The tempory ski jump in our in our home town Utrecht, was called the Big Air an impressive name for an only nine meter high ramp. Giving impressive names for small things is a man habit gues.
Big air utrecht 2009
Anyway they did it a lot better in the fiftheys and seventys in America. I found this intrestting blog post at about this giant ski jumps http://www.deputy-dog.com/:
tempory ski jump in chichago 1954
ski jump in vencouver 1958 , +/- 50 meter high ( that the same as a 16 storey high flat)
Wonder why they don't make this tempory ski jumps anymore (i couldn't find them online anyway). Maybe the construction saftey rules are stringent now days, or itsn't lucrative anymore.
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Wow, quite impressive. I couldn't find any big temporary ski ramps either, I guess the permanent ramps that exist in mountains are more cost effective.
I did find a really big skateboard ramp. But it also seems permanent.
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