Thursday, January 17, 2013

Ski-Jump Event in Innsbruck

Wintersport is big in Austria, not only downhill skiing, but also cross country skiing, sledging and ski jump. This is a rather fascinating sport and it is pretty popular in Austria.

One of the biggest tournaments each year is the "Vierschanzentournee". Around Christmas and New Years they compete at 4 different locations and an overall winner is determined.

We got VIP tickets to the event in Innsbruck and had an amazing time - despite the constant rain.
We got to take the train up with the jumpers and got to see where everything happens: the press area, the jump up close, the section where they start from, etc.

It also helped that we were with 2 ex-ski jumpers who knew everybody and explained all the rules to us :-)
And the best at the end was that an Austrian ski jumper won!

Waiting for the lift up

Starting point

Jump up close

Having a Glühwein to warm up

Our ski jump experts

The crowd is going wild after the Austrian won

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