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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Myth #2 Debunked, Part 1

Over the next couple of weeks I'll be taking look at Myth #2.  I have heard this myth more often than all other myths combined.  Maybe it is because I'm in New Hampshire that I hear it so much, nonetheless I hear it all the time.  I have seen evidence that shows that this myth is just that...a myth.  I will give links to newspaper articles that will make you ask questions about the validity of the myth.  They will also help point you in the right direction, showing where the sport should be headed if ski jumping ever wants to make a comeback in this country.  I'll quote television interviews to help show why this sport needs to develop a whole new image.  I plan on asking quite a few questions...difficult questions.  Can/will anyone be willing to provide some answers?
 
I plan to keep each of the messages short and allow you time to think about what I'm bringing up.  I don't plan to rush the process.  Every now and then I may get a little off topic for a day or so only to pull everything back together the following day.  Don't worry I'm not losing my mind or getting off subject, I'm just trying to make my point by comparing similiar concepts.  The next three days will show you what I mean quite perfectly.  This will spread out to cover a lot of territory before all is said and done.  Myth #2 is not an easy myth to deciper.  The misnomer that has been created by myth #2 has caused a lot of damage to the sport of ski jumping over the past 25-30 years.  It keeps on doing more damage as each and every year passes by.
 
Feel free to post your thoughts on what I have to say.  The people in this sport really need to take a look at what has caused the downfall of ski jumping and they need to talk more about it's future.  The current state of ski jumping in the United States is continually getting worse each and every passing year.  Everyone keeps trying to come up with possible solutions when they don't even realize what the real problem is in the first place.  The myths are just that, myths.  It's time to wake up to the reality of what has brought ski jumping to the state of almost nothingness that it currently is at.
 
Let's get started.
 
Today I will start off easy with a simple exercise that will help to show how wrong some people can really be.  Perform the following exercise and you shall start to get a feel of where I plan to take this whole concept before it is all said and done.
 
Stick out your arm and make a fist.  Now point your index finger.  In essence, act like your pointing your finger at someone.  Take a look at your hand.  You have one finger pointing at the imaginary person that is in front of you.
 
How many fingers do you have pointing at yourself?
 
Tomorrow in part 2 I'll 'jump' into the fast moving sport of skydiving.  Like I said, I may get a little off topic every now and then, but I have my reasons, stick around for January 4th to find out why.
 
Until next time
Keep the ski tips up,
Crash
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