Ski jumping, once Washington\'s most popular winter sport, was introduced by Norwegian immigrants in the early twentieth century.
In 1941, Torger Tokle set two national distance recor.
Washington tournaments attracted the world\'s best jumpers--Birger and Sigurd Ruud, Alf Engen, Sigurd Ulland and Reidar Andersen, among others.
It began at Spokane\'s Browne\'s Mountain and Seattle\'s Queen Anne Hill, moved to midsummer tournaments on Mount Rainier in 1917 and expanded statewide as new ski clubs formed.
Ski jumping, once Washington\'s most popular winter sport, was introduced by Norwegian immigrants in the early twentieth century