After a couple of months with no competition for the top jumpers the 13th edition of the FIS Summer-Grand-Prix is now about to start with an individual event in Hinterzarten (GER) on Saturday. “This year’s Grand-Prix takes place against a background of change”, said FIS Race-director Walter Hofer and adds that “there are new coaches in some countries and we will also notice a change of generation in different teams.“ Last summer’s overall winner, Jakub Janda (CZE) has a new coach with Austrian Richard Schallert and he mentioned that his best athlete is already in good shape. Also Lars Bystøl (NOR) is looking forward to competing. "I never invested so much in a summer preparation. I feel that I made a step forward. We get new suits this week and I hope it'll work well from the beginning", he told. Thomas Morgernstern (AUT) can not take part in the first competitions because of his injury but he plans his comeback in Zakopane. Finland’s Janne Ahonen will also not come to Germany. The 29-year-old has not decided yet where he will participate this summer. For the first time there will be an overall ranking, called the 4-Nations-Grand Prix, for the competitions in Hinterzarten, Einsiedeln, Courchevel and Zakopane. The winner will get gold ingots worth about SFR 12 000.