### **Finally back to posting some of my parents old photos. These are some photos of an indoor (mostly) [ski jump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_jumping_hill) event that took place November 3-4 1955 at the [Seattle Ice Arena](https://www.skisprungschanzen.com/EN/Ski+Jumps/USA-United+States/WA-Washington/Seattle/2561-Civic+Ice+Arena/). My dad was a jumper but it looks like for this event he was manning the camera. I will share some pictures of the hill first and then some of the jumpers that took part in this event. Follow along as I share the pictures he took and recount some of the history, as I know it, of this event.** --- # The Hill ![siasj-15.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23xVRCjUxg8CmZqmEwMz4wHpMWZSRmcfxTfMYPEUSKN7JAtNWMvsSS4ab6neJDVDKe9St.JPG) ###### With the window removed the in-run begins it descent into the arena. Just being up there on that scaffold would scare me quite a bit let alone skiing down it into the building. ![siasj-12.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/EpEHPqxsag8bHYYu42ky5CLZCB1FgWF75A9fqynw1ugvqoxT6EfTPjd2PPi8aurGUuf.JPG) ###### A look down the in-run to the jump and the landing zone beyond. I hope you can excuse some of the blurry shots and out of frame subjects. I believe this was early on in my dad's photographic career and I'm not sure what kind of equipment he was using. ![siasj-18.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/48ZapvRaFK5Hnb5B41hrwDYpKTw9RHWbagmaxWqfPCcwx8vHRLGdFTUaW5fnHHGGCr.JPG) ###### A view from the jump. Watch your head?

![siasj-19.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23xAaCNDZXumWtj7QTDyyC7LnsSZxb59aZhuiWBZkMAmtXvgN7ApqpeAKSFdw43u43XNy.JPG)

![siasj-16.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23ynYuFDsbKyUzBkG3te7j5rEWjmrruUXPrvTFpN2a8RFj7U4nFXhboos5tZJL7xTUBeo.JPG)

______ ###### Building the landing zone.

![siasj-22.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23wqpNUcZ5YURXfXfNwoxVu9xWmqciRC9fqZDB1K3DZsHQzcU8edi5N7VigxFxVBCAN7A.JPG)

![siasj-23.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23xeos74UT4LffrJjy8MQ8JAbkDDprJiqENg4GgPcKgd3gpGpGQ5sxyyTswWvcKkrHzJQ.JPG) ###### Preparing the landing zone.

----- ![siasj-17.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23xpFDdZ6yT2HfTQEnBr1hMUGyRCcNGN9qsGijk73cWueYih7LKK1wyXYB4SkP66E42ib.JPG) ###### And a last shot of the outside with my dad's Jeep Willys in the shot. ![divider hive1.PNG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23tkmiuSqXLNc8fhprcx3CzWLXpWmzaRwAWnmBt2VviKfGX5pL2poUZpTfYcbLtKkDfpk.PNG) # The Jumpers ![siasj-4.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23wgKhWJqBQwgUYSWVvtVs4jMZX8JYLc5z5knFjUAz1aUCQWaTvrr71emHx8VMGFZfXob.JPG) ###### Olav Ulland ![siasj-1.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23xp2TgvQEUhmSksMSm2kiFZT65WP5stJpdvMSRcD4JDVYYFEbpYqzAaEmpGzvoQxacGV.JPG) ###### Ragnar Ulland - I remember my dad talking about the Ulland's when I was a kid. ![siasj-3.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23xKnAwsSMXPdXPDcafVpj1RTpj3UzefGomYEm7x6gBGAwPhzgeKfaofe89eLQVavUaTs.JPG) ###### Kjell Bakke - The old jump hill in [Leavenworth WA](https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/sports/2018-02-13/not-just-for-olympians-northwests-ski-jumping-heritage-alive-in-leavenworth) carries his name. ![siasj-5.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23xVErXZUUQCX3tumjo6GL5PQqLt9zDEXkHWbohAf32HMDTCvnHFkTwa98ya6L3nGsX1V.JPG) ###### Rolf Helle - Early X Games?

![siasj-24.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23y8ssbL6Mf6NHvgHn8Am5kGnYEb2GtkrTtX2Su8XLQnaZgZ3RMNRSmew29w3nhi2eFnJ.JPG) ###### I was told Bob Cram was kind of the MC and comedian of the event.

![siasj-26.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23xAZuZWpVm3Fgtit3p6xk3EAVypr3xnDbBcbpAHLXiHxhEDNpHgMgncvXRAcmcpk5ahM.JPG)

![siasj-11.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/EogMsMSCkyHq3xTxpxUgnReLjH6eVpyYpjmffLu8hYypS3BXzZva1FFqBCjw1kZjMU6.JPG) ###### Janette Burr providing a little down hill action. ---------- And to finish things off a collection of unknown jumpers. ![siasj-9.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23wC37buvUqoDt8qFnLWBo5FPx4u3NNLYBFJhFeGKugu36dkRJgoy7W3LacXEN3QYra85.JPG) ![siasj-10.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23wMRzYhsvwRAENygYvRKaJwYGVZW7bggrQLMDzXmSTQjXmyqnVNUhDviw1vRtgtX1fg7.JPG) ![siasj-13.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23ydEK5XNkqACFkpT6neqwZqkYy7JiJSppmjcxwXqgXWGDugt18CRFz74A6oefjuJvVK9.JPG) ![siasj-21.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23xKvR6MNghifPVs1PY5tmtgYCpksHWbp9gA3uzefhg4FXSBfMeTLebMuy6FsVeFMkFAw.JPG) ![siasj-2.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/oldmans/23wqgR75ojjcXznnGunHgrCpcHJQCJKfyTwfd11DGUwHEDVMTQ3pNr8hLBDiE3dPsM3Xa.JPG) ***Click images for larger view*** Please feel free to make comments or ask me any questions about this post. Photos taken by my dad with unknown equipment. I did some minor Lightroom post processing. Thanks for looking and enjoy your day!

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