WORLD PREMIERE OF SKITRAX JP FOR SKI JUMPING HILL OUTRUN

At least same movements like in winter on snow

For the first time in the history of a ski jump, the newly developed plastic mats Skitrax JP was tested success- fully by junior jumpers from Finland, Poland and Russia. This event took place on the newly renovated ski jumping hill (K45) in Jämsänkoski, Finland. The local ski club made an excellent job and presented the outrun in an excellent and secure shape.

The statements of the jumpers were euphoric: „1000 times better than grass or bark mulch,“ „Like snow,“ „real fun“ and „now I jump safely,“ „great, I glide up to the end“ and many more . The multiple youth champi- on of Finland Severi Tainio won on the hill and said in an interview: „I jumped like on snow - perfect“. Also the present, experienced coaches are surprised: „This is the future,“ „Are the jumpers feel safe,“ „may fi- nally also in the summer are trained exactly the same movement as in the winter,“ „unbelievable, upright dri- ving with the stop in the outlet air and summer“, „The young jumpers looked forward before jumping right on the outrun“. The mats from the jumping hill are coming from the Finnish company Conductio Oy. This systems combine perfectly with the new Skitrax JP mats and create a uniform slide from both systems for ski jumpers, said the Reijo Kuivikko, Managing Director of Conductio.

These innovative mats, a significant step towards improving for the individually safety and protection and of the uniform motion is heralded in the year-round training. „The mats also wear the material of the ski jumping ski at least 50% reduced,“ said Juhani Vilkkilä, Finnish coach and head of the Valley Ski Club Jämsänkoski. For training and testing the new mats on the ski jump hill in Jämsänkoski, a lot of national teams (including Russia, Finland) have signed up. The FIS certification for all Jumping Hills outrun has already been made! On request we are able to deliver this summer!

Oberaudorf, 2011, July, 05

Reijo Kuivikko Wolfgang Schmidt Juhani Vilkkilä

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