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  Arctic Man is, in our opinion, one of the most raw and radical Ski Racing Events ever hatched.  An extreme combination of gravity and motor sport at speeds well in excess of 80 miles per hour.  A skier starts at the first peak, when they reach the bottom they grab a rope attached to a snogo already in motion which drags the athlete to the next peak and literally slingshots them over the crest of the next run and finishing At the base of the second descent. It evolved from a bet made in a bar (Sounds familiar Mt...

Photo credit Mark Ruckman Gelandesprung translates from German to English as "Terrain Jump".  We've learned that traditionally it is a long distance ski jump off a natural feature but has been more commonly jumping off a Nordic Ski Jump with an Alpine configured ski.....usually as long as you can find usually a 230 or DH board. I found an event at Sugarbush VT that looks like it's scheduled for February of 2016 and appears to be the third consecutive year......can't find a lot of detail on it. Snow Bowl in Missoula MT has the oldest active jump which seems to...