Raw Air

Raw Air
Genreski jumping
ski flying
Location(s) Oslo (5 rounds)
Lillehammer (3 rounds)
Trondheim (3 rounds)
Vikersund (5 rounds)
Inaugurated10 March 2017 (Men)
9 March 2019 (Women)
FounderArne Åbråten
Organised byInternational Ski Federation

Raw Air is a series of ski jumping competitions in ski jumping and ski flying in venues across Norway, taking place starting from the 2016–17 season. Founded by Arne Åbråten, it is organized as part of the FIS World Cup.

Competition

Prize money

Winner 2nd 3rd
Men's[1] €60,000 €30,000 €10,000
Women's[2] €35,000 €15,000 €5,000

Locations

Men's competition will be held on four different ski jumping hills in this order: Oslo (Holmenkollbakken), Lillehammer (Lysgårdsbakken), Trondheim (Granåsen) and Vikersund (Vikersundbakken).

Women's competition will be held on three hills other than Vikersund.

Format

The competition will last for ten days in a row, with no break and 10 events with total of 16 rounds from individual events, team events and qualifications (prologues):

Men Women
Events Rounds Events Rounds
Individual 4 8 (4x2) 3 6 (3x2)
Qualifications 4 4 (4x1) 3 3 (3x1)
Team 2 4 (2x2) 0 0
Total 10 16 6 9

Hosts

Map

Hill records

# Image Name Location Hill record
1 Holmenkollbakken Oslo 144.0 m (472 ft)
Robert Johansson
2 Lysgårdsbakken Lillehammer 146.0 m (479 ft)
Simon Ammann
3 Granåsen Trondheim 146.0 m (479 ft)
Kamil Stoch
4 Vikersundbakken Vikersund 253.5 m (832 ft)
Stefan Kraft

Edition

Men

Year Date Winner Second Third Rounds
2017 10–19 March   Stefan Kraft Kamil Stoch Andreas Wellinger 14/16
2018 9–18 March   Kamil Stoch Robert Johansson Andreas Stjernen 16/16
2019 8–17 March   Ryōyū Kobayashi Stefan Kraft Robert Johansson 15/16
2020 6–11 March   Kamil Stoch Ryōyū Kobayashi Marius Lindvik 9/16
2022 2–6 March   Stefan Kraft Karl Geiger Ryōyū Kobayashi 9/9
2023 10–19 March   Halvor Egner Granerud Stefan Kraft Anže Lanišek 18/18
2024 8–17 March   Stefan Kraft Peter Prevc Daniel Huber 15/15
2025 13–16 March   Andreas Wellinger Domen Prevc Ryōyū Kobayashi 7/10

Women

Year Date Winner Second Third Rounds
2019 9–14 March   Maren Lundby Katharina Althaus Juliane Seyfarth 9/9
2020 7–11 March   Maren Lundby Silje Opseth Eva Pinkelnig 7/9
2022 2–6 March   Nika Križnar Sara Takanashi Urša Bogataj 12/12
2023 10–19 March   Ema Klinec Katharina Althaus Selina Freitag 14/14
2024 8–17 March   Eirin Maria Kvandal Silje Opseth Eva Pinkelnig 13/13
2025 13–16 March   Nika Prevc Eirin Maria Kvandal Anna Odine Strøm 4/7

References

  1. ^ "RAW AIR: 10 days Ski Jumping on the edge". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ^ "RAW AIR: Extra prize money also for the ladies". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2019.