Jumping Journal: February 13, 2006

Day 36. Wow!  Jumping at Newport, seems rather strange this year.  Tonight though it was another chance to grab a few more jumps off the Newport jump.  I'm still hoping to grab the video shots that I was going to try to grab tonight.  I have a mini-cam that I can plug right into my video camera.  I'm hoping to stick it right on the takeoff and point it both uphill and downhill on separate jumps and grab a nice Olympic style shot.  I have been wanting to do this for ages and after the guy grabbed the shots of me yesterday I figure now is the perfect time for doing it.

The photos from yesterday can be seen at:
http://www.newportrec.com/pictures-rc-ski-jumps.htm

Both of the top two shots on the right hand side, the jumper in the red and white jump suit.

I ended the day with five jumps.  None of them was terribly impressive.  I did end up crashing the last jump after having a very one footed takeoff.  I think it was probably the most one footed jump that I have taken so far this year.  Naturally, I went down right on my behind.  It still hasn't lost its pain in the butt yet and each crash seems to add a little bit more back.  At least most of the black and blueness has disappeared, MOST of it.

Crash