Welcome to the St Paul Ski Club

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St Paul Ski Club Apparel available for purchase! Quantities are limited on the T-shirts and hooded Sweatshirts, so order soon. Contact rmarneson@comcast.net or Kris Edlund, skijumpmom@msn.com with any questions. Apparel flyer  (illustrates products, large download) Order form  (print and fill in manually) Personalization  (print and fill in manually)

Hall of Fame Banquet & Tournament Report

The annual SPSC Hall of Fame banquet was held Saturday evening, Sept 6, and featured the induction of Patrick Lyons. You can read his bio on our HOF page, link at left. The annual Hall of Fame ski jumping tournament was held on Sunday, Sept 7. A plaque was dedicated to the memory of Tom Harrington, and it's mounted on the underside of the slide, where skiers cross under to reach the stairway. The slide was designed by Tom, and it's named Harrington Hill. Complete results can be found via our SCHEDULE & RESULTS page, link at left.

Karin Friberg places 27th in German LCOC

SPSC's Karin Friberg placed 27th at the first Ladies' Continental Cup (LCOC) event of the 2008-09 season, which was held in Bischofsgruen GER on Aug 10 ... click for complete results.  Karin is one of four female jumpers currently representing the USA in the Ladies Continental Cup series in Europe. Also on the squad are Avery Ardovino, Abby Hughes, and Alissa Johnson, all of Park City and the US Ski Team. For an in-flight pic of Karin at Schoenwald GER last summer, click photo at left.

Johnny Lyons Jumping Well in Europe Summer Comps

SPSC's Johnny Lyons made the cut and finished 29th on July 6 at Kranj SLO, then did the same at an FIS Cup event in Oberwiesenthal GER on July 12. The next day, also at Oberwiesenthal, he posted the first US top-twenty finish of the season, taking 17th place. Congratulations, Johnny!  For a larger image of Johnny, click the photo at left.

Brian Wallace ties hill record twice on Feb 22, 2008

Brian Wallace, who's headed for the Junior Olympics in Ishpeming MI next week, warmed up in fine style by flying 52 meters twice on our 46 meter hill during the "Tom Harrington" tournament. This record was previously held only by Johnny Lyons, who'll now have to share the honor with Brian. See full results from all our Friday night tournaments on our Schedule & Results page, link at left.

Annual Holiday Training Camp a Big Success

SPSC's annual Holiday Beginner's Camp was held Dec 27 and 28. Each year we host a large number of youngsters who want to give our sport a try. Below is a report on both days from Patrick Lyons ... results of the mini-tournament held Friday afternoon can be found on our Schedule & Results page, link at left. We had a great turnout for the first day of our training camp. Had close to twenty five new kids eight years old and younger. We set up those who needed equipment. We tried to slow down those that had their own. Lot of club people doing a lot of different tasks. The camp officially ended at 3:pm but kids skied until 4-4:30. We closed the hill for lunch and when we started the next phase, all the new kids and their parents lined the 30m hill to watch the more experienced skiers jump on a bigger hill. Ryan Johnson, Trevor Edlund, Michaela Arneson, and Elizabeth (Bug) Wallace took about three jumps each to huge applause. The crowd also had the chance to witness Joey Edlund ( age seven ) take his first two jumps off a 30 meter. All in all it was a great day. Second day was great also. Practiced in the morning, took a break and had lunch, watched 36 skiers paticipate in our annual Christmas Camp Tournament. About 20-25 new kids and some club veterans. Afterwards, we had a good awards ceremony upstairs in the chalet. Watch a one-minute video from our 2005 training camp ... view video.

Johnny Lyons Flies 140 Meters in Germany

Johnny Lyons, holder of the distance record of 52 meters on SPSC's 46 meter hill, set a new personal best by flying 140 meters training in Germany in early September.   watch video

Visit Our Cool Photo Gallery!

Tournaments, jumps, banquets, athletes, parents, etc. Club member Kristine Edlund has put a lot of effort into finding a suitable online photo gallery service, and also in arranging thousands of photographs (taken by various club members) in a way that'll make it easy for you to find and view groups of photos for fun and enjoyment! Click link in upper left column.