Ryoyu Kobayashi flies 291-meter off Ski Jump, Smashes World Record

To break the ski jump and ski flying world records, you need a hill bigger than standard competition ski jumps. Olympic medalist and FIS World Cup Champion Ryōyū Kobayashi and his team headed to Akureyri in northern Iceland, and carved a special kicker out of snow on the side of the mountain with the single intention of creating a jump big enough to smash world records…

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