JUMPS

Gonna start doing jumps on the bike this year. Thought I would start on skis. Might help me get over my fear of flying! Theory should be the same? I just wonder if age and fear of hurting myself will prevent me from accomplishing this. I don't have insurance and my body doesn't heal as fast as it use-to. So my plan is to ease myself into it.
surfing notes:

Perform a Ski Jump
Things You'll Need
>Ski area with a ramp
>Helmet
>Experience skiing

1
Start on a small ramp that will only get you a couple of feet into the air. You must master some of the techniques of a ski jump before you go for the distance. The smaller the ramp, the better you can practice your beginning and ending positions.
2
Gather speed when going down the hill toward the ramp. Ski straight with the ramp directly in front of you. Keep your poles up under your arms once you feel you have a good speed going.
3
Glide over the ramp at a consistent speed. Remember to keep your knees slightly bent at all times. Just before you exit the ramp end, do a little squat and try to point your skis up.
4
Keep your knees bent and your feet together with skis parallel while you are in the air. Keep your body stiff and do not change the direction of your skis in any way.
5
Continue to bend your knees on the landing. In fact, you will be landing in a squat position. From there you will rotate your skis in a forward motion from right to left to finish the trail.
from http://www.ehow.com/how_2065069_ski-jump.html

Remember to stay forward on your skis, even lean forward.
When you lean back, that's when you botch the landing and get hurt

And don't be timid, you have to go over them fast or the landing will be all downward force. If you go over it faster the landing is smoother because you're traveling more horizontally. You gotta hit jumps hard and not chicken out.

I really had some problems with this at first. You need to keep your weight moving forward; this turns some of the impact into momentum. You also need to be able to move your back and arms down. (This is usually natural when landing). I suggest that you use your knees to bend when you hit it in order to absorb shock. Don’t worry, it took me a long time to get landings right

When you set up for a jump, be in a balanced athletic stance. When you reach the lip of the jump you want to pop off of it. Bend your knees and quickly extend your legs to actually jump off the lip of the jump. This will keep you more balanced in the air. While in the air spot your landing and bring your arms forward. extend your legs and absorb the landing

When you go off the jump, pop off of the snow at the lip of the jump. Bend your knees and extend, actually jumping off the jump. this will keep you more balanced in the air. if you have a problem of going forward, reach down and grab your ski under the boot, hopefully this will keep you from leaning forward. spot your landing and reach your arms forward. you want your skis to be parallel to the landing
from http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0WTZWR_JzBNrlsA0ABvxQt.;_ylv=3?qid=20080120153646AA5FYHd