In 1967, in Oberstdorf, Lars Grini became the first to reach . Planica triumphantly reclaimed its world record in 1969 with a new hill named "Velikanka bratov Gorišek" ("Giant by brothers Gorišek"). This was the brainchild of Slovenian brothers Janez and Vlado Gorišek, both engineers, who opted to design a new hill with a K-point of instead of enlarging the adjacent "Bloudkova velikanka", which was showing signs of deterioration. Today, Janez is affectionately called the "father" of modern ski flying and a revered figure in Slovenia. "Bloudkova velikanka" was subsequently recategorised as a ski jumping hill.