Today is the first day of the 2010 FIS World Cup Ski Jumping event here in Zakopane - if you have Eurosport then you can find it live on there over the weekend where you will be sure to catch a glimpse of a few spots around the town.

Thousands of people are in Zakopane for the event with Polish hero Adam Malyszthe main attraction. A 5 time Ski Jumping World Champion, Adam is considered one of the best and most successful ski jumpers of all time. His fans flock to Zakopane and the town lights up for 3 days with a carnival type atmosphere. Whether he wins or not people will party day and night in their Polish hats, flags, scarves and blow their REALLY ANNOYING HORNS!!!

Today is solely practice runs before tomorrow’s qualifiers and Saturdays main event, the final. The weather in Zakopane is currently cold with no wind so there should be no use for the optional ”bad weather” day on Sunday.

If you are at all interested in ski jumping then you can follow events in Zakopane on the official FIS website here. Malysz is not expected to win this year (although these things do happen) as he is getting on in the world of ski jumping now, having begun his career in 1995 but still thousands of people are in town hanging on to the hope that he can win for one last time here in Poland, we’ll let you know!