Fat skis

Just watching the ski jumping on tv. Jeez, those are fat skis.

Just thinking what ever happened to Eddie The Eagle ??

amanda n wrote:Just thinking what ever happened to Eddie The Eagle ??

I believe that he's now a qualified lawyer, with a degree in Law.

He's also a qualified ski teacher, and I saw him teaching at the Snowdome some years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_%22the_Eagle%22_Edwards

I always think about him when I see ski jumping, he was the real winner at those Olympics.
I also think that these blokes who do ski jumping must be completely nuts. Have you seen the height of that tower?

I got excited when I saw the thread title

Eddie the Eagle is still about, parents were on the same dog sledding trip as him last year in Canada :lol:

Tony_H wrote:I always think about him when I see ski jumping, he was the real winner at those Olympics.
I also think that these blokes who do ski jumping must be completely nuts. Have you seen the height of that tower?

They must be barmy. I saw the ski jump in Ruka, its Finlands biggest it was huge........scary

Today its from Obertsdorf, it looks like the Empire State Building up there

Tony_H wrote:I always think about him when I see ski jumping, he was the real winner at those Olympics.
I also think that these blokes who do ski jumping must be completely nuts. Have you seen the height of that tower?

I have been to the Innsbruck ski jump, it overlooks a cemetery :wink: