Racing World Cup season 21/22

[sly_karma]

Just signed up for timing crew men's week at LL in November got me jazzed so I thought I'd start the thread now.

Word on the street is the LL men's event will get the same schedule as the women do - 2 DH + 1 SG. To be confirmed by FIS.

Abundant confidence in the west with vaccine programs rolling out quickly. Alberta government is particularly expansive and has all but guaranteed the Calgary Stampede will go ahead in July. Not sure what the race will look like for us volunteers - shared accommodations and communal cooking seem like concepts from another world. Six months is a long way off.

 

[Heinz]

Marcel Hirscher has a broken leg from crash a Enduro motorbike rally in Rumania.

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

no more purple helmets

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

Alice getting ready

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

Mikaela’s first WC win at Lienz, December 2011 - jeez, was that ten years just then?
three weeks to Sölden!

 

[CarveMan]

Any way to watch in Oz this Summer?

 

[crackson]

Kayo?

 

[Heinz]

Not 21/22 but possibly 22/23

Zermatt/Cervinia to host Alpine World Cup speed races

www.fis-ski.com

 

[skinavy]

Any way to watch in Oz this Summer?

VPN and Eurosport

 

[Telemark Phat]

Any way to watch in Oz this Summer?

VPN and Eurosport

If Eurosport geolocks your CC just pay thhrough the app on the istore or google store.

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

 

[Heinz]

Only a couple of weeks to Sölden, but before that there is a run up and down the Streif in Kitzbühel.

WERC - World Extreme Run Challenge

www.kitz-extremechallenge.com

 

[Heinz]

Nearly there! Sölden races this weekend.

Meanwhile Hahnenkamm committee have announced increase in prize money. Total prize money for the weekend will be €1,000,000 with the winner of each event (SG, DH, SL) getting €100,000, 2nd €50,000, 3rd €25,000 etc. Interesting that while the most prestigious one is the DH the prizemoney for all 3 is the same.

 

[Heinz]

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

is anyone else signed up for the FIS Predictor Challenge?
I usually avoid these things because I’d really only be guessing, but given my victory in the 2012 F1 tipping contest* I could be on a roll

*similar level of expertise ie approaching zero

 

[Heinz]

Season is about to start. Less than 30 mins away. Weather looks good.
Alexandra Meissnitzer inspecting the course.

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

this fb link popped up
it seems a bit dubious - we’ll see soon
one comment on the site suggests ‘honeypot’

 

[Heinz]

 

[Heinz]

7000 spectators allowed in apparently.

 

[Heinz]

New graphics this season showing the rankings for each split sector.

 

[CarveMan]

Soelden live now and streaming on: https://app.skiworldcup.live/

Just need to register and watch for free.

 

[Heinz]

Lara leading narrowly after first run.

 

[Heinz]

Soelden live now and streaming on: https://app.skiworldcup.live/

Just need to register and watch for free.

Handy backup, but English coverage. I'll stick with the Austrian coverage

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

Soelden live now and streaming on: https://app.skiworldcup.live/

Just need to register and watch for free.

some nice camera work

 

[CarveMan]

some nice camera work

Austrians do it well.

Though I think the cameras at Wengen are usually the most impressive.

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

Lara leading narrowly after first run.

great to see
Mikaela is often a few hundredths behind after the first run, so second run will be great
sad to see Marta dnf

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

and Mikaela does it
number 70, I think

 

[CarveMan]

Handy backup, but English coverage. I'll stick with the Austrian coverage

English commentator was awful, I almost fell over when he said his name at the end of the coverage and I googled him and found out that he could, in fact, actually ski.

Edward Drake (skier) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Had 9 SG points at one stage which is pretty handy, but he spoke like he was a cycling commentator who skied recreationally and was chucked in the box.

 

[sly_karma]

A race of their own for Mik and Lara. Canadian coaches will be very happy with Val Grenier's 7th place.

 

[Heinz]

Weather looking good for men's GS.

 

[Heinz]

Nice one Roland!

 

[Heinz]

aargh. Brennsteiner crosses skis on the steep section and out.

 

[Heinz]

Odermatt wins it, but great result for Leitinger.

 

[skixracer]

English commentator was awful, I almost fell over when he said his name at the end of the coverage and I googled him and found out that he could, in fact, actually ski.

Edward Drake (skier) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Had 9 SG points at one stage which is pretty handy, but he spoke like he was a cycling commentator who skied recreationally and was chucked in the box.

Always was a bit of an odd dude but was a great skier. One of those guys with effortless-looking fantastic technique.

 

[CarveMan]

Always was a bit of an odd dude but was a great skier. One of those guys with effortless-looking fantastic technique.

He was better on the mens, talked more about technique and the racers. Was pretty insulting watching the womens.

 

[Heinz]

Bugger. Just after Roland Leitinger scored his first World cup GS podium he does his ACL for a third time in training at Reiteralm. So once again season over.

Ski alpin: Olympiasaison für Leitinger vorbei

Wenige Tage nach seinem zweiten Platz im Riesentorlauf beim Weltcup-Auftakt in Sölden ist die Olympiasaison für Roland Leitinger wieder vorbei. Der 30-jährige Tiroler zog sich am Dienstag beim Paralleltraining auf der Reiteralm einen Riss des vorderen Kreuzbandes im rechten Knie zu. Schon...

sport.orf.at

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

Bugger. Just after Roland Leitinger scored his first World cup GS podium he does his ACL for a third time in training at Reiteralm. So once again season over.

Ski alpin: Olympiasaison für Leitinger vorbei

Wenige Tage nach seinem zweiten Platz im Riesentorlauf beim Weltcup-Auftakt in Sölden ist die Olympiasaison für Roland Leitinger wieder vorbei. Der 30-jährige Tiroler zog sich am Dienstag beim Paralleltraining auf der Reiteralm einen Riss des vorderen Kreuzbandes im rechten Knie zu. Schon...

sport.orf.at

it seems to happen a lot, just as the season is getting underway

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

a bit of trivia
total = 122

 

[sly_karma]

Volunteers will be heading to LL in a couple of days for Build Week. Snowmaking and A-net construction already under way. Natural snow has been scarce so far but there is some in the forecast. FIS calendar confirms men have 2 DH (Nov 26, 27), 1 SG (Nov 28), same program for the women a week later.

 

[Heinz]

Parallel slaloms in Lech/Zürs this weekend. The only one for this season.
Qualification in the morning, then finals for top 16 run early evening under lights, so very early hours here.
Piste in good shape.

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

so USA not sending the A team?

 

[sly_karma]

Those Alge start gates for dual and cross are the bomb. All sorts of geek features, although the simplest one may well be the most effective: drag racing style "Christmas tree" lights to count down the start. There's a loud start horn too, but when the crowd gets going they drown it out.

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

women’s parallel on Youtube
I won’t spoil but it’s great to see new talent

 

[Heinz]

women’s parallel on Youtube
I won’t spoil but it’s great to see new talent

Quite different conditions to that of the qualifiers in the morning which was under blue skies.
The men's qualifying is on right now and it is overcast and snowing lightly.

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

ladies’ parallel result

Andreja’s first WC podium and she wins
first podium for all three
one Slovene and two Norwegians, no Austrians or Swiss - FIS has a guessing competition in which I have scored no points this season
note photo has competitors 1-2-3 reading left to right although that’s not the finishing order

I think I heard or read somewhere that these races are the only parallel events this season - hopefully I didn’t mis-hear/read that
they’re a bit of a novelty event but the format means a fair bit of one-on-one skiing to watch and the camera work is fairly well managed
[although there’s a point about half-way down the course where the camera angle makes it very unclear ie who’s winning]
on another note it was WC race number 300 for Lara Gut-Behrami, though she was eliminated fairly early

 

[Heinz]

ladies’ parallel result

Andreja’s first WC podium and she wins
first podium for all three
one Slovene and two Norwegians, no Austrians or Swiss - FIS has a guessing competition in which I have scored no points this season
note photo has competitors 1-2-3 reading left to right although that’s not the finishing order

I think I heard or read somewhere that these races are the only parallel events this season - hopefully I didn’t mis-hear/read that
they’re a bit of a novelty event but the format means a fair bit of one-on-one skiing to watch and the camera work is fairly well managed
[although there’s a point about half-way down the course where the camera angle makes it very unclear ie who’s winning]
on another note it was WC race number 300 for Lara Gut-Behrami, though she was eliminated fairly early

Yes, this is the only parallel event for the World cup this season. I don't know if it is included in the Olympics, probably though.
Some racers take it more seriously than others. It is certainly a bit more unpredictable, probably the T20 equivalent of ski racing.

 

[Heinz]

In the break between the 2 men's run they ran a segment on the recreation of Egon Zimmermans Porsche jump in the 60's by Aksel Lund Svindal.

Déjà Vu | Porsche Christophorus

Porsche's Christophorus magazine features ski racer Aksel Lund Svindal jumping over a Porsche Taycan Turbo S.

christophorus.porsche.com

 

[Schnaxxy Schnaxxlburger]

a lot of WC skiers have been at Copper Mountain this week

Mikaela with crew




Aleksander Kilde rocking the new Norwegian team outfit - camo just won’t die



Alice with Lindsey

 

[Heinz]

Good result for the Austrians. Christian Hirschbühl from Vorarlberg narrowly beat Dominik Raschner from Tirol in the final. It was the first ever podium for both highlighting the unpredictability of this form. Hirschbühl was the master of the red course, coming from behind in each round to win through.

 

[sly_karma]

Good result for Canada, two racers in the top 8, although neither made it through the quarters.