Willie Erickson — December 31, 2025
In the story below, Haley Erickson elicits memories from her grandfather, Willie Erickson, pictured above. Willie, who…
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Story Project 2025
Dale Severson — December 30, 2025
DALE SEVERSONFlying Eagles Ski Clubsfseverson@gmail.comIt’s hard to believe that it’s 71 years since I jumped at Soldiers…
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Eric Camerota — December 29, 2025
ERIC CAMEROTACFO, USA Ski Jumpingecamerota@usaskijumping.com I’m Eric Camerota, CFO of USA Ski Jumping, and I grew up as…
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Anders Johnson — December 26, 2025
ANDERS JOHNSONSport Director, USA Ski Jumpinganders.johnson@usskiandsnowboard.org 33 Years, a Lifetime of Stories It’s hard to believe that…
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Art Devlin — December 25, 2025
Arthur "Art" Donovan Devlin (September 7, 1922 – April 22, 2004) was an American ski jumper who…
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JimVilk — December 24, 2025
JIM VILKAkron, OHjimvilk@gmail.com Many of you reading this have experienced the thrill of ski jumping personally, or you're…
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Estella Hassrick — December 23, 2025
ESTELLA HASSRICKMadison, WIemhassrick@gmail.comhttps://teamestella.com/ I’ve been ski jumping for over a decade now, and have been part of a…
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Peter Copenhaver — December 22, 2025
PETER COPENHAVERVice President, Ishpeming Ski ClubIshpeming, MIvp@ishskiclub.comSuicide Hill at 100: A Century Carved in Ice and Iron“Kids…
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Kevin Bickner — December 19, 2025
KEVIN BICKNERNorge Ski ClubUS distance record-holder @ 244.5M In the early days of being a ski jumper,…
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Ron Steele & Scott Clayton — December 18, 2025
RON STEELE & SCOTT CLAYTONLeavenworth, WA and Winter Park, COU of Utah and (with Kip Sungaard) 1975…
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Jim Thielen — December 17, 2025
JIM THIELENMinneapolis Ski ClubEau Claire, WIjp_thielen@yahoo.com Want to Make a Swap? An Exchange with Bjorn Wirkola, Norway The…
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Doug Lantz — December 16, 2025
Curator's note: When Scott Halvorson's Big Nansen story mentioned Doug Lantz having a ski jumping song that a) got…
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Team Maki — December 15, 2025
DOUG MAKIJIM MAKIColeraine, MNdougmaki55@gmail.comjmaki99@gmail,com The Itasca Ski & Outing Club in Coleraine, MN, acquired a ski jumping museum…
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Karin Bauer — December 12, 2025
KARIN BAUERSt Paul Ski Clubkarinnbauer@gmail.com Quite a bit has happened since I last wrote for Story Project (a…
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Scott McGuire — December 11, 2025
SCOTT McGUIREIron Mountain, Michigansmcguire@usaskijumping.com Circa January of 1972, Monday, 6:00 p.m. “Timmy, Timmy, Timmy…the lights are on…
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Mike Holland — December 10, 2025
The Remarkable Rise of Caroline Chor - and What Her Story Means for Growing Ski Jumping in…
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Meg Larson — December 9, 2025
MEG LARSONNorge Ski Club, ILmeg.larson23946@gmail.com For almost twenty years, ski jumping wasn’t just a sport in our…
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Steven Gaskill — December 8, 2025
STEVEN GASKILLMissoula, MTSteven.Gaskill@mso.umt.edu An Atypical Coaches Meeting It was 1981, springtime in northern Finland, just south of the…
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Scott Halvorson — December 5, 2025
SCOTT HALVORSONBerlin, NHshalvor22@gmail.com Everybody Loves the Big NansenEverybody loves the Big Nansen. Except, maybe, those that jumped…
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Andrew Urlaub — December 4, 2025
ANDREW URLAUBFlying Eagles Ski ClubEau Claire, WI “Flipping” or “tipping in” is common slang in ski jumping for…
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Charlie Supercynski — December 3, 2025
Charlie SupersynskiCopper Peak, Inc.supercynski@gmail.com The Golden Era of Ski Jumping The decade preceding WWII could be defined…
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Katarzyna “Kasia” Eron — December 2, 2025
Ski jumping is pretty Euro-centric, and it's hard for an American to imagine how big and ardent…
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Tom Bickner — December 1, 2025
TOM BICKNERCEO, USA Ski JumpingNorge Ski ClubPark City, UT As we kick off the 14th Annual Story Project,…
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