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Salisbury Winter Sports Association is a volunteer organization in Salisbury

Salisbury, Connecticut

Salisbury is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The town is the northwest-most in the State of Connecticut. The MA-NY-CT Tri-State Marker is located just on the border of Salisbury...

, Litchfield County, Connecticut, founded in 1925. Its home, Satre Hill

Satre Hill

Satre Hill is a winter sports venue located in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Operated by the all-volunteer Salisbury Winter Sports Association, Satre Hill is the site of ski jumping lessons for young people, and, annually for the United States Eastern Ski Jumping Championships each...

, is the site of the annual Eastern National Ski Jumping competition, and in 2011 will also be the location of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association

United States Ski and Snowboard Association

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding. Founded in 1905, the century-old organization provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders from over 400 member clubs who share an Olympic...

Junior Olympics in that sport.

Mission statement

The mission of the Salisbury Winter Sports Association is to acquaint our nearby communities, especially the children, with Nordic ski-jumping and cross-country

Nordic combined

The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

and Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

, and to teach the skills necessary for their enjoyment and lifelong pursuit. As part of its mission, SWSA hosts and perpetuates the annual ski-jumping competition on Satre Hill

Satre Hill

to sustain ski jumping in Salisbury and the Eastern United States.

History

In 1924, John Satre immigrated from Norway to the United States to work as a chauffeur in Salisbury, CT. His brothers Magnus and Olaf joined him the following year. That year they established the Salisbury Outing Club, from which organization the Salisbury Winter Sports Association developed. On January 29, 1927 the club held its first ski jumping competition with a crowd of over two hundred spectators. In 1933 the Salisbury Outing Club hosted the National Championships. During World War II the club became inactive and the ski jump fell into disrepair. In 1945, Salisbury residents regrouped and renamed the Salisbury Outing Club as the Salisbury Winter Sports Association. Following restoration of the jump, and improvements made to the landing hill and tower in 1950, the SWSA was positioned to host the Eastern National Championships in 1952. That championship has been contested at Satre Hill since that time. 2010 marked the demolition of the SWSA's old main jump and a major fund drive to finance construction of a new jump, compliant with current standards for jumps, was begun in preparation for hosting both the Eastern National Championships and the USSA Junior Olympics in 2011.

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