Ready for Raw Air 2025

9. mai 2024

It's time for a new edition of Raw Air from March 13th to 16th, 2025. Ski jumping will take place in Holmenkollen and Vikersund. For the first time, 25 women will compete in ski flying during the tournament's final weekend.

At today's meeting of the ski jumping committee in the International Ski Federation FIS, held in Portoroz, Slovenia, significant new milestones were established for women's ski jumping. Just a few days after the conclusion of the World Championships in Trondheim, preparations are underway for a new Raw Air tournament. It all begins in Holmenkollen on Thursday, March 13th, before concluding in Vikersund. In total, there will be nine scoring jumps for men and seven for women in the upcoming winter tournament. 

"We are proud to be hosting a tournament even in the World Championship year in Trondheim, and we are particularly excited to showcase the World Championship heroes in Holmenkollen and Vikersund just a few days after the championship," says the tournament project manager, Ståle Villumstad.

"World record holder Silje Opseth is delighted that 25 women will get to jump in Vikersund, and that there's room for Raw Air even in the World Championship year in Trondheim. 'Fantastic news, and it will be great to have another season next winter with so many ski jumping competitions in Norway. Ski flying is one of the coolest things I've experienced. That 25 of us can finally jump in Vikersund next year is a very significant step in the right direction for us. This will elevate women's ski jumping even further,' says Opseth. 

RAW AIR 2025 Facts
RAW AIR 2025 Schedule, (7 scoring jumps for women and 9 for men):
March 13th: Holmenkollen, HS 134, qualification and races for women and men
March 14th: Vikersund HS 240, official training for women, qualification for men
March 15th: Vikersund, HS 240, individual races for men and women
March 16th: Vikersund, HS 240, Raw Air final for men and women

Holmenkollen will be like a regular World Cup weekend with qualification, featuring 40 women and 50 men. In Vikersund, the top 25 women in the World Cup standings will compete in the first round on Saturday and Sunday, while the top 15 will advance to the final round. Men will follow regular World Cup rules for ski flying, with the top 40 competing in Saturday's race after Friday's qualification. In addition to World Cup prize money in all races, there will be prize money for the top three overall in the RAW AIR tournament for both men and women.

All decisions made by the calendar committee in Slovenian Portoroz will be finally approved by the FIS Council."

Eva Pinkelnig from Austria celebrates that 25 women will get to ski jump in Vikersund this winter. Here she is with the project leader for Raw Air, Ståle Willumstad (left), and the ski jumping race director for FIS, Sandro Pertile. Pinkelnig is the athlete representative for ski jumping in FIS and closely follows the meetings in Slovenia. Photo: Claes-Tommy Herland/Norwegian Ski Federation

Stefan Kraft wins Raw Air 2024

18. mar 2024

Stefan Kraft from Austria won Raw Air overall for the third time. He has shown an impressively high level throughout Raw Air. Kraft started by winning the first competition in Holmenkollen and took third place in Sunday's competition in Holmenkollen. This gave him a good position in the overall Raw Air standings. 

In Trondheim, where the World Championships will be held next year, Kraft took the victory in the large hill, which meant that Kraft led with 26 points before the final weekend in Vikersund. 

In Vikersund, the men did the qualification on Friday, which was won by Peter Prevc in what was his last ski flying weekend in Vikersund. In Sunday's first competition, Kraft jumped 244.5 metres and won the first of two competitions on Sunday. In the second competition, Kraft continued to fly far, finishing second behind teammate Daniel Huber and securing the overall victory in Raw Air. Huber climbed up to third place overall with several long flights in Vikersund. Peter Prevc took second place overall in his final Raw Air. 

Top 3
1. Stefan Kraft 2494.7
2. Peter Prevc 2369.1
3. Daniel Huber 2326.7

RESULTS

Eirin Maria Kvandal wins Raw Air 2024

18. mar 2024

Eirin Maria Kvandal started by winning Friday's qualification in Holmenkollen before continuing her good jumping in Saturday's competition with a third place and finishing the weekend in Holmenkollen by winning both the qualification and the competition on Sunday.

Raw Air continued in Trondheim and Granåsen, Kvandal's home venue. There, the 22-year-old strengthened her grip on the overall Raw Air lead with victory in Tuesday's normal hill competition and second place in Wednesday's large hill. Kvandal thus entered the final weekend in Vikersund as the leader of Raw Air with 53.5 points before Raw Air was decided by ski flying. 

Raw Air finished with ski flying, and Sunday's competition was a day of celebration for the Norwegian women. Eirin Maria Kvandal won the first World Cup competition in women's ski flying and secured the overall Raw Air title. In addition, Silje Opseth flew far down the hill and set a new world record with 230.5 metres and the record jump made her climb all the way up to second place in Raw Air overall.

Top 3
1. Eirin Maria Kvandal 1790,4
2. Silje Opseth 1638,4
3. Eva Pinkelnig 1634,9

RESULts

Trial jumpers in Vikersund

14. mar 2024

Sølve Jokerud Strand
Oscar Westerheim
Ole Guldbrand Gravermoen
Marcus Grønvold
Sander Modalen Bakken
Tobias Haugelien
Benjamin Pettersen
Torje Seljeset
Nicolai Sundal Eriksen
Adrian Thoen Gundersrud
Martin Tonby Opsahl
Jørgen Oliver Strøm
Lojze Petek
Simen Meen Haugeng
Fredrik Gran
Decker Dean
Casey Larson
Richard Selbekk-Hansen
Andrew Urlaub
Iver Myhre
Christian Røste Solberg
Jo Rømme Mellingsæter
Jesper Ingebrigtsvoll
Anders Håre 
Iver Olaussen
Bendik Heggli 
Kevin Bickner
Sindre Ulven Jørgensen