They are the superstars of their field.  They will be arriving in Tchaikovsky on 15th and 16th September for the Ski Jumping Continental Cup and sailing from the sky to the ground like snowflakes. They come from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden and of course also from Russia itself, to celebrate a big festival at the very cradle of Russian ski jumping.
At the first international FIS competition in Tchaikovsky, the entire complex will be subject to real contest conditions. No one wants to miss this event, and that also means, according to Ski-Line director Peter Riedel, that the biometric measurement technique – which was installed on the K95 and K125 – has to pass a real aptitude test (and so it will). "Tchaikovsky is one of our showpieces," says the owner of Peter Riedel GmbH, who, together with his partner Rehau, has revolutionized the ski jumping technology during the last few years in terms of take-off ramps and measurement techniques.
Thus, the ski in-run track "Snezhinka" – in English “Snowflake” – is one of the first large "snowflakes" of the company Riedel. Many more will follow, including in Tchaikovsky itself. Riedel follows with interest the regular discussions whether to carry out the ski-jumping World Cup partially during the summer months. "Our company could support the organizers very well, as we already have done at chosen locations," says Riedel. "In Hinzenbach (Austria) our refrigerated ice track withstood temperatures of 26 degrees Celsius."
But this issue is currently not at the top of the priority list. At present, all attention will be devoted to the stars flying from the skies like snowflakes in Tchaikovsky these days.