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Miles Daisher and Andy Farrington kiting off Copper Peak in Ironwood on 11 May, 2019
IRONWOOD, MI – The view from atop Michigan’s Copper Peak ski jump is one of the best in the Midwest.
The view looking down on it may be even better.
Fortunately, thanks to video provided by the Red Bull Air Force, you can be the judge. The point-of-view footage was recorded on May 11 prior to the Red Bull 400 race up the ski jump in Ironwood.
Racers double for second year of Red Bull 400 race up Michigan’s Copper Peak ski-jump
The video, which follows skydivers Andy Farrington and Miles Daisher, provides a unique look at Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Copper Country, including blue skies, towering pines, rolling hills and Lake Superior in the distance.
Eventually, the ski jump comes into view and the pair swoop down the jump and hill and land near the race’s starting line.
The Red Bull 400 featured more than 1,000 athletes from across the globe racing 40 stories uphill to the top of the ski jumping tower.
Miles Fink-Debray (4:38.0) of Ketchum, Idaho took first in the final heat of the men’s race.
Ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson, a 24-year-old, two-time Olympian proved that she is just as equipped to travel up ski jumps as she is to fly down them. She won the women’s race with a time of 6:13.4.
More photos of the event can be seen here.