U.S. National Ski Jumping Championships in the winter sport of ski jumping are decided annually in the United States, starting in 1905.

Origins Ski jumping national championships organized by the National Ski Association of America (NSA)Roger Langley, “The National Ski Association of America,” in Skiing the International Sport (1937) Derrydale Press page 51Grinden, Harold A. (1932) History of the National Ski Association of America and the ski sport in the United States of America, 1840 to 1931 Duluth, MN: National Ski Association of America were held annually from 1905 to 1962.Anson, Harold (2010) Jumping through time: a history of ski jumping in the United States and southwest Canada Florence, Oregon: Port Hole Publications Ski jumping, a winter sport competed on specially constructed ski hills, had been introduced by Norwegian immigrants to the U.S. in the 1880s, with ski clubs and annual tournaments beginning shortly afterwards.Pontti, John and Luostari, Kenneth (2000) Midwest Skiing: A Glance Back Arcadia Publishing pp 43–46 The National Ski Association, formed by five Midwestern clubs, established categories of participation, scoring rules, and scheduled sanctioned meets, including the National Championship Tournament.Holter, Aksel (1908) The Ski-Sport in America London: The Wide World Magazine vol 20 #120:529–534

NSA National Championship Tournament The National Championships were a stand-alone annual competition held during a two-day tournament (typically in February, not the end of the ski season). The tournaments were hosted at a member club jumping hill scheduled in advance. Points were awarded by three judges based on distance covered and proper form, combined over two jumps.“Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1926 pg 646 Champion is the jumper who gets the most points per class, with a separate award for greatest standing distance. As an open competition through 1950, the entrants and tournament champion need not be a U.S. citizen. The National Ski Tournament featured Professional/Expert and Amateur/Novice class divisions, and may also include exhibition, Senior/veteran (over 31 years), and Junior (under 18 years) participation.Bradley, D. (1964) Ski Jumping Hanover, NH: R. Burt Starting in 1948, the Class A (Expert) National Champion was awarded the Torger Tokle Memorial Trophy.Scharff, Robert; ed. (1974) Ski Magazine's Encyclopedia of Skiing Harper & Row pg 299 No championships were held in 1919 and 1943–45, and in the years 1938, 1946 and 1952 separate open and closed competition national championships were awarded.Scharff, Robert; ed. (1974) Ski Magazine's Encyclopedia of Skiing Harper & Row pg 284-5 Class B national championships were held 1908–1957. The 1904 Ishpeming annual tournament won by Conrad Thompson"Ishpeming Man Winner" Minneapolis Journal (Feb 23, 1904) page 14 is cited by some sources as the first national championship, but this event was prior to official NSA tournaments.Engen, Alan K. (1998) For the Love of Skiing: A Visual History of Skiing Gibbs Smith Publishers page 14

+ NSA U.S. National Ski Jumping ChampionsYearSiteclass A ChampionSponsorclass B ChampionSponsorNotes1905 Ishpeming, MI Ole Westgaard Coleraine, MN n/a “Peninsula News” The L'Anse Sentinel (MI), February 25, 1905, page 81906 Ishpeming, MI Ole FeiringDuluth, MN n/a National Ski Tournament at Ishpeming Minneapolis Journal February 25, 1906 Part IV page 11907 Ashland, WI Olaf Jonnum Coleraine, MN n/a "Ski" The World Almanac & Book of Facts Newspaper Enterprise Association 1907 page 4511908 Duluth, MN John Evenson Duluth, MN H. Trannum Duluth, MN “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1909 pg 314Chadwick, Gloria (1970) USSA History "National Men's Jumping Class B Champion" page 92Matteson, Sumner (1908) National Ski Tournament Hearst's Magazine-World Today Vol 14 #4:397-4031909 Eau Claire, WI John Evenson Duluth, MN Ingolf Sand Minneapolis, MN “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1910 pg 3181910 Coleraine, MN Anders Haugen Chippewa Falls, WI Barney Riley Coleraine, MN “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1911 pg 2511911 Chippewa Falls, WI Francis Kempe Red Wing, MN Barney Riley Coleraine, MN “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1912 pg 345-3461912 Fox River Grove, IL Lars Haugen Chippewa Falls, WI Carl Solberg St. Paul, MN “Champion Ski Jumper Winning Title” Springfield Herald, Springfield CO March 08, 1912 pg 7“Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1913 pg 3081913 Ironwood, MI Ragnar Omtvedt Chicago, IL John Jobe Ironwood, MI "Ski Jumping" Troy Record Almanac and Year-Book of 1914 page 3881914 Virginia, MN Ragnar Omtvedt Chicago, IL Sigurd Bergerson Virginia, MN “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1915 pg 3261915 Duluth, MN Lars Haugen Chippewa Falls, WI Sigurd Bergerson Duluth, MN “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1916 pg 462-4631916 Glenwood, MN Henry Hall Steamboat Springs, CO Andrew Olson Iola, WI “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1917 pg 3911917 St. Paul, MN Ragnar Omtvedt Chicago, IL Ludvig Hoiby Northfield, MN “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1918 pg 3541918 Fox River Grove, IL Lars Haugen Chippewa Falls, WI Sverre Hendricksen Virginia, MN "Ski Jumping" Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1919 pg 2741919 cancelled n/a n/a “Championship Record” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1920 pg 4601920 Chippewa Falls, WI Anders Haugen Steamboat Springs, CO Sverre Hendricksen Superior, WI “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1921 pg 450-4511921 Genesee, CO Carl Howelson Steamboat Springs, CO Einar Jensen Chicago, IL “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1922 pg 5091922 Fox River Grove, IL Lars Haugen Chippewa Falls, WI Ragnar Omtvedt Chicago, IL “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1923 pg 594-5951923 Glenwood, MN Anders Haugen Orchard Lake, MN Werner Forsberg Ironwood, MI “National Championships” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1924 pg 4631924 Brattleboro, VT Lars Haugen Canton, SD Tarald Hoidalen Chicago, IL "Eastern Ski Mark is Broken by Hall" DC Evening Star February 16, 1924 pg 131925 Canton, SD Alfred Ohrn Chicago, IL Halvor Bjorngaard Red Wing, MN “Ski Jumping” Chicago Daily News Almanac for 1926 pg 6451926 Duluth, MN Anders Haugen Grand Beach, MI Hans Troye Madison WI Perry, Lawrence (March 3, 1926) February Brings Forth New Records and New Champions D.C. Evening Star p291927 Genesee, CO Lars Haugen Minneapolis, MN Hans Thorsdalen Minneapolis, MN “Lars Haugen, St Paul Winner of National Ski Jumping Honors” N.D. Bismarck Tribune February 7, 1927 pg 31928 Red Wing, MN Lars Haugen Minneapolis, MN Steffan Trogstad Superior, WI "25,000 Throng Red Wing Hill at National Ski Tournament" MN Askov American February 9, 1928 pg 61929 Brattleboro, VT Strand Mikkelsen Greenfield, MA Guttorm Paulsen Chicago, IL National Title At Stake For Skimen Bismarck Tribune, February 1, 1930 p101930 Canton, SD Casper Oimoen Minot, ND John Steele Denver, CO "ND Ski Riders Win National Titles" Bismarck Tribune February 3, 1930 pg 1 1931 Fox River Grove, IL Casper Oimoen Minot, ND George Gunderson Racine, WI 1932 Lake Tahoe, CA Anton Lekang New York, NY Hjalmar Hvam Portland, OR "Lekang Amateur Ski Champion" CA Imperial Valley Press February 29, 1932 pg 3 1933 Salisbury, CT Roy Mikkelsen Chicago, IL Olav Aasen New York, NY "The Jump of a Champion" O'Neill City, Nebraska: The Frontier March 2, 1933 pg 6 1934 Fox River Grove, IL Casper Oimoen Minot, ND James Hendricksen Wisconsin Rapids, WI Oimen Recaptures U.S. Ski Crown Waterbury Evening Democrat January 22, 1934 p12 1935 Canton, SD Roy Mikkelsen Auburn, CA Barney McLean Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 1936 Red Wing, MN George Kotlarek Duluth, MN Eugene Wilson Coleraine, MN "Minnesotans Take Bulk of Ski Titles" Bismarck Tribune February 3, 1936 pg 6“Wins U.S Ski Title” Bismarck Tribune February 7, 1936 pg 10 1937 Salt Lake City, UT Sigmund Ruud Norway Walter Johnson Minneapolis, MN Program cover for the National Ski Tournament Championship at Utah.edu"Engen Set U.S. Record to Win National Ski Tourney" Bismarck Tribune February 23, 1937 pg 6 1938 Brattleboro, VT Birger Ruud (open) Norway Ray Lambert Lebanon, NHElkins & Harper (1949) World Ski Book NY: Longmans, Green & Co OCLC 1472729 pg 119 Sig Ulland (closed) Leavenworth, WA 1939 St. Paul, MN Reidar Andersen Norway Len Soler St. Paul, MN Blegen, Julius P. (1939) "National" American Ski Annual for 1939 Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Daye Press pg 119 1940 Berlin, NH Alf Engen Sun Valley, ID Ellsworth Mitchell Ishpeming, MI Al Engen Wins National Jump Tacoma Times, February 27, 1940, page 11 1941 Snoqualmie Pass, WA Torger Tokle Brooklyn, NY Robert Riley Coleraine, MN Tokle Breaks Own American Ski Jumping Mark Tacoma Times 4 Mar 1941 page 10 1942 Duluth, MN Ola Aanjesen Norway Max Rentsch Minneapolis, MN "Skidaddling" Tacoma Times February 10, 1942 page 11 1943cancelled n/a n/a 1944cancelled n/a n/a 1945cancelled n/a n/a 1946 Steamboat Springs, CO Alf Engen (open) Sun Valley, ID W. Fahlstrom Lake Placid, NY Ski Jumping Champions N.C. Skyland Post March 07, 1946 pg 12 Arthur Devlin (closed) Lake Placid, NY 1947 Ishpeming, MI Arnholdt Kongsgård Norway Kenneth Oja Ishpeming, MI 1948 Snoqualmie Pass, WA Arne Ulland Norway Neil Bergstrom Iron Mountain, MI 1949 Salt Lake City, UT Petter Hugsted Norway Willis S. Olson Eau Claire, WI U.S. Ski Title is Won by Norway's Hugsted D.C. Evening Star February 23, 1949 pg A-19 1950 Duluth, MN Olavi Kuronen Finland Dave Freeman Iron Mountain, MI 1951 Brattleboro, VT Arthur E. Tokle Chicago, IL Keith Zuehlke Eau Claire, WI 1952 Salisbury, CT Merrill Barber (open) Brattleboro, VT Earl Hill Detroit, MI Clarence Hill (closed) Ishpeming, MI 1953 Steamboat Springs, CO Arthur E. Tokle Chicago, IL Richard Rahoi Iron Mountain, MI Arthur Tokle Gains Title At National Ski Jump D.C. Evening Star February 17, 1953, page A-17 1954 Ishpeming, MI Roy Sherwood Salisbury, CT Raymond Gauthier Ishpeming, MI 1955 Leavenworth, WARudy Maki Ishpeming, MI Jack Hooper Iron Mountain, MI Maki Wins National Ski Jump D.C. Evening Star February 07, 1955, page A-17 1956 Westby, WI Keith Zuehlke Eau Claire, WI Jerry Lewis Duluth, MN 1957 Berlin, NH Ansten Samuelstuen Steamboat Springs, CO William P. Erickson Iron Mountain, MI USA Class B Ski Jumping National Champions from archived skijumpeast.com 1958 Iron Mountain, MI Willis S. Olson Eau Claire, WI n/a 1959 Leavenworth, WA William P. Erickson Iron Mountain, MI n/a 1960 Iron Mountain, MI James Brennan Leavenworth, WA n/a 1961 Brattleboro, VT Ansten Samuelstuen Steamboat Springs, CO n/a USA Ski Jumping National Champions from archived skijumpeast.com 1962 Fox River Grove, IL Ansten Samuelstuen Steamboat Springs, CO n/a Samuelstuen Leaps to U.S. Ski-Jump Title D.C. Evening Star January 22, 1962, page A-16Telenews (1962) at Chicago Film Archives

The National Ski Association was succeeded by the United States Ski Association (USSA) as the U.S. national governing body for skiing.

USSA National Ski Jumping Champions

Starting in 1981, ski jumping championships were competed on both Normal and Large Hills, with hill size measured in meters. In 1997 USSA was renamed the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA). Women's national championship was added starting in 1997. Since 2010 the championships have been awarded by season (as does the FIS), which means that the championships held in October 2013 count as 2014 champions.