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Save Our Ski Jump

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Alexei Sotskov
10 years ago

When I was coaching ski jumping at Gunstock for the Gilford High School, I was laway enjoying our team trips to Plymouth. I understand that the profile of the jump is not super modern, but the amount of fun all my students, as well as styudents from other schools were getting from competing at Plymouth was huge! It would be very sad to see this jumping program disappearing... As a coach of Estern Division USSA in ski jumping and NC I have worked with several athletes from this program as well.

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Clas Brede Bråthen
10 years ago

Keep up the good work.

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Tim Weed
10 years ago

this is the first jump I ever took, way back in HS in the early 1980s. It's historic, please save it!

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Sharon Hoffmann
10 years ago

Ski jumping has been a great sport for my four children. It has kept them active and fit in the winter months. It has taught them how to work together as a team to prepare the jump prior to a practice or tournament. It has taught them self discipline by training and keeping up their classwork. It has given them a chance to travel and compete in locations they never would have had a chance to go to around the US and Europe. Ski jumping is a great way to keep kids active and fit.

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Tom Martin
10 years ago

This was great for me and I hope to see its continued presence in the community.

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Joe Berens
10 years ago

As USSA Central Division masters chairperson I strongly suggest that we keep this ski jump alive.

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leon sharyon
10 years ago

high school ski jumping has deep roots in NH and the entire ski industry. We should work to restore the jump and support the team! and a piece of NH ski history...

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Eldridge French
10 years ago

At 69 years old a day does not go by without thinking about ski jumping. As a kid I had to jump off my roof because they tore down the minnehaha ski jump in Minneapolis. Keep the jump and let the memories live on !!!

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Dan Mattoon
10 years ago

Please save this great tradition. Much will be lost if you tear it down.

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Paul Loomis
10 years ago

As a father of 2 nordic combined athletes (ski jumping and cross country skiing), I urge you to keep the jump available for future youth !

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Craig Ward
10 years ago

Let's not tear this down. Time to maintain it and get the next generation of ski jumpers and Nordic Combined athletes excited about Nordic skiing!

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John Jacobs
10 years ago

Keep this jump operating! The future of HS ski jumping in NH depends on it!

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Robert Zinck
10 years ago

Save the Pemi.

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Anne Breen
10 years ago

As a parent of a ski jumper, I have had opportunity to see lots of High School ski jumpers over the years and what struck me the most was the growth of the students participating going from the smaller jumps and progressing up to the larger jumps. These kids from all different schools create a comradery that is different than any other sport that I have witnessed. I encourage you to keep it alive and take the steps necessary to fix the jump.

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Jerry Belanger
10 years ago

Save the old girl she been standing tall for a long time she is part of Berlin !!! J B

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Keep the tradition going!

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Susan Griffith
10 years ago

Ski jumping was the best and most important experience of my high school years. Everyone deserves a chance to jump, please keep the sport alive!

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Rick O'Callaghan
10 years ago

Member and co-director of Gunstock Mountain Historic Preservation Society

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Tom Dodds
10 years ago

I have been privileged to be part of NH High School ski jumping - as a competitor in the 1970s and as a coach more recently. High School jumping provides a unique opportunity for young athletes to challenge their self-imposed limits in a safe and supporive environment. The Plymouth program has traditionally been among the strongest in the State and the Plymouth community among the most supportive. I can't imagine NH High School jumping without the boys and girls from Plymouth pushing us all to be better.

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Scott Nichols
10 years ago Featured

It was such a pleasure to see all of the Plymouth jumpers at the High School meet last winter. New Hampshire is the only state in the nation with high school Nordic Jumping. Let's relish our tradition and heritage. We're all stewards for a special and unique tradition.