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 hare\n\nJoin the Wenatchee River Institute\, Greater Leavenworth Museum\, 
 Northwest Ski Museum\, and the Leavenworth Winter Sports Club for an eveni
 ng with John Lundin to learn about the history of ski jumping in our mount
 ain town. Copies of his book\, 'Ski Jumping in Washington State: A Nordic 
 Tradition\,' will be available for purchase at the event.\n\nThis is a FRE
 E event with a donation basket at the door.\nDoors open at 6:30pm for a co
 mmunity social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation
  will start at 7:00pm.\n\nNorwegians Bring Ski Jumping to the PNW and Leav
 enworth\n\nSki jumping\, once Washington's most popular winter sport\, was
  introduced by Norwegian immigrants in the early twentieth century. Beginn
 ing at Spokane's Browne's Mountain and Seattle's Queen Anne Hill\, the spo
 rt moved to midsummer tournaments on Mount Rainier in 1917 and expanded st
 atewide as new ski clubs formed. Washington tournaments attracted the worl
 d's best jumpers--Birger and Sigurd Ruud\, Alf Engen\, Sigurd Ulland\, Rei
 dar Andersen\, and many others. In 1941\, Torger Tokle set two national di
 stance records here in just three weeks. Regional ski areas hosted nationa
 l and international championships as well as Olympic tryouts\, entertainin
 g spectators until Leavenworth's last tournament in 1978.\n\nAbout the pre
 senter: \n\nJohn W. Lundin is a historian\, author\, and lawyer. He's a fo
 unding member of the Washington State Ski and Snowboard Museum. John learn
 ed to ski using wooden skis\, leather boots and rope tows. John has writte
 n four award winning books: Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass (2017)\; Sun V
 alley\, Ketchum and the Wood River Valley (2020)\; Skiing Sun Valley: a Hi
 story from Union Pacific to the Holdings (2020)\, (recipient of three nati
 onal book awards)\; and Ski Jumping in Washington State: a Nordic Traditio
 n (2021). He helped organize two exhibits on ski jumping: “Sublime Sights:
  Ski Jumping in Nordic America” at Seattle’s National Nordic Museum in 202
 1\; and “Skiers in Flight: Sun Valley’s Ski Jumping Roots” at the Regional
  History Museum in Ketchum\, Idaho\, in 2022.  He won the 2023 Western Her
 itage Prize from the Far West Ski Association and Steamboat Springs Resort
  for his multi-year “Work to Preserve Ski Jumping History\, Expressing Nor
 wegian Identity and Its Role in the Development of Skiing History.”
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 are\n\nJoin the Wenatchee River Institute\, Greater Leavenworth Museum\, N
 orthwest Ski Museum\, and the Leavenworth Winter Sports Club for an evenin
 g with John Lundin to learn about the history of ski jumping in our mounta
 in town. Copies of his book\, 'Ski Jumping in Washington State: A Nordic T
 radition\,' will be available for purchase at the event.\n\nThis is a FREE
  event with a donation basket at the door.\nDoors open at 6:30pm for a com
 munity social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation 
 will start at 7:00pm.\n\nNorwegians Bring Ski Jumping to the PNW and Leave
 nworth\n\nSki jumping\, once Washington's most popular winter sport\, was 
 introduced by Norwegian immigrants in the early twentieth century. Beginni
 ng at Spokane's Browne's Mountain and Seattle's Queen Anne Hill\, the spor
 t moved to midsummer tournaments on Mount Rainier in 1917 and expanded sta
 tewide as new ski clubs formed. Washington tournaments attracted the world
 's best jumpers--Birger and Sigurd Ruud\, Alf Engen\, Sigurd Ulland\, Reid
 ar Andersen\, and many others. In 1941\, Torger Tokle set two national dis
 tance records here in just three weeks. Regional ski areas hosted national
  and international championships as well as Olympic tryouts\, entertaining
  spectators until Leavenworth's last tournament in 1978.\n\nAbout the pres
 enter: \n\nJohn W. Lundin is a historian\, author\, and lawyer. He's a fou
 nding member of the Washington State Ski and Snowboard Museum. John learne
 d to ski using wooden skis\, leather boots and rope tows. John has written
  four award winning books: Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass (2017)\; Sun Va
 lley\, Ketchum and the Wood River Valley (2020)\; Skiing Sun Valley: a His
 tory from Union Pacific to the Holdings (2020)\, (recipient of three natio
 nal book awards)\; and Ski Jumping in Washington State: a Nordic Tradition
  (2021). He helped organize two exhibits on ski jumping: “Sublime Sights: 
 Ski Jumping in Nordic America” at Seattle’s National Nordic Museum in 2021
 \; and “Skiers in Flight: Sun Valley’s Ski Jumping Roots” at the Regional 
 History Museum in Ketchum\, Idaho\, in 2022.  He won the 2023 Western Heri
 tage Prize from the Far West Ski Association and Steamboat Springs Resort 
 for his multi-year “Work to Preserve Ski Jumping History\, Expressing Norw
 egian Identity and Its Role in the Development of Skiing History.”
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LOCATION:HYBRID EVENT: WRI's Red Barn 347 Division Street\, Leavenworth\, W
 A 98826 or livestream from our YouTube Channel
SUMMARY:Red Barn Event - PNW Ski Jumping
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