{"id":2457007,"date":"2020-04-09T21:52:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T03:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/usa-nordic-holds-virtual-nationals-for-young-ski-jumpers\/"},"modified":"2020-04-09T21:52:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T03:52:01","slug":"usa-nordic-to-hold-virtual-national-competition-for-young-ski-jumpers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/usa-nordic-to-hold-virtual-national-competition-for-young-ski-jumpers\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Nordic to hold virtual national competition for young ski jumpers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Young Steamboat Springs ski jumper Ella Wilson takes her turn on the HS-45 jump one summer morning at Howelsen Hill. Ski jumpers and Nordic combined athletes from across the country travel to Steamboat for the July 4 competition, which has become a holiday tradition.<\/strong>
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS \u2014 For the past few years, USA Nordic has provided junior ski jumpers, age 14 and younger, with a virtual national competition. Athletes at the U14, U12 and U10 levels from all over the country send in a video of their best jump, which is then judged and put into a compilation video that is narrated by a pair of commentators.<\/p>\n

The last few years, the six videos, one for each gender at each level, have been posted on YouTube. This year, USA Nordic will be showing them live starting Monday on YouTube and Facebook as a way to get the whole junior ski jumping community together for something special. To kick off the event, there will be a Facebook watch party on the USA Nordic page at 3:30 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of realized how big an event we can make this,\u201d said Ben Berend, marketing manager for USA Nordic. \u201cUsually it\u2019s a fun thing we do to get our younger athletes something fun and cool. \u2026 It\u2019s a little different this year, because we realized this is one of the only sporting events going on in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since athletes that age don\u2019t travel much for competition, there is never a time where many North American ski jumpers get together. The virtual championships offer a way for Steamboat Springs ski jumpers to see where they stand compared to everyone else. The winner of each category earns their club a brand new pair of skis.<\/p>\n

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