Today was the ski joring championships in Leadville. We had never watched them before. They truck snow into the street and build jumps. The skiers are being pulled by a horse that is running (much like water skiing). The skiers fly over the jumps and have a stick (?) that they catch hanging rings with. They are timed and they have seconds added for missed rings. It is really fun to watch them. We did not get to see the guys doing the bigger jumps. We came back home because Heather wasn't feeling good.
This is one of the horses w/ a skier behind.
This horse and rider is flying , but the skier had just went down over the previous jump.
This horse isn't moving too fast because the rider had let go at the beginning several blocks back. We didn't see what had happend.
This guy is just flying off the jump. The stick w/ rings can be seen if you look closely.
This skier is just about to come off the jump. These guys are crazy.
Three future ski jorers?
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