I was fortunate enough to meet Billy Kidd a couple weeks ago at the Colorado Snowsports Museum in Vail. We were discussing who needs a mountain to start a ski career? Apparently not these athletes (although by Midwest standards Lutsen is a mountain!).
Who am I overlooking??? I'm sure there are...
billy kidd
buck hill
chadfleischer
cindy nelson
colorado snowsports museum
kristina kosnick
lindsey vonn
lutsen mountain
midwest skiing
mom and pop ski areas
nick goepper
perfect north slopes
ski racing
ski racing in the midwest
snowmaking
Interesting article on the spectacle of the Hahnenkamm.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/the-wild-carnival-at-the-heart-of-skiings-most-dangerous-race
alpine races and debauches
andrew weibrecht
chadfleischer
downhill ski racing
hahnenkamm
hahnenkamm downhill
kitzbuhel austria
mausefalle
nick paumgarten
street-party revelry
the new yorker
the streif
tyrolean alps
wiley maple
world’s most fearsome downhill
I have been watching some old video from Kitzbhuel in the 70's and 80's and the finish bump looks way bigger now than it was then. The guys in 1982 barely got any air at all but from the 90's on there is huge air off that bump.
Are the recent racers going so much faster down the final schuss or...
That time of year again for the Hahnenkamm and the slalom race.
Steve Nyman was 2nd in training today, .08 back.
Bryce Bennett and Thomas Biesemeyer were 20,21.
https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=AL&raceid=91532
On the course:
"Fast, exciting, scary"
On the first time:
"...I...
bode miller
brian stemmle
bryce bennett
chadfleischer
downhill ski race
fis alpine athletes
hahnenkamm downhill
jared goldberg
kitzbuhel
kitzbuhel austria
steve nyman
streif - one hell of a ride
thomas biesemeyer
wiley maple
world cup skiing
I see that Steve Nyman participated in the training run today at Wengen
He was one of eight American’s
Ligety did as well.
Nyman was the fastest.... of the American’s
bernhard russi
bode miller
chadfleischer
daron rhalves
downhill racing
graham bell
ski racing
ski switzerland
steve nyman
ted ligety
the lauberhorn
wengen lauberhorn
wengen switzerland
world cup downhill
world cup ski racing
So, I was inspired by the discussion in another thread about whether racers can ski bumps or bumpers can ski gates, etc. I basically agree that "great skiers can ski pretty much anything." But I wonder if there are limits to that maxim at the top level of the sport. So I propose a thought...
candide thovex
candide thovex hahnenkamm poll
chadfleischer
daron rahlves
downhill racing
freerskier candide thovex
hahnenkamm
how would thovex place in hahnenkamm?
jon olsson
kitzbuhel
kitzbuhel austria
ski austria
ski racing
the streif
world cup ski racing
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