When you decide to have children, you take on a responsibility that should cause you to put your children first. His child, crying herself to sleep because he wants to win a trophy or medal is just selfish of him. It isn't as if he is taking time away from home to save lives or anything else that would be a mitigating factor. His daughter is doing without her father so he can try to gain a little glory. Poor parenting. No excuse for it.
@artekgo95 pewnie że jest najlepszy ale teraz trzeba się martwić kto będzie reprezentowal Polskę jak Małysz skończy skakać ? bo na tych Piotra Żyłę i Stefana Hule nie ma co liczyć...może Stoch...ale drugi taki jak Małysz nam się nie trafi ;/ głupio by było gdyby po Małyszu Polska miała przestać istnieć w tym sporcie ;(
Reporter guy Sean: you continue to embarrass yourself and TIME magazine with every report you do on U.S. winter Olympic events .... you really need to try and be more of a "guy and or man"... these are all being videotaped! Even fake your non- athleticism if you have to...
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I'm more amazed with the coaches standing on the edge and holding them above their heads.
No doubt this sport requires big guts.
whenever i watch the olympics, i always love the ski jumpers. how they have the guts to do that, ill never know.
Samax13 I want to know how you start - how do you do it the first time?
Daniel Antone that’s what I’m wondering as well
@@janus2059 I guess first you learn the technique an have a little practice and then you move on to the big jump.
Search kobayashi planica if you want to see something truly amazing
@@janus2059 You probably start on very small ramps and get bigger in steps
His mother was my sons third grade teacher. I watched Todd and many others grow up in Steamboat Springs and marked him on the jumps throughout his career on our local hill
I participated in ski jumping at Norge in Fox River Grove, IL in the 1950's. This was great fun!
It really is amazing that physics and transfer of energy can allow a man to travel that far through the air and at that speed unharmed without being inside a machine.
It's not physics, it's aliens.
Yeah, what the heck? You aren't supposed to give logical responses. You're just supposed to say, "aliens"
+Fcreveryoung nope dark magic
ski jumping is my life and skiing in general
same omg
It's a new Summer Olympic event!
The obscurest of the obscure winter sports? Im pretty that award goes to curling.
Benjamin Gazdik -Your pretty?
Thank you for this video. I love this sport!!! Question: how would a jumper increase their distance? I cannot figure out how they get more air and remain airborne on the hill.
The leg extension right before they get off the ramp.
THIS SPEED SKATING LUGE AND SKELETON ARE MY TWO FAVORITE EVENTS
The coach standing on the edge !!!! :D
Oh nice, this is Lake Placid! I would be too scared to walk up that 90 meter jump, you can forget about the 120 meter one...
So amazingly ballsy, fair play guys!
Yes, he does! And they kicked ass in Vancouver!! Chris Gilbertson coached them then and to World Championship medals as well.
my cousin is going to be in this year's olympics for ski jumping!
Did he win? :P
Sean you are the true meaning of "agony and defeat"
That walk after every jump 😯
I was meant to do this but never have 😩 I’d love to learn but it’ll never happen...it’s amazing
Why not? Is it because of the supernatural swamp aids :/
Here, hold my beer!
I find it funny that they used a Nordic Combined athlete to show ski jumping, because the US have no good actual ski jumper. Todd is in fact probably better than the actual US ski jumpers (if he trained it full time and not split with XC).
132verb thats sick dude!
i am goign to wait for a few months and then go do this i need this
got to hand it to these guys
Matti Nykänen. Best Skijumpers ever.
yes
Lake placid?
The couches though as if they are just standing on a pavement.
damn this is awesome, its like they are flying
What an adrenaline rush, just as awesome as the Biathlon.
I like Todd Lodwick!
does anyone know what that music at the end is? sounds kool
Does he catch him at the bottom of the hill ?
Want to learn ski jumping, i am in the us, does anyone know where i can take lessons near California?
@jablka so is that why we dominated in Vancouver?
They should have played the music "Time of my life" when the reporter did the jump.
The reporter didn’t jump
this ski is light?
3:00 Robert Mateja ;D
It would be fun in people slide from the hill.
Who is it132verb cause I'm a ski jumper too
no snow. so they use grass?
and Adam Malysz from Poland
Live an hour away from Lake Placid.
I went skiing at Lake placid in the mid seventies before it became an Olympic venue.
I'm an old geezer now.
@132verb good luck to him!
He is American nordic combined champion. Not World Ski Jumping champion. Huge difference
i would be so freaking scared.
damn
that 12 year old looks promising
i tak Małysz jest najlepszy xD
did you realize that this guy is the WORLD champion. not just the Us champion
toad is my jumping coach in steamboat
Do the coaches have to stand so precariously on the railing of the wooden deck? I'm confused.
Bill Demog?
and if they fall?
well if they fall they get up again
THAT BOY WAS TWELVE?
everyone has different opinions about a good parent. He good be an OK parent
Wow
good luck USA
Have there ever been ski jumping fatalities?
yep
Man from Nantucket yes
Man from Nantucket. Yes there has been fatalities
@SanManMove "That's what she said"
Ale podobny do niego :D
I can do that, hold my beer
i can't believe that they train on a plastic run... how different must it be on snow i wonder?
I've do terrain park jumps but those are nothing to what those guys do!
@GamesForLifes999 then why most of ski jumpers use fischer? lol
Check out Girls first ski jump on TH-cam.
It is so cool.
How does anyone get up the nerve for his very first ski jump??
Jun Gleno beer
The first hills you try are very small. At my local ski jumping center there is a 6 meter hill for learning to stay up with the skiis, a 15 meter hill for learning the take off, a 25meter hill to learning the flying position and then you go to the bigger hills (45m, 64m and on) step by step as you biuld up courage and experience. The big hills of 120m+ are actually quite rare and most competitions are held in a bit smaller hills.
@@pietarisillasto7535 what about vikersund K250 mate would you have balls
no
@@pietarisillasto7535 Yea go jump your fucking K-6 hills again
i think eddie the eagle will win the gold in '14
Elan🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮
A couple of years? Start him off on a 30, then 50 then 70.. being he is a grown man.. the speed should not be too much for him.. and since you guys now jump all year round.. he has the opportunity to triple his progress as compared to someone who just had snow and about 4 months out of the year..
Przecież to nie Mateja :P
gawd damn 12 year olds id never do that in a million years , im 15
Your 25 now 😥
and thats safe lol
@andrew3656 hmm, ya just about
cmon im a ski jumper!!! its not so scary!!! i tell you!!!
global warming sucks
@footblplyr7 Do we have 1m? it's a good start for me ^^
soulbrother84:
When you decide to have children, you take on a responsibility that should cause you to put your children first.
His child, crying herself to sleep because he wants to win a trophy or medal is just selfish of him.
It isn't as if he is taking time away from home to save lives or anything else that would be a mitigating factor.
His daughter is doing without her father so he can try to gain a little glory.
Poor parenting. No excuse for it.
@artekgo95 pewnie że jest najlepszy ale teraz trzeba się martwić kto będzie reprezentowal Polskę jak Małysz skończy skakać ? bo na tych Piotra Żyłę i Stefana Hule nie ma co liczyć...może Stoch...ale drugi taki jak Małysz nam się nie trafi ;/ głupio by było gdyby po Małyszu Polska miała przestać istnieć w tym sporcie ;(
Haha this aged well
I want to see two man gay ski jumping!
I'm not even going to ask
12?1
@ghlf89 Eat golden snow! The evil boffets will make sure of that!
These sky jumpers are great in US but in Europe they out of league.
Did you guys know they have women ski jumpers now? It looks scary.
Reporter guy Sean: you continue to embarrass yourself and TIME magazine with every report you do on U.S. winter Olympic events .... you really need to try and be more of a "guy and or man"... these are all being videotaped! Even fake your non- athleticism if you have to...
Who is it132verb cause I'm a ski jumper too