"Aude Volare" -- Dare to Fly!
New Heights, Online
the electronic newsletter of
Eastern U.S. Ski Jumping
Spring 2004 Issue

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Eastern Elite Team
for Summer 2004
 Jumping
 Evan Bliss
Nick Fairall
Chris Lamb
 		 Combined
 Willy Graves
Matt Delaney
David McCahill

Criteria for choosing the athletes listed above included the following Eastern, Nationwide, and International competitions:
  • Super Tour at Early snow in UT, CO
  • New Years at Lake Placid, NY (2 competitions)
  • Stryn, Norway, K90
  • Salisbury, CT K65 (2)
  • Brattleboro, VT K90 (2)
  • Empire State Games, NY K90
  • Lion’s Club K90
  • Steamboat, CO’s North Americans
  • US Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Nationals
The following criteria will be used for qualification to the 2004-2005 Winter Elite Team:
  • 4th of July Competition. Lake Placid, NY
  • Springer Tournee. Park City, UT/ Ramsau, Austria
  • Any US Ski Team Funded camp/ competition
  • Flaming Leaves Competition. Lake Placid, NY
  • Senior bar start for all competitions
  • World Cup Point System as described by USSA handbook
  • Attendance in a minimum of 4 of the 7 Eastern Camps
  • Attendance in a minimum of 5 of the 8 Summer Series Events
  • Athlete's general attitude and direction in the sport of Ski Jumping/Nordic Combined for the following season.
For a complete description contact Larry Stone or Matt Cook

Evan Bliss Lake Placid native Evan Bliss
training on the K90 at home.

  
Willy Graves Willy Graves of Putney VT
working the cross country.

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The OFFICIAL LINE
 Bob Rollins Retires from Judging

Bob Rollins Eastern ski jumping judge Bob Rollins has announced his retirement from judging after thirty years of service. The quiet, friendly Newport, NH native has judged more meets over the last few seasons than anyone else, working Eastern meets on weekends and high school competitions during the week. Always a numbers guy, Bob estimates that he has judged 50,000 jumps in 500 competitions. Best jumpers judged: U.S. Ski Team jumpers, and ex-world champion Roger Ruud whom he judged at the 1996 IMC in Steamboat, which he calls his best-ever competition. Rollins also served as distance measurer at two Olympic games and DMR at the World Junior Championships, and for several years has been treasurer of the Eastern Nordic Ski Officials Assn.

Bob jumped small hills in the 1940s and stayed involved in hill preparation. Before the 1980 Olympics, he and a couple of friends arranged to bring the old steel 30 meter tower from Lake Placid to Newport and have been responsible for maintaining the Newport jumps ever since. Why did he start judging? "I liked going to meets and wanted to be part of it." And we are glad that he did, and hope to see our friend Bob at ski jumps in the future.

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Matt Delaney Matt Delaney representing NYSEF at the
U.S. Nordic Combined National Championships,
Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

  
Bill Demong Eastern native and U.S. Ski Team member
Bill Demong on the K-120 at U.S. Nationals,
Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

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Bring it On!

The Eastern, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined program brought coach Matt Cook and over 25 athletes to train and compete in Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Colorado, Utah, Alaska and Norway this season. Evan Bliss won the Overall Title for the Eastern Circuit and Willy Graves broke into the top ten at US Nationals. Let’s do it again guys.

Matt has also spent time recruiting athletes around the Lake Placid area in the interest of further strengthening our programs. Of particle interest is the developing growth of our NYSEF Women’s ski jumping program. The Lake Placid Lussi sisters Danielle and Nina, Saranac Laker Casey Claire Stumpf and Long Island native Faye Stratford have paved the way for a strong crew of female flyers. Nice work ladies! Matt

Ladislas Etzol NYSEF?s Ladislas Etzol going Huge in Ski Play!

  
Miles Lussi Young Miles Lussi learns to fly in Salisbury, CT

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