138TH ANNUAL ISHPEMING SKI CLUB SKI JUMPING TOURNAMENT

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

Ishpeming Ski Club Peter Copenhaver 906.286.0915 [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

138TH ANNUAL ISHPEMING SKI CLUB SKI JUMPING TOURNAMENT

Negaunee Michigan – Launch into winter action by attending the longest-running consecutive ski jumping tournament in the country! Ishpeming Ski Club Ski Jumping Tournament held at the UP Nordic Ski Complex January 17th-19th 2024.

FRIDAY – JANUARY 17 2025

137th Annual Ishpeming Ski Club Ski Jumping Tournament/USA Nordic U.S. Cup: The Tournament weekend kicks off on Friday evening with the 137th Annual Ishpeming Ski Club Ski Jumping Tournament/USA Nordic U.S. Cup event on famous Suicide Hill. Watch elite U.S. ski jumpers soar high through the air as you stand by the huge bonfire food trucks and concessions. The first round of ski jumping begins at 7:00pm.

SATURDAY – JANUARY 18 2025

Paul Bietila Memorial Ski Jumping Tournament: As evening rolls around get ready for a second night of big-hill ski jumping as skiers compete in the Ishpeming Ski Club Paul Bietila Memorial Ski Jumping Tournament. The skiers will be excited to have a second chance to show the crowd how far they can fly. The evenings competition will end with an exciting Target Jump where the athletes will compete for distance and accuracy! Watch the show by the bonfire food trucks and concessions. And don’t miss the fireworks on Saturday evening at the conclusion of the ski jumping competition! The first round of ski jumping begins at 6:00pm.

SUNDAY – JANUARY 19 2025

Central Division Junior Ski Jumping Tournament: On Sunday the ISC will be hosting their junior ski jumping tournament where young skiers from throughout the Central Division will compete to see who will stand on top of the podium. This year’s junior tournament is a Junior National Qualifier (JNQ) and you can bet that these young skiers will be flying far in order to see who will qualify to attend the USA Ski Jumping Junior Championships in Alaska this year. The junior tournament will begin at 11:00am.

ISC BOOSTER BUTTONS & ONLINE TICKET SALES*

$15 per person when purchased in advance

$20 per person at the gate.

ONLINE TICKET SALES! Visit ishskiclub.com for details. Ages 12 years and younger are admitted free.

Buttons available at the following outlets:

ISHPEMING: West End Ski & Trail Wilderness Sports US Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame Elaine’s Place Jasper Ridge Brewery Jubilee Foods Congress Pizzas Buck’s Restaurant

NEGAUNEE: Super One Foods Midtown Bakery Kassel’s Midway Midway Rentals and Sales

MARQUETTE: Sports Rack Down Wind Sports Blackrocks Brewery Ore Dock Brewery Kognisjon Bryggeri and Queen City Running Company

*Purchase a Booster Button or online ticket to gain entrance for the entire weekend tournament. Online ticket purchases do not receive a physical button.

PARKING PASSES AND SHUTTLE SERVICE

Option 1:

Take a Checker/ISC Shuttle and avoid parking hassles and fees. Park in a convenient nearby designated Park & Ride shuttle lot and relax.

Option 2:

Park your vehicle at the UPNSC. $10 Parking Pass per vehicle each night for approximately 225 vehicles each night at the U.P. Nordic Ski Complex.

Gate opens at 4:00pm Friday. Car Pool with friends!

THERE WILL BE NO PARKING PERMITTED ALONG COUNTY ROAD AND CLIFFS DRIVE. ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES WILL BE TOWED AT THE OWNER’S EXPENSE. NO EXCEPTIONS.

The Tournament weekend will be complete with tailgating bonfires food trucks *fireworks and great views of the action on Suicide Hill. There will also be an exciting Nordic combined cross country ski race on the Ishpeming Ski Club Norman Juhola Trail System during the weekend competition. The 138th Annual Ski Jumping Tournament is on a weekend date once again and it’s going to be even bigger and better than last year! So come watch a full weekend of ski jumping at the U.P. Nordic Ski Complex. It’s a winter event you will not want to miss! No other organization puts on a better ski jumping tournament than the Ishpeming Ski Club and we’ve have been doing it since1887! It’s the original extreme sport that soars higher than the tallest mine rock piles in the Marquette Iron Range.

*Fireworks following Saturday’s Competition.

Check us out at www.ishskiclub.com for more information

You can also find us at facebook.com/ishskiclub

*The Ishpeming Ski Club is a registered 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization which operates in order to help promote and teach the sport of ski jumping Nordic combined skiing and cross-country skiing in order to help continue the rich Nordic skiing heritage of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Your booster button and/or online ticket purchase helps support the Youth Ski Programs offered to the public by the Ishpeming Ski Club.

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