So, um. Apparently I've been watching the wrong type of ski jumping!
The GIF above is a clip from Ski Jump Pairs, a Japanese ski jumping game from 2008 with an amazing take on the sport. Observe this recent footage provided by Funny Video Daily:
You can't even get mad at the football stereotype.
Oh, it gets better, too. And by better I mean more ridiculous. We're talkin' like, explosions and being catapulted out of the planet type ridiculous, according to this older video uploaded by kazio3.
Wow.
Thanks, Alex!