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This sport's American roots go back to the 1880s, and it began in the midwest ... places like Red Wing, St Paul, and Eau Claire. Some of these clubs date back to the 1880s! The first recorded North American distance record was set in 1887 by Mikkel Hemmestvedt. He flew 37 feet! We believe the picture below is the Hemmestvedt brothers. The Wright brothers didn't get around to flying until about ten or fifteen years after this photo was taken.

Before downhill skiing became a popular participant sport following World War II, most people's familiarity with skiing was tied to jumping. The Norge Ski Club in Chicago, one of the oldest ski clubs in the world, helped to bring visibility of the sport to that city. In 1939, and again in 1954, temporary jumps were erected in Soldier Field, now the home of the Chicago Bears. They were "snowed" with shaved ice. See our Photo Gallery page (via link at left) for photos of the Soldier Field jumps.

A temporary jump was also erected in a far more unlikely location than Chicago. Click the image to get a closer look. The location is written in the lower left corner of the picture. The year is 1938. The jump was covered with shaved ice or snow transported via truck from nearby mountains. Thanks to Don Dahl of Eau Claire for sending this photo.

Click the following link to learn more about ski jumping exhibitions in Southern California! Thanks to Catherine Ohl of San Diego, who maintains this site, for giving us the correct year, and for researching the history of skiing in the west.

Since the inception of the Winter Olympics in 1924, the midwestern U.S. has been very well represented in the Olympics. Some of the biggest jumps in North America are located in the midwest. The development of Olympic facilities in Lake Placid and Salt Lake city have lessened the traditional midwest dominance of the sport, but there are strong junior programs at many of the fifteen or so midwestern jumping clubs. You can visit our page which lists all Minnesota Olympians; we'd like to expand this to include all the midwestern jumpers by year, and all the U.S. Olympians if possible. Clubs? Can you help with this?

Our "Related Links" page has links to some sites of historical interest. You might also explore the links on our "Regional Jumping Clubs page. The Ishpeming and St Paul clubs date back to the 1800s. The Duluth and and Norge (Chicago area) clubs go back to the early 1900s.

A book, "Midwest Skiing: A Glance Back" by John Pontti, is available via Amazon.com, and the proceeds are being used to raise funds for the National Ski Hall of Fame in Ishpeming, Michigan. Before WWII, skiing WAS jumping! And the Hall of Fame is right here in the midwest.

Another excellent ski history site (also on our links page) is Eastern Ski Jumping, maintained by Don West, who was a competitor in the 1950s and who is still jumping! Although his site focuses on the Eastern U.S., it's a great resource for anyone interested in the history of ski jumping in North America.

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