How the distance of jump is measured? I'm not a fan and when I popped the question when watching a match out of boredom we had quite a dispute. I still don't know and in the end it doesn't matter since the relative distance is what counts (I guess...).
Mostly what was said was that the distance is the length of curved line on the ground over which the jumper jumps (flies? actually they mostly fall) - the line A. This was defended with "I've been there many times and saw markings on the ground!" and "When we built our own take off ramp we measured the distance on the ground!" and "What other way is there?".
We (read I) immediately came up with couple of distances in jump like this. To me the straight line from take off to land point is the most intuitive - the line B.
Vote for what you think or comment if you know what it actually is.
UPDATE: I think I have the answer (but vote first) - http://loveoftechno.blogspot.com/2013/12/measured-ski-jump-distance.html
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