The tenacity and resourcefulness of Estonian Winter sports

VINCENT TEETSOV

In the February 1938 issue of Eesti Spordileht (Estonian Sports Magazine), there’s a lively collage of photos, from when “ski jumping took place for the first time in Estonia.”

Crowds of spectators were forming along the barriers, looking high up at the ski jumping hill that had been constructed. In between events, the athletes guzzled hot drinks, adjusted their number bibs, and waxed their skis.

Even with an artificial hill and that year’s sub-par snow quality, these Eesti Suusapäevad (Estonian Ski Days) were a success, with events happening in Narva, Tallinn, and Tartu.

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