Word: airborn
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...Tuesday, Nov. 1The Go! Team. Forget everything you know about the band from their modern classic “Thunder Lightning Strike!” when you go their live shows; bootlegs reveal a much more significant presence of frontwoman MC Ninja. Openers are the Grates and Airborn Audio. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. 7 p.m. $16.50. (BBC)Sam Calef. This acoustic-based band can be compared to Dave Matthews in its soul-searching character. They’ll be joined by The Limericks, Molecule, and John Condron & The Benefit. 18+. The Middle East Upstairs...
...Over on the jumping hill is a physical wonder from Anchorage named Alan Alborn (nicknamed, of course, Airborn). Alborn, 21, is 5 ft. 11 in. and 130 lbs., as strong as steel, and he's been jumping since he was 9. His fear of flying kept him from early greatness, but he has finally broken that barrier. With a "frog concept" technique that has him squatting low on the inrun and then exploding high at takeoff, he can now soar more than 200 m. With the home crowd pumping him up-a big factor for jumpers-he could bring home...
...Airborn is a full-time jumper; Todd Lodwick, 25, of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Bill Demong, 21, of Vermontville, N.Y., are part-timers. The U.S. has traditionally stunk in their event, the Nordic combined; Lodwick finished 20th at Nagano. This Olympiad, the U.S. co-opted the competition, poaching head coach Jan-Erik Aalbu from Norway, a perennial medal winner. Lodwick, now ranked fourth in the world, has a gold and a silver this World Cup season. Demong won an event in the Czech Republic two weeks ago. "I was hoping we could be strong," says Aalbu. "I was not expecting...