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Originally Posted by ricoFlame
i wonder if they are forced to jump in the wind if ski jumpers prefer a quartering wind or what. i never really though of this, but the wind makes it tough to find an adequate location in calgary, i wonder what a better location would have been. very interesting.
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A side wind is probably the best possible option, you wouldn't want either a head wind (which could make the jumps dangerously short) or a tail wind (which could make the jumps dangerously long). The problem is that the Chinook winds can reach almost hurricane force at times, so I don't think that jumping in heavy winds in any direction is particularly safe.
I believe that Salt Lake built their jumps into the profile of a mountain, which would probably have been a better idea (although the Chinooks played havok with the skiing events at Nakiska too), rather than having them standing unprotected on the side of the hill at Paskapoo.