History
Water ramp training for snow ski aerials became an indispensable professional training tool when Bob Salerno, Frank Bare, Jr., Hans Ribi and Jeff Chumas built a ramp capable of breaking world records in 1978. This first world class water ramp was built on a ski resort partially owned by Bob Salerno called Nordic Valley, now known as Wolf Creek Utah Ski Resort .
The first double twisting triple back flip & the first triple twisting triple back flip were performed by Frank Bare Jr. in 1979 on this water ramp. In 1983 Frank Bare went on to perform the world’s first Quad flip on snow.
Being the only water ramp capable of pushing the sport of aerials skiing beyond its limits, athletes from all over North America trained at Nordic Valley.
The next world class water ramp was built in 1987 in Lake Placid, 7 years after the Olympics that were held there in 1980.
Park City, Utah built their WATER RAMP, in preparation for the 2002 Olympics .
Winter Olympics
Today there are water ramps run by freestyle ski and snowboard teams in Canada, Europe and Australia
Lake Placid Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex New York USA Olympic Park, Park City UT USA Steamboat Springs, Steamboat CO USA Yabuli Ski Resort, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China Shenyang, LiaoNing,China Centre National d'entrainment acrobatique Yves LaRoche)
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