Dear media guest. Welcome to the RAW AIR 2025.
Welcome to RAW AIR tournament in Vikersund which is the 3rd edition for both men and women.
Also this year the 25 best female jumpers in RAW AIR will compete in skiflying.
Last year it was an important recognition of female ski jumping.
Now we have two world records in «Vikersundbakken» Last time in 2017 Stefan Kraft
with 253,5 meters! and Silje Opseth with her legendary 230,5 meters in 2024
The press and media department will work to provide the best possible conditions for all media who wish to cover our event 14. – 16. March 2025.
Accreditation for TV and radio, production and internet companies (active filming) is authorized through EBU, international licensee NRK hosts broadcasters.
All volunteers must obtain their accreditation card at the VIF house. This requires that you are registered with a picture and approved in our volunteer portal. Accreditation is personal and cannot be transferred to others.
The accreditation office is located in Vikersund centrum. Idrettsveien 17, 3370 Vikersund. Here you can pick up your accreditation card, remember to bring your ID.
Deadline press accreditation is March 11.
Accreditation Office for press – opening hours:
Any questions; please send an e-mail to: oddrun.presseservice@gmail.com
All journalists and photographers must apply for accreditation through an electronic application system. Accreditation is only granted to the working press.
Press application for RAW AIR in Vikersund:
Please note that your accreditation is personal and that we require personal attendance to retrieve it. Remember your press card and / or ID! A FIS disclaimer must be signed upon retrieval.
Deadline pres accreditation is March 11.
Accreditation Office for press – opening hours:
Friday March 14: 08.30 – 17:00
Saturday March 15: 08.30 – 17.00
Any questions; please send an e-mail to: oddrun.presseservice@gmail.com
TV and radio
Accreditation for TV and radio, production and internet companies (active filming) is authorized through Infront, international licensee NRK hosts broadcasters.
All volunteers must obtain their accreditation card at the VIF house. This requires that you are registered with a picture and approved in our volunteer portal. Accreditation is personal and cannot be transferred to others.
The accreditation office is located in Vikersund centrum. Idrettsveien 17, 3370 Vikersund. Here you can pick up your accreditation card, remember to bring your ID.
Deadline press accreditation is March 11.
Accreditation Office for press – opening hours:
Friday March 14: 08.30 – 17:00
Saturday March 15: 08.30 – 17.00
Any questions; please send an e-mail to: oddrun.presseservice@gmail.com
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Main Media Centre MMC The main media centre is located at Flying Team Sport hall. The MMC contains working space for journalists and photographers, a help desk, results service, refreshments and service–minded staff. Wireless Internet will be freely available in the MMC, the IBC and the VPC.
Opening hours for the MMC:
Media Cafeteria The Media Cafeteria is located at the MMC. Hot and cold meals will be available from Friday – Sunday.
You are welcome to use, free of charge, all photographs that are in our photo archive.
We only request that you credit the photos with: photographer name / vikersund.no
To download photos: Go to Galleries / All Galleries / Select the photo you want / Select Download / Select file size /
The password is “ press “.
Check out the following hotels for accomandation during RAW AIR 2023
We will provide media shuttle service between Drammen and Vikersund with return from Friday 17 March – Sunday 19 March.
If you want to use this service, please make your booking before 10 March, by sending an email to: Anders.kvaase@vikersund.no
There are a limited number of parking spaces dedicated to the media. These will be allocated based on applications received. To apply, send an email to oddrun.presseservice@gmail.com Mobile +47 905 13 011.
Media-bus schedule:
The bus will be picking you up at the hotels
Friday March 15:
Bus 1 Drammen (from hotel) 08:00 – Accreditation office, transport continues to Vikersund Hoppsenter 09:00
Bus 2 Drammen (from hotel) 12: 00 – Accreditation office, transport continues to Vikersund Hoppsenter 13:00
Return from Vikersund Hoppsenter 20.00 (from ticket sales/ticket booth)
Saturday March 16:
Bus 1 from Drammen (hotel) 08:00 – Accreditation Office, transport continues to Vikersund Hoppsenter 09:00
Bus 2 from Drammen (hotel) 13:00 – Accreditation Office, transport continues to Vikersund Hoppsenter 14:00
Return 20.00 (from ticket sales/ticket booth)
Sunday March 17:
Bus 1 from Drammen (hotel) 07:45 – Vikersund Hoppsenter, arrival approx 08:45
Bus 2 from Drammen (hotel) 13:00 – Vikersund Hoppsenter, arrival approx 14:00
Return 19.30 – (from ticket sales/ticket booth)
WITH accredited camera sticker:
Can only do live camera interviews with the athletes from a dedicated area for this purpose at the end of the written press mixed zone. All live cameras must have a web/camera sticker to be allowed into the dedicated areas/mixed zone. No coverage of the sports competitions. No access with live camera equipment to the photo zones. Coverage of the international press conferences in the MMC is allowed. The web cam sticker will be handed out in person by a representative from the Right Holder company Infront. Online Media WITHOUT accredited cameras. Filming without camerastickers will lead to immediate expulsion from the arena. Journalists representing online media without accredited camera, will have access as ordinary print journalists.
Technical Delegate: Aljosa Dolhar, SLO
Assistant Technical Delegate: Georg Spath, GER
Assistant Technical Delegate: Jani Hyvarinen, FIN
Judges:
Kjersti Haugen, NOR
Peter Kimmig, GER
Ole Walseth
Martino De Crignis, ITA
Kral Vaclav, CZE
Gen Tomii, JPN
*Nomination of technical delegates and judges can be changed
FIS Representatives Men
Sandro Pertile, Race Director
Borek Sedlak, Assistant Race Director
Christian Kathol, Equipment Control
Morten Solem, Equipment Control
Juergen Winkler, Equipment Control
Horst Nilgen, Media Coordinator
FIS Representatives Women
Chika Yoshida, Race Director
Miran Tepes, Assistant Race Director
Aga Baczkowska, Equipment Control
Morten Solem, Equipment Control
Juergen Winkler, Equipment Control
Horst Nilgen, Media Coordinator
Vikersund Hoppsenter consists of 6 hills:
K-10, K15, K-25m K-45, K-105 and finally the K-200.
«Vikersundbakken» is the only Skyflying in Norway.
Plastic facilities for summer competitions and training. In the fall of 2016 the construction of a new K-65 begun.
It is located between the K-105 and K-200.
World record for men: Stefan Kraft (AUT), 253,5 m in 2017.
Ema Klinec (SLO), 226 m in 2023.
Hill size is 240 m.
Length from top of the hill, to end of the outrun is 520 m.
Length of the inrun is 128,9 m.
Angle of K-point is 34 degrees.
Angle of HS is 28 degrees.
Angle of take off is 11 degrees.
Height difference from takeoff to K-point is 102,24 m.
