A Farewell
Dear friends, followers, stalkers, ski jumping and Domči lovers,
I know this year you probably expected another extended Planica recap from me, but unfortunately, I have come to the decision that I will no longer be posting on my Tumblr blog. After almost exactly three years, over 700 followers and 4000 posts, I feel that it’s time for me to step away from all the hype of this sport, at least in the intensive fangirl kind of way, and focus on other things. This year’s Planica experience was beyond all expectations, but somehow I do not see myself as an active contributor here anymore. I still plan on following the sport and rooting for my favorite(s), maybe also occasionally check Tumblr, but I will no longer post original posts or reblog stuff. My existing content will remain as is, and maybe someday I will revive it, but atm I don’t wish to do so.
I guess it’s an appropriate ending since the blog really took off after Domen’s first great successes in December 2016 and now it would seem that he has found his way back to the top. Vikersund and Planica were very emotional for me in this sense and I am very proud to have stuck through and rooted for him, even during the miserable 2017/2018 season. I always believed in his magic and hope that he will continue to stay as determined to reach the top, as he was at the end of this season, because that is where he belongs. I do also hope that he will be well guided and will make healthy and smart decisions for himself. I am optimistic about team Slovenia, and as far as I am concerned, Gorazd Bertoncelj is a capable coach who can achieve results that are as good as Janus’s or even better, since we now have a great core of talented jumpers.
Ski jumping will definitely always stay in my heart. I read somewhere once that it is like poetry, finding a balance between the movement of the body and the spirit, a sport only intellectuals will understand. I admit I quite liked this description. Or to put it more directly, whoever flings himself off the top of a mountain, then flies 200 meters through the air and lands like nothing happened will always be my hero. But at the end of the day, these are still humans we are obsessing about and the sport is ultimately a chase to be the best, both of which are in some way flawed.
Anyways, I am pretty sure I got carried away (sorry), so let this be it. Thank you all, for following me, enjoying my content, reading my tags, tagging me, sliding into my DM’s, not running away once you met me irl, for becoming my friends, etc. etc.
Love you all and keep making the sjf on Tumblr great,
Shecouldntfly
