"Aude Volare" -- Dare to Fly! New Heights, Online the electronic newsletter of Eastern U.S. Ski Jumping Fall 2000 Issue

Between the Colors ...
by Dan "Mouse" Warner

When I first started attending Eastern Committee meetings in the 80's, the program was subsidized by USSA. We used to get as much as $10,000 a year for the USSA funded regional coach to operate his budget and to fund the divisional program. Now we get zip.

Eastern must develop our own financial strategy. It is a reality that we have to deal with in order to put our program on sound financial footing again. I don't pretend to have the answers for this dilemma. But I will help to achieve our goals.

I would like to get a group together this winter during the Junior Olympics in Lake Placid to get something started to bring a working plan to the Eastern Spring meeting. The Eastern Jumping/Nordic Combined Program has been around for a long time. We need to see that it continue.

Ed. note: It's great that the "Mouse" is becoming a regular contributor to New Heights! We applaud his desire to address the persistant financial challenges faced in running the Eastern program. If you are interested in becoming a part of this group or have any ideas please contact Dan through the NYSEF office in Lake Placid during the winter or at his home in Rumford, P.O. Box 104, Rumford Center, Maine 04278

Hi Nordic Kids! We have a great schedule for you this winter at hills all over the east. The Nordic Kids Festival in Salisbury will be especially exciting - a super weekend with meets for all age groups.

There's one thing you should think about this winter when you practice your jumping. A ski jump without a telemark landing is like a piece of pie without the ice cream or a piece of cake without the icing. Now is the time to learn this way of landing your jumps so it becomes automatic. A World Cup jumper without a "teley" is usually out of place and finishes back in the pack. Telemark landings are safer and they make a good jump great. A good way to learn "teleys" is on a snow bump in the outrun or in a ski play area. The Norwegians call this a "sprithopp". Try it on a small snow bump until you get it down and then put it in on the real jump hill. It feels so awesome to finish your jump with a "stylin' teley" and you get really good scores from the judges which helps you place better.
Have fun this season and put time in on your "teley"!!!

YOUTH SKI LEAGUE
The Youth Ski League (YSL)/Nordic Kids, formerly the Bill Koch League (BKL), has scheduled meets for young jumpers in Andover, Lebanon, Lake Placid, Gunstock and Salisbury this winter. Please refer to the winter schedule.

YOUTH SKI LEAGUE SUMMER TOURNEE
Congratulations to Sam Burke of Lebanon Outing Club as the 2000 New England Summer Ski Jump and Dion Cup Champion! It sure is fun to watch this “hopper” fly!

Road Trip Review
by Willy Graves, JII/NC, BOC

After a van ride of 23 hours we finally got to Coleraine and everybody looked at the jump and had different opinions about the hill, but mostly everybody was impressed. The whole team was out training in the days that followed with the exception of Chris Decker who was out with a ankle injury. Everybody was jumping well. Robbie Goodwin had some of the longest jumps of his life. Our best East jumpers were Brian Welch and Jeremy Carter. They were putting some jumps past the K point.

WILLY AT STEAMBOAT JO'S, MARCH 2000

On the day of the Summer Nationals competition, Clint Jones from Steamboat won with jumps of 72 and 73.5 meters and 245.6 points. Trey Oxford from Park City was second with jumps of 69 and 68 meters and 217.4 points. Jim Denney from Duluth rounded off the top three with jumps of 63.5 and 70.5 meters and 214.3 points. Our top Eastern finisher was Brian Welch in seventh place with 202.7 points followed by Jeremy Carter in 13th place with 172.6 points. It was not a very good day for Chris Decker in 18th place with 155 points. I placed in 20th place with 135.4 points and Marshall Ambrose was in 22 place with 126.6 points. Matt Cook, making a comeback this summer, placed 23rd with 124.4 points. Evan Bliss was in 27th place with 117 points with Matt Delaney right behind him in 28th place with 107.1 points. Robbie Goodwin rounded out the eastern jumpers in 33rd place with 84.9 points. Directly after the awards ceremony we all hopped in the van for a day-long van trip home with Larry at the wheel.

Congratulations to the winners: Bill Decker of Saranac Lake who won the grand prize of $1,000, Mitzi Newman of Lake Placid won the Lake Placid Ski Weekend (she won't have to travel too far!) and Jonathan Uhlig of Jay who went home with a new mountain bike.

Thank you to Karen Delaney, Carolyn Decker and Tony Goodwin for their efforts organizing this fundraiser and to all the Eastern jumpers and families who supported this event by selling or purchasing tickets.

A special note of appreciation goes to our prize sponsors: Alpine Air Motel, The Artist's Cafe, Whiteface Mountain and High Peaks Cyclery.

NEWS and NOTES

Get well wishes to Earl Farnham, patriarch of the Farnham Clan, who suffered a stroke this summer. He has returned home to recuperate and rehabilitate.	Andover Outing Club is selling Raffle Calendars for $10, 3/$25 as a club fundraiser. In February, names will be drawn on weekends for prizes ranging from $25-$200. Every ticket has 8 chances to win! To order, or for more information call Marianne Fairall at 603-735-5317 or just e-mail now.
The demand for a K65 hill in the east is great . The Andover Outing Club is brainstorming ways to make this happen. Can you offer any ideas about how to fund this type of project? Please : share your thoughts via e-mail.	New and installed for the upcoming season is a pony lift for the Andover K30/38 jumps. The new lift will enable jumpers to significantly increase the number of training jumps - a true benefit to our youngest jumpers!
For sale: Brand new jump boots: Adidas white P-18, size 46, $60 (what a deal!); Brand new jump boots: Adidas black P-18, size 45, $250. Call Larry Stone, NYSEF: 518-523-1900.	Eastern Ski Jumping welcomes Fran Casale as the new president of Lebanon Outing Club!
Thank you to the friends of Lebanon Outing Club who helped build the new 175' staircase on the K50 hill! We appreciate your efforts!	Looking for competition results? Most of the past seasons (and earlier!) results are posted on these Eastern Ski Jumping web pages. Check it out!

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