It was spearheaded by former World Championships competitor Anne Gerd Eieland, and in total, seven women were a part of the project.

Coaches were Dan Simion and Adrian Proteasa while the architect of the project was Terje Totland.

[10] Around this time, Kufaas still lived in Buvika, and trained in the nearby Trondheim Municipality as well as in the local Bøndernes Hus.

Traditionally a social house for the farmers' community, Bøndernes Hus was reinvented by Kufaas and her coach as a makeshift high jump arena, with modest economic support from Skaun Municipality and local businesses.

She achieved a new personal best in August 2005, when jumping 1.81 at the Norwegian Championships at Fana stadion to win the silver behind Anne Gerd Eieland.

She did not win, but beat Anne Gerd Eieland and achieved the same result as the winner Øyunn Grindem, with 1.83 metres.

[12] She beat Eieland again at the 2006 Norwegian Championships at Bislett stadion, when she won her first national title with 1.83 metres.

She also finished fourth in the 200 metres event, and won a gold medal with her club in the Swedish relay.

She was reunited with Hanne Haugland as a coach, and joined the club IL i BUL from New Year's.

She improved her personal best by four centimetres to 1.91 metres, winning for Norway at the 2009 European Team Championships First League.

Norway surprisingly won promotion to the Super League,[20] and Kufaas had achieved the qualifying standard for the 2009 World Championships.

[3] In the outdoor season she jumped a personal best at a national competition at Lillehammer and qualified for the European Championships in Barcelona.