Raw Air Explained

Raw Air
Location: Oslo (5 rounds)
Lillehammer (3 rounds)
Trondheim (3 rounds)
Vikersund (5 rounds)
First:10 March 2017 (Men)
9 March 2019 (Women)
Founder Name:Arne Åbråten

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

Winner2nd3rd
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):

MenWomen
EventsRoundsEventsRounds
Individual48 (4x2)36 (3x2)
Qualifications44 (4x1)33 (3x1)
Team24 (2x2)00
Total101669

Hosts

Map

Hill records

ImageNameLocationHill record
1HolmenkollbakkenOslo
2LysgårdsbakkenLillehammer
3GranåsenTrondheim146.0 m (479 ft)
Kamil Stoch
4VikersundbakkenVikersund

Edition

Men

YearDateWinner Second Third Rounds
201710–19 March   Stefan Kraft Kamil Stoch Andreas Wellinger14/16
20189–18 March   Kamil Stoch Robert Johansson16/16
20198–17 March   Ryōyū Kobayashi Stefan Kraft Robert Johansson15/16
20206–11 March   Kamil Stoch Ryōyū Kobayashi9/16
20222–6 March   Stefan Kraft Karl Geiger9/9
202310–19 March   Halvor Egner Granerud Stefan Kraft Anže Lanišek18/18

Women

YearDateWinner Second Third Rounds
20199–14 March   Maren Lundby Katharina Althaus Juliane Seyfarth9/9
20207–11 March   Maren Lundby Silje Opseth Eva Pinkelnig7/9
20222–6 March   Nika Križnar Sara Takanashi Urša Bogataj12/12
202310–19 March   Ema Klinec Katharina Althaus Selina Freitag14/14

Notes and References

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