Finally back to posting some of my parents old photos. These are some photos of an indoor (mostly) ski jump event that took place November 3-4 1955 at the Seattle Ice Arena. My dad was a jumper but it looks like for this event he was manning the camera. I will share some pictures of the hill first and then some of the jumpers that took part in this event. Follow along as I share the pictures he took and recount some of the history, as I know it, of this event.
The Hill
With the window removed the in-run begins it descent into the arena. Just being up there on that scaffold would scare me quite a bit let alone skiing down it into the building.
A look down the in-run to the jump and the landing zone beyond. I hope you can excuse some of the blurry shots and out of frame subjects. I believe this was early on in my dad's photographic career and I'm not sure what kind of equipment he was using.
A view from the jump. Watch your head?
Building the landing zone.
Preparing the landing zone.
And a last shot of the outside with my dad's Jeep Willys in the shot.
The Jumpers
Olav Ulland
Ragnar Ulland - I remember my dad talking about the Ulland's when I was a kid.
Kjell Bakke - The old jump hill in Leavenworth WA carries his name.
Rolf Helle - Early X Games?
I was told Bob Cram was kind of the MC and comedian of the event.
Janette Burr providing a little down hill action.
And to finish things off a collection of unknown jumpers.
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Please feel free to make comments or ask me any questions about this post.
Photos taken by my dad with unknown equipment. I did some minor Lightroom post processing.
Thanks for looking and enjoy your day!