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Images: Norge Ski Club annual international ski jump competition

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Volodymyr Hlyvka glides down the 70-meter competition hill at Norge Ski Club’s International 5-Hills ski jumping event Sunday in Fox River Grove.

John Starks | Staff Photographer

As competitors gather near their skis before the competition, Nigel Laurhian of the Norwegian Altius Ski Club, plays with a Yo-Yo at the Norge ski hill Sunday in Fox River Grove.

John Starks | Staff Photographer

The crowd was thick at the bottom of the hill Sunday.

John Starks | Staff Photographer

Christian Friberg of St. Paul, MN, launches from the 150-foot ramp at Norge Ski Club’s International 5-Hills ski jumping competition.

John Starks | Staff Photographer

Sebastien Dandurand bends his skis as he lands at Norge. He is from Norway.

John Starks | Staff Photographer

Christian Friberg of St. Paul, MN, sits at the top of the 150-foot ramp at Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove. The ramp sits on top of a hill and is tall enough to have cell phone antennas mounted halfway up.

John Starks | Staff Photographer

Harvey Patrick of Fox River Grove wears pins he has collected from the ski jumping tournaments at Norge. He said he has been watching the competition for more than 25 years. Norge has held the event for 108 straight years.

John Starks | Staff Photographer

The sun gleams on the skis of Albert Gasienica of Lake Placid, NY, as he lands at the 54-meter mark and snow swirls behind him Sunday. Ski jumpers can reach speeds of 50 mph.

John Starks | Staff Photographer

Luke Daniels of the Andover Outing Club in NH, starts his descent down the hill.

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The crowd watches Finnish skier Jere Kykkanen stop at the bottom of the 70-Meter hill at Norge Ski Club’s International 5-Hills ski jumping event Sunday in Fox River Grove.

John Starks | Staff Photographer

Gallery posted: 1/29/2012 6:00 PM

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The 108th annual Norge Ski Club 2-day ski jumping tournament took place Jan. 28 and 29 in Fox River Grove. On Sunday, four international teams, from Finland, Norway, Canada and the Untied States, competeted on the 70-meter hill with a 150-foot ramp.

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