My memory has been playing back a droll quip by Warren Miller. "It's OK, they're rentals."
This might be the best ever... Toni Sailer in Japan. The man could ski!
OK - I have questions on this one, but first, that "human slalom" was mighty impressive. And considering the equipment Toni was on, incredibly impressive stuff.
So it seems that most ski videos I've seen from this era have skiers in a sweater+turtleneck and stretch pants. Was full-body frostbite just a given?
How did they time events before electronic timing? It would seem that the person manning the stopwatch would have to have clear view of the start and the finish. Or did they use a starting gun like in track?
And what's with the Toni Schneider name shown in the newspaper? Did he change his name? What's the backstory?
That’s some very impressive skiing. Wacky, but really skilled to do those spoofs.Before the “Walkman”, there was “SkiFi”, and Willy Bogner and Fuzzy Garhammer made this clip to show it off in SKIVISION 1973!
thank you Popeye..During some random research, I found this hypnotic gem: