"Aude Volare" -- Dare to Fly!
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New Heights
Online
the electronic newsletter of
Eastern U.S.
Ski Jumping
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PUBLISHED BY THE
EASTERN SKI JUMPING & NORDIC COMBINED FOUNDATION, INC.
(A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, ALL DONATIONS ARE DEDUCTIBLE AS ALLOWED BY LAW)
New Heights contents (teasers) are now listed on four pages:
[ 2005 forward ]
[ 2003-2004 ]
[ 2001-2002 ]
[ 1997-2000 ].
Fall 2002
New J.O. Format!
New Event for Older Juniors
Starting in 2003 there are some changes in the Junior Olympics which may affect you and your winter plans...
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Hot Summer Flashbacks
What?! Summer's over?! What happened?!? The big news on the international front was the great showing by Clint Jones in the Summer Grand Prix Events...
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The 2003 Winter Elite Team
The Eastern Elite Team for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined has been named for the coming winter.
The team was chosen on the basis of ...
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Stoney's Corner
by Larry Stone, Eastern/NYSEF coach
The winter of 2003 is almost here. To some it might seem like a let-down after the Salt Lake Olympics but to dedicated skiers ... [ CONTINUED ]
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Between
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Colors
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by Dan "Mouse" Warner
Here we go... into a another winter...what a great summer... hot... dry... perfect for training...[ CONTINUED ]
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from the
Eastern Committee Desk
Among the many generous supporters of Eastern Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined, we offer
a special thank you to our good friend Douglas Hoffman ...
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NEWS and NOTES
- Need skis, boots, suit, bindings...?
- EASTERN STORE: Shirts, Pins...
- Tax deductible contributions:...
- 2002 Video Highlights....
- Looking for competition results...
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The Silly Season
by Don West
In the world of auto racing, silly season is the time of year when drivers and mechanics change teams. Skiing has its "silly season"...
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The Eastern Ski Jumping community extends its sincere sympathy to Jon Farnham, his Mom, and the entire Farnham family on the death of Jon's Dad, Earl Farnham. Our thoughts are with you all.
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"Aude Volare" -- Dare to Fly!
Spring 2002
COLD DAYS, HOT RESULTS
Coleraine, MN: Junior Olympics
Kling Breaks Hill Record
In late February, the Eastern 2002 Junior Olympic Team traveled to
Northern Minnesota for the last Junior Olympic event to be held in the
current format including J1's and older Juniors. Next year the Junior...
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HIGH FLYING COMPETITION
U.S. NATIONALS
The National Championships for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined
wrapped up on a gorgeous Rocky Mountain spring morning on March 28 with
Alan Alborn emerging the Special Jumping winner on both hills and Bill Demong...
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OLYMPIC WINTER NOTES
Congrats to Brian Welch for qualifying for the 2002 Special Jumping USA
Olympic Team. Brian, from Scarborough, ME and a senior at the National
Sports Academy in Lake Placid...
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Stoney's Corner
by Larry Stone, Eastern/NYSEF coach
As we head into summer it's time to reflect on the past Olympic
winter. It certainly was great to have “The Games” on American soil,
but, to say the least, 2002 was a fragmented season with the Olympics
taking...
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Between
the
Colors
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by Dan "Mouse" Warner
Winter was tough – a late start to the snowmaking season and reoccurring
tropical heat waves– but true to form the organizers at all the Eastern
sites did fantastic job of getting the hills and courses shipshape...[ CONTINUED ]
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FUNDRAISER
Win 1998 Indy Pace Car Corvette...
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From The Committee Desk
a note from Art Tokle, Jr.
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NEWS and NOTES
- 2002 Highlights Video...
- Adidas Silverback boots...
- NYSEF Summer Benefit....
- Eastern logo t-shirts...
- Atomic skis, 230cm,...
- Congratulations to grads...
- Looking for competition results...
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A New Heights Online Extra
HARRACHOV 2002
The 2002 International Masters Championship (IMC) in Harrachov CZ started
right after the World Championships of Ski Flying so...
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"Aude Volare" -- Dare to Fly!
Fall 2001
NORTH BY
MIDWEST
by Larry Stone, Eastern Divisional
Coach
On October 17th a group of 14 Eastern Jumpers and Combiners (pronounced
KOM-bine-erz) left airports in Boston and Albany to meet up in Minneapolis and proceed
north...
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FLAMING LEAVES
Colby, Hoffman & Welch
sweep Fall Classic
Flaming Leaves 2001 was a good event for Eastern ski jumping. With 44 skiers competing
from IMD, RMD, Central and East, Casey Colby showed ...
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2002 Eastern Elite Team Named
The 2002 Eastern Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Elite Team has been named based
upon results from the Summer 2001 competitions and training...
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Stoney's Corner
by Larry Stone, Eastern/NYSEF coach
- Lake Placid: 1932
- Squaw Valley: 1960
- Lake Placid :1980
- Salt Lake: 2002
... here we go...
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Between
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Colors
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by Dan "Mouse" Warner
First, I would like to thank all involved in the Flaming Leaves Festival this past October.
The golf ball roll, the silent auction and kids games were...[ CONTINUED ]
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HOPPER HIGHLIGHTS
Grasshoppers In Lake Placid
by Elizabeth Lamb
For the past three years, Andover jumpers have piled in to the car to go to one of the
annual Summer Grasshopper Camps ...
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NEWS and NOTES
- Need a new suit, boots...?
- Matt (Moose) Risch...
- Jim Holland...
- Matt Svatek....
- Souvenir T-shirts, Cow Bells...
- Volunteers always needed...
- Looking for competition results...
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A New Heights Online Extra
Vinny and Drew are OK!
. . . and so is Peter!
On Tuesday morning, September 11...
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"Aude Volare" -- Dare to Fly!
Spring 2001
FLASH...
Larry
Stone
Honored in Park City!
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Aanen Habesland, jumper, judge and friend of ski jumping has died... [ MORE ]
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The Winter Report
by Larry Stone, Eastern Divisional
Coach
An old fashioned real winter! A winter like the ones we had when we were kids (no matter
when we were born!). Plenty of snow and consistent cold temperatures...
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A New Feature...
ALUMNI NEWS
By Michael Collin
Some of my favorite memories are those from skiing and jumping. When I stopped
competing...
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Program Development
by Karen Delaney, NYSEF Parent
"Ski Jumping – GIVE IT A TRY!" was the title and motto when the Lake
Placid Ski Club and NYSEF sponsored two free ski jumping sessions...
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Stoney's Corner
by Larry Stone, Eastern/NYSEF coach
That was a winter! Now it's time to get ready for spring and summer training. We have a
whole slate of camps in place...
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Between
the
Colors
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by Dan "Mouse" Warner
Well... another year is behind us. The East ran a terrific Junior Olympics. Many
Eastern parents...[ CONTINUED ]
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HOPPER HIGHLIGHTS
Hi Nordic Kids!
So, the winter's over... now what?
Well, Hoppers, if this is what's going on in your mind, it's time to...
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How about those
BELLS?
Eastern Ski Jumping sold over six hundred bells to individuals and clubs at the
Eastern Meets this winter. The brightly colored bells with the Eastern logo added a festive
ring to
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NEWS and NOTES
- 2001 Junior Olympic Medalists: ...
- Michael Collin...
- Dr. Chris Hastings...
- Dan "Mouse" Warner....
- Need a new suit, boots...?
- Looking for competition results...
- ...or for the summer schedule...
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COMING SOON...
Flaming Leaves 90K Ski Jump
GREAT GOLF BALL ROLL
Lake Placid, October 6, 2001
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A New Heights Online Extra
The Second Weekend in February
By: Art Tokle, Jr.
"It's 10 PM, do you know where your children are?"...or "Where were
you when JFK was shot?" These are questions...
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Another New Heights Online Extra
Comet in the Sky: Torger Tokle
by ERIK FRIIS
...1959, it was announced that six Americans had been elected to the Ski Hall of fame. To
many it
will seem that this great honor was most fittingly bestowed on Torger Tokle, the
young ski jumper who came to American shores...
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Still Another New Heights Online
Extra
A Lake Placid Ski Jumping Tradition
The Starter's Stick
When a reporter asks a ski jumper what is going though his mind as he sits on the start-bar
ready to start his run down the tower, she hopes to get a weighty or poetic quote, perhaps
something about the jumper's life flashing before his eyes...
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