MEN'S World Cup 2022-2023

[James]

That was good. Amazing what he’s doing. He’s right in it. He got 5th in the Aspen downhill.

 

[geepers]

That was good. Amazing what he’s doing. He’s right in it. He got 5th in the Aspen downhill.

And he's 4th for the season in DH. As he says the 1st actual human behind the 3 'monsters' (Kilde, Kreichmayr, Odermatt).

At 42! Over a decade older than those 3.

 

[4ster]

Meanwhile, were there no posts of the powder frolicking at Palisades-Tahoe?

So quick story. During the scheduled pre Olympic DH at Snowbasin in 2001 it snowed a lot! One day when training was cancelled the Austrian team was ordered to the gym but Hermann Mair insisted on skiing some Utah powder. One of our instructors was assigned to chaperone er guide him around. She said she took Hermann to the top of Strawberry Gondola & even though there was a bunch of fresh snow, there were still some giant moguls at the top of the main run. She said he took off on his DH skis at mock speed, hit the first big mogul & threw a giant slow rotation heli for about 75' & she never saw him again!

 

[Rudi Riet]

Maier wasn't the only ÖSV athlete who went to play in the powder that day: Eberharter and others joined in the fun.

As did a few members of my course crew...

 

[4ster]

As did a few members of my course crew...

I was working for NBC that week. Besides being fed well I pretty much got paid to ski powder all week. Good times!!!
When the race got cancelled, I did come up & help you guys get B net down the hill.

 

[Rudi Riet]

At least four of us went with the ÖSV group to ski powder. We'd spent four days moving snow. I got the "get out of jail free" pass from one of the race higher-ups to go, so...

It was a ton of fun - and really cool to ski with those guys when they were just playing. We were all doing the same thing, having a blast.

I think my karmic payback was setting 2 miles of B-nets last month at Okemo.

 

[Primoz]

Low altitude though^. Two weeks ago in Switzerland you’d have slush at that level past noon.
We shall see how it is this weekend! @Primoz?

It's not really all that low altitude. Or at least it wasn't. Normally races were not at 2000m above sea level and courses around 1000m were (or still are) normal with anything above that counted as high altitude... but things change
Otherwise it's pretty warm here and weather forecast is not much different for weekend with maybe even some rain/snow (nothing much). Race course is hard, and they were still injecting it yesterday, but last week it was pretty bad to ski there. Ok skiing on open course is one thing, skiing on race course with constant slipping is another thing though. But based on weather forecast and how things are at the moment, I don't really expect it to be full ice like normally. So most likely not much chances for racers with higher bibs.

 

[James]

During the scheduled pre Olympic DH at Snowbasin in 2001 it snowed a lot! One day when training was cancelled the Austrian team was ordered to the gym but Hermann Mair insisted on skiing some Utah powder. One of our instructors was assigned to chaperone er guide him around. She said she took Hermann to the top of Strawberry Gondola & even though there was a bunch of fresh snow, there were still some giant moguls at the top of the main run. She said he took off on his DH skis at mock speed, hit the first big mogul & threw a giant slow rotation heli for about 75' & she never saw him again!

Great story!
He was at his peak then. That summer he would have his tragic motorcycle accident and miss the 2002 Olympics. Amazing he came back from that.
So, good thing he got to ski that pow.

 

[RiesenSL]

Kranjska Gora is going to be warm​

 

[James]

From Bergfex-
10h of sun tomorrow.

 

[4ster]

Odermatt
Schwarz
Kranjec

 

[slow-line-fast]

At least four of us went with the ÖSV group to ski powder. We'd spent four days moving snow. I got the "get out of jail free" pass from one of the race higher-ups to go, so...

It was a ton of fun - and really cool to ski with those guys when they were just playing. We were all doing the same thing, having a blast.

 

[dbostedo]

Odermatt
Kristoffersen
Zubcic

 

[DocGKR]

World Cup Kranjska Gora (SLO)

www.fis-ski.com

Odermatt wins, Pinturault is 2nd, Kristoffersen 3rd. River Radamus got 15th.

 

[4ster]

Great to see Pintu on the podium today!

Odermatt
HK
Steen-Olsen

 

[DocGKR]

Deja vu all over again: Odermatt wins, Kristoffersen 2nd, Pinturault is 3rd. River Radamus got 17th, Tommy Ford 21st, George Steffey 26th.

World Cup Kranjska Gora (SLO)

www.fis-ski.com

 

[RiesenSL]

Andorra finals this week going to be very, very warm. At finish, overnight lows 3-5, afternoon high 10-12. No North Americans in the SL, but competitively tight between Braathen, HK and Yule.

Clarey winning the DH would be a cinderella story. If he goes early and posts a fast time, Kilde, Kriech & Crawford should back off.

 

[4ster]

What a 2nd run from HK! Henrik has made a few great charges from behind this season, seems like he still has the potential to beat Odermatt.
& Pintu on the podium again

 

[James]

What a 2nd run from HK! Henrik has made a few great charges from behind this season, seems like he still has the potential to beat Odermatt.
& Pintu on the podium again

From 3 years ago with Rossignol-. Henrik and his dad speak in English-

 

[RiesenSL]

Throwback .. the currently injured Matthieu Bailet wins the SG, ahead of some guys named Crawford and Odermatt

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