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 February 6, 2013

Meet Coach Zak!

Zak Hammill is from Kingsford/Iron Mountain, Michigan. He has been involved in ski jumping for 13 years and it has been a huge part of his life, shaping him into becoming a great athlete and human being. Zak started ski jumping in Iron Mountain and then moved around to different areas of the U.S. once he grew into the sport. He has been coached by several different coaches including Kip Kopelke, Martin Bayer, Scott Smith, Chris Broz, Casey Colby, and Clint Jones--all of them very helpful throughout the years. The last couple of years Zak spent a lot of time in Lake Placid, New York; Park City, Utah; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and all over Europe training and competing for the USA.

In January Zak started school at Northern Michigan University and began skiing for the Ishpeming Ski Club. Now as the ISC coach, Zak is looking forward to working with all the kids and the parents to make ski jumping as fun as he knows it can be. He would like to shape the kids into being both great athletes and great people on and off the ski hill.

Zak would like to thank everyone who supported him throughout his years of ski jumping and now his coaching career. He would really like to thank everyone at the Ishpeming Ski Club for giving him the opportunity to coach. Coach Zak is looking forward to the great times to come!


 Coach Zak jumping on the K120 in Lake Placid, New York
 

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March 2013 Update:

  • The Ishpeming Ski Club is offering the following programs at Suicide Hill for the 2013 ski season.

    - Ski Jumping - continuing as long as the snow lasts! Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6:30 pm.  No experience or equipment necessary. We will take a break during snow melt and summer jumping will begin sometime in May.

    - Cross Country Ski Program - continuing as long as the snow lasts! Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.  Ages 6 and up.  Bring your own equipment or rent equipment at Wilderness Sports.

    - Cross Country Ski Fun Races - Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm.  ALL ages are welcome to come and try cross country racing on a 3/4 kilometer loop.
     

  • Ski jumping, cross-country skiing, coaching and ski jumping equipment are ALL FREE!

  • Check our Facebook page for updates on the conditions of the hills and trails, as well as the current coaching & training schedules.

  • The 25-meter hill re-profiling is finished!  It now also has improved lighting for these dark winter days. 

  • We also installed plastic on the 25-meter hill for summer ski jumping.  That makes THREE of our hills that have plastic installed: 13-meter, 25-meter and the 40-meter.

To donate or for more information, contact ISC President Tom Petersen at president@ishskiclub.com.

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