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Hollywood Bowl

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Hollywood Bowl:

K-Point:	30 m
Hill record:	36.6 m (120 ft) (Olaf Telleffsen , 1935)

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1935
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	Viking Ski Club of L.A.
Coordinates:	34.112782, -118.338631

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History:

In October 1963, the "Giant International Ski Show and Grindelwald Ski Swap" took place at Dodger Stadium, during which a wooden ski jumping hill 165 feet (approximately 50 meters) tall was built near the right field of the stadium. The event included two ski jumping competitions, a slalom race, and a ski fashion show. Among the participants was Gene Kotlarek, the American ski jumping distance record holder, who was preparing for the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Kotlarek was a distinguished jumper who represented the United States at two Winter Olympics: in 1960 in Squaw Valley and in 1964 in Innsbruck, where he placed 14th on the normal hill. In 1963, he won his first U.S. national ski jumping title, followed by additional titles in 1966 and 1967. That same year, he finished fourth in the prestigious competition at Holmenkollen in Oslo, just missing the podium. In 1964, he set the American ski jumping distance record by jumping 138 meters (454 feet) in Oberstdorf. That record stood for nine years.
Snowmaking machines were used to cover the hill, spraying crushed ice to create a suitable surface for jumping.

The first ski jumping hill was built up in 1935 in the open air event centre “Hollywood Bowl”. Therefore tons of snow were transferred to the city from the mountains by trucks . Winner of the day in class A was Olaf Telleffsen from the local Viking Ski Club with a distance of 120 feet.
Among the competitors was Johnny Elvrum, who held the American ski jumping record of 240 feet.

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2) Leszek wrote on 2010-12-11 at 21:15:

Hollywood Bowl

Miało być 120,0 ft

1) Leszek wrote on 2010-12-11 at 21:13:

Hollywood Bowl

W pozycji rekord skoczni powinno być chyba 129,0 ft a nie 120,0 m

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