Curry Hill was a K50 ski jumping hill located in Ironwood, Michigan, United States with two official world records set. It was operated by Ironwood Ski Club and Norrie Athletic Club.
History The Ironwood Ski Club (organized in 1905) operated the 40 meter Curry Hill ski jump from 1906 through 1914Supercynski, Charles (2017) "IRONWOOD: An Epicenter of International Ski Jumping" Michigan History Magazine Historical Society of Michigan and the Norrie Athletic Club operated the 50 meter Curry Hill site from 1922 to 1930 when it collapsed after a snow storm.
On 18 February 1911, American Anders Haugen set the first official world record at , the same day his fellow Barney Riley fell at world record distance.
On 18 February 1912, American James Presthus fell at world record distance and did not count as record.
On 16 February 1913, American Ragnar Omtvedt set the second official world record at at the afternoon longest standing jump competition and earlier that day he successfully landed at world record distance, but it didn't count as this was the professional competition. Barney Riley crashed that day at 161 and 165 feet, but the order of jumps is not clear, so it is not clear if those two were falls at world record distances or not, depends if those two jumps happened before or after Omtvedt set world record at 169 ft.
Elsewhere in 1915, American Ragnar Omtvedt successfully landed at world record distance, but did not count as it was set at unofficial event.
Ski jumping world records DateNameCountryMetresFeet#19 18 February 1911 Anders Haugen 46.3 152 18 February 1911 Barney Riley 46.9 154F 18 February 1912 James Presthus 47.5 156 16 February 1913 Ragnar Omtvedt 48.2 158F 16 February 1913 Barney Riley 49.1 161F 16 February 1913 Barney Riley 50.3 165#21 16 February 1913 Ragnar Omtvedt 51.5 169 1915 Ragnar Omtvedt 56 184 Not recognized! Fall at world record distance. Not recognized! Set at professional event. Standing jump. Falls! Unclear if set before of after 169 ft? If at WR distances or not?. Not recognized! Set at unofficial event. Standing jump.
See also Wolverine Hill Copper Peak
References
External links Curry Hill skisprungschanzen.com