Ski Sunday (again)

Dorset Boy wrote:He is a great guy, and only those who have stood at the top of a 90m hill and then jumped have the right to give him any stick for his jumping ability.

Does he still hold the British records for ski jumping?

No I think this bloke holds the record now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/1755048.stm

excellent. sky plus sorted
thanks Nelly :thumbup:

Who suggested he didn't have a ton of guts to do what he did? Not me, that's for certain. I meet him occasionally on the train these days as he lives in the same town - and he is never anything but charming and amusing. (By the way, I first interviewed him for a local paper way back when he was an extremely promising slalom racer).

However, I was taking issue with the report's use of the very much overworked 'great'. In ski jumping, Matti Nykanen was a true 'great'; Eddie was a great success, I suppose, in bringing publicity to his sport - and well done to him for that.