Raw Air

For the current tournament, see Raw Air 2023.
Raw Air
Genreski jumping
ski flying
Location(s)Norway Oslo (5 rounds)
Norway Lillehammer (3 rounds)
Norway Trondheim (3 rounds)
Norway 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)
Norway Robert Johansson
2 Lysgårdsbakken Lillehammer 146.0 m (479 ft)
Switzerland Simon Ammann
3 Granåsen Trondheim 146.0 m (479 ft)
Poland Kamil Stoch
4 Vikersundbakken Vikersund 253.5 m (832 ft)
Austria Stefan Kraft

Edition

Men

Year Date Winner Second Third Rounds
2017 10–19 March   Austria Stefan Kraft Poland Kamil Stoch Germany Andreas Wellinger 14/16
2018 9–18 March   Poland Kamil Stoch Norway Robert Johansson Norway Andreas Stjernen 16/16
2019 8–17 March   Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi Austria Stefan Kraft Norway Robert Johansson 15/16
2020 6–11 March   Poland Kamil Stoch Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi Norway Marius Lindvik 9/16
2022 2–6 March   Austria Stefan Kraft Germany Karl Geiger Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi 9/9
2023 10–19 March   Norway Halvor Egner Granerud Austria Stefan Kraft Slovenia Anže Lanišek 18/18

Women

Year Date Winner Second Third Rounds
2019 9–14 March   Norway Maren Lundby Germany Katharina Althaus Germany Juliane Seyfarth 9/9
2020 7–11 March   Norway Maren Lundby Norway Silje Opseth Austria Eva Pinkelnig 7/9
2022 2–6 March   Slovenia Nika Križnar Japan Sara Takanashi Slovenia Urša Bogataj 12/12
2023 10–19 March   Slovenia Ema Klinec Germany Katharina Althaus Germany Selina Freitag 14/14

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.