We are the oldest, continuously open ski club in the United States.
The club was started in 1905 by a group of Norwegian men. Most lived in Chicago and came out to Fox River Grove to ski jump. They created cottages on our club grounds to give them a place to stay while they were working on building up the club grounds or just having fun ski jumping. Over the years, men and women of all nationalities have joined the club to experience the thrills and enjoyment of ski jumping.
In the early years of the club, huge crowds came in from Chicago and its suburbs to see our tournaments.
The clubs has also had some promotional jumps. Once the Norge ski club rented out Navy Pier in Chicago and set up a jump where the jumpers landed in the water.
Another big event was when the Norge Ski Club rented out Soldier Field in Chicago and built a huge scaffolding for a jump event. They used crushed ice instead of snow to jump from and land on. It must have been exciting to jump from this tower at Soldier Field.
Kids start jumping young.
Kids aging from 3 to 90 can learn to ski jump at the Norge Ski Club.
There are training classes on Tuesdays and Thursday nights.
The club may have a pair of skis ready for the kids to try it out.
We have many jumps for the kids to get started and work their way through.
They are:
2 metre
5 metre
10 metre
22 metre
40 metre
64 metre
The kids in our junior program compete at many tournaments throughout the year at Norge and other jumping clubs across the USA. (Mostly in the central division.)
Some of the money raised to support our junior program comes from our consession stand selling great food at our tournaments.
Become a member and get the kids in your family jumping.
