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Ski Jumping in Washington State - A Nordic Tradition with John Lundin

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Introduced by Norwegian immigrants in the twentieth century, at one time ski jumping was Washington’s most popular winter sport. Join ski historian and author John Lundin online as he recreates the excitement of ski jumping’s heyday in Washington State in this virtual lecture. This talk is based on Lundin’s book Ski Jumping in Washington State: A Nordic Tradition, which was published in conjunction with the National Nordic Museum exhibit Sublime Sights: Ski Jumping and Nordic America. Sublime Sights debuts April 17, 2021.

Ski Jumping began at Spokane's Browne's Mountain and Seattle's Queen Anne Hill, moved to midsummer tournaments on Mount Rainier in 1917, and expanded statewide as new ski clubs formed. Washington tournaments attracted the world's best jumpers—Birger and Sigurd Ruud, Alf Engen, Sigurd Ulland, and Reidar Andersen among them.
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