Best GS result on world cup from Schwarz. I like how they've let him broaden this year into skiing all disciplines, even if it might have hurt his SL (though that's never been the same since injury).
yeah. maybe it was was the lights just bringing out the shine more .
I definitely think it was a set-up/tuning issue for many. It was really apparent who was slicing & dicing & who was not. I think it also could have been a technique/tactics thing in how subtly (when, how & where) they were pressuring the ski. It was obvious to me that Meillard & Caviezel just carved cleaner turns top to bottom in both runs. Some pretty offset turns too compared to other GS's this season! A true technical test
everyone else made it look icy ha ha
Adam Zampa finished exactly where he’s been finishing for the last year. Maybe he used the same skis/edges 2nd run? They only last maybe two runs, but really one I guess. @Primoz would know the details.
That's for sure. Most of people have issue on "icy slopes" in normal resorts. That "ice" is so soft and so non-existing, that WC race would be cancelled before it would even start on race course like that. So yes, most of people would have serious issues coming down that healthy
But there's few things to consider. One is, we are talking about top 60 skiers on World, not about tourists with 10 skiing days behind them in their life, and averaging 3 days on skis per year. And second, not really in this case, but I have ski down courses, where slipping down is not really an option as they were so icy you couldn't stop regardless how well prepared edges you had and regardless how good you were skiing. So this second is about speed and technique, and with that related force. Slipping down at 10km/h is one thing, and you can press edges only to certain amount at that speed. Going down 80km/h with proper angulation and with skis set in right direction, you can actually cut into pretty much anything and have grip even if it's really pure ice.
At least on WC level. We all had plenty of good laugh, when people were "sliding" down grabbing b-net on side of the track or slipping down at speed of light, pretending they were planning to slip down this way, but they wide open eyes and mouth and being scared to death expression on their face, gave them away I'm not saying anything, as I had plenty of similar situations too, and most of time, it's not too much of fun, especially know if it will go wrong, your friends who saw you, will have plenty of material to joke about for next few years.
I thought trees were for us mere mortals!
