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Ski jumping, once Washington's most popular winter sport, was introduced by Norwegian immigrants in the early twentieth century. It began at Spokane's Browne's Mountain and Seattle's Queen Anne Hill, moved to midsummer tournaments on Mount Rainier in 1917 and expanded statewide as new ski clubs formed. Washington tournaments attracted the world's best jumpers--Birger and Sigurd Ruud, Alf Engen, Sigurd Ulland and Reidar Andersen, among others. In 1941, Torger Tokle set two national distance 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. Lawyer, historian and award-winning author John W. Lundin re-creates the excitement of this nearly forgotten ski jumping heritage.

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Skade Award: Presented for an outstanding work on regional ski history or for an outstanding work published in book form that is focused in part on ski history.

Skade Award: Presented for an outstanding work on regional ski history or for an outstanding work published in book form that is focused in part on ski history. Ketchum historian John Lundin has racked up another award-winning ski book. Lundin's book, 'Ski Jumping in Washington State: A Nordic Tradition, ' has won a Skade Award from the International Ski History Association as outstanding ski history book of 2021. The Skade award is named for the Norse goddess associated with bow hunting, skiing, winter and mountains. -Karen Bossick, Eye on Sun Valley

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John W. Lundin is an attorney, historian and author with homes in Seattle and Sun Valley who has written extensively about the ski history of Washington and Idaho. This is a sequel to Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass, which received an award as outstanding regional ski history in 2018 from the International Ski History Association. John is also the author of and Skiing Sun Valley: A History from Union Pacific to the Holdings.

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