as a team was really cool. jessica jerome is america s top-ranked ski jumper. i started when i was 7. and i took my first jumps on the five meter. and now i compete on the 90 meter. and i don t remember exactly what my first jump was like, but i remember every time i would move up to a bigger hill being terrified. this is the first time that we can actually call ourselves olympic hopefuls and mean it. teammate abby hughes had only dreamed of the olympics. it s definitely a goal that i ve had since i started jumping when i was 6. and when i was younger, i always looked up to the boys. i never had any girls to look up to. but now with this being an official olympic sport, young girls do have role models. zia terry has jessica and abby. the 10-year-old grew up skiing the same mountain as her idols at olympic park in park city, utah. they have inspired me by being women and ski jumpers. and they have always inspired me because they got it into the olympics. on march 11, 201
i started jumping. when i was younger i always looked up to the boys. i never had any girls to look up to. but now as an official olympic sport, young girls do this role models. this 10-year-old grew up skiing the same mountain as her idols at the olympic park in park city, utah. they ve inspired me by being women and ski jumping. and they also inspire me because they got into it into the olympics. on march 11, 2012, zia, who up to this point only jumped 20, wants to jump the 40-foot ski jump. probably around like 3:00 they had to go back to school. i was like, you ready to jump to the 40? she was really into it. she wanted to jump it. i asked him a few questions, and he gave me the straight answer. do you go faster on the end run? a little bit. a little bit? is it any steeper? not much?
in olympic park in park city, utah. they ve inspired me by being women and ski jumping. and they also inspire me because they got it into the olympics. on march 11, 2012, zia wants to jump the 40-foot ski jump. by the end of her session with her coach. probably around like 3:00 they had to go back to school. i was like, you ready to jump to the 40 she was really into it. she wanted to jump it. i asked him four questions. and he gave me the straight answer. do you go faster on the end run? a little bit. a little bit? is it any steeper? just longer. just longer. just a bigger 20, that s all. i was just trying to keep her calm. just saying that she can do it. and she can. she jumped the 20 meter fine. the 40 meter, if you do the same thing, you ll be fine. i was trying to talk her through it. she s in position. but it s an uphill battle for
they got into the olympics. on march 11, 2012, zia wants to jump the 40-foot ski jump by the end of the practice session. probably around like 3:00 they had to go back to school. i was like, you ready to jump to the 40 she was really into it. she wanted to jump it. i asked him a fur questions, and he gave me the straight answer. do you go faster on the end run? a little bit. a little bit? is it any steeper? not? same steepness. just longer. just longer. just a bigger 20, that s all. i was just trying to keep her calm. just saying that she can do it. and she can. she jumped the 20 meter fine. the 40 meter, if you do the same exact thing, you ll be fine on the 40 meter. so i was just trying to talk her through it. she s in position. but it s an uphill battle for this downhill ski jump tore let go. zia has to literally talk
women and ski jumping. and they also inspire me because they got into it into the olympics. on march 11, 2012, zia wants to jump the 40-foot ski jump. probably around like 3:00 they had to go back to school. i was like, you ready to jump to the 40 she was really into it. she wanted to jump it. i asked him a fur questions, and he gave me the straight answer. do you go faster on the end r run? a little bit. a little bit? is it any steeper? just longer. just longer. just a bigger 20, that s all. i was just trying to keep her calm. just saying that she can do it. and she can. she jumped the 20 meter fine. the 40 meter, if you do the same thing, you ll be fine. i was trying to talk her through it. she s in position. but it s an uphill battle for