{"id":797329,"date":"2019-07-03T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T22:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/steamboat-springs-jumpin-and-jammin-provides-skiers-with-fun-competitive-july-4-atmosphere\/"},"modified":"2019-07-03T16:24:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T22:24:01","slug":"steamboat-springs-jumpin-and-jammin-provides-skiers-with-fun-competitive-july-4-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/steamboat-springs-jumpin-and-jammin-provides-skiers-with-fun-competitive-july-4-atmosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Steamboat Springs Jumpin\u2019 and Jammin\u2019 provides skiers with fun, competitive July 4 atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.4534534534535\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-368327-989\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/skijumping-sbt-070319-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/skijumping-sbt-070319.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Shelby Reardon \/ Steamboat Pilot &amp; Today | Ski jumpers practice at Howelsen Hill on Tuesday, July 2, ahead of the Fourth of July Jumpin\u2019 and Jammin\u2019 competition.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Ski jumpers practice at Howelsen Hill on Tuesday, July 2, ahead of the Fourth of July Jumpin\u2019 and Jammin\u2019 competition.<\/strong><br \/>Shelby Reardon \/ Steamboat Pilot &amp; Today<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/skijumping-sbt-070319.jpg\" alt=\"Ski jumpers practice at Howelsen Hill on Tuesday, July 2, ahead of the Fourth of July Jumpin\u2019 and Jammin\u2019 competition.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/skijumping-sbt-070319-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/skijumping-sbt-070319-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"John F. Russell \/ Steamboat Pilot &amp; Today | Steamboat Springs ski jumper Annika Belshaw takes flight during a past competition at Howelsen Hill.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Steamboat Springs ski jumper Annika Belshaw takes flight during a past competition at Howelsen Hill.<\/strong><br \/>John F. Russell \/ Steamboat Pilot &amp; Today<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/skijumping-sbt-070319-1.jpg\" alt=\"Steamboat Springs ski jumper Annika Belshaw takes flight during a past competition at Howelsen Hill.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/steamboat-springs-jumpin-and-jammin-provides-skiers-with-fun-competitive-july-4-atmosphere\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/steamboat-springs-jumpin-and-jammin-provides-skiers-with-fun-competitive-july-4-atmosphere\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">STEAMBOAT SPRINGS \u2014 Summer and skiing are rarely used in the same sentence, but as tradition demands, ski jumping will return to Howelsen Hill for Fourth of July festivities in Steamboat Springs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Nordic combined event is modified for warm weather by using skis with wheels for the cross-country portion and spraying water on the turf for the jumping competition. Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club members said the event is one of the most enjoyable of the year because of the unique circumstances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s probably my favorite event of the year,\u201d said Erik Belshaw, a junior development team member. \u201cIt\u2019s really fun, and there\u2019s not a lot of pressure. It\u2019s fun because a lot of people come, and you get to hang out with your friends from other divisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Annika Malacinski, 18, competed on the smaller jump in her first appearance at Jumpin\u2019 and Jammin\u2019 but, this year, will take on the larger jump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s mostly a fun event, but it definitely gets you familiar with the competition world and everything,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s fun, but there\u2019s still competition with it. I think it\u2019s an awesome event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Thursday\u2019s event follows an unusual elimination style of scoring. Style isn\u2019t a factor, as the longest jumps advance, with the field being hacked in half following each round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The jumping starts at noon Thursday with the top 16 competitors scheduled to take flight at 1:50 p.m., the top eight at 2:30 p.m. and the final four at 2:50 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Jumpin\u2019 and Jammin\u2019 is unique in the way that 14-year-old Belshaw and 16-year-old Gunnar Gilbertson get to compete with high-level athletes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhen I first did it, I was 13 or something, and I was competing against National Team guys at the time, like Bill DeMong and Todd Lodwick,\u201d Gilbertson said. \u201cAnd it evens it out the way it\u2019s set up, so it\u2019s really interesting in the sense that you can compete against people you normally wouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Younger athletes will take off at a higher starting gate, giving every jumper the chance to advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe\u2019ll adjust as we go, so each category of jumpers, if they\u2019re not going far enough to please the crowd, we\u2019ll give them an extra bar start or two,\u201d Nordic combined coach Karl Denney said. \u201cWe calibrate as we go so everybody has the opportunity to jump down toward the bottom of the jump. That speed is just the equalizer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Nordic combined competition begins today, with jumping at 9 a.m. Jump results determine starting positions in the cross-country portion of the race, which kicks off 9:15 a.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><em>This story is from SteamboatPilot.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/steamboat-springs-jumpin-and-jammin-provides-skiers-with-fun-competitive-july-4-atmosphere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ski jumpers practice at Howelsen Hill on Tuesday, July 2, ahead of the Fourth of July Jumpin\u2019 and Jammin\u2019 competition.Shelby Reardon \/ Steamboat Pilot &amp; Today Steamboat Springs ski jumper Annika Belshaw takes flight during a past competition at Howelsen Hill.John F. 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