Old hill in 1963 In 1932, Joso Gorec, a key figure for the beginning of ski jumping in Planica, asked engineer to construct a large hill. Bloudek drew plans for the K-80 hill, as the did not allow any bigger hills at the time.

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Bloudek decided on the location and staked out the hill. Free download lagu coldplay hypnotised. However, at the same time, Ivan Rožman, a construction company owner and engineer drew plans for the K-90 hill. Gorec decided to build the bigger hill using Rožman's plans instead of Bloudek's plans, who was then left out. Maytag washer without agitator reviews.

Starting the construction brought up some problems, as the local population from opposed to building the venue and did not want to sell the land where the hill was supposed to be situated on. They were eventually convinced and the construction lasted from October to December 1933. On 4 February 1934 the hill, named the 'Bloudkova velikanka' (Slovenian: Velika Rožman/Bloudkova skakalnica), was opened with the National Championships. The winner was; with 55 and 60 m (180 and 197 ft), he set the first two hill records and the national record at the same time. In March they organized the first international competition when set the first world record in Planica with 92 metres (302 ft).

Later, his brother touched the ground at 94 metres, a world record distance. In 1935, Bloudek took control over the hill as a constructor. From here he was the main engineer for renovating and enlarging the hill until his death.

The same year Rožman stepped out as an engineer in Planica, starting the argument on who was the original constructor and why the hill was not named after him. Rožman blamed Joso Gorec, who turned to Bloudek's side and named the hill after him, although Bloudek did not draw the original plans. For years, there was a public misconception that Bloudek was the original hill constructor while the original constructor was Ivan Rožman. On 15 March 1936, became the first man in history to have officially jumped over one hundred metres, landing at 101.5 metres (333 ft) which had to be displayed as 101 metres on the scoreboard due to lack of space. Two years later, Bradl again set a new world record with 107 m (351 ft).

In 1939, Bloudek constructed the first simple 300-metre-long funicular with two parallel routes on a in Planica. It was on a scree on a way from Planica to Tamar Valley.

As a result, gave the hill name 'Mammoth Hill' in his book Skispuren kruezen die Welt which was published in 1939. In 1954, the hill was renovated as they built a new judging and television tower and a new profile of the hill. The hill was reopened and back in use for the Planica's Ski Flying week in March 1954. In 1980, Bloudkova velikanka hosted the first event. The hill became a standard and regular host of World Cup events, exchanging with the ski flying hill and normal hill up to 1998 when it stopped for a longer period of time. After that all events were held at the ski flying hill. • (in Slovenian).

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