, it was in vikersund that a world record was set, the austrian stefan kraft flew 253.5 m. 2 years , ryoyu kabayashi was close to surpassing this achievement in the slovenian planica, but fell short of some one and a half meters. since then, together with his team, the japanese has been developing a daring plan, according to which he hoped not only to take the record from the craft, but to exchange the three-hundred-meter mark. to look for a solution, they found it in iceland, where a suitable 160-meter slope was selected, which was slightly reprofiled with the help of 120 thousand cubic meters of snow, the landing zone under it was expanded as much as possible, the matter remained hushed up, or rather, without concern. on the first day, a strong tailwind did not allow us to make a single quality attempts. but in the second, when the conditions became more acceptable, the beijing olympic champion flew first to 259 m, then to 282, and finally to 291. the plan turned out to be half realized, the record was set, but the grandmaster milestone was not reached, kabayashi promised