Want to be a ski-jumper? (video)

[pokerfan]

Posnetek smučarskega poleta s kamero na čeladi. Jurij Tepeš, Vikersund 2013, 208,5 m.

Google translate says that's Slovenian: "Clip ski flight with a camera on his helmet. Jurij Tepes, Vikersund 2013, 208.5 m."

Wikipedia says that Vikersund is a town of 2,592 inhabitants in the municipality capital of Modum, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Vikersund is perhaps best known for it ski flying hill, Vikersundbakken.

Cool.

[Denninmi]

1. Hey, I have the same brand of skis, Fischer, as this dude.

Any similarity ends there. The last time I caught air it was unintentional and it did not feel good.

[pokerfan]

2. Red Mountain (Rossland, B.C.)

has a trail that swings around the mountain from the back to the front. It's kind of a boring route back to the lodge except that there are some perfect little rolling hills on which you can catch long air without getting more than a foot or two off the ground. Fun times.

[Brother Buzz]

3. Ski jumping Lilyhammer style

[Denninmi]

4. Ok, not sure what that was

Ski jumping Sporanos style?

[Brother Buzz]

5. I gather you have not seen Lilyhammer

After he testifies against a Mafia boss, ex-gangster Frank Tagliano enters the witness protection program and asks to be sent to Norway. Despite the peaceful surroundings, it's not long before Frank strays from the straight and narrow.

[Denninmi]

6. Only the Olympic venue.

It is the Sopranos on skis. How funny.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano saw the 1994 Winter Olympics on TV, too. He became intrigued

Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt/The Sopranos), a former underboss of New York's Italian Mafia, is put in the witness protection program after testifying in a trial in the United States. Tagliano requests that he be relocated in Lillehammer, Norway; intrigued by the town when he saw television images of the 1994 Winter Olympics. His new identity is Norwegian-American immigrant Giovanni Henriksen.Frank/Giovanni is using his old ruthless methods to get ahead in his new life, using blackmail, extortion and violence to get permits for opening his own bar, the Flamingo. Soon, the local police begin to grow suspicious of his activities, as he expands to take over Lillehammer's criminal underworld.

Netflix production. We are anxiously awaiting season two.