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Annual Salisbury Winters Sports Association JumpFest
February 2 - February 4
The Salisbury (CT) Winter Sports Association has announced the Annual JumpFest and the annual U.S. Eastern National Ski Jumping Championships February 2nd – 4th, 2024
Friday Night Target Jumping
Human Dogsled Races
Competitions
Friday, February 2
6 pm Gates open
7 pm Target Jumping begins
Human Dog Sled Race begins immediately after Target Jumping
Saturday, February 3
Admission $15 (Children 12 and under free)
8 am Small hills open for practice
9:30 am Junior Competition on 20M and 30M hills
11 am – Noon 65M open for practice
1 pm Salisbury Invitational Ski Jumping 65m
8-11:30 pm Snow Ball Fundraiser at the Lakeville Town Grove. Live Music by the Steve Dunn Band, raffle, and more.
$20 entry fee. 12 and under free.
Sunday, February 4
Admission $15 (Children 12 and under free)
11 am to Noon 65M Hill open for practice
1 pm Eastern U.S. Ski Jumping Championships
The eastern division Junior National Team will be named after Sunday’s competition.
This live in person outdoor event is the oldest Ski Jumping Competition in New England and one of only six ski jump competitions on the East Coast. Athletes including Olympic contenders and some of the best junior ski jumpers in the United States will compete during this three-day festival.
In the winter of 1926 John Satre a resident of Salisbury jumped off the roof of his shed wearing skis to show his friends and neighbors a sport he learned in his native homeland of Norway. Town residents were so amazed as they watched Satre soar through the air that they decided to build a proper ski run that summer, and form the Salisbury Winter Sports Association. The Association hosted the first ski jump competition in January 1927. JumpFest has become a highly anticipated event in Connecticut and throughout much of the East Coast.
