Næs, who started for IL Trysilgutten , is the son of former ski jumper Halvor Næs . At the national level, he became Norwegian Junior Champion in 1973 and 1975 . In 1978 he won the silver medal on the large hill behind Per Bergerud and the bronze medal in 1979 on the normal hill in Sprova.
Between 1973 and 1977 Næs took part in three events of the Four Hills Tournament and was able to achieve his best overall result in 1973/74 with 42nd place. As part of the 1975 Tatra Cup in Štrbské Pleso , Czech Republic , Næs jumped on the podium for the first time in an international A-class competition. He also took this third place at the Thunder Bay Internationals in March 1976. He achieved his greatest international success in January 1978 at the Sapporo International competitions when he was able to win a jumping from the Schkurayama hill . Næs jumped to 118.0 meters and set a new, but unofficial hill record on the K-110 hill. At the second competition in Sapporo, he was second behind the Finn Esko Rautionaho . A few weeks later he finished 32nd on the normal hill at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti . In the 1978/79 ski jumping season , Næs achieved his best result of the season as part of the Swiss Jumper Tour, when he finished second behind Robert Mösching and ahead of Peter Leitner on the Gross-Titlis-Schanze in Engelberg . In March he took part in the 1979 World Ski Flying Championships in Planica , where he jumped to 36th place.
Norway
Sapporo